Are the voices of public authorities perceived as trustworthy or alienating? The public engagement project Stemmeboxen critically examines the use of text-to-speech technology and the synthetic voices used by public authorities in digital citizen services.

New rules on the labelling of AI-generated content will enter into force on 2 August 2026. A working group established by the European Commission, chaired by Anja Bechmann, professor of Media Studies at Aarhus University, is developing a code of conduct to help content producers comply with the legislation.

Independent Research Fund Denmark has awarded DKK 2,162,851 for an International Postdoc to PhD student Mikkel-Theis Paulsen. He will be integrating Copenhagen's first playhouse, 'Skauborg' from 1663, and its connection to the Dutch theater scene into Danish literary and cultural history. The project aims to provide deeper insight into the…

Children experience encounters with cultural institutions such as museums and theatres in very different ways. This is one of the findings of the research project BØV – Children’s Encounters with the National Cultural Heritage, conducted by researchers from Aarhus University. In collaboration with the National Museum of Denmark, the Royal Danish…

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…

Users of right- and left-wing alternative news media in Denmark relate differently to established news media. This is shown in a new study from Media Studies and Journalism at Aarhus University. Users of left-wing alternative news media tend in particular to have lower trust in news outlets that are, or are perceived to be, right-leaning, whereas…

The project aims to develop and test a new theoretical framework for understanding the soft power of sports mega-events in a context of power dynamics between the co-hosts

For the next two years, author Ingrid Nymo will be based at the School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University as writer-in-residence. With funding from the Velux Foundation, she will have the opportunity to seek inspiration from researchers and students—and vice versa—while working on her forthcoming novel.

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.