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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
9/11 2021.09.03 No strategy behind Danish war effort in Afghanistan – we followed USA When Denmark decided to participate in the war in Afghanistan just three months after the terrorist…
education 2021.02.09 The wars in Former Yugoslavia continue in the classroom According to the Education Act, schools in the ethnically divided Bosnia and Herzegovina must teach…
Technology 2020.08.04 Fitness watches generate useful information, but increase patient anxiety How does measuring our sleep, exercise and heart rates using various apps and fitness watches affec…
Nordic Journal of Media Studies 2020.06.23 Is there a particular ”Nordicness”? The 2020 volume of Nordic Journal of Media Studies addresses the very title of the journal. Is ther…
2020.06.03 The global consequences of the Coronavirus crisis Researchers from University of Copenhagen show how the Coronavirus affects the countries of the…
archaeology 2020.03.23 Paper on early agriculture’s impact on human lifestyle awarded prestigious prize Together with an international team of researchers, University of Copenhagen archaeologist Scott…