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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.

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2025

Media, Careers and Professional Identities

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

New book, co-edited by Nete Nørgaard Kristensen

New book, co-edited by Nete Nørgaard Kristensen, highlights Europeans' cultural viewpoints and practices amid societal transformations The newly published volume Engagement with Culture in Transformative Times, co-edite…

CBMR publications and media appearances in April 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in April 2025

The loss of a single species is the loss of a world

At a CApE event on March 27, Semine Long-Callesen wrote an article about the work of this semesters international CApE fellow professor Oxana Timofeeva, which is now in published in the online media Resilience.

First article out in the EXPOSING-project in European Journal of Cultural Studies

First article out in the EXPOSING-project in European Journal of Cultural 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…

CBMR publications and media appearances in March 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in March 2025

If all minerals are extracted from the soil, will the flowers ever bloom again?

At the event Restoring Global Memories & Local Ecologies: Metallophyte plants and colonial history in DR Congo mining at CApE on March 6, Semine Long-Callesen wrote an article about the work of artist Toshie Takeuchi an…

New paper: "Beyond Cheap and Biased: Informal Volunteering on Social Media During the COVID-19 Crisis"

DISTRACT researcher Hjalmar Bang Carlsen and co-author Jonas Toubøl have just published the article “Beyond Cheap and Biased: Informal Volunteering on Social Media During the COVID-19 Crisis” in the journal Social Media…

We are facing a technological revolution, and Denmark can lead the way

Morten Axel Pedersen is one of the authors of the recently published opinion piece entitled “Forskere: Vi står over for en teknologisk revolution, og Danmark kan vise vejen” (EN: “Researchers: We are facing a…

WHAT ABOUT ME ISM

Insights from Game Theory, Behavioral Economics and Moral Philosophy New Book by Vincent F. Hendricks In this book, Vincent F. Hendricks draws on game theory, behavioral economics and moral philosophy in a scathing…

Morten Axel Pedersen in CPHDOX debate: AI and art in focus

On the 30th of March, Morten Axel Pedersen will participate in a conversation with Rasmus Kloster Bro, Janet Frances Rafner and Kristoffer Ørum about how AI is changing artistic creation. The debate is hosted as part of…

Keynote by Jens-Erik Mai at iConference 2025

Head of Department and Professor Jens-Erik Mai is attending iConference 2025: Living in an AI-gorithmic World. The iConference is one of the premier events in the international information science community, attracting…

CBMR publications and media appearances in February 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in February 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2025

New book by Dan Zahavi

Phenomenology: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to one of the important philosophical movements of the twentieth century. The book provides an introduction to the core ideas of phenomenology and the…

Being We

Phenomenological Contributions to Social Ontology A new book by Dan Zahavi What does it take to constitute a we with others and how does feeling, thinking, and acting as part of a we, transform one's sense of self, one'…

Kristoffer Albris in the news commenting on the migration from Tiktok to Rednote

DISTRACT researcher Kristoffer Albris was in an article on TV2.dk, where he commented on the American trend of users migrating from Tiktok to the Chinese social media platform “Rednote.” He also participated in a …

DISTRACT conference in the news: debating unnecessary panic considering social media

On December 5th 2024, a debate based on the DISTRACT conference “Weapons of Mass Distraction” was published in the Danish newspaper Politiken. The debate mentions several speakers from the conference and their main…

CBMR publications and media appearances in December 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in December 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in November 2024

CBMR publications and media appearances in November 2024

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…