Department of Communication and Arts

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New Research Centre at RUC Investigates Digital Citizenship

The recently established Centre for Digital Citizenship at Roskilde University will investigate how digital technologies are transforming public engagement.

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DKK 10 million from the Carlsberg Foundation for new research projects at RUC

Seven researchers from Roskilde University have just received grants for their research projects from the Carlsberg Foundation. The largest grant of DKK 5 million goes to media researcher Eva Mayerhöffer's research project on alternative right-wing and left-wing media.

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Phd student from RUC receives EliteForsk travel scholarships for stays in an international research environment

PhD student Anne Julie Arnfred will explore how collaboration between science, art and curation can create new ways of working with academic knowledge.

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100 mio. DKK for a new research project on data and democracy with RUC professor in charge

Professor Sine Nørholm Just, RUC, will be head of a new research project that will enlighten us on how we as a society and people can live with artificial intelligence and algorithms in a good way.

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News from the department

Trump sets the media agenda

10 July 2017 | Tæt på videnskaben

Donald Trump mostly tweets in the morning, where he tweets with a rather distinct voice, which allows him to manage and disrupt the media coverage, according to new research from Roskilde University.

Small words can have a major importance in court cases

29 May 2017 | Tæt på videnskaben

Language may be crucial when a verdict has to be reached in a court case. This is according to language researcher Sune Sønderberg Mortensen, who has analysed audio recordings from the Court of Frederiksberg. His research is intended to make us more aware of the role of language in Danish court cases.

The Greenlandic paradox

01 November 2016 | Tæt på videnskaben

Climate changes are bringing both economic potential and major problems to Greenland, which has only limited opportunities to influence developments itself.