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Nearly 200 companies joined an event led by Associate Professor Jonas Frich, whose research explores the Digital Product Passport (DPP). The Digital Product Passport is an EU regulatory requirement that is gradually being introduced for different products sold across the EU. It is designed to give consumers digital access to information about…

Generative AI has already become part of how we learn, work, create and conduct research. Now, Professor Peter Dalsgaard from the Department of Digital Design and Information Studies at the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, will help lead a new six-year research centre investigating how AI affects the way we think – and how we…

In their fourth semester of the Bachelor’s degree programme in Digital Design at Aarhus University, Nina Isis Kinch Bolton, Sofie Lundby Andersen and Sofie Fürsterling Mønster were working on an assignment centred on surveillance and care. This was where the idea for a heart-shaped safety keyring connected to an app first emerged. Since then, the…

For three days in August, students from different academic backgrounds at Aarhus University gathered at Kitchen to develop solutions to climate challenges using data from space. Kajsa Holm Bic, a Digital Design student at the Department of Communication and Culture, took part in the hackathon. She helped ensure that a user-centred perspective was…

A research project exploring the Digital Product Passport (DPP) has secured new funding to enter its second phase. The Digital Product Passport is part of upcoming EU legislation that will gradually become mandatory for a wide range of products sold across Europe. By scanning a QR code or similar digital identifier, consumers will be able to access…

Researchers from across Aarhus University are collaborating with colleagues and partners in several African countries. Last week, they came together at the Africa Collaboration conference at AU to share experiences and discuss future partnerships. One of the projects presented explores how local communities in Namibia can help shape technologies…

Artificial intelligence is not merely a new tool capable of solving existing tasks a little faster. It is one of the most transformative technologies ever developed and, at the same time, the fastest growing. Professor Peter Dalsgaard describes the developments of recent years as a breakthrough on a par with the invention of writing. With the book…

The Carlsberg Foundation has recently awarded a total of 11.5 million DKK to five research projects at the Department of Communication and Culture. These projects cover a wide range of topics, including Danish dialect collections, how humans and AI collaboratively create hidden patterns, regional relationships shaped by Danish colonialism, the…

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming municipalities’ digital solutions. In a new project, researchers from Digital Design and Information Studies will examine how municipalities understand and address ethical challenges in the design, development, and adaptation of AI systems.

Six students from Aarhus University are participating in an interdisciplinary programme at the company Systematic, where they are jointly working on an innovative project aimed at developing a solution that promotes health, well-being, and quality of life. Along the way, they receive guidance in humanistic innovation, which focuses on approaching…