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items: Proceedings from the 10th International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning
items: Proceedings for the European Conference on Reflective Practice-based Learning 2025
items: Proceedings of the 7th Conference of AG Animation 2024 (CAGA)
items: Book of Abstracts from the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Conference 2025
items: Book of Abstracts from the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Conference 2026
items: Employment and Cerebral Palsy
items: When Are You Too Old to Work and Too Young to Retire? Age Norms and the Danish Pension System
items: Systematic Quality Development in Daycare: Findings from the Fifth Mapping Survey in Kolding Municipality
items: Composition and Sound Production with SuperCollider
items: Paving the Way for Employment: An Evaluation
items: Active Mobility and Design in Vesterbro Torv: Investigating people’s active mobilities, practices and interactions with the temporary design of Vesterbro Torv
items: AI Disruption of Chartering in Danish Shipping
items: Negotiation Tool for Mutual Gains – A Handbook
items: The Little Book on Repair
items: Life-Modes in a Changing World Order
items: Port-City Relations: Rødbyhavn
items: Port-City Relations: Hirtshals
items: Port-City Relations: Helsingør
items: Port-City Relations: Hanstholm
items: Port-City Relations: Grenaa
items: Port-City Relations: Gedser
items: Port-City Relations: Esbjerg
items: Port-City Relations: Main Report
items: An overview of international research on manager well-being
items: ISIC 2024 Adjunct Proceedings: The 15th Information Behaviour Conference
items: Affordance
items: Education and information in the Danish refugee camps after World War II
items: 7 Key Theories of Design

Proceedings from the 10th International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning
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description: Engineering students are entering a profession defined by rapid change, transformation, and innovation. As graduates, they will navigate volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environments, striving to deliver sustainable solutions through their professional practices. Historically, engineering education has focused primarily on cultivating deep foundational knowledge in engineering sciences and technical expertise. However, this is no longer sufficient. While these foundations remain essential, today’s engineers must also develop a broader set of cognitive skills - such as complex problem-solving, systems thinking, and creativity - alongside social skills like communication and teamwork, and emotional competencies including self-efficacy, empathy, and conflict management. International organizations and policy makers, including the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), consistently highlight the evolving nature of professions, the socio-technological transitions underway, and the shifting demands of the labor market. Despite this, many engineering education institutions struggle to adapt their frameworks and practices to adequately prepare graduates for the realities of the modern workplace. Institutional transformation begins with awareness and dialogue. Anchoring Conversations: Connection, Collaboration, and Co-Creation for the Future is the theme of the joint conference comprising the 10th International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning (IRSPBL 2025), the 7th South African Society for Engineering Education (SASEE), and the 5th SoTL in the South. This event is convened by the University of Pretoria and the Aalborg Centre for Problem-Based Learning in Engineering Science and Sustainability under the auspices of UNESCO, in collaboration with eight South African universities, two societies (SASEE and SoTL in the South), and Future Nation Schools. This conference invited dialogue and reflecti…
subject: Proceedings
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subject: Peer-reviewed
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subject: Engineering Education
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subject: Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
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subject: Socio-Technological Transitions
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subject: Institutional Transformation
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subject: Skills and Competency Development
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creator: Juebei Chen
creator: Lelanie Smith
creator: Yasmin Belal Abouarabi
creator: Karin Wolff
creator: Zachary Simpson
creator: Aida Guerra
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Juebei Chen, Lelanie Smith, Yasmin Belal Abouarabi, Karin Wolff, Zachary Simpson, Aida Guerra https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-14
publication date: 2025-11-14
doi: 10.54337/irspbl-2025

Proceedings for the European Conference on Reflective Practice-based Learning 2025
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description: These proceedings present the contributions accepted for the Third European Conference on Reflective Practice-based Learning (ECRPL25), held in November 2025, hosted by University College of Northern Denmark (UCN) in Aalborg. For ECRPL 2025, the theme was “Reflective Practice-based Learning (RPL) and the Future of Practice-oriented Education”. The volume brings together peer-reviewed contributions from educators, researchers, and practitioners. The contributions delve into the evolving landscape of reflective practice in higher education and professional settings. Reflective Practice-based Learning (RPL) emphasizes the integration of experience, thinking, and action as foundational elements of the learning process. This approach is particularly relevant in bridging gaps between theory and practice and gaps between education and professions and businesses. The RPL framework should create good conditions for fostering a deeper theoretical understanding and better competencies for applying theoretical knowledge in real-world contexts. As we navigate the complexities of modern education, RPL offers a robust framework for developing critical thinking, adaptability, and lifelong learning skills.
subject: Proceedings
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subject: Peer-reviewed
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creator: Susanne Dau
creator: Thomas Kjærgaard
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Susanne Dau, Thomas Kjærgaard https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-11-11
publication date: 2025-11-11
doi: 10.54337/ecrpl25.vi

