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media studies

2025.05.05

Streaming culture creates new digital communities for film fans

In a new book, media researcher Helle Kannik Haastrup explores how TV series and films can both…

Artificial intelligence

2025.04.01

New national centre to strengthen responsible use of artificial intelligence

As part of its strategic AI initiative, the Danish government has taken a groundbreaking step by…

Philosophy

2025.02.21

Selfhood is a precondition for true community

In his new book Being We, Professor Dan Zahavi shares the results of five years of research into…

archaeology

2025.01.16

Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic people to sacrifice unique "sun stones"

4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones…

attention

2024.10.10

Our attention is not failing us – it almost works too well

The mobile phone is often blamed for drowning us in information and stealing our attention. But it…

grant

2024.06.12

Archaeologists to contribute to major new research project on ancient DNA

Professor Eske Willerslev has been awarded a grant of up to DKK 585 million by Novo Nordisk…

linguistics

2024.05.14

People without an inner voice have poorer verbal memory

The vast majority of people have an ongoing conversation with themselves, an inner voice, that play…

archaeology

2024.02.19

Birds have been adapting to human activity for millennia

Roughly 14,500 to 10,500 years ago, in the transition from the last glacial period, Epipalaeolithic…

attention economy

2023.10.25

Your phone gives your mind what it likes the most: endless possibilities for novelty

It is not vast amounts of online information that makes it difficult for you to stay focused. It is…

Honors

2023.09.07

New honorary doctors change our view of the past

At the university's traditional annual celebration, Årsfesten, in November, the new honorary doctor…

mindfulness

2023.08.17

Philosopher: Mindfulness rests on dubious philosophical foundations

Mindfulness is one of the most widespread forms of therapy for people suffering from stress, and…

Colonisation

2023.07.06

Legends of Norse Settlers drove Denmark towards Greenland

The Danish colonisation of Greenland in the 18th century was in part driven by the desire to…

Mesopotamia

2023.05.18

The earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago

Written sources from Mesopotamia suggest that kissing in relation to sex was practiced by the…

decolonisation

2023.05.04

Britishness has been on the decline since the colonies began to leave the Empire

When a number of British colonies demanded independence after World War 2, they kick-started the…

retirement

2023.03.30

Stereotypes about senior employees lead to premature retirements

Senior employees often feel insecure about their position in the workplace because they fear that…

ERC grant

2023.03.30

Major EU grant for research on the role of women intellectuals during the Enlightenment

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Associate Professor Sabrina Ebbersmeyer an Advanced…

History

2023.03.03

Tree rings and strontium point researchers to the provenance of 400-year-old timber

Isotopes of the chemical element strontium, along with tree-ring analysis, point researchers to the…

Centre of Excellence

2022.06.07

New research centre will investigate if mental illness is universal

Is the human psyche the same across cultures? And do people experience mental disorders in the same…

ideology

2022.03.21

The war is the logical consequence of Putin's ideological struggle with the West

If you have followed what Vladimir Putin has said and written about the West and Russia these past…

archaeology

2022.03.11

Researchers confirm shipwreck could be 400-year-old colonial "Sparrow-Hawk"

The remains of a shipwreck in Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, thought to be a 400-year-old colonia…

archaeology

2022.02.03

Researchers to explore ancient dress practices in Sudan

Archaeologist Elsa Yvanez has received an ERC Starting Grant for the research project "Fashioning…