A new think-tank is to emphasise the needs of people in the face of the digital revolution. The think-tank has been set up by Carsten Hansen, the Minister for Housing, Urban and Rural Affairs. And the chair is to be Martin Brynskov, an associate professor of information studies at AU.

OrganiCity is the name of a new EU project with € 7.2 million in funding which will be putting people at the centre of the development of future cities. Martin Brynskov, an associate professor of information studies at Aarhus University, is the project coordinator.

From 1 September 2015 it will be possible to take a Bachelor’s degree programme in cognitive science at Aarhus University. This is a cross-disciplinary degree programme in which students will gain unique insight into how the human consciousness and brain work.

Two PhD students, Rasmus Kjærboe and Lars Frølund have each received a DKK 150000 travelling scholarship from the Herman Salling Foundation. The scholarship is awarded annually to especially ambitious students with an international mindset.

As a part of the Sapere Aude program, Thomas Bøgevald Bjørnsten has set himself the task of getting from data to meaningful experience.

Jacob Wamberg, professor of History of Art, has received a grant from Ole Haslund´s Foundation of Arts for his doctoral thesis `Landskabet som Verdensbillede´.

Among many other things, the recently finished Media Architectural Biennale, MAB14, also included a presentation of a new installation, designed by students from Media Science, Digital Design and Computer Science.

Is contemporary citizen involvement a method of practising local democracy, or is it merely a way of legitimizing a political discourse? This is one of the questions that are being discussed in the first issue of Conjunctions: Transdisciplinary Journal of Cultural Participation.

Next Thursday, assistant professor Karina Lykke Grand will receive a grant from Ole Haslund´s Art Foundation, for her innovatory dissemination of knowledge regarding Danish art from the Golden Age.

As part of this year´s Junior Researcher Contest, Clara Zielinski from Elsinore Grammar School has written a synopsis on cultural transfers. Associate professor Steen Bille has been her mentor. They have both been very pleased with the cooperation, and Clara Zielinski is grateful for the input and source references provided by Steen Bille.