MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship

Nine young researchers are advancing research ideas and enhancing their careers at the University of Southern Denmark. They have been awarded postdoctoral fellowships in the EU programme Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Meet alumni Louise Fenger Kornum

"I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my degree, but my excellent lecturers opened my eyes to working with international market relations"

When Design was made in Denmark

Professor Anders V. Much, Department of Design, Media and Educational Science, has received more than DKK 3 million from the Augustinus Foundation for a project examining how knowledge about Denmark's design and production history, cultural heritage and sustainable education can be improved.

5 Grants from the Carlsberg Foundation to the Faculty of Humanities

Five researchers at the Faculty of Humanities have received a total of DKK 14.5 million from the Carlsberg Foundation. The projects cover a wide range of research topics: from sleep technology to the small word 'with', from prime ministerial speeches to complex relationships between cancer, gender and culture.

The success of the Roman Empire is also climate history

Professor Jesper Majbom Madsen from the Department of Culture and Language has received over DKK 3 million from Independent Research Fund Denmark for an interdisciplinary project on the impact of climate change on the political development of the Roman Empire. The project is carried out in close collaboration with Professor Sebastian Mernild, head of the SDU Climate Cluster.

The business potential of fictional worlds

Can devising scripts become a business? Postdoc Nathali Herold Solon Pilegaard will find out. She has researched how script developers create the worlds viewers encounter in the Danish TV series Valdes jul and Efterforskningen. Now she is embarking on a new project.

Grant opens the door to major new detective work into medieval culture in the Nordic countries

Professor Lars Boje Mortensen, Department of Culture and Language, and three Nordic partners receive an ERC Synergy Grant of DKK 97 million to investigate over 50,000 fragments of books from the Middle Ages.

Award-winning Atwood demonstrates the ethical and political potential of literature

Author Margaret Atwood receives the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award for her narratively superior and socially critical writing. We asked Associate Professor of Literature Emily Hogg why Atwood is such a recognised voice in literature.

Mastering the exam is a competence

Associate Professor Lasse Nielsen from the Department of Media, Design and Educational Sciences has received DKK 3 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for a project that seeks to develop new and more precise concepts for investigating inequality in health.

Is this a welfare state?

Assistant Professor Gareth Millward from the Department of Culture and Language has received DKK 2,7 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for a project that investigates complaints about the welfare state. Complaints shed light on the hope and expectation of what the welfare state should be.

Mastering the exam is a competence

Associate Professor Jens Jørgen Hansen from the Department of Media, Design and Educational Sciences has received DKK 3 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for a project on exams as a special social practice.

New Head of the Department of Design, Media and Educational Science

The new Head of the Department of Design, Media and Educational Science will be Alexandra Holsting.

New Head of the Department of Design, Media and Educational Science

The new Head of the Department of Design, Media and Educational Science will be Alexandra Holsting.

Germany’s and Italy’s Colonial Past: A New Voice in Collective Memory

Associate Professor Jessica Ortner has received more than DKK 6 million from Independent Research Fund Denmark for a project on German and Italian postcolonial literature.

Is writing something for me?

Many students fail in becoming good scribes in Danish compulsory school. A new research project focuses on the development of students' writing skills.

Quality of Life in the Virtual World

Professor of philosophy Søren Harnow Klausen has received almost DKK 6 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark to study people's quality of life when they are immersed in a partly virtual world.

New design research project at SDU will enable sustainable transitions

CoDesign4Transitions – A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks programme

New design research project at SDU will enable sustainable transitions

CoDesign4Transitions – A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks programme

How to take care of God’s green earth?

Religious environmental movements are established worldwide, also within Islam. The Independent Research Fund Denmark has granted more than DKK 6 million to a project investigating the connection between Islam, nature, and the environment.

More than 22 million DKK granted to a European project that enhances children's cultural understanding

With the grant from Horizon Europe, the first of its kind to the Faculty of Humanities, the project EXPloring and Educating Cultural literacy Through Art (EXPECT_Art) will contribute to social change for marginalized groups in Europe by exploring new methods of developing art and cultural understanding among school children.

Let's play future

DKK 3 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for a project that puts students' voices at the center, so that they are the ones to define how they thrive and what well-being means to them.

