We are calling for applicants for an Individual Fellowship (IF) within the framework of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie action, to be hosted within the Cultural Transformations research programme of the School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University.

Niels Brügger has been appointed MSO professor of media studies at Aarhus University. The abbreviation “MSO” stands for “with special responsibilities” in Danish.

Internet Week Denmark is a festival celebrating the success and impact of the internet and the digital economy. The idea behind the festival comes from Smart Aarhus, which is a partnership between the City of Aarhus and a range of institutions and companies – including Aarhus University. And the university is supporting the event once again this…

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.