https://socialsciences.ku.dk/digital-social-science/news/ News on social data science. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen. en Sun, 31 May 2026 10:17:53 +0200 Sun, 31 May 2026 10:17:53 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/sofie-laebo-astrupgaard-gets-gold-medal/ SODAS PhD student Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard was awarded a KU gold medal for her master’s thesis.... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/sofie-laebo-astrupgaard-gets-gold-medal/ Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/kelton-minor-as-associate-professor/ We warmly welcome Kelton Minor as a new Associate Professor in Planetary Behavioral Data Science, in... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/kelton-minor-as-associate-professor/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2025/new-publication-explores-anthropologys-history-through-computational-text-analysis/ What happens when anthropologists turn their analytical gaze on their own archive—not through fieldwork,... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2025/new-publication-explores-anthropologys-history-through-computational-text-analysis/ Wed, 13 Aug 2025 09:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2025/caisa-start/ As part of its strategic AI initiative, the Danish government has taken a groundbreaking step by launching... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2025/caisa-start/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/ethnote-at-novo-nordisk/ Morten Axel Pedersen and Emilie Munch Gregersen present EthNote at Novo Nordisk. https://sodas.ku.dk/research/ethnote-at-novo-nordisk/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/hiring-teaching-assistant-professor/ Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science invites applications for a four-year position as a Teaching... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/hiring-teaching-assistant-professor/ Thu, 09 Jan 2025 09:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/emilie-munch-gregersen-presents-ethnote-at-diis/ Emilie Munch Gregersen presents EthNote at DIIS. https://sodas.ku.dk/research/emilie-munch-gregersen-presents-ethnote-at-diis/ Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/karoline-husbond-andersen-and-emilie-munch-gregersen-host-aaa-workshop/ On November 21, Karoline Husbond Andersen and Emilie Munch Gregersen attended the American Anthropological... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/karoline-husbond-andersen-and-emilie-munch-gregersen-host-aaa-workshop/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/emilie-munch-gregersen-presents-ethnote-for-ucph-students/ Emilie Munch Gregersen presents on how to use the digital fieldnote app EthNote.  https://sodas.ku.dk/research/emilie-munch-gregersen-presents-ethnote-for-ucph-students/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/new-dates-for-sodas-professional-training-courses/ You can now sign up for two new SODAS professional training courses taking place in early 2025 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/new-dates-for-sodas-professional-training-courses/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/developing-skills-and-knowledge-with-ai-for-professionals/ Yani Kartalis teaches the very first SODAS professional training course: "AI for Professionals: Leveraging... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/developing-skills-and-knowledge-with-ai-for-professionals/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/ethnote-at-the-american-anthropological-associations-2024-annual-meeting/ On November 21, Karoline Husbond Andersen and Emilie Munch Gregersen will host a workshop on the use... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/ethnote-at-the-american-anthropological-associations-2024-annual-meeting/ Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/i-just-love-the-internet/ Almost ten years ago, Sebastian Barfort finished his PhD in Economics on this campus. Today, he’s... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/i-just-love-the-internet/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/postdoc-in-social-network-emergence-and-methodology-interdisciplinary-at-sodas-university-of-copenhagen/ We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellowship in social network emergence and methodology. ... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/postdoc-in-social-network-emergence-and-methodology-interdisciplinary-at-sodas-university-of-copenhagen/ Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/phd-fellowship-in-the-emergence-of-social-network-structures-interdisciplinary-at-sodas/ We invite applicants for a PhD fellowship in the emergence of social network structures. https://sodas.ku.dk/research/phd-fellowship-in-the-emergence-of-social-network-structures-interdisciplinary-at-sodas/ Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2024/the-icarus-project-how-humans-deal-with-heat/ The ICARUS project will study the interactions between physiology, psychology, and culture to improve... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2024/the-icarus-project-how-humans-deal-with-heat/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2024/social-networks-explored-in-new-sodas-project/ How do social networks actually emerge and how do different social behavioural strategies affect their... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2024/social-networks-explored-in-new-sodas-project/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 06:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2024/processing-a-life-like-a-language-helps-predict-future-personal-events/ Life is a messy thing: One event happens after another, some related to the same story thread, some belonging... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2024/processing-a-life-like-a-language-helps-predict-future-personal-events/ Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2023/danish-government-plans-to-rein-in-tech-giants/ The government's proclaimed initiative for tighter regulations on tech giants is based on the work of... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2023/danish-government-plans-to-rein-in-tech-giants/ Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2023/sodas-associate-professor-andreas-bjerre-nielsen-receives-a-large-grant-from-the-independent-research-fund-denmark/ SODAS Associate Professor Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen has been awarded a substantial grant of nearly 6 million... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2023/sodas-associate-professor-andreas-bjerre-nielsen-receives-a-large-grant-from-the-independent-research-fund-denmark/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 11:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2023/new-publication-editorial-introduction-to-special-theme-issue-machine-anthropology/ How can the collection, processing, and analysis of ethnographic data be improved by computational methods?... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2023/new-publication-editorial-introduction-to-special-theme-issue-machine-anthropology/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2023/three-sodas-features-in-the-radio-and-newspapers/ This week, three researchers from SODAS featured consecutively in the media speaking about smartphones,... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2023/three-sodas-features-in-the-radio-and-newspapers/ Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2023/new-publication-network-measure-on-polarization/ How can we accurately quantify the level of ideological polarization of a social system? This paper seeks... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2023/new-publication-network-measure-on-polarization/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 11:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2023/sodas-professor-discusses-ai-on-the-danish-radio-program-kulturen/ SODAS professor Morten Axel Pedersen discusses generative AI systems in the danish radio program Kulturen... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2023/sodas-professor-discusses-ai-on-the-danish-radio-program-kulturen/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 07:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/sodas-researchers-have-received-carlsberg-grant-to-develop-the-ethnoplatform/ SODAS PhD August Lohse and professor Morten Axel Pedersen have received a grant from the Carlsberg Foundation... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/sodas-researchers-have-received-carlsberg-grant-to-develop-the-ethnoplatform/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/new-position-as-data-manager-in-the-faculty-of-social-sciences-data-lab/ Data lab looking for 1-2 advisers to work with the complexity of information security and risk assessment... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/new-position-as-data-manager-in-the-faculty-of-social-sciences-data-lab/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/roberta-sinatra-in-northwestern-university-panel-on-inequalities-in-scientific-production/ SODAS professor Roberta Sinatra will discuss “Inequalities in Scientific Production”... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/roberta-sinatra-in-northwestern-university-panel-on-inequalities-in-scientific-production/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/joseph-burgess-discussing-early-voting-turnout-in-radio-show-connections-with-evan-dawson./ Data steward Joseph Burgess discusses early voting turnout in the American midterm elections on radio... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/joseph-burgess-discussing-early-voting-turnout-in-radio-show-connections-with-evan-dawson./ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/new-grant-preventing-local-conflicts-over-storm-surge-protection/ Assistant professor at SODAS and Department of Anthropology Kristoffer Albris has received a 2.9 million... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/new-grant-preventing-local-conflicts-over-storm-surge-protection/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/cph-tech-policy-commitee/ SODAS and the Crown Princess Mary Center have initiated the CPH Tech Policy Committee, bringing together... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/cph-tech-policy-commitee/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 14:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/andreas-bjerre-nielsen-will-give-talk-as-part-of-the-ai-seminar-series/ Associate professor at SODAS Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen will, as part of the AI seminar series, give a lecture... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/andreas-bjerre-nielsen-will-give-talk-as-part-of-the-ai-seminar-series/ Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/new-data-memo-on-youtubes-ban-of-russian-state-media/ Reseachers from SODAS and Political Science publishes new data memo looking into YouTubes global ban... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/new-data-memo-on-youtubes-ban-of-russian-state-media/ Mon, 05 Sep 2022 10:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/sodas-professors-appointed-as-members-of-government-expert-group/ SODAS professors Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Sune Lehmann appointed as members of the Danish government’s... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/sodas-professors-appointed-as-members-of-government-expert-group/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 09:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/sodas-part-of-organizing-team-bringing-ic2s2-to-copenhagen/ As part of the consortium bidding to host IC2S2 along with The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU)... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/sodas-part-of-organizing-team-bringing-ic2s2-to-copenhagen/ Tue, 16 Aug 2022 11:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/new-sodas-study-on-climate-and-sleep-goes-viral-across-the-world/ A new paper authored by SODAS researchers has investigated the impact of rising temperatures on sleep... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/new-sodas-study-on-climate-and-sleep-goes-viral-across-the-world/ Mon, 30 May 2022 22:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/do-we-ever-tell-the-truth-about-our-views-on-others/ Project will compare known studies of people's values and attitudes with their real behaviour on the... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/do-we-ever-tell-the-truth-about-our-views-on-others/ Thu, 12 May 2022 14:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/yevgeniy-golovchenko-in-time-magazine-and-several-other-news-media/ SODAS postdoc Yevgeniy Golovchenko is an expert in political disinformation, and has been used extensively... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/yevgeniy-golovchenko-in-time-magazine-and-several-other-news-media/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/do-we-sleep-less-when-we-travel-new-publication-in-nature-human-behavior/ Professor at DTU and member of the SODAS steering committee Sune Lehmann recently published an article... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/do-we-sleep-less-when-we-travel-new-publication-in-nature-human-behavior/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/people-spreading-misinformation-are-ridiculed-rather-than-met-with-facts/ People who spread misinformation on Twitter are more often met with ridicule than with fact-based arguments,... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/people-spreading-misinformation-are-ridiculed-rather-than-met-with-facts/ Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/sune-lehmann-receives-eliteforsk-award/ Sune Lehmann has received one of Denmark's most significant research awards, https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/sune-lehmann-receives-eliteforsk-award/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 11:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/yevgeniy-golovchenko-in-tv2-news/ Yevgeniy Golovchenko was interviewed live on TV 2 News about the informational aspect of the conflict... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/yevgeniy-golovchenko-in-tv2-news/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/new-publishing-by-rebecca-adler-nissen--sune-lehmann/ Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Sune Lehmann have a new article  in Scientific Reports:Communicate hope... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/new-publishing-by-rebecca-adler-nissen--sune-lehmann/ Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/recent-media-appearances-by-yevgeniy-golovchenko/ Yevgeniy Golovchenko gave a live interview at the Danish Radio P1 about the German interior minister's... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/recent-media-appearances-by-yevgeniy-golovchenko/ Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/sune-lehmann-in-the-podcast-techprofilen/ Sune Lehmann talks about algorithms, Newton, and free will in the new podcast TechProfilen. https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/sune-lehmann-in-the-podcast-techprofilen/ Fri, 14 Jan 2022 11:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/morten-axel-pedersen-appointed-to-the-royal-academy/ SODAS director, Morten Axel Pedersen, has been appointed to become a member of the Royal Danish Academy... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2022/morten-axel-pedersen-appointed-to-the-royal-academy/ Fri, 07 Jan 2022 13:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/sodas-climate-social-data-science-towards-a-green-transition/ SODAS is launching a new research collaboration that will use techniques and methods from social data... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/sodas-climate-social-data-science-towards-a-green-transition/ Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/hope-project-awarded-the-columbus-prize/ The HOPE-project - co-led by SODAS-researchers Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Sune Lehmann – has been... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/hope-project-awarded-the-columbus-prize/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/kristoffer-albris-appointed-to-the-techdk-commission/ Assistant Professor at SODAS and the Department of Anthropology, Kristoffer Albris, has been appointed... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/kristoffer-albris-appointed-to-the-techdk-commission/ Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/distract-collaboration-with-lego/ LEGO’s Senior Data Scientist, Peter Halkier Nicolajsen, will be a regular guest at SODAS https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/distract-collaboration-with-lego/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/sodas-researchers-win-the-tietgen-prize-2021/ Denmark's oldest research award, the Tietgen Prize, has just been presented to two researchers affiliated... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/sodas-researchers-win-the-tietgen-prize-2021/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 09:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/anders-blok-new-editor-of-big-data--society/ SODAS-researcher Anders Blok has entered the board of editors in the open-access journal Big Data &... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/anders-blok-new-editor-of-big-data--society/ Fri, 05 Nov 2021 14:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/morten-axel-pedersen-discusses-facebooks-metaverse-on-danish-radio/ On the 19th of October, DISTRACT PI, Professor Morten Axel Pedersen was a guest on the radio programme... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/morten-axel-pedersen-discusses-facebooks-metaverse-on-danish-radio/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/yevgeniy-golovchenko-in-deadline-and-weekendavisen/ SODAS researcher Yevgeniy Golovchenko in two major Danish news outlets this week, talking about disinformation,... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/yevgeniy-golovchenko-in-deadline-and-weekendavisen/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/sodas-professors-take-leading-roles-in-the-new-ai-pioneer-center/ The AI Pioneer Center opening at the end of 2021 will put Denmark at the international forefront of research... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/sodas-professors-take-leading-roles-in-the-new-ai-pioneer-center/ Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/anna-rogers-talks-about-peer-review-science-report/ SODAS researcher Anna Rogers talks about her paper "What Can We Do to Improve Peer Review in NLP?”... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/anna-rogers-talks-about-peer-review-science-report/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 12:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/new-publication-the-political-economy-of-attention/ DISTRACT PI Morten Axel Pedersen and Vice PI Kristoffer Albris have published a new paper entitled The... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/new-publication-the-political-economy-of-attention/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/kristoffer-glavind-talks-in-adaptor/ Kristoffer Glavind was invited to talk on the podcast Adapter, Kristoffer gives advice on how to reduce... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/kristoffer-glavind-talks-in-adaptor/ Mon, 31 May 2021 13:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/sodas-researchers-receive-funding-for-3-new-data-projects/ The UCPH Data + Pool is aimed at researchers in cross-disciplinary projects that integrate data science... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/sodas-researchers-receive-funding-for-3-new-data-projects/ Tue, 25 May 2021 12:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/anders-blok-and-anna-helene-kvist-moeller-in-green-wedge-essays/ Anna Helene Kvist Møller and Anders Blok have contributed to the report “The Green Wedge Essays... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/anders-blok-and-anna-helene-kvist-moeller-in-green-wedge-essays/ Tue, 25 May 2021 12:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/kristoffer-albris-talking-about-the-good-human-being/ Listen to Kristoffer Albris in the podcast Brinkmanns Briks https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/kristoffer-albris-talking-about-the-good-human-being/ Tue, 04 May 2021 09:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/friedolin-merhout-article-in-zetland/ "Alle taler om ekkokamre på sociale medier som roden til alt ondt. Måske har vi helt misforstået... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/friedolin-merhout-article-in-zetland/ Mon, 03 May 2021 09:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/kristoffer-glavind-on-skatteguiden/ Interview with Kristoffer Glavind about the app "Skatteguiden" https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/kristoffer-glavind-on-skatteguiden/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/article-by-kristoffer-glavind-on-better-smartphone-habits/ Five tips from Kristoffer Glavind on better smartphone habits https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/article-by-kristoffer-glavind-on-better-smartphone-habits/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/presentation-on-survey-validation/ by Postdoc Helene Willadsen https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/presentation-on-survey-validation/ Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/farewell-reception-for-david-dreyer-lassen/ Farewell reception for David Dreyer Lassen<div class="item-image"><a href="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/farewell-reception-for-david-dreyer-lassen/" alt="Farewell reception for David Dreyer Lassen" title="Farewell reception for David Dreyer Lassen"><img src="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/billeder/Sk_rmbilledeDD_55x55png.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/farewell-reception-for-david-dreyer-lassen/ Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/workshop-on-gdpr-and-social-data-science-research-with-henrik-mansfeldt-witt/ Workshop on GDPR and social data science research with Henrik Mansfeldt Witt https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2021/workshop-on-gdpr-and-social-data-science-research-with-henrik-mansfeldt-witt/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/new-book-by-anders-blok--rasmus-willing/ "Den Bæredygtige Stat" new book by Anders Blok & Rasmus Willing https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/new-book-by-anders-blok--rasmus-willing/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 08:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/children-are-not-necessarily-addicted-to-screens./ DISTRACT research assistant Anne Marie Hastrup Kristensen published an opinion piece in the national... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/children-are-not-necessarily-addicted-to-screens./ Mon, 07 Sep 2020 09:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/us-presidential-election-the-return-of-russian-trolls/ Assistant Professor Friedolin Merhout in France 24 telling about the IRA influence campaign recently... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/us-presidential-election-the-return-of-russian-trolls/ Fri, 04 Sep 2020 11:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-global-pandemic-in-a-savior-role/ Part of the climate movement is willing to see the global pandemic in a savior role. https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-global-pandemic-in-a-savior-role/ Wed, 26 Aug 2020 10:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/guinea-pig-in-the-pandemics-experimentarium/ Professor at SODAS and DTU Sune Lehmann tells about a new interdisciplinary collaboration that with... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/guinea-pig-in-the-pandemics-experimentarium/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 11:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/how-a-long-forgotten-word-rallied-a-nation/ A word buried in the history books helped Danes mobilise during the pandemic, flattening the curve and... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/how-a-long-forgotten-word-rallied-a-nation/ Thu, 06 Aug 2020 13:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/solidarity-and-volunteer-help-during-the-corona-crisis/ What determines that citizens get the help they need and what are the consequences of a lack of help... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/solidarity-and-volunteer-help-during-the-corona-crisis/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 13:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-corona-lockdown-has-changed-our-gaming-patterns/ A new study shows that our gaming patterns have changed during the lockdown and opens a discussion about...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-corona-lockdown-has-changed-our-gaming-patterns/" alt="The corona lockdown has changed our gaming patterns " title="The corona lockdown has changed our gaming patterns "><img src="https://sodas.ku.dk/dansk/forskningsnyt/2020/corona-nedlukningen-har-aendret-vores-spilmoenstre/gamer-55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-corona-lockdown-has-changed-our-gaming-patterns/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/digital-climate-activism-in-a-scandinavian-corona-era/ A new research project, headed by Anders Blok, looks into how green NGOs in Denmark, Norway and Sweden...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/digital-climate-activism-in-a-scandinavian-corona-era/" alt="Digital climate-activism in a Scandinavian corona-era " title="Digital climate-activism in a Scandinavian corona-era "><img src="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/digital-climate-activism-in-a-scandinavian-corona-era/there-are-no-jobs-55.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/digital-climate-activism-in-a-scandinavian-corona-era/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 10:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-covid-19-lockdown-caused-young-people-to-strengthen-close-relationships/ Young students have not only learned to live with the lockdown during the corona epidemic. A new study...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-covid-19-lockdown-caused-young-people-to-strengthen-close-relationships/" alt="The Covid-19 lockdown caused young people to strengthen close relationships" title="The Covid-19 lockdown caused young people to strengthen close relationships"><img src="https://anthropology.ku.dk/dep/news/2020/the-covid-19-lockdown-caused-young-people-to-strengthen-thier-close-relationships/Home_online_laptop_CB_55_55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-covid-19-lockdown-caused-young-people-to-strengthen-close-relationships/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/solidary-during-the-corona-crisis/how-to-manage-the-covid-19-transition-effectively/ Professor at SODAS Robert Böhm proposes "ten considerations" in an article published in Nature Human... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/solidary-during-the-corona-crisis/how-to-manage-the-covid-19-transition-effectively/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/solidary-during-the-corona-crisis/ Together with other researchers Postdoc at SODAS Hjalmar A. B. Carlsen investigates solidarity during... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/solidary-during-the-corona-crisis/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/datasnak---twitter-analysis-in-the-corona-crisis/ Professor Morten Axel Pedersen and PhD student Thyge Enggaard from SODAS talk about the Danes' Twitter... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/datasnak---twitter-analysis-in-the-corona-crisis/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/data-discussion-is-attention-actually-finite/ Last Friday, Morten Axel Pedersen and Kristoffer Albris presented ongoing reflections about the DISTRACT... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/data-discussion-is-attention-actually-finite/ Wed, 20 May 2020 11:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/nedlukningen-har-aendret-stemningen-og-tonen-i-danske-corona-tweets/ A group of researchers from SODAS and DISTRACT have explored how the lockdown has influenced moods and... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/nedlukningen-har-aendret-stemningen-og-tonen-i-danske-corona-tweets/ Wed, 20 May 2020 11:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/new-paper-on-how-and-why-we-tweet-about-coronavirus/ Five researchers from SODAS have investigated how and why we tweet about Coronavirus. https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/new-paper-on-how-and-why-we-tweet-about-coronavirus/ Thu, 14 May 2020 20:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/covid-19-who-follows-the-authorities-recommendations---and-why/ Professor Robert Böhm has investigated whether the Danes follow the authorities' advice and recommendations... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/covid-19-who-follows-the-authorities-recommendations---and-why/ Thu, 14 May 2020 12:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/is-the-corona-pandemic-supporting-or-crowding-out-the-attention-towards-green-transition/ New grant: Researchers from Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS) will investigate how the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/is-the-corona-pandemic-supporting-or-crowding-out-the-attention-towards-green-transition/" alt="Is the corona pandemic supporting or crowding out the attention towards green transition?" title="Is the corona pandemic supporting or crowding out the attention towards green transition?"><img src="https://www.soc.ku.dk/instituttet/nyheder_/styrker-eller-svaekker-coranakrisen-indsatsen-mod-klimaforandringer/Sociale_medier_Pexels_Pixabay_55_55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/is-the-corona-pandemic-supporting-or-crowding-out-the-attention-towards-green-transition/ Wed, 13 May 2020 13:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-world-remains-the-same-just-worse/ Assistant Professor at SODAS Kristoffer Albris joined the podcast "24 questions to the professor" with... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-world-remains-the-same-just-worse/ Sun, 10 May 2020 20:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/many-danes-have-provided-corona-assistance/ Jonas Toubøl from the Department of Sociology, Hjalmar Alexander Bang Carlsen and Snorre Ralund... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/many-danes-have-provided-corona-assistance/ Fri, 01 May 2020 12:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-popular-choice/ You cannot force strong families to diverse schools by redrawing the school districts, states Assistant... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-popular-choice/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/our-corona-discipline-is-under-pressure/ Professor at SODAS Robert Böhm says that now people themselves need to decide what is right and... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/our-corona-discipline-is-under-pressure/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-corona-debate-is-dominated-by-numbers---this-is-how-you-can-interpret-them-critically/ Associate Professor at SODAS Anders Blok appears in an article on Altinget.dk, because he is currently... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-corona-debate-is-dominated-by-numbers---this-is-how-you-can-interpret-them-critically/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/thinking-outside-the-crisis-imagining-communities-through-data/ Assistant Professor at SODAS Samantha Breslin wrote a piece for The Newfoundland and Labrador Independent... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/thinking-outside-the-crisis-imagining-communities-through-data/ Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/how-to-convince-the-danes-to-stay-home/ Professor at SODAS Robert Böhm and Professor at the Department of Psychology Ingo Zettler investigate... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/how-to-convince-the-danes-to-stay-home/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 19:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/danes-watch-enlightening--videos-about-corona-on-youtube/ Professor and two student assistants from SODAS have investigated the Danes' behaviour online during... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/danes-watch-enlightening--videos-about-corona-on-youtube/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-coronavirus-and-the-social-debate/ Five researchers from SODAS have examined the use of hashtags on Twitter in order to find a pattern in... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-coronavirus-and-the-social-debate/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/sociologists-are-mapping-out-volunteer-work-and-community-spirit-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/ In collaboration with the Danish Institute for Voluntary Effort, sociologists at the University of Copenhagen...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/sociologists-are-mapping-out-volunteer-work-and-community-spirit-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/" alt="Sociologists are mapping out volunteer work and community spirit during the coronavirus outbreak" title="Sociologists are mapping out volunteer work and community spirit during the coronavirus outbreak"><img src="https://www.soc.ku.dk/instituttet/nyheder_/sociologer-kortlaegger-frivilligt-arbejde-og-samfundssind-under-coronakrisen/corona_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/sociologists-are-mapping-out-volunteer-work-and-community-spirit-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/what-catches-the-attention-of-twitter-denmark-during-the-corona-pandemic/ At Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science, a group of researchers are collaborating to analyze Corona-related...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/what-catches-the-attention-of-twitter-denmark-during-the-corona-pandemic/" alt="What catches the attention of Twitter-Denmark during the Corona-pandemic?" title="What catches the attention of Twitter-Denmark during the Corona-pandemic?"><img src="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/what-catches-the-attention-of-twitter-denmark-during-the-corona-pandemic/twitter-55x55.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/what-catches-the-attention-of-twitter-denmark-during-the-corona-pandemic/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/covid-19-and-our-perception-of-community/ National sentiment and globalism are at the forefront of the corona crisis. The shaking can shake our... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/covid-19-and-our-perception-of-community/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/kelton-ray-minor-receives-the-eliteforsk-reward/ PhD student at SODAS and the Department of Economics Kelton R. Minor receives the EliteForsk Travel Grant...