Department of Anthropology

Karen Waltorp and Stine Krøijer appointed professors at the Department of Anthropology

Ida Vandsøe Madsen is Teacher of the Year 2025 at the Department of Anthropology

Ayo Wahlberg appointed to the Danish Council on Ethics

Research

2026.08.03

When the green transition hits the backyard: New research project to strengthen democratic ownership

We broadly support the green transition. But when it changes our landscape, our daily lives, or our local communities, difficult dilemmas arise. It is this tension that a new research project from the Department of Anthropology is investigating.

Organisation

2026.04.16

Sociology and anthropology to be merged into a single department

The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences has decided to initiate a process to merge the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Sociology into a single department by mid‑2027 at the latest.

Nightlife

2026.03.04

Young people fear drugging in nightlife – but almost never report it

Young people – especially women – increasingly fear being drugged, and the phenomenon is more widespread and complex than previously assumed.

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Karen Waltorp and Stine Krøijer appointed professors at the Department of Anthropology

Ida Vandsøe Madsen is Teacher of the Year 2025 at the Department of Anthropology

Ayo Wahlberg appointed to the Danish Council on Ethics

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When the green transition hits the backyard: New research project to strengthen democratic ownership

Sociology and anthropology to be merged into a single department

Young people fear drugging in nightlife – but almost never report it

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Cultural Safety, Family Influence and the Problem of Patriarchy

Dads, devices, and the presence of care: an ethnographic study of fathers to children with type 1 diabetes in Greece & Denmark

Nye naturer. Forvaltning og samskabelse af natur i Danmark