• 07.04.2025

  New clinical professor of haematology at Odense University Hospital and SDU

  As of 1 September 2025, Kim Theilgaard-Mönch, MD, Consultant, has been appointed Clinical Professor of Haematology at Odense University Hospital (OUH) and the Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).

• 14.03.2025

  New artificial intelligence to save lives by detecting hidden cardiovascular disease in time

  Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital are working on developing an artificial intelligence system capable of detecting severe atherosclerosis before symptoms appear. They have just received DKK 15.2 million from the Innovation Fund to bring the project to life.

• 12.03.2025

  Thomas Emil Andersen appointed Professor of Medical Microbiology

  Thomas Emil Andersen's interdisciplinary research in microbiology will continue in the new position, and his experience from the past 20 years will help lift OUH and SDU's research and innovation strategy.

• 17.02.2025

  Sören Möller appointed professor of biostatistics at SDU

  Sören Möller is affiliated with the Department of Public Health at SDU. He conducts research in translational biostatistics, where he works to implement advanced statistical methods in clinical and epidemiological research. His current work focuses primarily on four areas.

• 23.01.2025

  Dissertation on medical measuring instruments

  Cand.scient.oecon Oke Gerke has defended his doctoral dissertation at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark.

• 21.01.2025

  New EU Project to Investigate the Health Effects of Noise and Ultrafine Particles

  An EU-funded research project aims to address a growing concern: the combined health effects of noise pollution and ultrafine particles, which are present in urban environments across the globe.

• 21.12.2024

  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.

• 17.12.2024

  New initiative to ensure a better start for vulnerable pregnant women and their children

  The BLOOM project aims to use new technology and improved cross-sector collaboration to create better future opportunities for children in Denmark.

• 17.12.2024

  SDU contributes to digital health solution for youth

  A new EU-funded project uses technology to promote healthier habits and reduce health inequalities among children and adolescents.

• 26.11.2024

  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.

• 12.11.2024

  Exploring Earth-abundant manganese’s potential to replace rare and expensive metals

  With a DKK 16.5 million grant, chemist Christina Wegeberg sets out to explore the potential of the Earth-abundant metal manganese to harvest sunlight. If she succeeds, manganese may serve as an alternative to the rare and expensive noble metals used today.

• 05.11.2024

  73 Million DKK to Improve Understanding of the Ocean's Nitrogen Cycle and Its Impact on Climate

  Professor Bo Thamdrup from the Department of Biology is part of a new international research collaboration that has received approximately 73 million DKK from the EU. This project aims to investigate how large quantities of nitrogen are lost from certain low-oxygen regions in the oceans.

• 05.11.2024

  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.

• 05.11.2024

  Henrik Frederiksen has been appointed Clinical Professor in Haematology.

  This professorship entails that Henrik Frederiksen will take on the role of research leader for the haematology field. The position has been established as a joint appointment between the Department of Clinical Research at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and the Department of Haematology at Odense University Hospital (OUH).

• 05.11.2024

  Thomas Stauffer Larsen appointed clinical professor of haematology

  The professorship is newly established and centred on the treatment of lymphoma. Professorships have been established as a combination position between the Department of Clinical Research, the University of Southern Denmark and the Department of Haematology at Odense University Hospital.

• 30.10.2024

  Young Cancer Survivors to Receive Improved Support After Illness

  A grant of just over 2 million DKK will allow researchers to trial new rehabilitation initiatives for young cancer survivors aged 18-39.

• 23.10.2024

  We must be precise when we talk about inequality in health

  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.

• 23.10.2024

  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.

• 21.10.2024

  New Professor of Clinical and Translational Proteomics

  Hans Christian Beck has been appointed professor in a newly established professorship in clinical and translational proteomics in a combination position between the Department of Clinical Medicine, the Research Unit for Clinical Biochemistry, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and Odense University Hospital (OUH)

• 10.10.2024

  Projects focus on dropouts in teacher training and the interdisciplinary work on children’s well-being in primary schools.

  Associate professor Anders Kruse Ljungdalh has received DKK 6 million from the Independent Research Fund Denmark two for projects.

• 10.10.2024

  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.

• 09.10.2024

  Do I belong in VET?

  Associate Professor Anke Piekut has received more than DKK 3 million from Independent Research Fund Denmark for a project which aims to strengthen retention and coherence in vocational training education.

