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In this issue of the IMT Newsletter, you can read
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- Peter’s Column
- Allocation for Autumn 2026
- Grant of DKK 10 million from the Partnership for Child Research for a research project
- Staff Updates
- News from IMT Service
- Brief News
- Exploring the role of space and materiality in sustainable development
- IMT Events
- IMT External Events
- IMT publications
- IMT press/media
- About IMT Newsletter
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Dear all,
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IMT Strategy in progress
Last week the IMT Department Council (Institutrådet) discussed the first draft of a new IMT strategy for research and innovation. That marks an important milestone in our strategy process.
As some of you may recall, the strategy process started at our Department Seminar in Copenhagen last August.
Here Acting Prorector Bjørn Thomassen introduced RUC’s upcoming Research and Innovation Strategy, and I presented points of departure for IMT’s research strategy. In the group discussions and poster sessions that followed, we focused on themes such as: ‘Positions of research strength’, ‘Good researcher careers’ and ‘Capacity building’.
The outcome of these debates has since then constituted the basis for strategy discussions in the IMT Research Committee and the IMT Department Council – and lastly in the Extended Management Group.
Last month Luise Li Langergaard, Thomas Budde Christensen and I produced the first draft of the strategy that has now been discussed by the Department Council. The draft builds on key themes from the 2025 department seminar, including a focus on the imperative of generating more external resources for research. But it also addresses the role of PhD education, research communication, research publication, and societal impact. The feedback of the Council was positive but the members asked for clarification of several issues and for more details on the implementation phase.
The draft is now being revised so that an almost version can be presented to the IMT Research Council – and the rest of IMT. Then we will take a short break, while we wait for the finalization of RUC’s Research and Innovation Strategy which may require us to consider additional themes or goals. However, I trust that the core of our strategy is sound and will help our research move forward in the coming years.
I can’t wait to get started!
Best regards
Peter Kjær
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Allocation for Autumn 2026
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by Camilla Schmidt
The process for allocating teaching in the upcoming semester has gradually begun. This year, the allocation process starts with a new initiative: the so-called 'landscape meetings'. These meetings bring together the section head, programme directors within the section, the IMT allocation team, and the vice-dean to review the current semester’s allocation, identify issues, discuss forecasts for admissions and enrolments in the coming semester, assess academic needs in the relevant programmes, share information about individual academic staff, new hires and resignations, and exchange experience and knowledge. The purpose is to create a solid foundation for good collaboration on the distribution of tasks and hours.
The launch of the process means that programme directors have begun preparing their submissions regarding the desired planning for each programme. In parallel, all known hours (research buyouts, departmental hours, etc.) are being entered into the allocation sheet. While programme directors prepare their submissions, academic staff (VIP) will have the opportunity to quality-assure the final registration for F26 as well as the pre-entered known hours for E26. The IMT allocation team will sent out a link to Power BI along with information about whom to contact for changes shortly.
The programme directors’ initial work involves dialogue with colleagues about expectations and planning. These conversations cannot be considered binding agreements. All programme directors will submit their wishes for the (ideal) planning on 22 May as input for the allocation meetings, where the focus is on ensuring that all teaching tasks are covered with the strongest possible academic competence. The allocation meetings are used to align needs and expectations across programmes (and other tasks). The final planning may therefore differ from the initial submissions. Part-time lecturers (DVIP) and PhD students with teaching obligations will receive a questionnaire in mid-April (week 16) regarding their preferences for possible teaching in the autumn.
All academic staff (VIP) will receive final notification of their allocation for E26 before the summer break. Part-time lecturers (DVIP) will receive their allocation no later than 1 September, before the semester begins.
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Grant of DKK 10 million from the Partnership for Child Research for a research project
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An Eye for Equality – A Common Evaluation Culture to Promote Equality and Diversity in Children’s Lives The project aims to strengthen and sustain pedagogical work focused on creating equal and diverse childhoods through the development of common local evaluation practices across all levels of public early childhood education and care. The project applies action research methods and involves all parts of the public early childhood education and care system. It examines how evaluation and documentation sharpens or obscures the pedagogical eye for equality and diversity, and how increased evaluation capacity can support pedagogical efforts to foster equal and diverse childhoods.