Proceedings of the 7th Conference of AG Animation 2024 (CAGA)
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description: Welcome to the Proceedings of the 7th Conference of AG Animation 2024 (CAGA), hosted by The Animation Workshop, VIA University College in Viborg from September 10th to 11th, 2024. CAGA 2024 served as a nexus for scholarly discourse, professional exchange, and creative exploration, uniting academics, industry practitioners, curators, and enthusiasts within animation & the visual arts. The conference was dedicated to rigorously examining the rapid advancements, emergent trends, and substantive research that are collectively reshaping the field of animation and visual storytelling. The conference theme, “The (R)Evolution of Animation: Current Challenges and Future Directions”, was chosen to reflect the dynamic state of contemporary animation – a field undergoing not merely incremental change but a fundamental transformation. This evolution is driven by technological innovation yet simultaneously challenged by complex ecological, political, ethical, and industrial forces. The conference sought to identify and analyze the catalysts for this growth while confronting the significant impediments currently facing the field. This volume compiles the output generated during these focused discussions, providing valuable perspectives on the current state and prospective trajectories of animation art, practice, scholarship, and industry. The conference was anchored by four thought-provoking keynote addresses that illuminated the technological and artistic currents reshaping animation today. Bonnie Mitchell opened the programme by demonstrating her stewardship of digital heritage, drawing on her decades-long quest to preserve and contextualise the SIGGRAPH media archives – capturing the fluidity of the digital material over time. Photomedia artist Boris Eldagsen followed with a candid account of his headline-making “Electrician” intervention, framing generative AI not as a threat but as an extension of the photographer’s craft that still demands rigorous concept and composition. S…
subject: Proceedings
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subject: Peer-reviewed
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subject: AG Animation
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subject: CAGA24
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subject: AI
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subject: Virtual production
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subject: Ethics
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subject: Transformation
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creator: Bue Holmsgaard Fyhn
creator: Juergen Hagler
creator: Lana Tankosa Nikolic
creator: Andrea Polywka
creator: Jakob Borrits Skov Sabra
creator: Peter Vistisen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Bue Holmsgaard Fyhn, Juergen Hagler, Lana Tankosa Nikolic, Andrea Polywka, Jakob Borrits Skov Sabra, Peter Vistisen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-18
publication date: 2025-12-18
doi: 10.54337/caga24

Book of Abstracts from the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Conference 2025
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description: The Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) organises its annual conference to address system­ic and urgent issues in urban research, bringing together scholars, practitioners, and policymak­ers to advance knowledge and collaboration. Each year, the conference provides a platform to explore critical questions at the intersection of sustainability, climate action, and social justice, while also contributing to education and capacity-building in these fields. In 2025, the conference took place in Rome at the National Research Council of Italy under the theme Sustainable and Climate-Neutral Cities for Inclusive and Equitable Urban Futures. It high­lights the urgency of addressing today’s polycrisis while recognising the planetary dimension of urbanisation. The 2025 UERA Conference featured 45 abstracts and full paper presentations, organized across five thematic sections, which structure this Book of Abstracts. The complete proceedings are currently under preparation and will be published by Springer in 2026. The DOI for the Springer publication will be shared on this page once it is available. This proceedings employed a double-blind peer-review process.
subject: Book of Abstracts from the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Conference
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subject: Peer-reviewed
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subject: Book of Abstracts
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creator: Enza Lissandrello
creator: Carmelina Cosmi
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Enza Lissandrello, Carmelina Cosmi (Volume editor) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2026-01-18
publication date: 2026-01-18
doi: 10.54337/aau.uera2025

Book of Abstracts from the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Conference 2026
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description: The 2026 conference marks another important milestone in the ongoing trajectory of the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA), building on the momentum of the recent conferences in Karls­ruhe (2024) and Rome (2025). Once again, the conference convenes a diverse and engaged scholarly community committed to advancing critical inquiry into urban transformations under conditions of rapid social, environmental, and technological change. This Book of Abstracts re­flects both the breadth and intellectual vitality of the contributions presented at the conference, as well as UERA’s continued role as a key long-term European platform for sustained scholarly exchange across disciplines, institutions, and national contexts. Beyond the presentation of individual research contributions, the conference articulates a broad­er ambition that has long characterised UERA’s activities: to provide continuity, reflexive dialogue, and cumulative learning beyond the temporal boundaries of individual research projects. While European urban research is frequently structured around finite funding cycles, UERA constitutes a durable relational infrastructure within which concepts, methods, and critical debates can be developed, revisited, and rearticulated over time. In this respect, the conference functions not merely as a venue for disseminating project-based results, but as a forum for sustaining schol­arly relationships and enabling the gradual consolidation of shared research agendas on urban transformation. This long-term orientation is particularly relevant in light of emerging efforts within European urban research to strengthen cross-project learning and knowledge consolidation, including through instruments such as the DUT Knowledge Hubs. In this evolving landscape, UERA has the potential to act as a connective reference point—linking project-based research, thematic hubs, and scholarly communities — while providing continuity beyond individual funding frameworks. By offering a stable a…
subject: Book of Abstracts from the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) Conference
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subject: Peer-reviewed
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subject: Book of Abstracts
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subject: Urban Europe Research Alliance
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subject: UERA
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subject: Urban transformation
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subject: Nexus thinking
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subject: Interdisciplinary Research
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creator: Enza Lissandrello
creator: Aude Dziebowski
creator: Philippe Hamman
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Aude Dziebowski, Philippe Hamman, Enza Lissandrello https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2026-02-03
publication date: 2026-02-03
doi: 10.54337/aau.uera2026

Employment and Cerebral Palsy
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description: People with cerebral palsy (CP) have varying degrees of physical and cognitive challenges, which affect their opportunities to participate in the labor market. At the same time, there is limited knowledge about CP among employers, colleagues, and staff at job centers. This lack of awareness can lead to stereotypes, prejudices, and, in the worst cases, discrimination against people with CP. It is therefore important to gain new knowledge about employment and CP, and how best to support people with CP in becoming part of the workforce. The study combines data from the National Patient Registry with a nationwide questionnaire survey among people with CP, as well as interviews with people with CP, job center employees, and employers. No previous study has examined employment and CP on such a comprehensive scale. The research project is a collaboration between Aalborg University, VIVE, and Aarhus University Hospital. The research project is funded, but independent from the Elsass Foundation. We thank the Elsass Foundation for their support and for a good collaboration. We also extend our sincere thanks to CP Denmark, which has supported the dissemination of the project, and to the many people with CP who have answered our questions. A very special thanks goes to Chief Physician Gija Rackauskaite (Neuropediatrician, Ph.D.), who has participated in the project and contributed her extensive knowledge of children and adults with CP.
subject: Reports
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subject: Peer-reviewed
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subject: Employment
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subject: CP
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subject: Cerebral Palsy
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subject: Labour Market
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subject: Labour Market Affiliation
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subject: Handicap
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creator: Thomas Bredgaard
creator: Emilie Skyum-Jensen
creator: Frederik Thuesen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Thomas Bredgaard, Emilie Skyum-Jensen, Frederik Thuesen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-09
publication date: 2025-12-09
doi: 10.54337/aau.bcp2025