• 30.09.2024

  More Support for Pregnant Women in Violent Relationships

  A new research project involving researchers from the University of Southern Denmark aims to expand systematic screening for intimate partner violence to include pregnant women from ethnic minority backgrounds.

• 05.09.2024

  Intense Exercise to Help Inactive Women Prevent Cardiovascular Diseases

  Just a few minutes of high-intensity activity integrated into daily routines can make a positive difference to health. The concept is called VILPA, and Professor Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani is set to develop and test an app in a new project to help women prevent cardiovascular diseases.

• 22.08.2024

  Professor of Genetics at Sygehus Lillebælt

  Cand.scient., Ph.D. Klaus Brusgaard has been appointed Professor and Research Leader at the Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Research Unit for Clinical Genetics, Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle.

• 01.07.2024

  Kristine Bjørndal appointed professor

  Kristine Bjørndal, PhD, has been appointed Clinical Professor and Head of Research at the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, and Department of ORL - Head and Neck Surgery & Audiology, Odense University Hospital.

• 21.06.2024

  Mark Bremholm Ellebæk appointed clinical professor in Paediatric and IBD surgery

  On July 1, 2024, Senior Consultant, PhD, Mark Bremholm Ellebæk is appointed Clinical Professor in a combined position between the Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and Department of Surgery A, Odense University Hospital (OUH).

• 20.06.2024

  Sapere Aude grant to Konstantin Wernli

  Konstantin Wernli from Centre for Quantum Mathematics, IMADA, has received DKK 6,2 million from Independent Research Fund Denmark to start his own research group.

• 20.06.2024

  Volha Lazuka receives prestigious grant

  Associate Professor Volha Lazuka is among this year’s recipients of the Independent Research Fund Denmark’s Sapere Aude grant, awarded to top researchers within their field. She will examine the effect of initiatives and reforms that have been implemented for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to become equal members of society.

• 20.06.2024

  New Methods to Reveal Adult Mortality Inequities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

  Angela Chang, associate professor at the Department of Health Services Research, has received a Sapere Aude grant to enhance the measurement of adult mortality inequality in the world's poorer countries.

• 20.06.2024

  New research to enhance understanding of trauma and PTSD

  Associate Professor Maria Louison Vang from the Department of Psychology has been awarded a Sapere Aude grant for a project that aims to revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD and complex PTSD.

• 14.06.2024

  Rikke Leth-Larsen Appointed as the new Head of the Department of Clinical Research at University of Southern Denmark.

  Rikke Leth-Larsen, who has previously led the Department of Regional Health Research, is set to take on a new challenge as the Head of the Department of Clinical Research, SDU.

• 11.06.2024

  Doctoral Dissertation on Hypoglycemia

  Brain damage from low blood sugar can be avoided in newborns with the rare disease "congenital hyperinsulinism," but difficulties in diagnosing the condition can delay proper treatment.

• 11.06.2024

  Enhanced Treatment for Dehydrated Patients

  Is it more effective to drink fluids or receive them intravenously when dehydrated? Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark are set to explore this question.

• 23.05.2024

  10 million DKK for research on zombie cells

  Panos Galanos has received support to establish his own research group at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The group will work on the bizarre zombie like senescent cells: On one hand, they can inhibit the division of cancer cells and, on the other hand, promote it.

• 17.05.2024

  Department of Clinical Research appoints new professor specializing in digital solutions for decision-making processes

  Pernille Just Vinholt has been appointed professor at the Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital. The professorship is in clinical biochemistry with a focus on decision support and artificial intelligence.

• 16.05.2024

  10 million to Henrik Dimke for kidney stone treatment project

  Kidney stones are the focal point of the research conducted by Henrik Dimke, Professor at the Department of Molecular Medicine. His aim is to understand the underlying mechanisms and thereby develop new treatment methods.

• 15.05.2024

  Troels Korshøj Bergmann, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology

  As of 1 June, Troels K. Bergmann will take up a clinical professorship in pharmacology at the University of Southern Denmark, Department of Regional Health Research, Esbjerg.

• 08.05.2024

  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.

• 08.05.2024

  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.

• 08.05.2024

  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.

• 06.05.2024

  Pernille Tanggaard Andersen Becomes New Department Head at SDU

  Professor Pernille Tanggaard Andersen has been appointed the new head of the Department of Public Health (IST) at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), a role she steps into from her position as vice head of the same department.

• 26.04.2024

  New professor aims to enhance understanding of financial incentives and cross-sector collaboration in healthcare

  Søren Rud Kristensen has been appointed Professor of Health Economics at the Danish Centre for Health Economics (DaCHE), Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark.