The project consortium consists of:
- Roskilde University
- Aalborg University
- University College Copenhagen
- Municipality of Fredensborg
- Municipality of Copenhagen
The research group includes:
- Associate Professor Jo Krøjer (Principal Investigator), RUC
- Associate Professor Marta Padovan-Özdemir, RUC
- Professor Julie Borup Jensen (Co-PI), AAU
- Associate Professor Christian Aabro, University College Copenhagen (KP)
- Associate Professor Sofie Rosengaard, University College Copenhagen (KP)
- PhD student NN, RUC
The project runs for 4 years from March 1, 2026.
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Newly hired Teaching Associate Professor March 2026:
- Betina Ingerslev - Section of Psychology and Pedagogy
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The small kitchen in room 02.1 is now locked. Unfortunately, the dishwasher has not been used as intended, and dishes have instead been left on the counter and in the sink. This has become an increasing issue over the past few months, which has led to this decision.
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The kitchen can still be accessed using a key fob. If you experience any issues with access, you are welcome to contact IMT-Service by email.
Most of the other kitchens around the department are generally kept in good condition, and we would like to thank you all for that.
We wish you all a very pleasant spring.
Best regards,
IMT-Service
(The Administrative Services of the Department)
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Exploring the role of space and materiality in sustainable development
Anette Stenslund has been selected to participate in Impact Lab 2.0 at Queen Mary’s Center and the VELUX Foundation. She contributes research on how sensory, material, and atmospheric conditions—including the significance of space, place, and materiality—shape the agency, participation, and legitimacy of civil society in sustainable urban and environmental development.
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7 April
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CKMM seminar
Entrepreneurship in general, and tech entrepreneurship in particular, continue to be highly gendered making up a predominantly masculine field of work and innovation. Nevertheless, studies on gender in entrepreneurship have mainly focused on women and how gender influences women’s entrepreneurship, particularly how the masculine entrepreneurial norm is constitutive of women entrepreneurs’ opportunities and challenges. Lately, there has been a scholarly call for studying the masculine entrepreneurial norm and the male entrepreneurial figure.
Program
Welcome by Dr. Marta Padovan-Özdemir (CKMM)
Dr. Ali Riza Taskale (External lecturer, RUC):
Corporate Leviathan: Tech’s Reactionary Turn and the Politics of the Technocapitalist Man
Dr. Kai Roland Green (Postdoc, AU):
Disruptive (K)innovation: Entrepreneurial Masculinity Meets the Fertility Crisis
Discussion by Dr. Kevin Mogensen (RUC)
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Location: 03.1-e37
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9 April
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MOSPUS research group seminar
Jacob Rasmussen (Department of Social Sciences and Business, RUC) about "Alternative Communities and the Subtle Work of Green Transitions"
Time: 12:15-13:15
Location: 02.1.05
All very welcome, no registration required. Seminars are held in person on Thursdays at 12.15 unless otherwise noted. It is also possible to participate online. For further information, including a Teams link if you need one, please contact David Pinder (dpinder@ruc.dk)
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15 April
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CSS Lunch
Tatiana Fogelman about "Care versus Advocacy? Contestations of urban citizenship-making in Copenhagen"
Time: 12:00-13:00
Registration with Centre Director Katia Dupret
Read more about participation principles and
the spring programme here
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16 April
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MOSPUS research group seminar
Meg Holden (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver) about "Using our Words to Change the Conventions of Urban Worlds"
Time: 12:15-13:15
Location: 02.1.05
All very welcome, no registration required. Seminars are held in person on Thursdays at 12.15 unless otherwise noted. It is also possible to participate online. For further information, including a Teams link if you need one, please contact David Pinder (dpinder@ruc.dk)
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16 April
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Book symposium
on "Analytic Philosophy and the Critical Reception of John Dewey’s Pragmatic Philosophy", with the author Martin Ejsing Christensen. Event organised jointly between the MOSPUS and Science Studies research groups at RUC.
Time: 14:00-16:00
Location: 02.1.05
All very welcome, no registration required. Seminars are held in person on Thursdays at 12.15 unless otherwise noted. It is also possible to participate online. For further information, including a Teams link if you need one, please contact David Pinder ( dpinder@ruc.dk)
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21 April
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Guest Lecture: Lalitha Kamath (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai)
on " Collective Action, Community Building and Participatory Mapping in Mumbai"
Time: 11:00-12:00
Location: 07.2-008
This for master’s students and anyone else interested.
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Anniversary Reception for Rashmi Singla
On March 15, 2026, Rashmi Singla marked an impressive 25 years of dedication and service. We would be delighted if you would join us in celebrating this milestone at a reception held in her honor.
Time: 15:00-16:00
Location: Auditorium B
We look forward to celebrating together.
