School of Communication and Culture

Department of Digital Design and Information Studies

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Research

Department of Digital Design and Information Studies offers a wide range of humanistic approaches to the study of the relationship between humans and information technology, from the granular analysis of the agency of code to the ways in which information technology challenges and transforms the social, political, economic, and cultural dimensions of modern society.

Research centres

Publications

Recent publications

Kusk, K., Nouwens, M. & Lee, M. K. (2026). Moderating the Workplace: Governing Communication Channels for Platform Workers. In N. Oliver, D. A. Shamma, H. Candello, P. Cesar, P. Lopes, A. Bozzon, T. Kosch, V. Liao, X. Ma, V. Artizzu, F. Draxler, G. Lopez, A. V. Reinschluessel, X. Tong & P. O. Toups Dugas (Eds.), CHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 335 Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772318.3790554
Thorup, M. (2026). 3 former for håb og katastrofe – skæbne, handling og ambivalens. POLIS - Tidsskrift for samfundsfagsdidaktik, (11), 49-65.
Gemzøe, L. S. (2026). Computerspilsanalyse. Samfundslitteratur. Kort Og Præcist Om Medier Og Kommunikation
Tsinovoi, A. & Munk, A. K. (2026). Topologies of visibility: A space-sensitive approach to online visibility analysis. Big Data and Society, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517261426451
Skovgaard, A. L., Hoybye, M. T., Christiansen, D. H. & Elmengaard, B. (2026). Involvement as intervention. Tensions between policy framings and local practices of decision-making in shoulder clinics..
Misfeldt, M., Bundsgaard, J., Slot, M. F., Hansen, T. I. & Jespersen, M. (2015). A digital tool supporting goal-oriented teaching in classrooms. In M. Cubric & A. Jefferies (Eds.), Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL 2015 (pp. 388-395). Academic Conferences Limited.
Fraillon, J., Dexter, S. & Bundsgaard, J. (2024). Introduction. In IEA International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2023: Assessment Framework (pp. 1-20). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61194-0_1
Blaabæk, E. & Smith, E. (2026). 4 tips til at kickstarte dit barns læselyst i sommerferien. Videnskab.dk [online]. https://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/4-tips-til-at-kickstarte-dit-barns-laeselyst-i-sommerferien/
Snorre Wilms Boysen , M., Thorsen , T., Westvall, M. & Kirkegaard, T. H. (2026). Music and Well-Being. Danish Journal of Musicology, 47, 4-7. https://tidsskrift.dk/music/article/view/169341/210112
Lassen, H. B. (2026). Kalaallit Nunaat Kalaallit Pigaat.
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