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Coming soon – offline speech recognition even on low-memory phones

More than one in four people currently integrate speech recognition into their daily lives. A new algorithm developed by a University of Copenhagen researcher and his international colleagues makes it possible to…

CBMR publications and media appearances in November 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in November 2024

Electrical stimulation of the nervous system can improve motor learning

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that the brain's ability to learn certain skills can be significantly enhanced if both the brain and nervous system are primed by carefully-calibrated,…

L’expérience antillaise des matelots du long-cours. Le cas de la Martinique à la fin de l’Ancien Régime

For the first time, we present a French-language blog post! ITSS affiliate Lucas Marin writes about long-distance sailors in Martinique at the end of the Ancien Régime.

Remembering Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1962-2024)

The news of Thomas Hylland Eriksen’s death hit his anthropological colleagues at the University of Copenhagen very hard.

Research seminar on Digital (mis)trust

On Friday the 29th of November five scholars (including DISTRACT researcher Kristoffer Albris) presented their work and thoughts on digital (mis)trust at the launch of a new special issue entitled Digital (Mis)trust:…

Salvation vs. health: The eternal pursuit of the flawless life

Centre Director Mette Birkedal Bruun in a live interview at Copenhagen University Library Fiolstræde

Stealing and redacting: fieldwork among transnational thieves in Eastern Romania

Assistant Professor Trine Mygind Korsby has contributed the chapter ‘Stealing and redacting: fieldwork among transnational thieves in Eastern Romania’ to the book Redacted: Writing in the Negative Space of the State.

NEW BOOK: Privacy in Early Modern Saxony - Perspectives on Architecture, Culture, Health, Law, and Religion

NEW BOOK: Privacy in Early Modern Saxony - Perspectives on Architecture, Culture, Health, Law, and Religion

Global Cluster Writing Retreat

In November 2024, members of the ITSS team joined the Saxo Institute's Global Cluster for a writing retreat in Smidstrup.

Languages on the Agenda – Sprog på dagsordenen, CIP releases new book

New volume: Languages on the Agenda – Sprog på dagsordenen, of the CIP series Studies in Parallel Language use.

New book on the history of the Danish language

Thomas Olander’s book Dansk fra nutiden til stenalderen [Danish from the present to the Stone Age] has been published at U Press. Read more about the book in this article (in Danish).

Keynote by Mette Bengtsson at NordJourn

Mette Bengtsson gives a keynote at the fifth Nordic Journalism Studies Seminar Series (NordJourn). The title of her talk is “The Role of Journalistic Fact-Checkers in Constituting Truth Claims: A Rhetorical Perspective…

New book from the Reaching Young Audiences project

Writing and Producing for Children and Young Audiences Cases from Danish Film and Television This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the writing and production strategies used in live-action fiction films and…

Open talk by Lucas Graves

Professor Lucas Graves gives a public talk on his research on journalistic fact-checking. His talk title is "The end of fact-checking as we knew it? Change and challenge in a new global institution." The project arrange…

The HEALTH & SCIENCE Theme at the Centre for Privacy Studies is looking for an intern for the spring semester of 2025

The HEALTH & SCIENCE Theme at the Centre for Privacy Studies is looking for an intern for the spring semester of 2025

New article by Nina Grønlykke Mollerup

This article was published on 14 November 2024 in the trade journal Journalisten.dk. The article is in Danish.

Kontant: Hjernevasket til succes (Brainwashed for success)

Associate Professor Andreas Lindegaard Gregersen from the Center for Tracking and Society and the Department of Communication participated in the DR programme Kontant: Hjernevasket til succes.

How does compassion for animals develop and take root?

Looking at Tibetans and Indians who provide care for stray animals in northern India, a new anthropological project will explore how people develop a compassion-based ethics through their encounters with animals.

Nina Rønsted to direct the story of our natural history

With a new Natural History Museum Denmark opening in the coming years, Professor Nina Rønsted will have plenty to be getting on with as she takes up the position of Director of Natural History Museum Denmark at…

CBMR publications and media appearances in October 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in October 2024

Debunked: Children aren’t quicker at picking up new motor skills than adults

Contrary to popular belief, children aren’t better at learning new skills than adults. Indeed, young adults seem to learn faster than kids – but also tend to forget more quickly. Here, better sleep seems to advantage…

New Publication: The French Revolution in British Dominica

IN THE SAME SEA Postdoc Heather Freund announces publication of an article in the Journal of British Studies.

Thomas Elbenhardt appointed as Professor

Following an open international application process and external evaluation, Thomas Elbenhardt Jensen has been appointed as Professor of Molecular Exercise Physiology at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of…