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Department of Anthropology seeks tenure track assistant professor(s) in Social Anthropology

Application deadline: 9 December 2025
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Ayo Wahlberg appointed to the Danish Council on Ethics

Ida Vandsøe Madsen

Ida Vandsøe Madsen is Teacher of the Year 2025 at the Department of Anthropology

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2025.10.15

Ida Vandsøe Madsen is Teacher of the Year 2025 at the Department of Anthropology

Ida is recognised as Teacher of the Year 2025.
Grant
2025.09.22

New grant for research project on cervical cancer among female migrant workers in the global south

Associate Professor Anja Simonsen and Professor Tine Gammeltoft from the Department of Anthropology have received a grant of approximately DKK 11,150,000 from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for the CARES research project.
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2025.07.09

Atreyee Sen is awarded the MSc in Global Development Teaching Prize

Congratulations to Professor Atreyee Sen for receiving the MSc in Global Development Teaching Prize for 2024/2025.
Digital habits
2025.06.26

Screen time: Passive and solitary use makes us most dissatisfied

What lies behind our dissatisfaction with our screen use – and why does the dissatisfaction rarely lead to action? A new Danish study sheds light on this.

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Selected publications

  • Resonant Ethnography: Understanding the World Through Writing

    2025.09.11
    New Book by Helle Bundgaard and Anne Line Dalsgård
  • Opposition by Imitation: The Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia Activism

    2025.08.19
    New book by Assistant Professor Christina Jerne
  • Measuring MAN (incorporating JRAI): Computational anthropological analysis and quantitative speculation

    2025.08.13
    Associate Professor Kristoffer Albris and Professor Morten Axel Pedersen have contributed to this…
  • Golden Indonesia 2045: Neoliberal Development Policies and Environmental Journalism

    2025.06.26
    Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler has published the article ‘Golden Indonesia 2045: Neoliberal…

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Calendar

14 Nov. 2025, 14:00-15:30

What is a ‘twin transition’? A commentary on the use and abuse of kinship metaphors

The research seminars are free and open to everyone interested.
5 Dec. 2025, 14:00-15:30

Methods innovation across digitalization and energy research

Friday Research Seminar with Britt Ross Winthereik (DTU, DK).

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Department of Anthropology
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