News about Culture

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…

Fake or fact check

New podcast episode with Mette Bengtsson in the podcast series Udsyn

Journalistic fact checking and the search for universal truth

Mette Bengtsson gives a keynote on 'Medieforskningens dag' 13 November 2024

SUND receives DKK 15M for sustainable development research in the Arctic

Three SUND research projects receive funding from DFF to strengthen sustainable development in the Arctic.

Thanks for Attending our Open House!

On Thursday 7th November 2024, the ITSS team had an Open House, with music, snacks, rum punch, and a sneak peek at the development of our geodatabase.

Emilie Munch Gregersen presents at Digital Tech Summit 2024

On October 30th DISTRACT researcher Emilie Munch Gregersen presented at the Digital Tech Summit, where she pitched the digital fieldnote app Ethnote designed for collecting, sharing, and analyzing qualitative data. …

Research project on medieval intellectual culture awarded €13 million Synergy Grant

Thanks to a generous ERC Synergy Grant, experts in history, literature, medieval handwriting and bio-codicology from Nordic Universities will explore medieval knowledge networks the coming six years. Matthew Collins, wh…

ERC Synergy Grant to chart Northern integration in medieval intellectual culture

With University of Bergen leading the project, four Nordic partners will investigate how books and literary networks shaped Northern Europe between 1000 and 1500 CE.

ERC Synergy Grant to chart Northern integration in medieval intellectual culture

With University of Bergen leading the project, four Nordic partners will investigate how books and literary networks shaped Northern Europe between 1000 and 1500 CE.

New article: ”EthNote gives qualitative research a new format”

Recently TechSavvy Media published an article about the digital fieldnote app Ethnote, co-founded by DISTRACT researcher Emilie Munch Gregersen and DISTRACT coordinator Karoline Husbond Andersen. The article is written…

Newspapers as Microcosms of Everyday Life for Elites in the Danish West Indies

ITSS PhD Fellow Gabriëlle La Croix writes about colonial newspapers, including the implications of a rebus, an epigram, and essays on death and marriage.

Digital Media Metaphors

Edited By Johan Farkas & Marcus Maloney Bringing together leading scholars from media studies and digital sociology, the book provides a comprehensive introduction to digital media metaphors, unpacking their power and…

Equipping researchers of today with communication tools to reach beyond academia

In collaboration, EU-LIFE and BRIC have developed a science communication training workshop, equipping researchers with tools to communicate their research to the world outside academia.

Jane Fejfer modtager Dronning Margrethes Romerske Pris 2024

Lektor Jane Fejfer fra Saxo-Instituttet modtager Dronning Margrethes Romerske Pris 2024 for sin forskning i romersk skulptur og dens relevans frem til i dag. Carlsbergfondet uddeler hvert år prisen til en forsker, der…

Christian Kock publishes monograph on ’moving forms’

The book offers a theory of formal properties of art that are apt to afford strong aesthetic experience – a project resembling Aristotle’s in the Poetics. It cuts across all genres of literature and also includes…

Open postdoc position on the AI-UNI project

Do you have a PhD specialising in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, applied linguistics or similar, you might be the perfect candidate for the postdoc position as part of the research project AI-UNI.

We emulate minorities when we perceive them as warm, competent and moral

Majority groups are more willing to adopt the culture of immigrant and minority groups when it is perceived as warm, competent and moral. This is according to a new psychological study with Danish participation.

CBMR publications and media appearances in September 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in September 2024

Who decides what we see?

Assistant Professor Signe Sophus Lai will be presenting at the upcoming conference “Hvem bestemmer, hvad vi ser?” hosted by Copydan Verdens TV.