On June 10, 2025, Mikkel Thorup, Professor of the History of Ideas at Aarhus University, defended his doctoral dissertation: “Rogue Democracy – an Intellectual History of Democratic Futures in the Making.” The dissertation shows how democracy is never a given, but always subject to negotiation. This…

Denmark takes over the EU Presidency on July 1, 2025, at a time of heightened geopolitical tension. The United States is once again turning its attention to Europe, calling for greater responsibility from its allies — a pattern that, according to Thorsten Borring Olesen, Professor of History at…

Professor Ciara Kierans has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for the research project FILTERSCAPE – a research project that examines how nature, technology, and organisms filter in landscapes where contaminants accumulate. Through fieldwork in Denmark and Mexico, the project aims to develop new…

In a new joint Nordic research collaboration, religious studies scholar Jørn Borup from Aarhus University, together with colleagues from across the Nordic region, maps the development and diverse expressions of Buddhism. The results are presented in Buddhism in the Nordic Countries – the first…

Researchers from the Unit for Song Studies at Aarhus University have published the first nationwide study of Danes' relationship with group singing. On Constitution Day, they will publish their findings – while also highlighting the importance of singing for both democracy and social cohesion.

One of Europe's oldest workshops for amber art is currently the subject of new excavations by a Danish-German research team. The site at Grabow in northern Germany has previously yielded sensational finds – including Northern Germany's oldest sculpture. Now the researchers hope to uncover how amber…

How can computers and algorithms be used to analyze ancient Greek texts such as the biblical texts and other texts by e.g. Plato, Sophocles and Plutarch? This question is central to the research project, Computing Antiquity, which is now launching a digital database where researchers and other…

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In the comic book Nuancer – Life After Displacement, seven young people with refugee backgrounds share stories about life after resettlement in Denmark, created in collaboration with two illustrators. The project is led by anthropologist Mette Lind Kusk, who—together with the Danish Red Cross School…

Museum Vestsjælland has entered into a collaboration with the project "Vetektor Buddy", where war veterans with metal detectors will in future assist the museum's archaeologists in searching for finds before digging.