Aalborg University (AAU) is an international public university with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1974, the university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and PhD degrees in a wide variety of subjects within humanities, social sciences, information technology, design, engineering, exact sciences, and medicine. The university is also open to international students from the European Union (EU) or from countries from the Nordic Council or outside. The international students stemming from outside the European Union or the Nordic Council are subject to tuition fees.
1000Fryd is a small café, bar, and community center with a stage, a recording studio, a cinema, and an art gallery, located in Aalborg, Denmark. Since 1000Fryd opened in 1984 there have been thousands of concerts by both well known bands – such as Die Toten Hosen and Green Day – and utterly obscure local performers, such as Jimmy Justice and Columbian Neckties. It is a focus of the successful novel Nordkraft by Jakob Ejersbo.
John Frandsen is a Danish composer, organist and choral conductor, whose work includes operas, chamber music, and religious music. His 1999 Now Flashes the White Light of the Spirit commissioned to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church was performed simultaneously in over 100 Danish churches on the day of the anniversary.
Margit Warburg is a Danish sociologist of religion. Since 2004, she has been professor of Sociology of Religion in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen. She was an associate professor at the same university from 1979 to 2004.
The Aarhus University School of Business and Social Sciences is one of four faculties of Aarhus University in Denmark. The school consists of seven departments: Economics and Business Economics, Management, Political Science, Law, Business Communication, Psychology and Behavioural Sciences and Department of Business Development and Technology. The main campus is located in Aarhus.
Louise Byg Kongsholm is a trend researcher, author and keynote speaker focusing on zeitgeist, trends, consumer behaviour and trends specifically within fashion, interior, food and retail/etail.
Sophia Kalkau is a Danish artist, who works in a variety of media including writing, photography, sculpture and installation. Sophia Kalkau has studied Art History at Copenhagen University and holds a degree in Art Theory from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. She is the author of numerous publications on aesthetics.
The Reumert Award is an annual Danish awards ceremony to recognize excellence in theatre achievements in Denmark. The award was founded by the Bikuben Foundation in 1998, and has been handed annually since then. There are 16 award categories as well as 10 talent awards. A jury of ten specialists in theatre selects the recipients, who receive a statuette and a prize. As of 2016, the recipients also receive an amount of money. The recipients of the Reumert Award of Honour receive DKK 200,000, the recipients of the Talent Prize receive DKK 35,000 and all other categories-recipients receive DKK 40,000. The Reumert prize is named after the Danish actor Poul Reumert (1883–1968).
Remus Teodorescu (02.06.1965) is a professor of Energy Technology at Aalborg University. He holds a degree from 1989 in electrical engineering from the Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania. In 1994 he received a Ph.D. degree in power electronics from the University of Galati in Romania.
Gunhild Moltesen Agger is a professor in Danish media history at Aalborg University. She conducts research in media science, focusing on Danish television drama and film, crime fiction and national identity in a globalized world.
Lars Arendt-Nielsen is a professor at Aalborg University specialising in translational pain research and bio-markers. Lars Arendt-Nielsen's research is highly recognised internationally, and in addition to his university work he has established several businesses.
Michael Hviid Jacobsen is a Danish professor of sociology. Since 1997 he has been employed at Aalborg University, acting from 2009 as a professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Work. He is a frequent lecturer and often appears in the media as an expert within a wide range of topics, particularly in relation to our changing culture of death and criminal issues.
Anette Prehn is a Danish author, sociologist, keynote speaker and MD of Centre for Brain-Based Leadership and Learning.
Claus Bech-Danielsen is a Danish professor in architecture and spatial planning at the Aalborg University, where he is also Head of Department at the Center for Housing Research.
Henrik Vorum is a clinical professor at Aalborg University Hospital, specializing in eye disorders.
Frederik Stjernfelt is a Danish professor and writer. As a professor, he lectures in science studies, history of ideas, and semiotics, at Aalborg University's Copenhagen department.
Jesper Møller is a Danish mathematician.
Nicolai Jørgensgaard Graakjær is a Danish Professor at the Department of Communications and Psychology at Aalborg University. His research areas are Music in advertising, sound branding, Sounds of sports, and Social psychology.
Brady Wagoner is an American-Danish professor of psychology at Aalborg University (Denmark), where he is currently co-director of the Centre for Cultural Psychology. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge on a Gates Cambridge scholarship, where he also co-created the F. C. Bartlett internet archive. His research has mainly focused on cultural psychology, memory, social change and the history of psychology. One of his key contributions has been to study remembering as a cultural and constructive process, further developing the legacy of Frederic Bartlett. He was honored with the Alexander von Humboldt Prize in 2021, the Lucienne Domergue Award in 2019, and the Sigmund Koch Award in 2018.