Let's play future

Independent Research Fund Denmark grants DKK 3 million for a project to teach future schoolteachers how to use inclusive dialogues as one of the ways to a safer school culture and more learning.

Let's play future

3 million DKK granted from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for a project applying role-playing games on climate issues for children and young people.

Independent Research Fund Denmark grants DKK 3 million for a project that will strengthen high school students' engagement with climate issues

The latest reports on climate change from the UN's IPCC panel have shown that when young people are active and engaged in climate issues, it influences politicians who are more supportive of actions that fight climate change.

More than 3 million Danish kroner granted by the Independent Research Fund Denmark for a project to help grieving children

Every year, 2,000 children under the age of 18 lose a parent. Young children usually find it difficult to put the grief they are going through into words, so the project is based on the idea that creative and nonverbal means of expression can help the children process the grief.

6.7 million Danish kroner granted from the VELUX FOUNDATION to a project on The Aesthetics of Bio-Machines and the Question of Life

What constitutes life? Today we are surrounded by life-like digital technologies such as virtual assistants, generative computer systems, and adaptive robots. These new digital technologies represent a form of life and coexist closely with us. They raise the question whether we can consider them "alive" and how we, as humans, coexist with these life-forms.

The Velux Foundation grants nearly 5 million kroner to a project on improving communication to enhance sexual health and equality

"Let's talk about sex, baby" Salt-N-Peppa once sang, but doing so might not be as easy as we think. In Denmark, we pride ourselves on living in a society characterised by sexual equality, open-mindedness and access to knowledge. However, recent research raises doubts about sexual health in Denmark. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours related to sexuality are reflected in and shaped by communication. The project addresses ignorance and inequality regarding sexual health in Denmark from a communicative perspective.

Starting early with foreign languages does not necessarily enhance learning

Younger does not necessarily mean better when it comes to learning English. This is according to the findings of an interdisciplinary research project that has followed two groups of children over a number of years.

Faculty of the Humanities

The restrictions and insecurities following from COVID 19 have negatively affected many students' learning and well-being. The INSPECT project (INSPECT Societal Security after COVID 19 - Inquiring Nordic Strategies, Practices, Educational Consequences and Trajectories ) offers solid knowledge about the long-term consequences of COVID 19 that can help the Nordic schools to maintain their strong traditions.

Faculty of the Humanities

The restrictions and insecurities following from COVID 19 have negatively affected many students' learning and well-being. The INSPECT project (INSPECT Societal Security after COVID 19 - Inquiring Nordic Strategies, Practices, Educational Consequences and Trajectories ) offers solid knowledge about the long-term consequences of COVID 19 that can help the Nordic schools to maintain their strong traditions.

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New Nordic humanist centre to create new understandings of the world’s societal challenges

Thanks to a donation from The A.P. Moller Relief Foundation, the University of Copenhagen and the University of Southern Denmark will establish a new research centre: the Nordic Humanities Centre for Challenge-Based Inquiry. Based on humanistic disciplines, the Centre will contribute nuances, perspectives, new understandings and opportunities for action in relation to the major societal challenges such as the climate crisis and pandemics.

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New technology brings researchers close to the people of ancient times

Digitisation and new technology now allow researchers to access the hidden layers in ancient texts so that it is actually possible to sense the emotions of the authors and what they were thinking.

SDU is among the leading sustainable universities

The internationally recognised magazine Times Higher Education ranks SDU 23rd among 1,115 universities from around the world. The ranking is based on the universities’ sustainability activities and efforts.

Cli-fi teaches us about the future

Climate literature is becoming one of the most prominent genres of the time. It is highlighted for its contributions to the climate debate, because it makes a future with climate change tangible for us. Students at SDU now have the chance to try out the effects of climate fiction in the competition Write the Future.

Women in research: Aglae Pizzone

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day on 8 March, please meet some of our women researchers from SDU and learn their perspectives on being a woman in research.

Women in research: Louise Nyholm Kallestrup

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day on 8 March, please meet some of our women researchers from SDU and learn their perspectives on being a woman in research.

Can theatre help climate change?

Students have been involved in improvised theatre to become aware of how to live more sustainably. Behind the project are researchers from SDU and they are impressed with the young people's dedication.

Plagiattjek

The exam period is under way, and this means that you should be aware of plagiarism amongst your students.

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