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23 April
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MOSPUS research group seminar
Lalitha Kamath (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai) about " Dushkaal Temporalities: Reframing Time, Space and Loss in Planning for the Climate Crisis "
Time: 12:15-13:15
Location: 02.1.123
All very welcome, no registration required. Seminars are held in person on Thursdays at 12.15 unless otherwise noted. It is also possible to participate online. For further information, including a Teams link if you need one, please contact David Pinder (dpinder@ruc.dk)
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24 April
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IMT Staff Meeting
Time: 10:30-12:00
Location: 03 - Auditorium A
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30 April
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MOSPUS research group seminar
William Kutz (Lund University) about "The Revolutionary, the Geographer and the Spy: Spatial Thought and the Spectre of History"
Time: 12:15-13:15
Location: 02.1.123
All very welcome, no registration required. Seminars are held in person on Thursdays at 12.15 unless otherwise noted. It is also possible to participate online. For further information, including a Teams link if you need one, please contact David Pinder (dpinder@ruc.dk)
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30 April
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Janne Bryde Laugesen will defend her PhD thesis
titled "Det er ikke bare den hvide verden” Hjemmesygeplejefaglighed mellem marmeladeglas, mennesker og magt"
Time: 13:00-16:00
Location: Auditorie 45, 45.1-011
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CESE Conference 2026 - Early bird until april 1, 2026 - venue at RUC
Worlds of learning: comparative perspectives on the future(s) of education
The bi-annual conference of the Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE) will be hosted by members of the Research Group Learning, Education and Pedagogy (LEAP) at RUC between June 29 – July 2, 2026
The Conference theme is: ‘Worlds of learning: comparative perspectives on the future(s) of education’. Submissions for individual papers and panels welcome. Further details from Stephen Carney: carney@ruc.dk
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CIRCUL’ARTS Online Research Seminar
Environmental Racism in Urban Interventions
It is well documented that the impact of the climate crisis is racially uneven. Such environmental injustices also seem to sediment and define urban interventions in the Global North imposing new forms of racialization. This seminar addresses and discusses recent developments in Denmark, where more than two decades of so-called “ghetto” policies have defined a particular racial geography of welfare, securitization, and sustainable transitioning.
Organized and hosted by Prof. Marta Padovan-Özdemir, Roskilde University
Date: April 14
Time: 15.30-17.30
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Photo: GRASP 2025 by Mads Hobye
GRASP 2026 – Call for open lectures
GRASP Knowledge Festival takes place 1–3 October 2026 at Musicon, Roskilde ( www.graspfestival.dk ). The 2026 theme, Hope for the Future, explores hope as something we create together in times of crisis and major change—an active force that drives new questions, collaborations, and solutions.
RUC staff are invited to move teaching into the festival through open lectures. GRASP provides an auditorium setup, and students receive access to the festival. Lectures should be designed for both students and a broader audience, and may take the form of a lecture, workshop, interview, or panel. Consider integrating external stakeholders or collaborative formats, and assigning students tasks connected to the festival program.
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Photo: GRASP 2025 by Mads Hobye
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Covers the period from February 20 to March 19, 2026
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Journal Article and Review - Peer-reviewed
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Jepsen PM, Rhiger M, Westergaard CR. From Manual to Automation: A Comparative Study of Manual, Standard Dilution, and Proportional–Integral Controls for Cultivation of Rhodomonas salina in a 500 L Tubular Alga Photobioreactor. Aquaculture Research. 2026;Early view. Epub 2026 Mar 17. doi: 10.1155/are/2232484
Holm L, Ahrenkiel A. Forandringer i diskurser om flersprogede børn i danske dagtilbud. Dansk Pædagogisk Tidsskrift. 2026 Jan;1(2026).
