https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/news-and-outreach/ News from the DISTRACT project - Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS) en Sat, 09 May 2026 00:06:15 +0200 Sat, 09 May 2026 00:06:15 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-in-the-news-commenting-on-the-phenomenon-rawdogging/ Morten Axel Pedersen was interviewed for an article on DR where he commented on the new phenomenon “rawdogging.”... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-in-the-news-commenting-on-the-phenomenon-rawdogging/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/digital-detox-as-a-status-symbol-morten-axel-pedersen-and-kristoffer-albris-interviewed-for-weekendavisen/  DISTRACT researchers Morten Axel Pedersen and Kristoffer Albris have been interviewed for the Danish... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/digital-detox-as-a-status-symbol-morten-axel-pedersen-and-kristoffer-albris-interviewed-for-weekendavisen/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-broad-data-ethnographic-methods-in-the-age-of-interdisciplinary-collaboration/ On the 17th of June the DISTRACT researchers Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard, Emilie Munch Gregersen,... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-broad-data-ethnographic-methods-in-the-age-of-interdisciplinary-collaboration/ Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/spontaneous-talk-at-folkemoedet-for-german-democracy-advocates/ During this year’s Folkemøde, Morten Axel Pedersen was spontaneously invited to give a talk... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/spontaneous-talk-at-folkemoedet-for-german-democracy-advocates/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-at-folkemoedet-2025/ On Friday the 13th, DISTRACT researchers Morten Axel Pedersen, Emilie Munch Gregersen, Karoline Husbond... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-at-folkemoedet-2025/ Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/faelleshed-eller-faellesskab--distract-presentation-at-folkemoedet/ On the 13th of June the DISTRACT researchers Morten Axel Pedersen, Emilie Munch Gregersen, Magnus... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/faelleshed-eller-faellesskab--distract-presentation-at-folkemoedet/ Mon, 09 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-deconstructing-screen-time-the-connections-between-digital-use-dissatisfaction-and-disconnection/ DISTRACT researchers Malene Hornstrup Jespersen, Kristoffer Albris and Helene Willadsen... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-deconstructing-screen-time-the-connections-between-digital-use-dissatisfaction-and-disconnection/ Thu, 01 May 2025 10:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/anna-helene-kvist-moeller-defends-phd-thesis/ On the 11th of April 2025, DISTRACT affiliated Anna Helene Kvist Møller defended her PhD thesis... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/anna-helene-kvist-moeller-defends-phd-thesis/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 09:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-article-mediating-market-moralities/ DISTRACT-affiliated Eva Iris Otto just published the article “Mediating Market Moralities“... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-article-mediating-market-moralities/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-beyond-cheap-and-biased-informal-volunteering-on-social-media-during-the-covid-19-crisis/ DISTRACT researcher Hjalmar Bang Carlsen and co-author Jonas Toubøl have just published... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-beyond-cheap-and-biased-informal-volunteering-on-social-media-during-the-covid-19-crisis/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/we-are-facing-a-technological-revolution-and-denmark-can-lead-the-way/ Morten Axel Pedersen is one of the authors of the recently published opinion piece entitled “Forskere:... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/we-are-facing-a-technological-revolution-and-denmark-can-lead-the-way/ Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-in-cphdox-debate-ai-and-art-in-focus/ On the 30th of March, Morten Axel Pedersen will participate in a conversation with Rasmus Kloster Bro,... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-in-cphdox-debate-ai-and-art-in-focus/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/kristoffer-albris-in-the-news-commenting-on-the-migration-from-tiktok-to-rednote/ DISTRACT researcher Kristoffer Albris was in an article on TV2.dk, where he commented on the American... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/kristoffer-albris-in-the-news-commenting-on-the-migration-from-tiktok-to-rednote/ Sat, 25 Jan 2025 17:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-conference-in-the-news-debating-unnecessary-panic-considering-social-media/ On December 5th 2024, a debate based on the DISTRACT conference “Weapons of Mass Distraction”... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-conference-in-the-news-debating-unnecessary-panic-considering-social-media/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/weapons-of-mass-distraction-conference-held-in-november/ On the 14th and 15th November 2024 DISTRACT hosted the conference "Weapons of Mass Distraction?" https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/weapons-of-mass-distraction-conference-held-in-november/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/soft-city-sensing--distract-talk-with-anders-koed-madsen/ On Thursday the 12th of December 2024, Professor in techno-anthropology and computational SSH at... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/soft-city-sensing--distract-talk-with-anders-koed-madsen/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/research-seminar-on-digital-mistrust/ On Friday the 29th of November five scholars (including DISTRACT researcher Kristoffer Albris) presented... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/research-seminar-on-digital-mistrust/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-comments-on-new-study-about-poems-written-by-ai/ DISTRACT PI, Professor Morten Axel Pedersen was interviewed for the article: “Folk foretrækker... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-comments-on-new-study-about-poems-written-by-ai/ Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/the-digital-backlash-featured-in-podcast-from-analogiseringsstyrelsen/ In Analogiseringsstyrelsen latest episode of their regular 'book club' podcast they discuss the volume... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/the-digital-backlash-featured-in-podcast-from-analogiseringsstyrelsen/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/emilie-munch-gregersen-presents-at--digital-tech-summit-2024/ On October 30th DISTRACT researcher Emilie Munch Gregersen presented at the Digital Tech Summit, where... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/emilie-munch-gregersen-presents-at--digital-tech-summit-2024/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-article-ethnote-gives-qualitative-research-a-new-format/ Recently TechSavvy Media published an article about the digital fieldnote app Ethnote, co-founded by... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-article-ethnote-gives-qualitative-research-a-new-format/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-analyzing-differences-between-discursive-communities-using-dialectograms/ In the paper “Analyzing differences between discursive communities using dialectograms,”... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-analyzing-differences-between-discursive-communities-using-dialectograms/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 12:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/mastering-meta-control-from-cognitive-mechanisms-to-practical-strategies---distract-talk-by-signe-vangkilde-and-rie-kristensen/ On Friday the 27th of September, Signe Vangkilde and Rie Kristensen did a DISTRACT Talk where they explored... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/mastering-meta-control-from-cognitive-mechanisms-to-practical-strategies---distract-talk-by-signe-vangkilde-and-rie-kristensen/ Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-edited-book-the-digital-backlash-and-the-paradoxes-of-disconnection/ Kristoffer Albris is the co-editor of the new edited book "The Digital Backlash and the Paradoxes of... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-edited-book-the-digital-backlash-and-the-paradoxes-of-disconnection/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-edited-book-the-economic-lives-of-platforms---rethinking-the-political-economy-of-digital-markets/ Morten Axel Pedersen and former DISTRACT PhD Eva Iris Otto are amongst the editors in the newly published... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-edited-book-the-economic-lives-of-platforms---rethinking-the-political-economy-of-digital-markets/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/emilie-munch-gregersen-and-sofie-laebo-astrupgaard-facilitated-workshop-at-uab/ On June 10th DISTRACT researchers Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard and Emilie Munch Gregersen visited Universitat... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/emilie-munch-gregersen-and-sofie-laebo-astrupgaard-facilitated-workshop-at-uab/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-and-emilie-munch-gregersen-presented-at-ucph-spring-festival/ On May 31st Morten Axel Pedersen and Emilie Munch Gregersen presented on 'the festival feeling'... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-and-emilie-munch-gregersen-presented-at-ucph-spring-festival/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 07:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/helene-willadsen-will-present-at-2nd-international-conference-on-the-economics-of-working-environment/ On June 21st DISTRACT researcher Helene Willadsen will present her work on 'Using workplace surveys to... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/helene-willadsen-will-present-at-2nd-international-conference-on-the-economics-of-working-environment/ Mon, 27 May 2024 08:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/banker-dit-hjerte-i-takt-med-andres-distract-at-ucph-spring-festival/ Join us on May 31st where SODAS researchers Morten Axel Pedersen and Emilie Munch Gregersen will discuss... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/banker-dit-hjerte-i-takt-med-andres-distract-at-ucph-spring-festival/ Wed, 22 May 2024 07:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/malene-hornstrup-jespersen-presents-at-comptext/ In the beginning of May DISTRACT PhD Malene Hornstrup Jespersen presented at the COMPTEXT 2024 conference... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/malene-hornstrup-jespersen-presents-at-comptext/ Tue, 21 May 2024 12:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/emilie-munch-gregersen-presents-ethnote-for-anthropology-master-students-at-ucph/ On May 3rd DISTRACT researcher Emilie Munch Gregersen presented EthNote for Anthropology students soon... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/emilie-munch-gregersen-presents-ethnote-for-anthropology-master-students-at-ucph/ Tue, 14 May 2024 14:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-distract-paper-who-makes-open-source-code-the-hybridisation-of-commercial-and-open-source-practices/ DISTRACT researchers Anna Sapienza, Eva Iris Otto, and Peter Mehler just published the paper "Who... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-distract-paper-who-makes-open-source-code-the-hybridisation-of-commercial-and-open-source-practices/ Tue, 07 May 2024 08:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/helene-willadsen-presents-at-trygfonden-seminar-at-aarhus-university/ On April 25th DISTRACT postdoc Helene Willadsen presented on gendered differences in choice... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/helene-willadsen-presents-at-trygfonden-seminar-at-aarhus-university/ Thu, 02 May 2024 14:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-talk-next-friday-may-3rd-with-rie-kristensen--signe-vangkilde/ Next Friday, May 3rd 11.00-12.00, DISTRACT will host a talk with PhD fellow Rie Kristensen & Professor... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-talk-next-friday-may-3rd-with-rie-kristensen--signe-vangkilde/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-cph-tech-policy-brief-by-distract-researchers/ DISTRACT researchers Malene Hornstrup Jespersen, Kristoffer Albris, and Helene Willadsen recently published... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-cph-tech-policy-brief-by-distract-researchers/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/attending-in-the-attention-economy---distract-talk-with-jelle-bruineberg/ On Friday the 1st of March, 2024, Assistant Professor at Center for Subjectivity Research (Department... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/attending-in-the-attention-economy---distract-talk-with-jelle-bruineberg/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 09:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-article-measures-of-cognitive-ability-and-choice-inconsistency/ DISTRACT researcher Helene Willadsen and co-authors Sarah Zaccagni, Marco Piovesan, and Erik Wengström... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-article-measures-of-cognitive-ability-and-choice-inconsistency/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-talk-this-friday-march-1st-with-jelle-bruineberg/ This Friday, March 1st, DISTRACT hosts the talk "Attending in the attention economy" with Jelle... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-talk-this-friday-march-1st-with-jelle-bruineberg/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-article-ukrainian-refugee-solidarity-mobilization-online/ In March 2023, DISTRACT researchers Hjalmar Bang Carlsen, Tobias Gårdhus & Jonas Toubøl published... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-article-ukrainian-refugee-solidarity-mobilization-online/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 10:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-article-how-app-companies-use-github-on-modes-of-valuation-in-the-digital-attention-economy/ DISTRACT researchers Eva Iris Otto, Anders Blok, and Jonathan Holm Salka published the paper "How app... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-article-how-app-companies-use-github-on-modes-of-valuation-in-the-digital-attention-economy/ Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-phds-present-at-sodas-phd-days/ In February, SODAS PhDs Malene Hornstrup Jespersen and Sofie Læbo Astrupsgaard presented some of... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-phds-present-at-sodas-phd-days/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-article-new-methodologies-for-the-digital-age-how-methods-re-organize-research-using-social-media-data/ DISTRACT researchers Sune Lehmann, Anders Blok, and postdoc at Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-article-new-methodologies-for-the-digital-age-how-methods-re-organize-research-using-social-media-data/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 10:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/ethnote-rejsegilde/ Yesterday, the progress of the digital fieldnote app Ethnote was celebrated at a traditional 'rejsegilde'... