Upcoming events at DIAS

What can public health policy and practice gain from arts and humanities research?Indeed, should the two be considered as separate?How and where do public health and the humanities combine, and what can be done to promote further interaction?This two-day conference explores these questions. It includes speakers from a range of disciplines and geographiccontexts from cultural studies to anthropology and from Nigeria to Denmark.With support from the Danish Institute for Advance Study and the Wellcome Trust.Venue: DIAS Auditorium (V24-501a-0)This event requires formal registration.Go to registration page.For more information, email Gareth Millward ([email]gmil@sdu.dk[/email]).

What constitutes excellence in research?What role does merit play in this equationDIAS is pleased to invite you to a panel debate on academic merit and research excellence.At a time when society demands greater inclusion, enhanced social awareness, societal impact, a broadened sense of academic citizenship, and more qualitative approaches to academic assessment, how can and should universities shape their understanding of research excellence? How can universities best establish fair, transparent, and ambitious standards of merit?A panel of prominent DIAS researchers will address this pressing concern and engage the public in a debate.The panel will be chaired by DIAS director, Sten Rynning, who is also chairing an SDU task force on academic merit. The SDU task force is to draft a university-wide framework policy for academic merit by the spring of 2025 and submit it to SDU’s executive board. The framework policy must align with SDU’s strategy of investing in excellent people and research, and it must define criteria for research assessment at all levels of career progression. The ambition behind the task force is to endow SDU with a clear, ambitious, and, from the perspective of researchers, meaningful policy on academic merit. DIAS will make its voice heard in this process, and we encourage you to do likewise.Please join us at the DIAS auditoriumWednesday 25 September11.15-12.15.  The panelists are:[list][*]Aglae PizzoneDIAS Senior Fellow of Humanities, Department of Language and Culture[*]Norbert KrügerDIAS Chair of Engineering, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute[*]Angela ChangDIAS Senior Fellow of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health[*]Carolin LöscherDIAS Senior Fellow of Science, Department of Biology [*]Lars Boje MortensenDIAS Chair of Humanities, Department of Language and Culture[/list]

Ever wondered how to make your research resonate beyond the academic world?Join us for an enlightening DIAS event designed to tackle this very challenge!The event follows a two-step structure:[list=1][*]A round table session where DIAS researchers will share their unique experiences and innovative strategies for making complex research accessible and engaging to the general public.[*]A joint discussion exploring the benefits and challenges of communicating research to non-academic audiences.We’ll also delve into how this practice aligns with our concepts of and commitment to interdisciplinarity and excellence.[/list]Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the best, enhance your communication skills, and broaden the impact of your research

This talk dives deep into the feminism of Taylor Swift, one of the most influential artists of the 21st century.

Naja Hulvej Rod, Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the Copenhagen Health Complexity Center, and Morten Hulvej Rod, PhD, anthropology, Professor of health promotion and Director of the National Institute for Public Health have both worked with public health research for 20 years, but only started to work together when COVID-19 hit, and their living room became their shared office space.In their presentation they will explain how coming from two different backgrounds has fuelled the development of a new framework for interdisciplinary knowledge production in relation to complex public health issues, such as health inequalities, obesity, and mental health. They will explain how a stay at University of Amsterdam’s IAS led to new thinking and the establishment of collaboration with scholars from disciplines such as philosophy, sociology, public health, epidemiology, and medicine, which is now being integrated in ongoing work.

This year's special theme: Supervision

This year's special theme: Supervision

Ny præsident, ny kurs? USA og verdensordenenHvad betyder valget af USA's nye præsident for verdens fremtid? Deltag i en spændende og aktuel diskussion, hvor professor Sten Rynning giver et indblik i, hvor USA er på vej hen, og hvilken betydning det får for den globale orden.Med fokus på USA's lederskab og dets rolle i den voksende strategiske konkurrence mellem USA og dets allierede mod Kina og Rusland, vil Rynning dykke ned i de historiske tendenser og give en vurdering af, hvad vi kan forvente af den nye præsident og fremtiden. Gå ikke glip af denne mulighed for at få en dybere forståelse af de globale magtbalancer i forandring.Tid og sted: 8. november kl. 15 i Odense Adelige Jomfrukloster, Albani Torv 6, 5000 Odense C𝐎𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐲𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠Sten Rynning er direktør for Danish Institute for Advanced Study (DIAS) ved Syddansk Universitet, hvor han også er professor i krigsstudier. Han grundlagde Center for Krigsstudier ved Syddansk Universitet i 2011 og ledede det frem til 2019. Sten Rynning har haft flere ledende akademiske roller, herunder som midlertidig dekan for Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet fra november 2021 til maj 2022 og som prodekan for forskning fra juni 2019 til august 2022.Han har rådgivet flere kommissioner, herunder den officielle norske Afghanistan-kommission (2015-2016) og den danske undersøgelseskommission vedrørende Danmarks krigsdeltagelse i Kosovo, Afghanistan og Irak (2017-2019). I 2021 blev han slået til Ridder af Dannebrog.Sten Rynning har også bidraget til det akademiske samfund som tidligere præsident for Nordic International Studies Association (2011-2015) og som medlem af bestyrelsen for Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier. Han er forfatter til flere værker, herunder "NATO i Afghanistan: The Liberal Disconnect" og senest "NATO: From Cold War to Ukraine, A History of the World’s Most Powerful Alliance" (Yale University Press).