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/kelton-ray-minor-receives-the-eliteforsk-reward/" alt="Kelton R. Minor receives the EliteForsk Travel Grant" title="Kelton R. Minor receives the EliteForsk Travel Grant"><img src="https://samf.ku.dk/nyheder/2020/kelton-minor-rejsestipendium/kelton-minor-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/kelton-ray-minor-receives-the-eliteforsk-reward/ Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/corona-virus-in-a-risk-society/ How to provide complete information about a disease that still has many unknowns without causing panic?... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/corona-virus-in-a-risk-society/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/interacting-contagions/ Professor at SODAS Sune Lehmann in Nature Physics on how Complex contagions — for example... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/interacting-contagions/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/ucph-data-funding/ Deputy Director of SODAS Professor Morten Axel Pedersen, Assistant Professor Friedolin Merhout and Professor...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/ucph-data-funding/" alt="A new framework for computational anthropology" title="A new framework for computational anthropology"><img src="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/ucph-data-funding/strategi-ikon.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/ucph-data-funding/ Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/distract-visits-lego/ This Monday David Dreyer Lassen, Morten Axel Pedersen and Helene Willadsen visited Peter Halkier Nicolajsen... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/distract-visits-lego/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/machine-anthropology-workshop/ On the 27th and 28th of January, SODAS hosted a Machine Anthropology Workshop to kick of the ERC-funded... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/machine-anthropology-workshop/ Wed, 05 Feb 2020 13:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-chinese-shitstorm/ PhD student at SODAS Yevgeniy Golovchenko has been commenting widely on the developments surrounding... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/the-chinese-shitstorm/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 21:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/social-scientists-battle-bots-to-glean-insights-from-online-chatter/ Computer scientist at SODAS, Sune Lehmann, designed his first bots in 2013, as a social-network experiment... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/social-scientists-battle-bots-to-glean-insights-from-online-chatter/ Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/podcast-on-computational-thinking/ David Dreyer Lassen and Morten Axel Pedersen talk about how computational thinking can be used in social...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/podcast-on-computational-thinking/" alt="Podcast on Computational Thinking" title="Podcast on Computational Thinking"><img src="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/podcast-on-computational-thinking/Podcast__IT_Vest__55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/podcast-on-computational-thinking/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/science-stories-with-sune-lehmann/ Has it become difficult to read novels? Have we become screen zombies who cannot help but believe in... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/science-stories-with-sune-lehmann/ Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/rebecca-adler-nissen-talks-about-fake-news-in-podcast/ Why are fake news being spread? Who does it and is it a problem? https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/rebecca-adler-nissen-talks-about-fake-news-in-podcast/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-before-2020/indoor-climate-algorithm/ Anthropologists from the University of Copenhagen investigate the usability and learning potential of... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-before-2020/indoor-climate-algorithm/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 20:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-before-2020/digital-trust-workshop/ A number of leading opinion makers, academics and journalists met in mid-December for the workshop "Digital... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-before-2020/digital-trust-workshop/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-before-2020/podcast-on-fake-news-and-misinformation/ Professor in Political Science, Rebecca Adler-Nissen, is talking about fake news and hostile behaviour... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-before-2020/podcast-on-fake-news-and-misinformation/ Wed, 04 Dec 2019 20:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-before-2020/winner-of-netcompanys-game-changer-2019/ Last Saturday SODAS' student assistant, Jonas Raaschou-Pedersen, won a case competition hosted by Netcompany.... https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-before-2020/winner-of-netcompanys-game-changer-2019/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 09:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-before-2020/the-battle-for-our-attention/ Morten Axel Pedersen, professor at the Department of Anthropology and deputy director of Copenhagen Center...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-before-2020/the-battle-for-our-attention/" alt="The battle for our attention" title="The battle for our attention"><img src="https://antropologi.ku.dk/ominstituttet/Nyheder/2019/kampen-om-vores-opmaerksomhed/distraktionLILLE.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-before-2020/the-battle-for-our-attention/ Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:15:00 +0100