When Are You Too Old to Work and Too Young to Retire? Age Norms and the Danish Pension System
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description: This book is produced within the framework of the Knowledge Center for Retention of Seniors in the Labor Market. The center is funded by a government appropriation and administered by VIVE – The Danish Center for Social Science Research. The book builds on our research in the project SeniorArbejdsliv (2018–2026), which is funded by TrygFonden. Drafts of the book were read and commented on by colleagues at the Center for Comparative Welfare Studies at Aalborg University as well as two external reviewers. We thank them all for their insightful and constructive comments. The authors alone are responsible for the analyses, interpretations, and any possible errors or omissions. Finally, we extend our sincere thanks to our research assistant, Alberte Frendrup, for her invaluable help throughout the process.
subject: Books
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subject: Peer-reviewed
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subject: Aldersnormer
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subject: Pensionssystem
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subject: Pension
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subject: Aldersgrænser
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subject: Økonomi
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subject: Beskæftigelse
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creator: Christian Albrekt Larsen
creator: Jeevitha Yogachandiran Qvist
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Christian Albrekt Larsen, Jeevitha Yogachandiran Qvist https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-12-02
publication date: 2025-12-02
doi: 10.54337/aau.aldersnormer-pension

Systematic Quality Development in Daycare: Findings from the Fifth Mapping Survey in Kolding Municipality
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description: This report presents the findings from the fifth mapping survey (T5) conducted in Kolding Municipality’s daycare services during the autumn of 2023. A total of 1,843 kindergarten children aged 4, 5, and 6 years, 1,856 key pedagogues, 809 pedagogical staff members, 93 leaders, and 3,242 parents participated in the survey. The mapping is part of the research and development project Learning Leadership – Daycare (2021–2025), which is based on a collaboration between Kolding Municipality and the Laboratory for Practice-Oriented Research in Daycare and School (LSP), Aalborg University. The Center for Practice-Oriented Educational Research (SePU) at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, led by Professor Thomas Nordahl, also participates in this collaboration.
subject: FULM
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subject: Reports
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subject: Peer-reviewed
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subject: Dagtilbud
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subject: Kvalitetsudvikling
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subject: Kortlægningsundersøgelse
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creator: Thomas Nordahl
creator: Line Skov Hansen
creator: Sigrid Øyen Nordahl
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Thomas Nordahl, Line Skov Hansen, Sigrid Øyen Nordahl (Forfatter) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-05-26
publication date: 2025-05-26
doi: 10.54337/aauFULM19

Composition and Sound Production with SuperCollider
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description: In this book, Anders Eskildsen introduces music and sound programming as a tool for composition and sound production at a basic level. His aim is for students to learn how to use programming as a creative tool for composing and producing sound—regardless of prior experience with programming. Everyone can learn to code at a basic level, and with music as our playground, it’s a joy! In the field of computer music, programming is the primary working tool for some musicians and composers. However, others can also benefit from exploring music and sound programming, as it opens up unique possibilities in sound design and compositional processes that are not (or only with great difficulty) accessible through more traditional instruments and tools. In addition to basic techniques in music and sound programming, the book introduces musical topics within algorithmic composition and digital sound synthesis, such as minimalist composition and beat production, as well as additive, subtractive, and granular synthesis. The technical platform is SuperCollider, a powerful tool for music and sound programming. It is also free and open source. This book was developed as supplementary material for Anders Eskildsen’s teaching in music and sound programming at the music programme at Aalborg University. Through his teaching, he discovered a lack of introductory material in Danish on the subject. While there are several excellent introductions to SuperCollider in English (Fieldsteel, 2024a, 2024b; Magnusson, 2021; Ruviaro, 2015), it can be overwhelming to acquire new knowledge in the field of computer music—filled with technical jargon—while simultaneously learning to read and write a new (programming) language, all in English. He therefore hopes that this book, aimed at beginners and written in Danish, can lower the barrier to entry for students and other curious minds interested in composition and sound production through programming tools. By studying this book, completing the exercises…
subject: Books
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subject: Not peer-reviewed
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subject: Teaching material
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subject: Komposition
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subject: Lydproduktion
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subject: SuperCollider
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subject: Musikprogrammering
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subject: Lydprogrammering
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creator: Anders Eskildsen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Anders Eskildsen (Forfatter) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
date: 2025-06-24
publication date: 2025-06-24
doi: 10.54337/aau.kolms2025

Paving the Way for Employment: An Evaluation
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description: The project "Paving the Way to Employment" aims to support young people with disabilities in overcoming internal barriers that may hinder their access to the labor market or further education. Through a course program, the project seeks to strengthen participants’ self-understanding, self-confidence, and belief in their own abilities, while also providing concrete strategies for managing both working life and everyday life with a disability. This evaluation aims to assess whether the project has had the intended impact on the participating youth. The evaluation focuses on two key areas. First, it examines the extent to which the project has succeeded in breaking down internal barriers for the participants. Second, it assesses how far the participants have come toward employment or education after completing the course. To evaluate these aspects, the study is based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative part consists of surveys conducted at the beginning of the course, at its conclusion, and six months after completion. The qualitative part includes observations and interviews, providing deeper insight into the participants’ life situations as young people with disabilities. The evaluation was carried out by the Research Center for Disability and Employment, with Associate Professor Ditte Shamshiri-Petersen as project leader and Professor Thomas Bredgaard as project participant. Student assistants Marika Urban Bløde, Sofie Locht, and Maria Petersen contributed to data collection and analysis. "Paving the Way to Employment" was developed as a project from 2020 to 2025 by the Danish Association of Youth with Disabilities (SUMH), funded by the VELUX FOUNDATION. The job-seeking and coping program for unemployed youth was created in collaboration with the Institute for the Blind and Partially Sighted (IBOS). It has been implemented, tested, and further developed by SUMH in cooperation with the municipalities of Aarhus, Frederiksberg, Fr…
subject: Reports
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subject: Peer-reviewed
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subject: Job
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subject: Funktionsnedsættelser
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subject: Handicap
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subject: Beskæftigelse
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subject: Uddannelse
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creator: Ditte Shamshiri-Petersen
creator: Thomas Bredgaard
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Ditte Shamshiri-Petersen, Thomas Bredgaard (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-06-10
publication date: 2025-06-10
doi: 10.54337/aau.bvfj2025

