About the DDCxTrygFonden Fellowship Program
The fellowship program aims to foster collaboration between researchers, journalists, and policymakers in exploring the impact of digital technology and AI on media, politics, and democracy. Through the fellowship program, selected fellows will have the opportunity to generate new knowledge, contribute to the public debate, develop new networks, collaborate with a mentor at DDC, the larger DDC environment, and its partners, and produce tangible outreach outputs such as policy briefs, educational packages, and talks.
The Digital Democracy Centre / TrygFonden Fellowship Program welcomes diverse fellows, including academic fellows researching digital technology and democracy, journalist fellows covering topics related to digital democracy, and policy fellows contributing to regulatory debates and practical implementation in the field of digital democracy.
Purpose of the Fellowship Program
The purpose of the Fellowship Program is to utilize and leverage the knowledge of DDC in a new way. The objective is to generate new knowledge and foster interaction between TrygFonden, DDC, new and existing partners of DDC, and the selected fellows. We aim for the Fellowship program to lead to new knowledge and tangible outputs, such as new networks, new collaborations, educational packages, contributions to the public debate in Denmark and beyond, policy briefs, talks, and other outreach activities.
Accepted fellows are eligible for various benefits. Besides their relationship with their self-selected DDC mentor, these benefits may include financial support, access to DDC’s research resources, flexible working spaces, speaker series, and networks, and a platform to showcase their work and be part of the larger DDC alumni network. The specific benefits and support provided may differ based on the agreement between the individual fellow, DDC, and any partnering organizations.
The DDCxTrygFonden fellowship cohort for 2025
The Digital Democracy Centre is now ready to present the second cohort of DDCxTrygFonden fellows for 2025. The fellows have backgrounds in different disciplines and will be affiliated with the Digital Democracy Centre for anywhere from three months to one year, where they will work on projects and issues related to the Digital Democracy Centre’s research interests. You can read more about the second cohort of DDCxTrygFonden fellows here.