News about Anthropology

CGC Researcher Anja Simonsen Accepted into The Young Academy (DUA)

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen is among the nine new researchers who have been accepted into The Young Academy (DUA). She will begin her DUA activities in September 2025 and continue for the next five years, until 2030.…

New paper: "BROAD DATA: Ethnographic methods in the age of interdisciplinary collaboration"

On the 17th of June the DISTRACT researchers Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard, Emilie Munch Gregersen, Clara Rosa Sandbye and Morten Axel Pedersen published a new paper entitled “BROAD DATA: Ethnographic methods in the age of…

Julie Nygaard Solvang shares insights on green criminology in panel discussion

CGC researcher and PhD fellow Julie Nygaard Solvang recently participated as a panelist in a debate on anthropological perspectives on waste at Moesgård Campus.

Spontaneous Talk at Folkemødet for German Democracy Advocates

During this year’s Folkemøde, Morten Axel Pedersen was spontaneously invited to give a talk to a visiting group of German democracy advocates. During the talk, he shared his research outcomes on democracy festivals with…

DISTRACT at Folkemødet 2025

On Friday the 13th, DISTRACT researchers Morten Axel Pedersen, Emilie Munch Gregersen, Karoline Husbond Andersen and Magnus Nørtoft presented findings from studying the Danish People’s Meeting (Folkemødet) in 2021 and…

Beaver Township, Oklahoma

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Fælleshed eller Fællesskab? – DISTRACT presentation at Folkemødet

On the 13th of June the DISTRACT researchers Morten Axel Pedersen, Emilie Munch Gregersen, Magnus Nørtoft, and Karoline Husbond Andersen will give a presentation at Folkemødet, based on interactive insights from the…

Trine Mygind Korsby presents her research at City University of New York (CUNY)

Earlier this month, CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby presented her research at CUNY Graduate Center in New York at a workshop on doing research with people you don’t (necessarily) like. You can read more about the…

Still here: age and generational time

Professor Susan Reynolds Whyte contributed ‘Still here: age and generational time’ to a Special Issue of the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute on Ageing Time Beings.

Anja Simonsen is a panelist at KU Festival

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen takes part in the panel “Decolonising Knowledge” at the KU Festival, organised by the School of Global Health. Moderated by Kavishya Umendri Kulatunga and Fernando Racimo, the panel explores…

Anja Simonsen presents new research project at network meeting in Uppsala

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen participates in a network meeting organised by Keep the City Ticking in Uppsala, Sweden, which brings together scholars from across Europe under the theme Infrastructures of Migration and…

Anja Simonsen publishes new article on how EU governance shapes migrant journeys in the Mediterranean

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen has contributed the article "Risk, Improvisation, and Emergency Governance on the Mediterranean Sea" to a special issue of the journal Migration and Society edited by Tricia Redeker Hepner…

Anja Simonsen to speak at UN event on migration across the Mediterranean

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen will be among the panelists when UN City Copenhagen hosts an evening event on June 3 focusing on migration and rescue efforts in the Mediterranean. The event centers around the documentary…

Risk, Improvisation, and Emergency Governance on the Mediterranean Sea

Associate Professor Anja Simonsen has contributed the article "Risk, Improvisation, and Emergency Governance on the Mediterranean Sea" to a special issue of the journal Migration and Society edited by Tricia Redeker…

Trine Mygind Korsby presents her research on human traffickers at a seminar arranged by the Danish Institute for Human Rights

CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby has been invited to present her research on human traffickers and the complex social relationships in cases of human trafficking at a seminar hosted by the Danish Institute for Human…

Anja Simonsen participates in parliamentary conference

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen has been invited to take part in the parliamentary conference ‘Envisioning Effective Public Policy to Prevent and Address Cases of Missing Migrants’ at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.…

Trine Mygind Korsby participates in keynote roundtable at the annual conference of The Swedish Anthropological Association

CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby has been invited to participate in the keynote roundtable at the annual conference of The Swedish Anthropological Association. The title of the keynote roundtable is: 'No love at first…

Trine Mygind Korsby publishes article on online sex work

CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby has, together with Emma Nitz, published the article ‘Fighting for visibility: online sex work and social media’ in Tidsskriftet Antropologi (in Danish). Technological developments have…

Trine Mygind Korsby publishes book chapter on minors identified as victims of human trafficking

CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby has contributed the book chapter ‘“I am not a victim of anything”: minors identified as victims of human trafficking in Italy’ to the edited volume Sex Work and Language, edited by…

Configuring the carbon farmer Emerging practices of carbon accounting and biochar engagements in Danish agriculture

Inge-Merethe Hougaard has authored a chapter in the book The Cultural Complexity of Carbon.

Making Resources in Northern Uganda

Susan Reynolds Whyte has edited a Special Issue of the Journal of Peace and Security Studies.

New article: "Mediating Market Moralities"

DISTRACT-affiliated Eva Iris Otto just published the article “Mediating Market Moralities“ in the journal Social Analysis. The article considers how actors within digital markets creatively navigate moral ambiguities in…

Rikke Haugegaard publishes book chapter on military capacity building

CGC researcher Rikke Haugegaard has released the chapter “Kapacitetsopbygning af Ghana Navy Special Boat Squadron: SOF Stabilisering i Guineabugten” i bogen Militære Stabiliseringsindsatser. En introduktion til koncept,…

Henrik Vigh publishes new research article on the European opioid crisis

Henrik Vigh, head of the CGC, has recently published an article in the medical journal ASA Monitor, together with Nanna Reiter and Eske Kvanner Aasvang. The article, entitled "The European Opioid Crisis," addresses the…