Active Mobility and Design in Vesterbro Torv: Investigating people’s active mobilities, practices and interactions with the temporary design of Vesterbro Torv
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description: This report investigates active mobilities from the users’ perspectives in the temporary design of Vesterbro Torv in Aarhus, Denmark. Ethnographic and urban design research was conducted to understand the temporalities of people’s mobilities and interactions on the site, uncovering nuanced everyday life situations. We investigated: How do the temporary design and design elements of Vesterbro Torv facilitate and/or hinder active mobility and social practices? Who are the users, and how do they interact with the square in its temporary condition? What are their movement patterns and motivations? A multi-method approach was adopted, combining desktop research, ethnography, urban design mapping and analysis, and insights from the collaboration and discussions with Aarhus Municipality to gain a comprehensive understanding of the square’s dynamics. The research results indicate that Vesterbro Torv works as an urban node that facilitates active mobility, transit, and social interaction. The temporary arrangement of the square affords diverse and spontaneous cycling and pedestrian mobility patterns through and across the square. In some situations, the interaction between pedestrians and cyclists creates disruptions and conflicts due to the need of defining clear separation between mobility paths. In addition, the temporary spatial arrangement facilitates diverse social activities and opportunities to stay. The results from the interviews and observations revealed the need for more calm and inclusive areas for resting and moving, particularly for children, families, elderly, and people with mobility challenges (e.g., wheelchair users). Moreover, users expressed the need for more greenery, legibility and organized spaces to stay, linger and move around.
subject: AAU OPEN Bridging Knowledge
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subject: Reports
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subject: Not peer-reviewed
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subject: Design
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subject: Vesterbro Torv
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subject: Active mobility
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subject: Urban design
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creator: Andrea Victoria Hernandez Bueno
creator: Marwa Shokair
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Andrea Victoria Hernandez Bueno, Marwa Shokair (Forfatter) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-05-22
publication date: 2025-05-22
doi: 10.54337/aau.amdvt2025

AI Disruption of Chartering in Danish Shipping
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description: Our research highlights the current state and trends of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in Denmark’s chartering, particularly in the dry bulk and tanker segments. Companies in the dry bulk sector are leading AI adoption, with the tanker segment closely following and adoption rates in our sample appear higher than national averages reported by consultancies. Most firms are in either the experimental phase or transitioning toward more integrated AI systems, often opting for hybrid models that allow them to maintain internal control over key processes. Factors such as company size and maturity also influence the pace and approach to AI adoption.AI is seen as a tool to enhance rather than replace jobs in the early stages of shipping operations, especially in pre-fixture activities. However, there is greater potential for automation and job substitution in the post-fixture phase, particularly in tasks such as contract (CP) management. On the supply side, the market for maritime AI and software solutions is highly competitive and fragmented, with many providers offering diverse products. Recent consolidation trends reflect different strategies: some companies, like are specializing in core offerings, while others, like are diversifying into both SaaS and pure software models. These consolidations are not only intensifying competition but also fostering partnerships between rivals—a dynamic known as coopetition. Interestingly, some shipping firms are entering the software market themselves, signaling innovation in business models. Machine learning (ML) technologies are primarily used in pre-fixture tools (like email management and tracking), while generative AI is increasingly applied in post-fixture functions, particularly contract management.
subject: AAU OPEN Bridging Knowledge
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subject: Reports
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subject: Not peer-reviewed
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subject: Chartering
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subject: Shipping
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subject: AI disruption
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subject: ML
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subject: GenAI
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subject: AI
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subject: Landscape mapping
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creator: Agnieszka Urszula Nowinska
creator: Gisele Msann
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Agnieszka Urszula Nowinska, Gisele Msann (Forfatter) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-07-01
publication date: 2025-07-01
doi: 10.54337/aau.bk2_2025

Negotiation Tool for Mutual Gains – A Handbook
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description: Climate projects are filled with negotiations about how an area should look, when something should happen, or who should have a seat at the table. These negotiations often involve a wide range of disciplines, perspectives, and representatives who must agree on a shared path forward. This handbook presents a tool for “mutual gains negotiations”—that is, negotiations aimed at finding value-creating solutions that accommodate different perspectives, interests, and needs. The tool is based on interest-based negotiation approaches, where the goal is to serve the collective by delving deeper into the various interests at play. To do this effectively, I argue that it is necessary to clarify what is at stake for oneself and for the others at the negotiation table. Without such clarification, misunderstandings may arise about what is actually being discussed and what common path can be taken. The tool consists of seven “clarification points” that can be used as guiding markers in a collaborative process. It should not be seen as a recipe book, but rather as something that must always be tailored to the context in which it is used. Some points may only be partially relevant in your context, other key topics may need clarification, or some points may require longer conversations than others. Overall, however, the tool can be used in four phases of a collaboration: the preparation, learning, negotiation, or communication phases. This means you can prepare for a negotiation by reviewing the points and considering where you and others stand in the situation. Through conversations, you can then refine and nuance your understanding of others’ positions by learning more about their perspectives. This can lead to a negotiation phase where you agree on a shared path forward, and the points can be used to navigate and guide the negotiation. Finally, the tool can also be used to communicate about your process, project, or collaboration to ensure transparency and avoid misunderstandings …
subject: AAU OPEN Bridging Knowledge
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subject: Reports
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subject: Not peer-reviewed
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subject: Forhandlingsværktøj
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subject: Klimaprojekter
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subject: Forhandling
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subject: Samarbejde
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creator: Miriam Holst Jensen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Miriam Holst Jensen (Forfatter) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-09-09
publication date: 2025-09-09
doi: 10.54337/aau.bk3_2025