• 10.04.2024

  Professor and Research Director Kim Houlind has been appointed the new head of the Department of Regional Health Research at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).

  Starting 1 May, Professor Houlind will become the Head of the Department of Regional Health Research. This follows more than seven years of service as the Chief Surgeon at Kolding Hospital's Department of Vascular Surgery, whilst also fulfilling roles as a Professor and Coordinating Research Director.

• 10.04.2024

  Professor of health economics with a focus on general practice

  Line Bjørnskov Pedersen has been appointed professor of health economics at the Danish Centre for Health Economics (DaCHE), Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark. She is also employed at the Research Unit of General Practice in Odense and Esbjerg.

• 05.04.2024

  Professor of Medical Physics at SDU and OUH

  Faisal Mahmood is 48 years old and graduated as a biophysicist from the University of Copenhagen in 2002. He is appointed Professor of Medical Physics at the Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark and the Department of Oncology at Odense University Hospital.

• 03.04.2024

  Mark A. Ainsworth has been appointed head of the PhD School at the Faculty of Health Sciences

  Professor Mark A. Ainsworth, PhD, D.M.Sc., has been appointed head of the PhD School at the Faculty of Health Sciences at SDU as of 1 March 2024.

• 02.04.2024

  Can physical activity lessen pain after bariatric surgery?

  A researcher from the University of Southern Denmark and Esbjerg Hospital has been awarded a grant of nearly two million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to explore effective pain relief methods following bariatric surgery.

• 21.03.2024

  Camilla Mehlsen appointed new fellow at the journalism programmes at SDU

  She will study personality-based news reporting as a fellow at the journalism programmes.

• 21.03.2024

  Experienced Chief Consultant from the Hearing Clinic becomes professor of audiology at SDU

  Noise and hearing loss, along with the correct use of hearing aids, are in focus when Jesper Hvass Schmidt conducts research for the benefit of musicians specifically and the general population at large.

• 15.03.2024

  New Head of SUND Research Support

  On 1 March, Anne Kathrine Overgaard assumed the position as head of SUND Research Support, the research support unit of the Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

• 08.03.2024

  SDU Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Vejle Hospital

  Senior Consultant, PhD Claus Varnum, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Vejle Hospital, has been appointed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Department of Regional Health Research, SDU.

• 07.03.2024

  Crossing The North Sea in the footsteps of Queen Anna of Denmark

  A grant for a research residency will provide more knowledge about the importance of Anna of Denmark (1574-1619) for Danish-British cultural exchange.

• 04.03.2024

  Professor of Nursing in Psychiatry in Region Zealand

  Nurse, cand.cur. and Ph.D. As of 1 April, Lene Lauge Berring has been appointed professor of clinical nursing at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), associate professor at University College Absalon and chief nurse and head of the research unit in Psychiatry in Region Zealand.

• 27.02.2024

  Helle Hvilsted Nielsen appointed new professor of neurology with a focus on sclerosis

  In the newly established clinical professorship at the Department of Clinical Research, SDU, Helle Hvilsted Nielsen will strengthen research into neuroinflammatory diseases, in which the immune system is involved in the development of disease in the brain, with a particular focus on multiple sclerosis.

• 23.02.2024

  Statistics professor of screening programmes

  Sisse Helle Njor has been appointed professor of population-based cancer screening programmes at the Department of Regional Health Research, SDU and at Lillebaelt Hospital.

• 21.02.2024

  Malene Grubbe Hildebrandt becomes clinical professor of Nuclear Medicine

  Consultant Malene Grubbe Hildebrandt, PhD, has been appointed professor at the Department of Clinical Research at the University of Southern Denmark and the Department of Nuclear Medicine, OUH, as of 1 January.

• 19.02.2024

  Stig Borbjerg Laursen appointed clinical professor in Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

  Attending physician, PhD, Stig Borbjerg Laursen has been appointed clinical professor of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy from 1 February 2024 in a joint position with the Department of Clinical Research, the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and the Department of Medical Gastrointestinal Diseases S, Odense University Hospital (OUH).

• 06.02.2024

  Collaboration on Odense Fjord and Fyn to Inspire Other EU Countries

  Several researchers from SDU are involved in a new EU project seeking effective solutions for improving water quality and climate adaptation across Europe.

