News about Culture

New Head of Department at IFRO: “Professionalism and community go hand in hand”

As of 1 August, Per Svejstrup has been appointed Head of Department at the Department of Food and Resource Economics.

Recalibrating Syria: New Openings for Anthropological Engagement

A new collection of short essays on Syria after the fall of Assad has just been released by Allegra Lab.

Golden Indonesia 2045: Neoliberal Development Policies and Environmental Journalism

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler has published the article ‘Golden Indonesia 2045: Neoliberal Development Policies and Environmental Journalism’ in Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs.

PhD Fellow Hui-Yi Yang receives Government Scholarship

We are delighted to announce that our PhD Fellow at PRIVACY Hui-Yi Yang has been awarded the Government Scholarship to Study Abroad by the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. The scholarship provides 16,000 USD and…

Screen time: Passive and solitary use makes us most dissatisfied

What lies behind our dissatisfaction with our screen use – and why does the dissatisfaction rarely lead to action? A new Danish study sheds light on this.

Anja Simonsen admitted to the Young Academy

Associate Professor Anja Simonsen has been admitted to the Young Academy under the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2025

Early Introduction to Psychiatry

The field of Psychiatry is facing two challenges: a growing number of patients and fewer doctors to assist them. Pernille Gundtoft Uhrenholt is determined to change this.

New Guest Researcher at PRIVACY

This month, PRIVACY is pleased to welcome guest researcher Dr. Natasha Gordon-Chipembere. Last week, Natasha held a workshop on her historical fiction novel about the Black Madonna, Finding La Negrita, set in 1634…

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.…

Explainer on language history from videnskab.dk

Danish popular science site videnskab.dk has published an explainer (in Danish) on language history featuring Thomas Olander and Guus Kroonen: “This is how Danish sounded 6,000 years ago”. “Sådan lød dansk for 6.000 år…

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…

Thomas Olander appointed professor of Indo-European Studies

After three years in the promotion programme, Thomas Olander has been appointed professor of Indo-European Studies at Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen. The inaugural lecture will…

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…

Tris Hedges receives fellowship from Carlsberg Foundation

Huge congratulations to Tris Hedges, who, one week after the PhD defence, has obtained a 3-year Internationalisation fellowship from the Carlsberg Foundation. Read more.

Bastian Felter Vaucanson has been appointed as the new research leader of the PRIVACY theme BELIEF

Bastian is an Assistant Professor in Church History and has been part of the PRIVACY team since 2018, when he began his PhD studies on intimacy in private spiritual letter writing in early modern France. With Bastian…

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AnthroStory by Adrienne Mannov

Media, Careers and Professional Identities

Short report of the research seminar Media, Careers and Professional Identities

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…

New blog post by Asta Mønsted on private belongings in historic Greenland

In her newly published blog post, PRIVACY-scholar Asta Mønsted reflects on private spaces and personal belongings in historic Greenlandic Inuit cultures. Taking five different layers of property into account, Asta…

New Commentary on Development and Culture by Karen Lauterbach

When one takes a broad view across the African cultural scenes, there is little sense of a deep longing to better understand Danish or European values. On the contrary.

The USE Center seeks visionary leader to transform university science teaching

The USE Center is looking for an experienced discipline-based education researcher to lead the mission of strengthening science education.