The Little Book on Repair
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description: Den Lille Bog om Reparation er en praktisk og inspirerende guide til børn og unge, der vækker nysgerrigheden for bæredygtighed og kunsten at reparere. Skrevet af Nikoline Sander og Linda Nhu Laursen, inviterer bogen læserne til at udforske de skjulte muligheder i hverdagsgenstande og forvandle dem fra ødelagte til funktionelle – alt imens vi passer på miljøet. Bogen er opdelt i tre spændende dele: 1. Produkter og Reparation: Lær, hvad produkter er lavet af, deres påvirkning på planeten, og hvorfor det er sjovt og vigtigt at reparere dem. 2. Produkter Pillet fra Hinanden: Kig nærmere på hverdagens genstande som lamper og legetøj, og lær at identificere og fikse deres dele. 3. Repair Camp: Skab din egen Repair Camp, arbejd som et team om ødelagte ting, og lær trin-for-trin teknikker til at bringe dem tilbage til livet. Fyldt med tips, aktiviteter og eksempler fra virkeligheden giver bogen læserne værktøjer til at handle, spare ressourcer og opleve glæden ved at give ting en ny chance. Uanset om det er derhjemme, i skolen eller med venner, gør Den Lille Bog om Reparation reparation til et kreativt eventyr.
subject: Design Lab Materials
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subject: Not peer-reviewed
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subject: Repair
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subject: Design
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subject: Repair Design
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subject: Recycling
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subject: Circularity
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subject: Sustainability
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creator: Nikoline Sander
creator: Linda Nhu Laursen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Nikoline Sander, Associate Professor, Linda Nhu Laursen (Forfatter) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-05-20
publication date: 2025-05-20
doi: 10.54337/aau.dlm2

Life-Modes in a Changing World Order
type: item
description: Why is the world order always under transformation? Life-Modes in a Changing World Order describes how the formation of people’s distinct cultural life-modes and the states’ distinct defence modes contribute to the continuous and uneven transformation of the state system. Elaborating the concept of ‘neoculturation’, this work analyses how people strive to sustain, improve, and defend the conditions of existence of their own life-modes – with the unintended result that these modes are changing. It scrutinises how, when, and why the neoculturation of each life-mode is also changing the conditions of existence for the other life-modes with which it coexists – and the society these form together. The neoculturation concept is part of a theory on how struggles for recognition at the global level splits into self-defending states whose cultural modes of life condition each other. This fission theory – in critical dialogue with other classical and contemporary theories of culture and society – aims to explain why the formation of state forms constantly develops and dissolves into interdependent socio-cultural wholes of necessary life-modes. To do this, Life-modes in a Changing World Order elaborates the concepts of state, mode of production, and culture in analyses based on comprehensive ethnographic description and ethnological explanation of how modes of life are changing. Fieldwork has been conducted in Denmark and China providing insights into people’s contrasting ideas of what makes up ‘the good life’: The good family life, the good professional life, the good community, the good society. Life-Modes in a Changing World Order demonstrates how and explains why peoples’ life-modes have been changing from the cold war, high modernity period of the 20th century to the 21st century characterized by neoliberal political economy, great power rivalry and the global challenges of rising inequality, climate change and biodiversity loss.
subject: Books
  topic: category
subject: Peer-reviewed
  topic: category
creator: Thomas Højrup
creator: Niels Jul Nielsen
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Thomas Højrup, Niels Jul Nielsen (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-11-27
publication date: 2024-11-27
doi: 10.54337/aau.lifemodes

Port-City Relations: Rødbyhavn
type: item
description: The Danish coastline stretches over approximately 8,500 kilometers, and life along the coast has for centuries formed the framework for the work and everyday life of many Danes. Denmark has traditionally been a maritime nation, and port cities have played a crucial role in the development of society. Port cities still function as hubs for trade, transport and industry and are therefore essential for economic growth and development. In today's globalized world, port cities have become even more important as gateways for international trade and tourism. This makes them central players in the regional and national economy. COWI's report for the Danish Maritime Authority 2023 shows that 'Blue Denmark' with 29.7 percent is the country's largest export industry, and if you add indirect exports, the figure is almost 33 percent. Danish ports dock 75% of Danish imports and exports. Furthermore, Denmark ranks third among Europe's ferry nations. But port cities are also challenged. The city was formerly a home for fishermen or industrial workers with jobs at the port, and for their families and everyday lives. This ensured a natural connection between port and city, but today that connection is no longer so clear. The modern port city more often functions as a transit point for tourists on their way to their destinations elsewhere, where the city itself risks being ‘forgotten’. In the research project “Port City Relationships” (PoCiRe), we examine the complex relationships between ports and cities with a special focus on Danish port cities with international ferry connections. The project seeks to understand how these cities function as settlement cities, and what it means to have an active commercial port. We want to identify common characteristics and special features and qualities for the individual port cities that can contribute to the future development of the ports. In addition, we have been curious about how the cities live with their ports, and how the ports live with…
subject: Reports
  topic: category
subject: Not peer-reviewed
  topic: category
creator: Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange
creator: Claus Lassen
creator: Marieke van Hulst Pedersen
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange, Claus Lassen, Marieke van Hulst Pedersen (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-10-11
publication date: 2024-10-11
doi: 10.54337/aau.pocire7