• 01.02.2024

  Researchers developing new tool for self-motivation

  Nikos Ntoumanis has received a grant from TrygFonden to develop and test a new digital platform that trains individuals in self-enactable behavior change techniques (BCTs) aimed at encouraging them to engage in more physical activity.

• 01.02.2024

  Professor of pulmonary medicine at SDU and OUH

  Lead Consultant, PhD Jesper Rømhild Davidsen has been appointed clinical professor of respiratory medicine in a combined position between the Department of Clinical Research, the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Odense University Hospital (OUH).

• 31.01.2024

  Ann Clarke is new professor: “The interplay between making a difference for public-private innovation and conducting research is enriching.”

  Ann Højbjerg Clarke is a newly appointed professor in business-to-business marketing and innovation. In her research, she collaborates with public organizations and private companies to create the solutions of the future.

• 23.01.2024

  Exploring children's perspectives on assistance in Child Advocacy Centers: A national study unveiled by new grant

  A new grant enables researchers from the THRIVE research group at the Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), to conduct a national study of Danish child advocacy centers (CACs) from the perspective of the child.

• 22.01.2024

  Nine fellows are to explore digital technologies at SDU

  Our digital society is changing rapidly, and important democratic societal processes are currently being challenged by new digital technologies such as artificial intelligence. This calls for interdisciplinary solutions and collaboration to ensure a safe, digital society with strong democratic institutions, and nine selected fellows are to investigate these issues at the Digital Democracy Centre at SDU.

• 19.01.2024

  New design research project at SDU will enable sustainable transitions

  CoDesign4Transitions – A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks programme

• 12.01.2024

  Research Project Aims to Enhance Treatment for Individuals with Chronic Eye Diseases

  The VELUX FOUNDATIONS has recently granted 11 million Danish kroner to Professor Jakob Grauslund from the University of Southern Denmark. He will lead a national project with the aim of providing enhanced and more precise follow-up for patients with chronic eye diseases.

• 09.01.2024

  The search for a good match

  New drugs, like good partnerships, are built on a good match. Finding a good match between chemical substances and their targets is a typical starting point in the development of new drugs. Stefan Vogel aims to accelerate this development with a NERD grant of DKK 14 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

• 20.12.2023

  Carlsberg grant for Quantum Gravity

  Professor Astrid Eichhorn is aiming at the smallest building blocks in our universe to get the Big Picture

• 18.12.2023

  Headed to SDU with a million grant and leadership ambitions

  Aida Solhøj Hansen, associated with the Institute of Molecular Medicine, is among the three accomplished skin researchers who are the first to be granted a LEO Foundation Dr. Abildgaard Fellowship, along with a 12 million Danish kroner award.

• 15.12.2023

  DKK 19.9 million from the Carlsberg Foundation to SDU BSS

  No less than ten researchers at the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences at SDU have just received research grants from the Carlsberg Foundation.

• 07.12.2023

  Pioneering project on pain and posttraumatic stress symptoms following sexual assault initiated

  Researchers from the Department of Psychology, in collaboration with Odense University Hospital and Lillebaelt Hospital, have received a grant of two million Danish kroner from the the Council of the Danish Victims Fund to conduct an ambitious three-year research project.

• 30.11.2023

  Sapere Aude grant for Ingvild Bode

  Associate Professor Ingvild Bode receives a much-coveted Sapere Aude grant, awarded to researchers in the international top tier within their field. She will examine how AI affects the interaction between humans and machines in warfare.

• 28.11.2023

  Fabian Haiden, IMADA, is new Sapere Aude Research leader

  With a grant of DKK 6.192.000, Fabian Haiden can now start his own research group

• 24.11.2023

  More seaweed on the menu in Northern Europe

  Seaweed and algae are a sustainable and healthy alternative to animal foods, and there is an abundance of it in the seas around us. A new German/Danish project, led by SDU, has received ca. 14 million DKK to make consumers more interested in eating seaweed and algae and to make the products more accessible to them.

• 23.11.2023

  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.

• 23.11.2023

  EU grant to revolutionise the programming of connected computer systems

  With an EU grant of about 2 million Euros, computer science professor Fabrizio Montesi can now significantly advance his dream of creating a new programming system that improves the exchange of data between connected computers. This will result in better operation and security when we log into apps and systems.

• 22.11.2023

  Grants of DKK 43 million to make the Danish/German border region more climate resilient

  The EU's Interreg program has granted support for two projects led by SDU Climate Cluster, aiming to strengthen collaborative climate efforts in the region.

