2023

With 25 new Fellow positions, the Danish Institute for Advanced Study prepares to push beyond the frontier of knowledge

The tenure track DIAS Fellow positions within various academic fields will open soon

DIAS Visiting Junior Fellowships in Applied Phenomenology 2024 Call

Call for DIAS Junior Fellowships in Applied Phenomenology is now open — deadline Dec. 15th

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.

DIAS Interdisciplinary Phenomenology Cluster – Announcement and Call for New Members

A new cluster program has been established through the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) to facilitate interdisciplinary research and collaboration across multiple faculties.

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

VELUX FOUNDATION grant 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.

Sten Rynning to be the new director of the Danish Institute for Advanced Study

SDU’s rector, Jens Ringsmose, has appointed professor of political science Sten Rynning as the new director of the University of Southern Denmark’s interdisciplinary elite research centre, DIAS.

Arrival of DIAS-MoCS Visiting Junior Fellows in Applied Phenomenology

Three visiting fellows will be hosted at SDU by the Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) and the research unit, Movement, Culture and Society (MoCS) in the Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics. During their stay, the fellows will prepare applications for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships, with the aim of securing EU funding to take up postdoctoral positions at SDU.

Can art make robots better?

Engineers don't just work with mathematical calculations, model drawings on chequered paper and thick reference books full of tables. They also work with art, increasingly so, and this is also the case at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark. But why exactly?

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.

Environmental toxin PCB found in deep sea trench

Researchers on a deep-sea expedition have found PCB in sediment samples from the more than 8,000-meter-deep Atacama Trench in the Pacific Ocean. "It is thought-provoking to find man-made toxins in one of the world's most remote and inaccessible environments," says expedition leader Ronnie N. Glud.

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.

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.

Why are religious communities so slow in responding to the climate crisis?

Earth is facing the biggest climate crisis in human history, and environmental activists everywhere are striving to protect both humans and other organisms on earth with which they often feel a kinship. Meanwhile, the world religions are not effectively mobilizing in response. Interview with Professor of religion and nature/environmental ethics, Bron Taylor, who will visit SDU on 22 March 2023.

New Chairs at DIAS

We are proud to present Vijay Tiwari, Norbert Krüger, Annette Baudisch, Gregory Clark, Nina Bonderup Dohn and Sten Rynning as new DIAS Chairs

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.