Research Assistant: Place-Based Sustainable Building on Lolland-Falster

The Lolland-Falster region – located just 1–2 hours from Copenhagen- represents a unique ecosystem of stakeholders engaged in the bioeconomy, with initiatives such as Bio-Economy Hotspot Guldborgsund. The region is rapidly becoming a national frontrunner in circular economy strategies and biomaterial innovation, offering strong case study potential for the U.S. and other countries.

The aim of this research project is to apply Research by Design and Practice-Led Research methodologies to investigate architectural case studies in Lolland-Falster. Research Assistants (RAs) will explore selected building cases through multiple lenses—researching the site, stakeholders, and the collaborative process behind the project. They will analyze materials and construction processes, the heritage of the building, and evaluate future design proposals. The cases may incorporate reused or bio-based materials.

Research Assistant: Approaches to Reconstruct the Past Through Analysis of Ancient Environmental and Human Genomes

The Section for Geogenetics at the Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, has a strong track record in generating and analyzing ancient DNA (aDNA). In this project, the focus is on the analysis and interpretation of aDNA from environmental samples and human remains, with the aim of reconstructing past ecosystems and human populations. By combining environmental and human genome analyses, this project will demonstrate how aDNA studies contribute to understanding evolutionary history, species adaptation, and human interactions with their environment.

Research Assistant: How is the Past Used in Political Campaigns

The research project PastForward explores how Nordic politicians use and strategically frame the past in accordance with their future visions. The project contributes a new perspective by not only identifying the strategic uses of the past for legitimizing imaginations of the future, but also by analyzing how the past plays into concrete policy suggestions. The project will further increase attention about digital discourses on social media. since they have become influential sites of political negotiation in contemporary democracies.

The project aims to create a useful knowledge base for citizens and policymakers about the negotiation of nationhood and how it constitutes a national imagined community…

Research Assistant: Ethical Sensitivity and the Role of the Body

Ethical sensitivity is a complex idea that often operates in the background, without us noticing it directly.

It has many aspects, each of which can be studied in different ways. These include things like: rules and norms, common practices, personal moral judgments, and basic moral intuitions. One important aspect of ethical sensitivity involves our bodily background orientations. This refers to how our body and emotions shape our moral decisions. Examples include…

Danish Language and Culture through Personal Storytelling

This course is an integrated language and culture course with a major focus on making sense of your study abroad experience in Denmark through the method of personal storytelling. Studying abroad is a unique opportunity to undergo processes of inner transformation. Co-creating a supportive learning community based on mutual trust, this course will offer space for contemplation and deep reflection as we explore your new location abroad and the stories and values that have shaped our ways of life.

Danish Language and Culture: Marginalized Groups and the Welfare State

This course provides foundational knowledge of the Danish language while also offering a unique exploration of Danish life and language through the perspectives of marginalized communities. Why do we encounter homelessness in a renowned and comprehensive welfare state like Denmark? How are drug users perceived in Copenhagen? What political measures and social services are in place to address young people at risk of gang involvement or facing critical personal struggles? What can we learn about Danish traditions, values, beliefs, and societal tensions through the perspectives of these groups?