• 17.11.2023

  Three SDU researchers receive Fyens Stiftstidende’s research award

  Three SDU professors – Kurt Klaudi Klausen, Anna Paldam Folker and N. Asger Mortensen – received the annual research award from Fyens Stiftstidende on Thursday, 16 November. The honour comes with DKK 25,000 for each researcher.

• 16.11.2023

  Researcher among the most cited scientists in the world

  Clinical Professor Asbjørn Hróbjartsson from Department of Clinical Research is among Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers for the second year in a row.

• 14.11.2023

  Dialogical Teaching to strengthen unity and learning in the classroom

  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.

• 14.11.2023

  What about the students' well-being?

  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.

• 03.11.2023

  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.

• 03.11.2023

  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.

• 25.10.2023

  Novo Nordisk Grant for BioFab: Bioprinting and Microfabrication in Odense

  An upstart of the new Center BioFab will commence with a state-of-the-art 3D-printer. But not just any printer – this one will also bring biomaterial into play, giving the opportunity to bridge and engage both environmental, medical, and industrial partners for innovative projects.

• 09.10.2023

  New Doctor of Pharmacy wants to make life better for patients 

  Profile of Professor René Holm on the occasion of his doctor's thesis, which builds on 25 scientific publications.

• 29.09.2023

  Professor Christine Stabell Benn has been awarded the George Macdonald Medal

  The medal is awarded by The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, for outstanding research leading to improvement of health in the tropics.

• 29.09.2023

  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.

• 28.09.2023

  Two grants from Villum Fonden for Chemistry

  Villum Fonden donates grants for two projects aimed at enhancing the environmentally sustainable processes and health issues in our society

• 11.09.2023

  Researchers want to safeguard small businesses against cyber threats

  The changing threat landscape increases the need for companies to upgrade their cyber security, and a new research project at SDU will help small and medium-sized enterprises with this task.

• 08.09.2023

  Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship for Chemistry

  Understanding the new oxidative paradigm of biomass waste upcycling – LyticPol

• 28.08.2023

  NERD grant of DKK 13 millions for Medicinal Chemistry

  Professor Jasmin Mecinovic from the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy will primarily work with linker histones

• 28.06.2023

  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.

• 28.06.2023

  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.

• 16.06.2023

  Nearly 6 million from Novo Nordisk Foundation to support individuals with aphasia and their families

  Over 31,000 people in Denmark have aphasia after stroke. From being able to communicate like everyone else, this acquired language impairment gives far-reaching chronic consequences. The grant will be used to develop and test support for families living with aphasia.

• 07.06.2023

  DKK 10 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for a research project on mechanical circulatory support for patients after heart attacks

  The grant will be used to initiate several experiments. Both experimental, register-based, patient- and relative-centred - and randomised clinical studies across OUH and Rigshospitalet will form the basis for the study of how heart patients can get help for weak hearts.

• 20.04.2023

  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.

• 12.04.2023

  International recognition for football fitness and football professor Peter Krustrup

  UEFA has awarded a Gold Award for "Best Social Initiative" to the Football Fitness U90 Training Camp, a project developed by SDU and DBU Bornholm.

• 28.03.2023

  In search of new narratives of Europe’s borders

  Borders shape our view of Europe and can both unite and divide us Europeans. A new EU project led by SDU seeks to explore the narratives we as Europeans construct and carry with us.

• 24.03.2023

  Marie Curie grant for research into identity changes in people adapting to a life with pain

  Canadian pain researcher Peter Stilwell receives prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship to be held at University of Southern Denmark.

• 01.02.2023

  The Controlled Slowdown, KOP-23, at SDU and at SUND

  Financial imbalance at SDU and SUND

• 31.01.2023

  Radioactive drugs to track down cancer cells in the brain

  There is no effective treatment for the aggressive brain cancer, glioblastoma, but researchers from SDU and OUH will now try to develop one. The idea is to load radioactive cancer-killing isotopes of certain metallic elements into specifically designed molecules that target cancer cells. This idea is supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation with DKK 15 million.

• 18.01.2023

  Rocks and oceans lead him back to ancient times

  Donald Canfield uses chemistry and biology to study the Earth's past. His work often causes the rewriting of textbooks on the history of the oceans - and thus also the history of life. He is the 2023 recipient of the Villum Kann Rasmussen Annual Award in Science and Technology.