Steenfeldt VØ, Knudsen MB, Kofoed-Enevoldsen A, Lorenzen JK, Hägi-Pedersen MB, Gaby D. Videokonsultationer i diabetesambulatorium. Klinisk Sygepleje. 2025;39(4):1-15. doi: 10.18261/KS.39.4.4
MacEachnie LH, Steenfeldt VØ. At tale om livet og døden i ældreplejen. Klinisk Sygepleje. 2025;39(4):1-15. doi: 10.18261/ks.39.4.1
Bridle S, Smith E, Jones A, Falloon P, Pilley V, Hasnain S et al. Potential Pathways and Solutions to Acute Food System Crisis in the UK. Sustainability (Switzerland). 2026;18(3):1342. doi: 10.3390/su18031342
Pihl EVK. The matter and the metrics: engineering enzymatic workhorses in service of the planet and a sustainable denim dyeing industry. Agriculture and Human Values. 2026 Feb 18;43:45. doi: 10.1007/s10460-025-10842-w
Jensen CF, Wienecke T, Hägi-Pedersen D, Poulsen I, Jensen JF. Recovery after delirium in patients with neurological diseases: a systematic review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis. 2026 Feb;24(2):333-341. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-24-00564
Delica KN, Schultz Larsen T. Policy Schizophrenia and the Sociology of Fragmentation. Sociologia, Problemas e Praticas. 2025;53(2025):153-182. doi: 10.21747/08723419/soc53a6
Petrik D, Strobel G, Schoormann T, Möller F, Hoppe-Ludwig C, Springer V. Digital product passports. Electronic Markets. 2026;36(1):25. doi: 10.1007/s12525-026-00877-0
Baskerville R, Pries-Heje J, Venable JR. MEDS: Methodology for Evaluation in Design Science. European Journal of Information Systems. 2026;Early view. Epub 2026 Feb 12. doi: 10.1080/0960085X.2026.2627280
Jønsson ABR, Li EXA, Steno AM. Enacted Restoration of Selfhood: A Kierkegaardian Perspective on Self-harm Among People with Mental Illness. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry. 2026 Feb 15;50:17. doi: 10.1007/s11013-026-09975-2
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Lundgaard Andersen L, (ed.), Enroljas B, (ed.), Nieminen A, (ed.), Vamstad J, (ed.). The Collaborative Turn in the Nordic Welfare States: Critical Perspectives on Co-production in Policies, Civil Society, and Institutional Changes. Palgrave Macmillan, 2026. 401 p. (Palgrave Studies in Third Sector Research). doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-08001-1
Petschnig K. I de studerendes fodspor på tværs af sektorer: En institutionel etnografi om betingelser for læring i tværsektorielle forløb i sygeplejestuderendes kliniske hverdagspraksis. Roskilde Universitet, 2026. 234 p. (Afhandlinger fra Ph.d.-skolen for Mennesker og Teknologi).
Hansen JB. Humanisation in Advanced Dementia. Roskilde Universitet, 2026. 99 p.
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Book Chapter - Peer-reviewed
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Lundgaard Andersen L, Enroljas B, Vamstad J, Nieminen A. Co-production in the Nordic welfare states: Critical perspectives on policies, civil society and institutional changes. In Lundgaard Andersen L, Enjolras B, Nieminen A, Vamstad J, editors, The Collaborative Turn in the Nordic Welfare States: Critical Perspectives on Coproduction in Policies, Civil Society and Institutional changes. Palgrave: Palgrave Macmillan. 2026. p. 13-70. (Palgrave Studies in Third Sector Research). doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-08001-1_2
Pinder D. Lefebvre's utopianism: Everyday life, space and the possible-impossible. In Schwarze T, Dawson M, editors, The Anthem Companion to Henri Lefebvre. London: Anthem Press. 2026. (Anthem Companions to Sociology).
Kamp A. Ethics Work in Digitized Professional Care: Transforming Normativity and Professionalism in Danish Elderly Care. In Ribers B, Warring N, editors, Professional Ethics in Welfare Work and Education: Nordic Perspectives. Routledge. 2026. p. 244-259. (Routledge Research in Education). doi: 10.4324/9781003429692-20
Olesen HS. A Psycho-societal approach to Adult Learning at the Nexus between Life Course, Work, and Societal Transition. In Bernhard M, Hof C, Billett S, Kraus K, Marsick VJ, Sawchuk PH, editors, Adult Education in Changing Times : Learning at the Nexus of Life, Work, and Transitions . Frankfurt: Routledge. 2026. p. 113-128 doi: 10.4324/9781003584384-11
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Article Proceedings - Peer-reviewed
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Petrik D, Schoormann T. The Dark Side of Circularity Transformation. In Pre-ICIS Workshop Proceedings 2025. AIS Association. 2026
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Contribution to newspaper - comment/debate/feature article
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Bygum Hove M. Hvorfor gør Dovne Robert og en frivillig barnløs popmusiker os så sure? Dagbladet Information. 2026 Feb 26.
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Editor / Photographer
Niels Hilfling Nielsen
Contributions and images
Next issue of the IMT Newsletter
Deadline: April 29, 2026
Next issue: May 13, 2026
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