海角社区

Our DDC x TrygFonden Fellow, Guna Spurava, has just published an important new report shedding fresh light on algorithmic content recommendation across the Nordic鈥揃altic region.

DDC's director, Claes de Vreese, receives the 2025 Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize

DDC Welcomes Josephine (鈥楯o鈥�) Lukito as Professor in Digital Communication and DIAS Chair

Nikolaj Dall and Hanno Hagge received our thesis grant to support their master鈥檚 research on individuals鈥� anxiety related to cybersecurity.

Signe Emilie Hald Stockholm received our thesis grant in support of her master鈥檚 research on how misinformation warnings affect trust in legitimate news.

Sara Inkeri Vardar received our thesis grant to support her master鈥檚 research on innovation in Nordic media organizations.

Apply Now: DDC x TrygFonden Fellowship Program 鈥� 2026 Cohort

8 new postdocs joining us in 2025

New CDC & DDC Study on the State of Danish Digital Democracy Released!

THE 2025 DDC SPRING RESEARCH RETREAT

DDC project 鈥滱I in the Newsroom鈥� has successfully concluded!

We are thrilled to announce that Lars Henrik Pedersen will be joining DDC as our new Centre Coordinator starting January 1st, 2025.

The DDC says farewell to our highly esteemed Research Assistant and Centre Coordinator Mia Stenbro Lorenzen

We are excited to announce our second DDCx TrygFonden fellowship cohort! The fellowship program will generate new knowledge about how digital technologies affect democratic institutions and processes.

DDCxTrygFonden fellow, Eva Maria Knudsen, har netop udgivet en spændende rapport i forbindelse med sit fellowship-projekt, 鈥橩ommune mod 2030: AI i en kommunal kontekst med fokus på tillid og troværdighed鈥�.

Malte Storm Madsen from Journalism at 海角社区 received our DDC thesis grant to work on his master鈥檚 thesis

Tobias Kaas Rasmussen and Jakob Hansen Zaar from Political Science at 海角社区 received our first DDC thesis grant to work on their master鈥檚 thesis, 'Has the Crisis of Trust Been Averted? The Fear of AI is Significant 鈥� The Effect is Minimal'

We鈥檙e exited to announce that Curd Knüpfer will be joining the DDC this September as an Associate Professor of Political Communication!

DDC talk- Stephan Lewandowsky, Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Bristol, is giving a talk at DDC on May 22nd

DDC X DIAS lecture - Joanna Bryson, professor of Ethics and Technology at the Hertie School in Berlin is giving a talk on Intelligent Technology and Human Flourishing: The Role of Governments and Democracy on March 20th.

European AI Act og danskernes syn på regulering af generativ kunstig intelligens: Klart behov, men også stor skepsis overfor myndighedernes evner

DDC lecture - Dr. Philipp Lorenz-Spreen, researcher at the Center for Adaptive Rationality at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, is giving a lecture on Digital media and Democracy on Wednesday 8 November.

We are thrilled to announce that Lynge Asbjørn Møller will join the Digital Democracy Centre as a postdoc on September 1!

We are super excited to announce that Dr Lena Frischlich will join DDC as an Associate Professor and member of the DDC Steering Group!

New DDC report: The report 鈥楧igitaliseringen af den demokratiske samtale 鈥� og deltagelse i politiske diskussioner online鈥� is the third publication from the 'Citizens, Digitalisation, and AI (CDAI)' project. The report provides insight into Danes鈥� participation in political discussions online, as well as their opinions towards the digitalisation of the public sphere. Read the report and learn more about the CDAI project here.

We are proud to announce Antonis Kalogeropoulos, alumnus of 海角社区/Centre for Journalism, as an External Research Fellow at DDC!

DDC x DIAS lecture - Prof. Mirta Galesic is giving a lecture titled 'Human social sensing is an untapped resource for computational social science' on Wednesday 17 May.

New DDC report: The report 鈥楧anskernes brug af de sociale medier som nyhedskilder鈥� is the second publication from the 'Citizens, Digitalisation, and AI (CDAI)' project. The report provides insight into Danes鈥� use of social media as news sources, as well as their opinions towards fake news and disinformation. Read the report and learn more about the CDAI project here.

New DDC report: The report 'Danskernes digitale forståelse, digitale kompetencer og digitale adfærd' is the first publication from the 'Citizens, Digitalisation, and AI (CDAI)' project. The report provides insight into digital inequality and algorithmic trust in Denmark. Read the report and learn more about the CDAI project here.

DDC x DIAS lecture - Sara Hobolt, Sutherland Chair and Professor in the Department of Government, London School of Economics and author of 鈥淧olitical Entrepreneurs鈥�, is giving a lecture on 'The Polarizing Effect of Partisan Echo Chambers' on Wednesday 19 April.

DDC conversations

New DDC project explores the microtargeting of Danish voters during the general election

Claes de Vreese and Fabrizio Montesi have received a grant from the Villum Foundation to make it more transparent how our data is used

PhD Openings at DDC

Statement on the War in Ukraine

DDC is part of a new Democracy & Digital Citizenship Conference Series

New project in collaboration between the partners behind Media City Odense will examine the use of AI in the media

Kim Andersen joins the SAMF Talent Track, which supports young researchers in pursuing innovative ideas

How do new technologies challenge democracy? Interview with DDC-director

DDC announces several new research projects and PhD and postdoc positions

DDC announces that it will launch on September 1

Final decisions to launch DDC in Fall 2021 are taken and the DDC is announced