Senior DIAS Fellow Jacek K. Wychowaniec once dreamed of working at CERN and answering questions about infinity and the universe. Today, he works with materials closer in consistency to toothpaste than particle accelerators - trying to develop injectable biomaterials that can guide the immune system and help the human body repair itself.
As artificial intelligence moves deeper into military decision-making, Professor Ingvild Bode is less interested in science-fiction scenarios than in the choices being made here and now - and what they mean for human judgement, responsibility and the norms of war.
The Carlsberg Foundation has awarded DKK 50 million to establish the Danish Centre for Ecosystem Recovery. Co-led by DIAS Chair Samuel Cushman, the new centre will bring ecology and landscape architecture together to help predict how landscapes can be transformed for the benefit of nature, climate and people.
With externally based DIAS Chair Claes de Vreese becoming the institute’s first Chair-in-Residence, DIAS is taking a new step towards a more connected, active and ambitious interdisciplinary research environment.
DIAS Chair of Humanities Ben Davies recently brought politicians, academics, media figures and business leaders together at the House of Commons to launch a new initiative for English studies.
We’re launching DIAS in Dialogue, a new video series extending the ideas sparked by lectures and events
Do you have an idea for a research project that will explore innovative solutions to challenges within health and sustainability? The NNF-IAS Fellowship Programme invites researchers from anywhere in the world to pursue transformative work on ‘Inequity in Health’ in an interdiciplinary setting across Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Five fellowships starting in September 2027 are open for application. Deadline is 1 October 2026.
How do societies really change? Not through grand plans, but through the everyday actions of ordinary people. DIAS Fellow Adam Frost explores how these small choices add up to shape the world in unexpected ways—from the ground up.
At the edge of a South Greenland glacier, a fragile drone becomes a vital research partner. Joining natural scientists in the field, DIAS Chair Kathrin Maurer offers a humanities perspective on how drone technology shapes knowledge, care, and attention in climate research — revealing not just a changing landscape, but the deeply human relationships behind the science.
The institute has begun the search for five Chairs-in-Residence, internationally leading scholars who will be hired into DIAS to guide its work and activities.
Some of the most important breakthroughs in medicine begin with a simple question: What if the body could heal itself better?
DIAS and seven Institutes for Advanced Study in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden will launch a structured, interdisciplinary training and retention programme for early-career researchers. The programme, which the Novo Nordisk Foundation has supported with DKK 48.3 million over the next six years, will offer 20 two-year fellowships focused on innovative solutions to challenges within health and sustainability.
From tree houses in Washington State to national-scale green transition in Denmark, Samuel Cushman has always moved through landscapes, not as isolated places, but as living systems. Now a Chair at DIAS and Professor of Biology at SDU, he brings a lifetime of exploration into the urgent question of how biodiversity, climate, and human well-being can be optimized together.
The DIAS Digest is the official newsletter of the Danish Institute for Advanced Study. It has been part of our communication for years, but its concept has recently evolved, with the latest issue just being released.
Reading has no shortcuts. In an age of speed, summaries and AI-generated ease, we meet our new Chair Ben Davies, who makes the case for reading as one of the most deeply human things we do. This conversation is about time, attention, and why reading still matters precisely because it cannot be rushed.
The Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) has opened recruitment for eight new academic positions across all five faculties at the University of Southern Denmark.