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/ethnote-rejsegilde/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 15:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-gave-talk-at-the-research-seminar-in-cultural-anthropology-at-uppsala-university/ In the beginning of December, Morten Axel Pedersen gave a talk on the potentials and pitfalls of... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-gave-talk-at-the-research-seminar-in-cultural-anthropology-at-uppsala-university/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 08:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/ethnote-testevent-held-at-sodas/ Last week a test-event exploring new users' first meeting with digital fieldnote appe app Ethnote was... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/ethnote-testevent-held-at-sodas/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 10:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/emilie-munch-gregersen-presents-ethnote-at-maastricht-university-ethnography-groups-monthly-sessions/ During the latest monthly session of the Maastricht University Ethnography Group, Emilie Munch Gregersen... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/emilie-munch-gregersen-presents-ethnote-at-maastricht-university-ethnography-groups-monthly-sessions/ Thu, 07 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/denmark-disconnected-presentation-of-preliminary-survey-results/ On December 5th 2023, Malene Hornstrup Jespersen and Kristoffer Albris gave a presentation to the Policy... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/denmark-disconnected-presentation-of-preliminary-survey-results/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-exposure-to-urban-and-rural-contexts-shapes-smartphone-usage-behavior/ DISTRACT Researchers Anna Sapienza, Sune Lehmann, and DTU researchers Laura Alessandretti and Marita... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-exposure-to-urban-and-rural-contexts-shapes-smartphone-usage-behavior/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 08:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/panel-on-open-science-in-social-science-at-the-samf-research-day/ As part of the SAMF Research Day, DISTRACT PhD Malene Hornstrup Jespersen took part in a panel discussion... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/panel-on-open-science-in-social-science-at-the-samf-research-day/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/panel-debate-on-digital-dependencies-at-tech-policy-days/ Last Friday DISTRACT PhD Malene Hornstrup Jespersen took part in a panel discussion on digital dependencies... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/panel-debate-on-digital-dependencies-at-tech-policy-days/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-computerantropologi/ Kristoffer Albris has recently published an article in the Danish language journal Tidsskriftet Antropologi... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-computerantropologi/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/toward-an-inter-machine-sociology---distract-talk-with-christian-borch--nicholas-skar-gislinge/ On Friday the 15th of September, 2023, professor Christian Borch & postdoc Nicholas Skar-Gislinge... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/toward-an-inter-machine-sociology---distract-talk-with-christian-borch--nicholas-skar-gislinge/ Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/methods-diversity-in-social-data-science/ On the 13th of September 2023, Kristoffer Albris gave a presentation about Methods Diversity in Social... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/methods-diversity-in-social-data-science/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-of-ethnote-at-mega-seminar/ On Monday the 21st of August 2023, DISTRACT members Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard and Emilie Munch Gregersen... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-of-ethnote-at-mega-seminar/ Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/the-festival-feeling/ Research assistant Emilie Munch Gregersen has recently featured in a video, explaining some findings... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/the-festival-feeling/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/eva-iris-otto-defends-phd-thesis/ On the 22nd of June, 2023, PhD fellow Eva Iris Otto successfully defended her thesis entitled Coding... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/eva-iris-otto-defends-phd-thesis/ Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-in-the-news-on-the-folkemoede-study-in-politiken/ DISTRACT team members Morten Axel Pedersen (PI), August Lohse and Emilie Munch Gregersen were interviewed... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-in-the-news-on-the-folkemoede-study-in-politiken/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/screens-sociality-and-attention-morten-axel-pedersen-and-kristoffer-albris-interviewed-by-berlingske-tidende/ Morten Axel Pedersen and Kristoffer Albris have been interviewed for the Danish newspaper Berlingske... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/screens-sociality-and-attention-morten-axel-pedersen-and-kristoffer-albris-interviewed-by-berlingske-tidende/ Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/festivalmennesket---distract-presentation-at-the-bloom-festival/ On May 28th 2023, DISTRACT researchers were part of a symposium at the science festival BLOOM. Professor... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/festivalmennesket---distract-presentation-at-the-bloom-festival/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/fieldwork-in-silence---presentation-at-conference-in-toronto/ On May 25, DISTRACT PhD student Malene Hornstrup Jespersen gave a presentation at  ICA Preconference:... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/fieldwork-in-silence---presentation-at-conference-in-toronto/ Wed, 31 May 2023 08:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/art-made-by-artificial-intelligence---morten-axel-pedersen-on-danish-radio/ DISTRACT PI, professor Morten Axel Pedersen, was on the Danish Radio P1, on the show "Orientering", to... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/art-made-by-artificial-intelligence---morten-axel-pedersen-on-danish-radio/ Tue, 02 May 2023 09:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/conference-panel-on-attention-organized-by-eva-iris-otto/ On April 12th, 2023, DISTRACT PhD fellow Eva Otto (UCPH), in collaboration with Miquel Alcalde (LSE)... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/conference-panel-on-attention-organized-by-eva-iris-otto/ Mon, 17 Apr 2023 10:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-how-app-companies-use-github/ DISTRACT researchers, Associate professor Anders Blok, PhD fellow Eva Iris Otto, and student assistant... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-how-app-companies-use-github/ Wed, 12 Apr 2023 11:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/adhd-as-desynchronization---distract-talk-by-mikka-nielsen/ On Friday the 10th of March, Mikka Nielsen gave give a DISTRACT talk based on her research on ADHD. Mikka... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/adhd-as-desynchronization---distract-talk-by-mikka-nielsen/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/machine-anthropology-special-issue-in-big-data--society/ Prof. Morten Axel Pedersen, director of SODAS, has just published a paper in the journal Big Data... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/machine-anthropology-special-issue-in-big-data--society/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-inter-risk-framing-contests/ A group of DISTRACT researchers have recently published a new article in the field leading journal SOCIOLOGY,... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-inter-risk-framing-contests/ Sun, 12 Feb 2023 20:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-digital-dependence/ Five DISTRACT researchers have recently published an article in the journal Media, Culture & Society... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-digital-dependence/ Sun, 12 Feb 2023 20:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-team-presents-at-danish-parliament/ On the 26th of January, DISTRACT team members Morten Axel Pedersen (PI), August Lohse, Emilie Munch Gregersen... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-team-presents-at-danish-parliament/ Wed, 08 Feb 2023 18:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-of-ethnoplatform-at-als-research-consultancy/ On Wednesday January 18th, PhD student Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard and Assistant Professor Kristoffer... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-of-ethnoplatform-at-als-research-consultancy/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 08:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-researchers-receive-carlsberg-grant-to-develop-the-ethnoplatform/ DISTRACT PhD August Lohse and professor Morten Axel Pedersen have been awarded a Research Infrastructure... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-researchers-receive-carlsberg-grant-to-develop-the-ethnoplatform/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/how-do-danish-app-companies-gather-user-data/ PhD fellow Eva Iris Otto presented at the event "DataBeers" on the 30th of November. The title... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/how-do-danish-app-companies-gather-user-data/ Fri, 16 Dec 2022 14:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/cross-country-survey-on-digital-disconnection-habits/ On November 23rd, PhD student at DISTRACT Malene Hornstrup Jespersen presented plans for two upcoming... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/cross-country-survey-on-digital-disconnection-habits/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-personalisation--building-good-apps-within-the-attention-economy/ Phd-fellow Eva Otto presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA)... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-personalisation--building-good-apps-within-the-attention-economy/ Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/the-meaning-in-the-machine---august-lohse-presents-at-ddas/ On November 7th, DISTRACT PhD student August Lohse presented a project at the Danish Data Science 2022... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/the-meaning-in-the-machine---august-lohse-presents-at-ddas/ Mon, 14 Nov 2022 11:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/how-robust-is-open-source-peter-mehler-gives-data-discussion-presentation/ On the 11th of November, DISTRACT student assistant Peter Mehler gave a presentation at a SODAS Data... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/how-robust-is-open-source-peter-mehler-gives-data-discussion-presentation/ Fri, 11 Nov 2022 11:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/kristoffer-albris-gives-conference-presentation-on-inter-risk-framing-contests/ Assistant professor Kristoffer Albris gave a conference presentation based on the paper "Inter-risk framing... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/kristoffer-albris-gives-conference-presentation-on-inter-risk-framing-contests/ Wed, 02 Nov 2022 10:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/poster-presentation-at-conference-on-quantitative-ethnography-by-sofie-astrupgaard/ Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard presented a poster at the Conference for Quantitative Ethnography, held in... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/poster-presentation-at-conference-on-quantitative-ethnography-by-sofie-astrupgaard/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 11:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/see-you-later-thick-data-blog-series-on-anthrodendum/ DISTRACT researchers Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard and Emilie Munch Gregersen have - in collaboration... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/see-you-later-thick-data-blog-series-on-anthrodendum/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-participates-in-lse-workshop-on-attention/ DISTRACT was represented by several scholars at a workshop hosted by the Department of Anthropology at... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-participates-in-lse-workshop-on-attention/ Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/field-experiment-at-the-peoples-meeting/ From 13-19 June, more than twenty researchers and student assistants associated with the Political Attention... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/field-experiment-at-the-peoples-meeting/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/digital-detox-camps-presentation-at-ica-preconference/ On the 26th of May, DISTRACT PhD student Malene Hornstrup Jespersen gave a presentation at ICA Preconference:... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/digital-detox-camps-presentation-at-ica-preconference/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 10:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/er-du-afhaengig-af-din-mobiltelefon-podcast-future-loading/ Assistant professor Kristoffer Albris has recently been on the podcast Future Loading: Unge Samtaler... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/er-du-afhaengig-af-din-mobiltelefon-podcast-future-loading/ Mon, 30 May 2022 13:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/data-ethics-and-ai-in-public-administration/ Assistant professor Kristoffer Albris has co-authored a recently published report by the DJØF TechDK... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/data-ethics-and-ai-in-public-administration/ Mon, 30 May 2022 09:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/silent-retreat-on-samsoe/ Last week, several members of the DISTRACT team went on a Silent Retreat to Samsø in order to collect... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/silent-retreat-on-samsoe/ Mon, 16 May 2022 13:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-in-big-data--society-computational-grounded-theory-revisited/ Assistant professor and DISTRACT team member Hjalmar Bang Carlsen has recently published (with postdoc... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-in-big-data--society-computational-grounded-theory-revisited/ Thu, 12 May 2022 12:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-seminar-with-ivana-konvalinka/ On Friday May 6, associate professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Cognitive... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-seminar-with-ivana-konvalinka/ Fri, 06 May 2022 12:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-in-the-news-commenting-on-the-effect-of-parties/ Last month, DISTRACT PI Morten Axel Pedersen commented on why we humans party in an article about partying... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-in-the-news-commenting-on-the-effect-of-parties/ Tue, 03 May 2022 11:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/theory-retreat-in-copenhagen/ On a sunny April day, the DISTRACT team met for a one-day theory "retreat" in Copenhagen. The purpose... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/theory-retreat-in-copenhagen/ Thu, 28 Apr 2022 12:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-affective-publics-performing-trust-on-danish-twitter-during-the-covid-19-lockdown/ An article by DISTRACT researchers Thyge Enggaard, Anders Blok and Morten Axel Pedersen as well as SODAS colleagues... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-affective-publics-performing-trust-on-danish-twitter-during-the-covid-19-lockdown/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/a-social-data-science-perspective-on-the-war-in-ukraine/ DISTRACT Assistant Professor Kristoffer Albris has contributed to the Faculty of Social Science's... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/a-social-data-science-perspective-on-the-war-in-ukraine/ Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/eva-otto-in-debate--does-surveillance-improve-our-lives/ The diagnosed rise of "surveillance society" or "surveillance capitalism" has in recent decades become... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/eva-otto-in-debate--does-surveillance-improve-our-lives/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/sofie-laebo-and-august-lohse-held-a-presentation-at-roskilde-katedralskole/ For a project day about the interplay between math and social studies, DISTRACT PhD Fellows Sofie Læbo... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/sofie-laebo-and-august-lohse-held-a-presentation-at-roskilde-katedralskole/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/kristoffer-albris-in-the-news-commenting-on-the-hero-image-of-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskij/ DISTRACT Assistant Professor Kristoffer Albris is commenting on the hero image of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/kristoffer-albris-in-the-news-commenting-on-the-hero-image-of-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskij/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 11:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-in-nature-human-behavior/ DISTRACT co-PI Sune Lehmann has recently published an article in the journal Nature Human Behavior, with... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-in-nature-human-behavior/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/attention-and-intentions-distract-seminar-with-soeren-kyllingsbaek/ Friday the 25th of February, Professor in Cognitive Psychology, Department of Psychology and Department... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/attention-and-intentions-distract-seminar-with-soeren-kyllingsbaek/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-groen-genstart---a-quali-quantitative-micro-history-of-a-political-idea-in-real-time/ An article by DISTRACT researchers Annika Isfeldt, Thyge Enggaard, Anders Blok and Morten Axel Pedersen... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-publication-groen-genstart---a-quali-quantitative-micro-history-of-a-political-idea-in-real-time/ Sun, 27 Feb 2022 23:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-and-eva-otto-visit-itu-to-present-at-tip-salon/ On the 9th of February, DISTRACT PI Morten Axel Pedersen and DISTRACT PhD Fellow Eva Otto each gave... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-and-eva-otto-visit-itu-to-present-at-tip-salon/ Wed, 09 Feb 2022 12:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/publication-retreat-vol-2/ After another couple of months working from home, the DISTRACT team met at Hornbækhus for an intense... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/publication-retreat-vol-2/ Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/post-platform-capitalism--rethinking-the-political-economy-of-digital-markets./ On January 20. researchers from DISTRACT and colleagues from DICO hosted a workshop on Post-Platform... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/post-platform-capitalism--rethinking-the-political-economy-of-digital-markets./ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-appointed-to-the-royal-academy-of-science/ DISTRACT PI Morten Axel Pedersen, has been appointed to become a new member of the Royal Danish Academy... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-appointed-to-the-royal-academy-of-science/ Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/effect-of-visible-scalar-feedback-counts-on-user-behavior-in-kids-social-media/ On the 17th of December, senior data scientist from Lego and DISTRACT collaborator Peter Halkier... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/effect-of-visible-scalar-feedback-counts-on-user-behavior-in-kids-social-media/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 09:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/ethics-workshop-with-prof.-peter-sandoee/ On the 10th of December 2021, the DISTRACT team was paid an online visit from the project's ethics adviser,... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/ethics-workshop-with-prof.-peter-sandoee/ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 20:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-seminar-with-naja-hulvej-rod-smartphone-interrupted-sleep-a-new-public-health-challenge/ On the 10th of December 2021, professor of public health Naja Hulvej Rod gave a presentation at a DISTRACT... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-seminar-with-naja-hulvej-rod-smartphone-interrupted-sleep-a-new-public-health-challenge/ Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/mapping-intra-governmental-conflict-using-document-embeddings/ On the 26th of November, DISTRACT PhD student August Lohse gave a presentation at a SODAS Data Discussion... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/mapping-intra-governmental-conflict-using-document-embeddings/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/helene-willadsen-presents-at-conference-for-quantitative-educational-research/ DISTRACT postdoc Helene Willadsen presented a paper entitled Earnings, Fertility and Gender Differences... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/helene-willadsen-presents-at-conference-for-quantitative-educational-research/ Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-seminar-with-andreas-lieberoth-what-do-people-mean-when-they-talk-about-screen-time/ On the 19th of November 2021, associate professor at DPU Andreas Lieberoth gave a DISTRACT seminar talk... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-seminar-with-andreas-lieberoth-what-do-people-mean-when-they-talk-about-screen-time/ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/kristoffer-albris-appointed-to-the-techdk-commission/ DISTRACT Vice-PI and assistant professor Kristoffer Albris, has been appointed to DJØF's TechDK... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/kristoffer-albris-appointed-to-the-techdk-commission/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 16:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-collaboration-with-lego/ LEGO’s Senior Data Scientist, Peter Halkier Nicolajsen, will be a regular guest at SODAS and in... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-collaboration-with-lego/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-at-diis-ethics-data-algorithms-and-ai/ On the 8th of October, assistant professor Kristoffer Albris gave a presentation to researchers at the... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-at-diis-ethics-data-algorithms-and-ai/ Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/eva-otto-presents-at-the-anthropology-of-technology-conference/ At the conference Anthropology of Technology which took place in Aarhus November 4-5, 2021, PhD fellow... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/eva-otto-presents-at-the-anthropology-of-technology-conference/ Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-at-dtu-ethics-data-algorithms-and-ai/ On the 5th of November 2021, assistant professor Kristoffer Albris gave a presentation at the Danish... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-at-dtu-ethics-data-algorithms-and-ai/ Fri, 05 Nov 2021 15:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-journal-article-on-volunteering-and-care-during-the-corona-lockdown/ Together with a team of colleagues, assistant professor and DISTRACT researcher Hjalmar Bang Carlsen... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-journal-article-on-volunteering-and-care-during-the-corona-lockdown/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 10:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/networks-of-power---seminar-presentation-by-signe-sophus-lai-and-sofie-flensburg/ On the 29th of October, Signe Sophus Lai and Sofie Flensburg gave a presentation at a DISTRACT seminar... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/networks-of-power---seminar-presentation-by-signe-sophus-lai-and-sofie-flensburg/ Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/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/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-discusses-facebooks-metaverse-on-danish-radio/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/watching-people-meeting-systematizing-qualitative-approaches-to-data-intensive-fieldwork-at-the-danish-peoples-meeting/ On the 8th of October, student assistants at DISTRACT Emilie Munch Gregersen and Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/watching-people-meeting-systematizing-qualitative-approaches-to-data-intensive-fieldwork-at-the-danish-peoples-meeting/ Fri, 08 Oct 2021 08:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/studying-the-digital-backlash-international-seminar-organized-by-distract/ On the 22nd and 23rd of September, DISTRACT hosted an international seminar entitled Studying the Digital... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/studying-the-digital-backlash-international-seminar-organized-by-distract/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/jeppe-hoey-christensen-from-eriksholm-research-center-visits-distract/ On the 24th of September, Jeppe Høy Christensen from Eriksholm Research Center gave a presentation... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/jeppe-hoey-christensen-from-eriksholm-research-center-visits-distract/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/peter-halkier-nicolajsen-from-lego-visits-distract/ Peter Halkier Nicolajsen from LEGO visited DISTRACT and gave a talk entitled ""Counting What Counts"... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/peter-halkier-nicolajsen-from-lego-visits-distract/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 17:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/two-new-publications-in-big-data-and-society/ DISTRACT researchers have published two new papers in the journal Big Data & Society. Both papers... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/two-new-publications-in-big-data-and-society/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-on-data-ethics-and-democracy/ On the 14th of September 2021, DISTRACT Vice PI Kristoffer Albris gave a presentation on data ethics... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-on-data-ethics-and-democracy/ Tue, 14 Sep 2021 20:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-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/projects/distract/distract-news/new-paper-the-political-economy-of-attention/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/kristoffer-albris-on-friendships-during-corona/ DISTRACT team member and assistant professor Kristoffer Albris was recently interviewed by the Danish... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/kristoffer-albris-on-friendships-during-corona/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 12:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-reseachers-studies-the-peoples-meeting-folkemoedet-as-poltical-attention-laboratory/ The People's Meeting (Folkemødet) is an annual politics and democracy festival event held on the... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-reseachers-studies-the-peoples-meeting-folkemoedet-as-poltical-attention-laboratory/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 19:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/talk-by-olivier-driessens/ On the 11th of June, Olivier Driessens, Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication,... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/talk-by-olivier-driessens/ Fri, 11 Jun 2021 21:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/talk-by-odysseus-stone/ On the 28th of May 2021 Odysseus Stone gave a DISTRACT seminar talk entitled "What we care about when... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/talk-by-odysseus-stone/ Fri, 28 May 2021 12:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/data-grants-for-distract-researchers/ The university of Copenhagen Data+ Pool is aimed at funding cross-disciplinary projects that integrate... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/data-grants-for-distract-researchers/ Tue, 25 May 2021 23:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-seminar-with-paula-helm/ On the 23rd of April,  Paula Helm, post doc at the International Center for Ethics in the Sciences... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-seminar-with-paula-helm/ Fri, 23 Apr 2021 14:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/selling-the-promise-of-presence-talk-at-oslo-university/ On the 21st of April 2021, Kristoffer Albris presented ongoing work on digital detox that he has been... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/selling-the-promise-of-presence-talk-at-oslo-university/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/the-value-of-data/ On the 19th of April 2021, PhD fellow on the DISTRACT project Eva Iris Otto, gave a presentation... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/the-value-of-data/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-seminar-by-mariek-vanden-abeele/ On the 16th of April, Associate Professor of Tilburg University Mariek Vanden Abeele gave a DISTRACT... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-seminar-by-mariek-vanden-abeele/ Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/blogpost-on-student-attention-in-the-online-school/ How do teachers experience student attentiveness in the online school? In a new blogpost, DISTRACT... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/blogpost-on-student-attention-in-the-online-school/ Tue, 06 Apr 2021 13:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-day-at-distract/ On the 26th of March, members of DISTRACT presented their work in progress on e.g. attention in the virtual... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-day-at-distract/ Sat, 27 Mar 2021 11:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/news-on-coding-distraction/ On the 15th of March, preliminary findings were presented by Anders Blok, Co-PI and Associate Professor,... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/news-on-coding-distraction/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/risk-time-and-social-preferences-in-children/ On the 11th of March, Postdoc Helene Willadsen gave a presentation titled “Risk, Time and Social... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/risk-time-and-social-preferences-in-children/ Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/august-lohse-on-the-effects-of-distraction-in-politics/ On the 8th of March, student assistant - and soon to be PhD student - at SODAS, August Lohse, gave a... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/august-lohse-on-the-effects-of-distraction-in-politics/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 08:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/student-attention---a-survey-from-a-teacher-perspective/ On the 1st of March, Helene Willadsen, Postdoc at SODAS, presented findings from a recent survey on how... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/student-attention---a-survey-from-a-teacher-perspective/ Tue, 02 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/zetland-reports-on-distract-logbook-study-during-corona-lockdown/ The Danish online news site Zetland has recently published a feature article on the changing nature of... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/zetland-reports-on-distract-logbook-study-during-corona-lockdown/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/digital-technologies-in-a-danish-context/ On the 23rd of February, Kristoffer Albris gave a presentation entitled Digital Technologies in a Danish... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/digital-technologies-in-a-danish-context/ Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/issues-in-fair-science/ DISTRACT team member Kristoffer Albris was one of the panelists in the first panel in a series of discussions... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/issues-in-fair-science/ Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-in-the-news-commenting-on-google-searches-during-corona/ DISTRACT PI Morten Axel Pedersen has been in the Danish news media recently, commenting on differences... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/morten-axel-pedersen-in-the-news-commenting-on-google-searches-during-corona/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/empirical-methods-in-times-of-lockdown/ DISTRACT researchers presented experiences from their research using digital and remote methods and techniques... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/empirical-methods-in-times-of-lockdown/ Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/trine-syvertsen-to-give-distract-talk/ On the 29th of January 2021, Trine Syvertsen, Professor of Media Studies at the University of Oslo,... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/trine-syvertsen-to-give-distract-talk/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/launching-a-new-distract-project-folkemoedet/ DISTRACT has entered into a collaboration with Folkemødet ('The People's Meeting') in order... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/launching-a-new-distract-project-folkemoedet/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 12:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/finalising-2020-at-distract/ On December the 18th, the DISTRACT members of staff finished off DISTRACT's first year by sharing... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/finalising-2020-at-distract/ Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/anna-sapienza-on-large-scale-smartphone-usage/ On Friday the 11th of December, Anna Sapienza, Postdoctoral Researcher at DISTRACT gave a presentation... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/anna-sapienza-on-large-scale-smartphone-usage/ Sun, 13 Dec 2020 16:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/will-algorithms-will-be-our-doom/ Kristoffer Albris, assistant professor of anthropology at SODAS and vice PI of DISTRACT, gave a talk... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/will-algorithms-will-be-our-doom/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 16:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/ethics-advisor-peter-sandoee-visits-distract/ On December 4th, DISTRACT's Ethics Advisor, Professor Peter Sandøe, visited the PIs at DISTRACT... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/ethics-advisor-peter-sandoee-visits-distract/ Mon, 07 Dec 2020 17:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/jesper-aagaard-on-how-to-handle-digital-technologies/ On Friday the 27th, Jesper Aagaard, Associate Professor at The Department of Psychology and Behavioural... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/jesper-aagaard-on-how-to-handle-digital-technologies/ Sat, 28 Nov 2020 13:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-of-distract-work/ On Friday the 20th of November, DISTRACT staff presented ongoing research to students at the new MSc... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-of-distract-work/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 17:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/kristoffer-albris-keynote-at-copenhagen-centre-for-regulatory-science/ DISTRACT member and assistant professor Kristoffer Albris gave the keynote for a conference at the Copenhagen... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/kristoffer-albris-keynote-at-copenhagen-centre-for-regulatory-science/ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/focus-group-interview-on-coronaclimate-article/ On November 11th, Annika Isfeldt, Research Assistant at DISTRACT, facilitated a focus group interview... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/focus-group-interview-on-coronaclimate-article/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 22:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/call-for-papers-digital-mistrust/ Digital mistrust: Rethinking trust in digitalizing societies While there is little agreement within academia,... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/call-for-papers-digital-mistrust/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 09:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-co-pi-david-dreyer-lassen-publishes-new-study-on-smartphone-use-and-academic-performance/ Along with colleagues from SODAS, David Dreyer Lassen who is DISTRACT Co-PI and professor of economics,... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-co-pi-david-dreyer-lassen-publishes-new-study-on-smartphone-use-and-academic-performance/ Sun, 08 Nov 2020 12:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/virtual-special-issue-on-digital-methods/ The Department of Anthropology at The University of Copenhagen has published a virtual special issue... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/virtual-special-issue-on-digital-methods/ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 12:15:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/ulrik-lyngs/ On October 30th, Ulrik Lyngs, PhD in Computer Science from the University of Oxford, gave a presentation... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/ulrik-lyngs/ Sun, 01 Nov 2020 12:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/quali-quantitative-analyses-of-attention-economies-during-the-covid-19-lockdown/ On October 5th, professor of anthropology and PI of DISTRACT, Morten Axel Pedersen, gave a presentation... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/quali-quantitative-analyses-of-attention-economies-during-the-covid-19-lockdown/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 15:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/upcoming-presentation-of-quali-quantitative-analysis-of-covid-19-lockdown/ Professor of anthropology and PI of DISTRACT, Morten Axel Pedersen, will be giving the annual lecture at... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/upcoming-presentation-of-quali-quantitative-analysis-of-covid-19-lockdown/ Thu, 24 Sep 2020 22:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/how-we-tweet-about-corona-virus/ Co-PI of DISTRACT and associate professor in sociology, Anders Blok, presented findings of DISTRACT at... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/how-we-tweet-about-corona-virus/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 18:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/panel-debate-on-social-media-and-civil-society/ DISTRACT team member and assistant professor in sociology, Hjalmar Bang Carlsen, participated in a panel... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/panel-debate-on-social-media-and-civil-society/ Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/children-are-not-necessarily-addicted-to-screens-just-because-they-spend-a-day-in-front-of-them/ DISTRACT research assistant Anne Marie Hastrup Kristensen published an opinion piece in the national... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/children-are-not-necessarily-addicted-to-screens-just-because-they-spend-a-day-in-front-of-them/ Wed, 02 Sep 2020 13:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/analogue-idyll-symposium/ On the 25th of august, DISTRACT researchers Kristoffer Albris and Malene Hornstrup Jespersen participated... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/analogue-idyll-symposium/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/eva-iris-otto-gives-tech-terrace-talk/ DISTRACT PhD fellow Eva Iris Otto was invited to give a Tech Terrace Talk at the KULT network for ethnologists... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/eva-iris-otto-gives-tech-terrace-talk/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 12:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/mobile-phones-and-distractions-in-classrooms-nuances-needed/ DISTRACT assistant Anne Marie Hastrup Kristensen recently published an opinion piece in the Danish Newspaper... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/mobile-phones-and-distractions-in-classrooms-nuances-needed/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 21:30:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/publication-retreat/ The DISTRACT team has been very busy in the last couple of months, collecting and analyzing data about... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/publication-retreat/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 21:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-corona-research-in-the-news/ In June 2020, DISTRACT published the first findings from our study of how young people in Copenhagen,... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-corona-research-in-the-news/ Tue, 04 Aug 2020 11:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/digital-climate-activism-in-a-scandinavian-corona-era/ DISTRACT researchers have contributed to a new blog posts examining how Scandinavian green NGOs have... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/digital-climate-activism-in-a-scandinavian-corona-era/ Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/the-corona-lockdown-has-changed-our-gaming-patterns/ DISTRACT researchers have recently published a new study of how our gaming patterns changed during the... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/the-corona-lockdown-has-changed-our-gaming-patterns/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 09:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/strengthening-close-relationships-during-the-corona-lockdown-a-quali-quantitative-study-of-young-people/ The corona epidemic and the subsequent closure of large sections of society have turned many people's... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/strengthening-close-relationships-during-the-corona-lockdown-a-quali-quantitative-study-of-young-people/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/data-discussion-online-gaming-during-corona/ On the 19th of June, DISTRACT postdoc Anna Sapienza presented her recent research project on online gaming... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/data-discussion-online-gaming-during-corona/ Fri, 19 Jun 2020 08:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/podcast-on-the-twitter-corona-analysis/ Professor and DISTRACT PI Morten Axel Pedersen, PhD student Thyge Ryom Enggaard were guest on the danish... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/podcast-on-the-twitter-corona-analysis/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 13:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/data-discussion-lockdown-ethnography/ On Friday the 29th of May, DISTRACT assistants Emilie Gregersen, Sofie Astrupgaard and Malene Jespersen,... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/data-discussion-lockdown-ethnography/ Fri, 29 May 2020 13:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/thyge-ryom-enggaard-on-p1-radio/ DISTRACT researcher and PhD student at SODAS Thyge Ryom Enggaard was a guest on the radio program P1... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/thyge-ryom-enggaard-on-p1-radio/ Wed, 27 May 2020 13:45:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/the-lockdown-has-changed-tweets-about-corona/ DISTRACT researchers have contributed to the second instalment of research blogs on the corona crisis,... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/the-lockdown-has-changed-tweets-about-corona/ Sat, 16 May 2020 18:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-at-sodas-data-discussion/ Morten Axel Pedersen and Kristoffer Albris presented ongoing reflections about the DISTRACT project at... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-at-sodas-data-discussion/ Fri, 15 May 2020 13:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/issue-attention-corona-or-climate/ DISTRACT Co-PI Anders Blok is heading a new project funded by the Velux Foundation, which examines how... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/issue-attention-corona-or-climate/ Thu, 14 May 2020 12:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/how-we-tweet-about-coronavirus-and-why/ DISTRACT researchers Morten Axel Pedersen, Anders Blok, Thyge Enggård and Tobias Gårdhus have... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/how-we-tweet-about-coronavirus-and-why/ Tue, 12 May 2020 15:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/a-new-fieldnotes-standard-in-xml/ DISTRACT Workshop: A New Fieldnote Standard in XML https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/a-new-fieldnotes-standard-in-xml/ Fri, 01 May 2020 21:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/ethics-workshop-with-professor-peter-sandoee/ Ethics workshop with Professor Peter Sandøe https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/ethics-workshop-with-professor-peter-sandoee/ Tue, 21 Apr 2020 23:00:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/what-catches-the-attention-of-twitter-denmark-during-the-corona-pandemic/ Together with colleagues at SODAS, DISTRACT researchers have analyzed Corona-related debates and reactions... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/what-catches-the-attention-of-twitter-denmark-during-the-corona-pandemic/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:15:00 +0200 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/methods-workshop-with-laura-nelson/ Methods workshop with Laura Nelson https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/methods-workshop-with-laura-nelson/ Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-gets-funding-for-research-on-corona/ Several DISTRACT researchers have been part of teams that have received funding for conducting research... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-gets-funding-for-research-on-corona/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 21:30:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-at-cebi/ DISTRACT researchers Morten Axel Pedersen and Kristoffer Albris presented the project at the Center for... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/presentation-at-cebi/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:45:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-visits-lego/ On the 3rd of February, DISTRACT members David Dreyer Lassen, Morten Axel Pedersen and Helene Willadsen... https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/distract-visits-lego/ Mon, 03 Feb 2020 20:00:00 +0100 https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/machine-anthropology-workshop/ Machine Anthropology workshop https://sodas.ku.dk/projects/distract/distract-news/machine-anthropology-workshop/ Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:15:00 +0100