Port-City Relations: Hirtshals
type: item
description: The Danish coastline stretches over approximately 8,500 kilometers, and life along the coast has for centuries formed the framework for the work and everyday life of many Danes. Denmark has traditionally been a maritime nation, and port cities have played a crucial role in the development of society. Port cities still function as hubs for trade, transport and industry and are therefore essential for economic growth and development. In today's globalized world, port cities have become even more important as gateways for international trade and tourism. This makes them central players in the regional and national economy. COWI's report for the Danish Maritime Authority 2023 shows that 'Blue Denmark' with 29.7 percent is the country's largest export industry, and if you add indirect exports, the figure is almost 33 percent. Danish ports dock 75% of Danish imports and exports. Furthermore, Denmark ranks third among Europe's ferry nations. But port cities are also challenged. The city was formerly a home for fishermen or industrial workers with jobs at the port, and for their families and everyday lives. This ensured a natural connection between port and city, but today that connection is no longer so clear. The modern port city more often functions as a transit point for tourists on their way to their destinations elsewhere, where the city itself risks being ‘forgotten’. In the research project “Port City Relationships” (PoCiRe), we examine the complex relationships between ports and cities with a special focus on Danish port cities with international ferry connections. The project seeks to understand how these cities function as settlement cities, and what it means to have an active commercial port. We want to identify common characteristics and special features and qualities for the individual port cities that can contribute to the future development of the ports. In addition, we have been curious about how the cities live with their ports, and how the ports live with…
subject: Reports
  topic: category
subject: Not peer-reviewed
  topic: category
creator: Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange
creator: Claus Lassen
creator: Marieke van Hulst Pedersen
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange, Claus Lassen, Marieke van Hulst Pedersen (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-10-11
publication date: 2024-10-11
doi: 10.54337/aau.pocire6

Port-City Relations: Helsingør
type: item
description: The Danish coastline stretches over approximately 8,500 kilometers, and life along the coast has for centuries formed the framework for the work and everyday life of many Danes. Denmark has traditionally been a maritime nation, and port cities have played a crucial role in the development of society. Port cities still function as hubs for trade, transport and industry and are therefore essential for economic growth and development. In today's globalized world, port cities have become even more important as gateways for international trade and tourism. This makes them central players in the regional and national economy. COWI's report for the Danish Maritime Authority 2023 shows that 'Blue Denmark' with 29.7 percent is the country's largest export industry, and if you add indirect exports, the figure is almost 33 percent. Danish ports dock 75% of Danish imports and exports. Furthermore, Denmark ranks third among Europe's ferry nations. But port cities are also challenged. The city was formerly a home for fishermen or industrial workers with jobs at the port, and for their families and everyday lives. This ensured a natural connection between port and city, but today that connection is no longer so clear. The modern port city more often functions as a transit point for tourists on their way to their destinations elsewhere, where the city itself risks being ‘forgotten’. In the research project “Port City Relationships” (PoCiRe), we examine the complex relationships between ports and cities with a special focus on Danish port cities with international ferry connections. The project seeks to understand how these cities function as settlement cities, and what it means to have an active commercial port. We want to identify common characteristics and special features and qualities for the individual port cities that can contribute to the future development of the ports. In addition, we have been curious about how the cities live with their ports, and how the ports live with…
subject: Reports
  topic: category
subject: Not peer-reviewed
  topic: category
creator: Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange
creator: Claus Lassen
creator: Marieke van Hulst Pedersen
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange, Claus Lassen, Marieke van Hulst Pedersen (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-10-11
publication date: 2024-10-11
doi: 10.54337/aau.pocire5

Port-City Relations: Hanstholm
type: item
description: The Danish coastline stretches over approximately 8,500 kilometers, and life along the coast has for centuries formed the framework for the work and everyday life of many Danes. Denmark has traditionally been a maritime nation, and port cities have played a crucial role in the development of society. Port cities still function as hubs for trade, transport and industry and are therefore essential for economic growth and development. In today's globalized world, port cities have become even more important as gateways for international trade and tourism. This makes them central players in the regional and national economy. COWI's report for the Danish Maritime Authority 2023 shows that 'Blue Denmark' with 29.7 percent is the country's largest export industry, and if you add indirect exports, the figure is almost 33 percent. Danish ports dock 75% of Danish imports and exports. Furthermore, Denmark ranks third among Europe's ferry nations. But port cities are also challenged. The city was formerly a home for fishermen or industrial workers with jobs at the port, and for their families and everyday lives. This ensured a natural connection between port and city, but today that connection is no longer so clear. The modern port city more often functions as a transit point for tourists on their way to their destinations elsewhere, where the city itself risks being ‘forgotten’. In the research project “Port City Relationships” (PoCiRe), we examine the complex relationships between ports and cities with a special focus on Danish port cities with international ferry connections. The project seeks to understand how these cities function as settlement cities, and what it means to have an active commercial port. We want to identify common characteristics and special features and qualities for the individual port cities that can contribute to the future development of the ports. In addition, we have been curious about how the cities live with their ports, and how the ports live with…
subject: Reports
  topic: category
subject: Not peer-reviewed
  topic: category
creator: Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange
creator: Claus Lassen
creator: Marieke van Hulst Pedersen
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange, Claus Lassen, Marieke van Hulst Pedersen (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-10-11
publication date: 2024-10-11
doi: 10.54337/aau.pocire4

Port-City Relations: Grenaa
type: item
description: The Danish coastline stretches over approximately 8,500 kilometers, and life along the coast has for centuries formed the framework for the work and everyday life of many Danes. Denmark has traditionally been a maritime nation, and port cities have played a crucial role in the development of society. Port cities still function as hubs for trade, transport and industry and are therefore essential for economic growth and development. In today's globalized world, port cities have become even more important as gateways for international trade and tourism. This makes them central players in the regional and national economy. COWI's report for the Danish Maritime Authority 2023 shows that 'Blue Denmark' with 29.7 percent is the country's largest export industry, and if you add indirect exports, the figure is almost 33 percent. Danish ports dock 75% of Danish imports and exports. Furthermore, Denmark ranks third among Europe's ferry nations. But port cities are also challenged. The city was formerly a home for fishermen or industrial workers with jobs at the port, and for their families and everyday lives. This ensured a natural connection between port and city, but today that connection is no longer so clear. The modern port city more often functions as a transit point for tourists on their way to their destinations elsewhere, where the city itself risks being ‘forgotten’. In the research project “Port City Relationships” (PoCiRe), we examine the complex relationships between ports and cities with a special focus on Danish port cities with international ferry connections. The project seeks to understand how these cities function as settlement cities, and what it means to have an active commercial port. We want to identify common characteristics and special features and qualities for the individual port cities that can contribute to the future development of the ports. In addition, we have been curious about how the cities live with their ports, and how the ports live with…
subject: Reports
  topic: category
subject: Not peer-reviewed
  topic: category
creator: Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange
creator: Claus Lassen
creator: Marieke van Hulst Pedersen
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange, Claus Lassen, Marieke van Hulst Pedersen (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-10-11
publication date: 2024-10-11
doi: 10.54337/aau.pocire3