• 22.11.2022

  Four SDU researchers among the most cited

  Clarivate has published the 2022 report of the most cited researchers from all over the world in web sources. This year, SDU researchers from the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Health Sciences are among them.

• 18.11.2022

  Jes Søgaard to assist the Epidemic Commission

  Three experts with competencies in the social sciences have been appointed to assist the Epidemic Commission. Professor Jes Søgaard from SDU is one of them.

• 15.11.2022

  INSPECT Societal Security after COVID 19

  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.

• 16.09.2022

  Top researcher joins SDU

  Gregory Clark, a world-leading economic historian, will be moving to SDU from the University of California, Davis next year, thanks to a grant of DKK 10 million from the Danish National Research Foundation.

• 15.09.2022

  Grant will make your clicks more transparent

  You’re constantly using apps and websites on your smartphone, tablet, PC or other digital devices. These applications collect information about you and your behavior, but we know too little about how this data is used, shared, and sold. Fabrizio Montesi and Claes de Vreese, both from the Digital Democracy Centre, have just received a 3 million DKK grant from the VILLUM FOUNDATION to make your clicks more transparent and accessible.

• 14.09.2022

  Peter Møllgaard continues to chair the Climate Council

  SDU’s Dean of the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, Peter Møllgaard, has been reappointed for a four-year term as chairman of the Climate Council, which advises the government on climate issues.

• 01.09.2022

  SDU expert briefs the UN Security Council

  The use of military drone technologies by terrorist groups is a threat to the world community. That was the main message in the speech that Associate Professor James Rogers has just given to the UN Security Council, where he was invited to share his knowledge about the terrorist use of drones.

• 01.09.2022

  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.

• 04.08.2022

  European millions in grant money from the EU ensures continued development of EPICUR

  The EPICUR university alliance, which SDU joined in 2021, has been granted €14.4 million from the EU’s ERASMUS+ programme, which ensures the further development of the European university over the next four years. For SDU, this means closer cooperation and will, among other things, allow students to take additional and more flexible courses abroad.

• 05.07.2022

  Large donation from the A.P. Moller Foundation for large robots at Lindø

  A world-leading centre for the development of automation and robots to build large structures such as wind turbines, ships and construction works will now become a reality after A.P. Moller Foundation donates DKK 90 million to new Center for Large Structure Production at Lindø. The new centre will be established under the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute at SDU.

• 17.06.2022

  SDU has found its new pro-rector

  From 1 August, Helle Waagepetersen will be the Pro-Rector for Education at the University of Southern Denmark. The 50-year-old professor comes from a position as Head of Department at the Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology at the University of Copenhagen, and she is very much looking forward to starting at SDU.

• 08.06.2022

  60 million for a new Center of Excellence at SDU

  Denmark will soon have 11 new basic research centres. One of them will be placed at Mads Clausen Institute at SDU's Faculty of Engineering. Supported by DKK 60 million, the center will research quantum technology, which may impact future communication and information processing.

• 07.04.2022

  Sebastian H. Mernild set to head SDU’s climate efforts

  The internationally renowned Professor of Climate Change is set to head SDU’s largest-ever strategic initiative in climate change, sustainability and green transition.

• 31.03.2022

  Simon Møberg Torp continues as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities

  In the coming years, Simon Møberg Torp will serve as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities. Having been chosen from a pool of strong contenders for the job, he will continue his term as Dean, which has lasted since 2013. Both the University and Simon Torp himself are delighted with his appointment.

• 17.03.2022

  Prestigious EU Grant for SDU Researcher

  Annette Baudisch receives a highly competitive ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council to explore and find new patterns in fertility data.

• 17.03.2022

  DKK 30 million awarded to excellent researchers at SDU

  Today, two researchers at SDU each have been awarded a prestigious ERC Grant from the European Research Council for projects that will make us smarter on fertility and the methane cycle.

• 07.03.2022

  New Dean at the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences

  With Peter Møllgaard’s appointment as the new Dean of the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, SDU has gained an experienced strategic leader with international experience.

• 06.10.2021

  SDU gains a visionary new Rector

  Jens Ringsmose, Dean of the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences at SDU, has been appointed as the new Rector of the University of Southern Denmark from 1 November 2021.

• 01.01.0001

  SAMF researcher to lead new Danida initiative

  A new research project will pave the way for more sustainability and safe and healthy working conditions in the leather industry of Bangladesh. The project, which is part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark’s development cooperation Danida (the Danish International Development Agency), will be led by Associate Professor Dewan Ahsan.