Professor of Foreign Language Pedagogy Susana S. Fernández from Aarhus University is leading the research project “When Danish Emerges: Intercultural Pragmatics in the Teaching of Danish as a Second Language,” which aims to rethink the acquisition of Danish as a second language for migrants.

To support this, the researchers are developing a…

The research project "LIVSTEGN" has, over four years, examined how surveillance technology can be used to assist care staff in working with citizens with dementia who are at risk of getting lost— a serious societal issue that has, in several cases, led to fatalities. Now, the researchers behind the project can present their conclusions, which…

Associate Professor Ushma Chauhan Jacobsen from the Department of English has received a grant of 200,000 DKK from the Carlsberg Mindelegat for a research communication project named "Spirits of Language Entanglements" on the contemporary interrelationships between English, Greenlandic, and Danish. The project will be carried out in close…

Aarhus University has lost an ingenious scientist and a generous friend and mentor for his colleagues and students.

The Independent Research Fund Denmark has granted millions to a new research project at Aarhus University aimed at rethinking language subjects in schools and developing a sustainable model for the future. This initiative is necessary as language subjects are under pressure, according to project leader Line Krogager Andersen.

At Struer Museum, a new National Center for Sonic Cultural Heritage is set to be established in collaboration with, among others, the Center for Sound Studies from Aarhus University. The aim is to improve our ability to listen to the past and explore the role sound plays today—and in the future.

Christian Dindler, Associate Professor at the Department of Digital Design and Information Studies, has been appointed Distinguished Senior Innovator (DSI) by Aarhus University. In this capacity, he will undertake an innovation project aimed at improving the exchange between Arts students and the business sector while promoting a culture of…

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing the way we communicate. Therefore, a potential new basic research center at Aarhus University, called TEXT: Center for Contemporary Cultures of Text, aims to explore how AI is impacting our text culture.

The international research project 'Landscapes of Realism' has received the prestigious Excellence Award at the Comparative Literature Congress at Sorbonne. A handful of AU researchers have contributed significantly to the success

Professor Peter Dalsgaard has received the Elite Research Prize for his innovative research, which shows that we need to rethink the way we understand and develop IT if it is to promote human creativity instead of simply being used to automate and streamline routine work.