Prize papers for 2024

Department of English, Germanic and Romance Studies

1. How can OpenAI be used in foreign language education? An empirical study focusing on ‘Almen Sprogforståelse’, French, German, Italian and/or Spanish learning/teaching in upper secondary education. A focus on the assessment of learners' foreign language competences can be included, but also other delimitations can be made, e.g., by focusing on the development of students' communicative, intercultural or plurilingual competences.
Contact: Petra Daryai-Hansen, Associate Professor, petra.dhansen@hum.ku.dk 

2. How do students at UCPH develop intercultural competences? This question should be answered by an empirical study of i) students' experiences, especially after an exchange stay or internship abroad; ii) relevant course contents (such as language teaching, electives); iii) activities to prepare students for going abroad.
Contact: Georg Wink, Associate Professor, georg.wink@hum.ku.dk 

3. What do we actually mean when we talk about "culture"? Several paradigm shifts in cultural studies turned the concept ambiguous and any application depends a lot on the context. This question should be answered by analyzing the use of "culture" in media discourses (including, for example, social media or print media) or by analyzing study programs on several levels (e.g., various disciplines, curricula, syllabi and course literature), among them for example the Master of Arts in International Business Communication - Intercultural Market Studies.
Contact: Georg Wink, Associate Professor, georg.wink@hum.ku.dk 

4. Call for dissertations on the relationship between literary and philosophical discourses. The submitted proposals should show how literary texts can be understood as addressing philosophical problems. The investigations should be based on literary analyses in order to illustrate how literature proceeds in the handling of philosophical questions. An exemption from the language requirements is applied for, so that the dissertations can be submitted in Spanish.
Contact: Julio Hans C. Jensen, Associate Professor, jhcj@hum.ku.dk 

5. An analysis of literary works written by women within one or more of the department's language areas from a self-selected period is desired. The assignment should contain reflections on the place of the works or authors in the history of literature.
Contact: Pia Schwarz Lausten, Associate Professor, lausten@hum.ku.dk 

Department of Communication

1. The thesis must present an empirical analysis of opinion leaders on digital platforms. The study can use quantitative or qualitative methods and will preferably focus on domains such as climate change and/or finance.
Contact: Jacob Ørmen, Tenure Track Assistant Professor, jacob.oermen@hum.ku.dk 

2. The thesis must present an empirical analysis of how so-called smart homes register the behaviour of the residents.
Contact: Klaus Bruhn Jensen, Professor, kbj@hum.ku.dk 

3. The thesis must present a theoretical analysis of the phenomenon of the Internet of Things, based on a communication theory of choice.
Contact: Klaus Bruhn Jensen, Professor, kbj@hum.ku.dk 

4. The thesis must present an empirical analysis of how data-driven technology is framed or applied to support public administration in Denmark.
Contact: Lisa Reutter, Postdoc, lire@hum.ku.dk 

5. How can the use of generative artificial intelligence influence the formation of culture and Bildung of the future, and what opportunities arise for cultural mediators and creative professionals to integrate and collaborate with this technology to provide culture and Bildung?
Contact: Henrik Jochumsen, Associate Professor, hjo@hum.ku.dk

Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics

Linguistics

1. An investigation of the stratification of loanwords within a specific geographical area or within the development of a specific language branch.
Contact: Thomas Olander, Associate Professor, olander@hum.ku.dk 

 
Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

1. Since 2001, but especially since the 2014 emergence of Islamic State, many Middle Eastern states have engaged in the promotion of so-called “moderate Islam”. Compare two or three Middle Eastern states’ “moderate Islam” initiatives, at home and abroad, including the driving forces and the institutions committed to this task, and analyze the theological and juridical content of these initiatives.
Contact: Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen, Professor, jsp@hum.ku.dk

The Faculty of Law does not call for prize papers.

The Faculty of Science does not call for prize papers.

Department of Political Science

An analysis of how the climate question has become intermingled with global security.
Contact: Professor Ole Wæver ow@ifs.ku.dk

Department of Anthropology

An analysis of relationships between renewable energy sources and landscapes.
Contact: Associate Professor Cecilie Rubow cecilie.rubow@anthro.ku.dk and/or Associate Professor Simon Westergaard Lex simon.lex@anthro.ku.dk                  

Department of Psychology

An analysis of the impact of ongoing war in Ukraine on the mental health and well-being of Ukrainian refugees. The thesis could focus on topics like post-arrival conditions in Denmark, social integration versus isolation within Danish society, and/ or direct and vicarious conflict exposure in Ukraine. The thesis would ideally be empirically based quantitative or qualitative), and it may be possible to draw from existing datasets held by the department.
Contact: Associate Professor Karen-Inge Karstoft kik@psy.ku.dk

Department of Sociology

Please provide a sociological analysis of new social movements in Europe.
Contact: Professor Christian Borch, chb@soc.ku.dk                              

SODAS

Please provide an analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on the prevalence and accessibility of remote work / working from home in the Danish labor market with considerations around how this accessibility varies along sociodemographic lines.
Contact: Assistant Professor Friedolin Merhout, fmerhout@soc.ku.dk

Biblical Studies Section

A critical discussion of the use of archaeology in the interpretation of the Bible and/or Qur’an.
Supervision: Matthew Larsen, Jan Loop, Jesper Høgenhaven

Church History Section

N.F.S. Grundtvig’s conception of Christianity as a cultural factor in history.
Supervision: Anders Holm

Systematic Theology Section

Theology and psychology.
Supervision: Mikkel Christoffersen, Johanne Stubbe Teglbjærg Kristensen og Mads Peter Karlsen