Port-City Relations: Gedser
type: item
description: The Danish coastline stretches over approximately 8,500 kilometers, and life along the coast has for centuries formed the framework for the work and everyday life of many Danes. Denmark has traditionally been a maritime nation, and port cities have played a crucial role in the development of society. Port cities still function as hubs for trade, transport and industry and are therefore essential for economic growth and development. In today's globalized world, port cities have become even more important as gateways for international trade and tourism. This makes them central players in the regional and national economy. COWI's report for the Danish Maritime Authority 2023 shows that 'Blue Denmark' with 29.7 percent is the country's largest export industry, and if you add indirect exports, the figure is almost 33 percent. Danish ports dock 75% of Danish imports and exports. Furthermore, Denmark ranks third among Europe's ferry nations. But port cities are also challenged. The city was formerly a home for fishermen or industrial workers with jobs at the port, and for their families and everyday lives. This ensured a natural connection between port and city, but today that connection is no longer so clear. The modern port city more often functions as a transit point for tourists on their way to their destinations elsewhere, where the city itself risks being ‘forgotten’. In the research project “Port City Relationships” (PoCiRe), we examine the complex relationships between ports and cities with a special focus on Danish port cities with international ferry connections. The project seeks to understand how these cities function as settlement cities, and what it means to have an active commercial port. We want to identify common characteristics and special features and qualities for the individual port cities that can contribute to the future development of the ports. In addition, we have been curious about how the cities live with their ports, and how the ports live with…
subject: Reports
  topic: category
subject: Not peer-reviewed
  topic: category
creator: Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange
creator: Claus Lassen
creator: Marieke van Hulst Pedersen
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange, Claus Lassen, Marieke van Hulst Pedersen (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-10-11
publication date: 2024-10-11
doi: 10.54337/aau.pocire2

Port-City Relations: Esbjerg
type: item
description: The Danish coastline stretches over approximately 8,500 kilometers, and life along the coast has for centuries formed the framework for the work and everyday life of many Danes. Denmark has traditionally been a maritime nation, and port cities have played a crucial role in the development of society. Port cities still function as hubs for trade, transport and industry and are therefore essential for economic growth and development. In today's globalized world, port cities have become even more important as gateways for international trade and tourism. This makes them central players in the regional and national economy. COWI's report for the Danish Maritime Authority 2023 shows that 'Blue Denmark' with 29.7 percent is the country's largest export industry, and if you add indirect exports, the figure is almost 33 percent. Danish ports dock 75% of Danish imports and exports. Furthermore, Denmark ranks third among Europe's ferry nations. But port cities are also challenged. The city was formerly a home for fishermen or industrial workers with jobs at the port, and for their families and everyday lives. This ensured a natural connection between port and city, but today that connection is no longer so clear. The modern port city more often functions as a transit point for tourists on their way to their destinations elsewhere, where the city itself risks being ‘forgotten’. In the research project “Port City Relationships” (PoCiRe), we examine the complex relationships between ports and cities with a special focus on Danish port cities with international ferry connections. The project seeks to understand how these cities function as settlement cities, and what it means to have an active commercial port. We want to identify common characteristics and special features and qualities for the individual port cities that can contribute to the future development of the ports. In addition, we have been curious about how the cities live with their ports, and how the ports live with…
subject: Reports
  topic: category
subject: Not peer-reviewed
  topic: category
creator: Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange
creator: Claus Lassen
creator: Marieke van Hulst Pedersen
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange, Claus Lassen, Marieke van Hulst Pedersen (Author) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-10-11
publication date: 2024-10-11
doi: 10.54337/aau.pocire1

Port-City Relations: Main Report
type: item
description: The Danish coastline stretches over approximately 8,500 kilometers, and life along the coast has for centuries formed the framework for the work and everyday life of many Danes. Denmark has traditionally been a maritime nation, and port cities have played a crucial role in the development of society. Port cities still function as hubs for trade, transport and industry and are therefore essential for economic growth and development. In today's globalized world, port cities have become even more important as gateways for international trade and tourism. This makes them central players in the regional and national economy. COWI's report for the Danish Maritime Authority 2023 shows that 'Blue Denmark' with 29.7 percent is the country's largest export industry, and if you add indirect exports, the figure is almost 33 percent. Danish ports dock 75% of Danish imports and exports. Furthermore, Denmark ranks third among Europe's ferry nations. But port cities are also challenged. The city was formerly a home for fishermen or industrial workers with jobs at the port, and for their families and everyday lives. This ensured a natural connection between port and city, but today that connection is no longer so clear. The modern port city more often functions as a transit point for tourists on their way to their destinations elsewhere, where the city itself risks being ‘forgotten’. In the research project “Port City Relationships” (PoCiRe), we examine the complex relationships between ports and cities with a special focus on Danish port cities with international ferry connections. The project seeks to understand how these cities function as settlement cities, and what it means to have an active commercial port. We want to identify common characteristics and special features and qualities for the individual port cities that can contribute to the future development of the ports. In addition, we have been curious about how the cities live with their ports, and how the ports live with…
subject: Reports
  topic: category
subject: Not peer-reviewed
  topic: category
creator: Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange
creator: Claus Lassen
creator: Marieke van Hulst Pedersen
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Ida Sofie Gøtzsche Lange, Claus Lassen, Marieke van Hulst Pedersen (Authors) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-10-11
publication date: 2024-10-11
doi: 10.54337/aau.pocire8

