https://sodas.ku.dk/research/ Research and news from Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science. en Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:41:10 +0100 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 09:41:10 +0100 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2026/phone-free-lessons-boost-marks-major-experiment-shows/ Students perform better academically when they put their phones away during lessons. The effect is greatest... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2026/phone-free-lessons-boost-marks-major-experiment-shows/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:45:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2026/uncertainty-based-communication-fuels-vaccine-scepticism/ Even small changes in official health communication can have major consequences for both trust and behaviour... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2026/uncertainty-based-communication-fuels-vaccine-scepticism/ Tue, 05 May 2026 13:45:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2026/night-time-warming-threatens-the-sleep-of-billions/ Hotter nighttime temperatures disrupt our sleep to an alarming degree and the impacts appear to be accelerating,... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2026/night-time-warming-threatens-the-sleep-of-billions/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2026/dark-personality-levels-relate-to-peoples-job-interests-and-chosen-careers/ People with high scores on the so-called Dark Factor of Personality have significantly less interest... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2026/dark-personality-levels-relate-to-peoples-job-interests-and-chosen-careers/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:15:00 +0100 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2025/the-paradox-of-climate-protest/ Disruptive protest actions are among the tools often used by climate activists. New research from the... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2025/the-paradox-of-climate-protest/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 12:15:00 +0100 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://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2025/screen-time-passive-and-solitary-use-makes-us-most-dissatisfied/ What lies behind our dissatisfaction with our screen use – and why does the dissatisfaction rarely... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2025/screen-time-passive-and-solitary-use-makes-us-most-dissatisfied/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2025/new-national-centre-to-strengthen-responsible-use-of-artificial-intelligence/ As part of its strategic AI initiative, the Danish government has taken a groundbreaking step by launching... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2025/new-national-centre-to-strengthen-responsible-use-of-artificial-intelligence/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2025/research-groups-sizes/ While emerging researchers often achieve higher impact in larger scientific groups, they also have a... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2025/research-groups-sizes/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:30:00 +0100 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://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2025/ai-creates-new-winners-and-losers-in-the-labour-market/ Demand for professional skills has changed significantly since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, according... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2025/ai-creates-new-winners-and-losers-in-the-labour-market/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 11:00:00 +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/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://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2024/new-project-will-develop-the-use-of-ai-for-interviews/ With support from the Villum Foundation, Hjalmar Bang Carlsen, SODAS, will help develop the use of artificial... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2024/new-project-will-develop-the-use-of-ai-for-interviews/ Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:15:00 +0200 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://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2024/mapping-concerns-about-rising-seawater/ How do citizens living on the coasts of four countries in the North Sea region worry about future sea... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2024/mapping-concerns-about-rising-seawater/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 13:15:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2024/intelligent-learning-tools/ Long has digitalisation been hitting the classroom – but what is the potential and are there hidden... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2024/intelligent-learning-tools/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2024/diplomacy-social-media/ A new study harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to analyze over 55,000 images shared on the... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2024/diplomacy-social-media/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 06:00:00 +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/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://socialsciences.ku.dk/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://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2024/social-networks-explored-in-new-sodas-project/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 06:15:00 +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/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/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