An overview of international research on manager well-being
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description: The report provides a comprehensive overview of international research on manager well-being based on a scoping review of 698 research articles published from 1953 to 2024. The purpose is to create an overview of the existing research and identify research gaps that can inform future research and practice efforts. Manager well-being is an important, but still under-exposed area that has a direct impact on both managers and their organizations' results. The report finds that despite increasing interest in the topic since the turn of the millennium, which has provided valuable knowledge about manager well-being, there are significant gaps in the available knowledge about manager well-being, e.g. within many industries. We identify three overall main themes within the research and a number of knowledge gaps within each of the themes: The precondition perspective: What are the preconditions for manager well-being? That is, what helps to promote and hinder manager well-being? The outcome perspective: What are the results and effects of manager well-being? The intervention perspective: What initiatives and interventions can contribute to strengthening or promoting managers' well-being? Here we look at intervention studies. This is an emerging field of research where there is a need to consolidate and expand the understanding of managers' well-being. For example, there is a need for a more nuanced understanding of how different management levels and factors affect managers' well-being over time. The report recommends a stronger focus on cross-sectoral studies, in-depth studies of less covered industries and geographical areas, and the development of and research into interventions that can test new ways to improve managers' well-being across sectors and management levels.
subject: Reports
  topic: category
subject: Peer-reviewed
  topic: category
creator: Jan Heiberg Johansen
creator: Stine Rasmussen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Jan Heiberg Johansen, Stine Rasmussen (Authors) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2025-01-21
publication date: 2025-01-21
doi: 10.54337/aau.velliv2025

ISIC 2024 Adjunct Proceedings: The 15th Information Behaviour Conference
type: item
description: The Information Behaviour (ISIC) conference is a biennial conference focusing on contextualized information activities, expressed in different forms such as ‘information behaviour’, ‘information seeking’, ‘information experience’ and others. The conference is a platform for research exploring information seeking as a rich site of study, going beyond a sole focus on technological aspects and exploring a wide variety of contexts.
subject: Proceedings
  topic: category
subject: Peer-reviewed
  topic: category
creator: Mette Skov
creator: Perla Innocenti
creator: Elina Late
creator: Tim Gorichanaz
creator: Elke Greifeneder
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Mette Skov, Perla Innocenti, Elina Late, Tim Gorichanaz, Elke Greifeneder (Volume editors) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-08-19
publication date: 2024-08-19
doi: 10.54337/aau738071833

Affordance
type: item
description: Affordance describes an object or space in terms of the actions made possible for the human in the meeting of a design (or non-design) of anything. Affordance is a key concept across all scales of design, as it allows us to not only understand a site, structure, or object in terms of its physical, aesthetical, and material, properties but how these relate to the abilities of humans or animals and their opportunities for actions. For an object “to be graspable, an object must have opposite surfaces separated by a distance less than the span of the hand.” (Gibson, 1979, p 133). In that way, affordances seek to capture the possible relation, the complementarity of the objects or environments properties and the human’s abilities and intent.
subject: Design Vocabularies
  topic: section
subject: Books
  topic: category
subject: Not peer-reviewed
  topic: category
creator: Linda Nhu Laursen
creator: Ole B. Jensen
creator: Markus Löchtefeld
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Linda Nhu Laursen, Ole B. Jensen, Markus Löchtefeld (Authors) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-12-09
publication date: 2024-12-09
doi: 10.54337/aaudesivo1

Education and information in the Danish refugee camps after World War II
type: item
description: When the German occupation forces in Denmark capitulated in May 1945, there were several hundred thousand German refugees in the country. They had come from the easternmost parts of Germany, where many civilians fled westward for fear of the Russian soldiers. Most German men had been called into the military, so the refugees were mostly women, children and elderly people, and they had to stay in Denmark for several years after the end of the war. They lived in refugee camps around the country, isolated from the Danish society. It was a difficult situation. Returning to Germany was not possible for the time being, and most refugees' homelands would no longer be part of Germany at all. After the occupation, there was also aversion to Germans among the population. But the Danish authorities acknowledged that they had a responsibility for the refugees. They established a refugee administration to ensure humane conditions in the camps, and they also organized schools, education and information in the camps. This book is about the education and information work in the refugee camps. The book describes and analyses the Danish authorities' goals and plans and the activities that were initiated. At the same time, it sheds light on the ideological prerequisites and the German refugees' experiences of the school and information activities in an everyday life characterized by cramped conditions, uncertainty, the loss of family and homeland, and isolation from the Danish society.
subject: Books
  topic: category
subject: Peer-reviewed
  topic: category
creator: Karen Egedahl Andreasen
creator: Palle Rasmussen
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Karen Egedahl Andreasen, Palle Rasmussen (Forfatter) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-07-01
publication date: 2024-07-01
doi: 10.54337/aau719740053

7 Key Theories of Design
type: item
description: We have carefully curated and selected the 7 most important theoretical concepts in design theory, together they constitute the paradigm of design at Aalborg University. We bring an overview of these fundamental theories and provide a coherent and concise explanation of how they are interdependent. This unfolds the relativity of design, as each element constitutes a part of design that is not visible but influences, and is influenced by, the other elements. These invisible elements are essential and powerful – in fact, we see them as strong theoretical concepts that come to life as the forces of design. Through several years of research, we have gotten it narrowed down to 7 distinct key theories: 1) wicked problems, 2) co-evolution of problem and solution, 3) framing, 4) abductive reasoning, 5) reflection in- and on-action, 6) visual representations, 7) situating – which is the magic we teach our designers. The Design Lab Materials Series is practice-oriented research material from AAU Design Lab, Aalborg University. The main idea of ​​the Design Lab Materials series is to communicate design research in concrete terms. The vision is to give tangible knowledge input back to society. The goal is to communicate results from the researchers' systematic work with design education and research projects in an accessible format. The series contains various formats: textbooks, reports, handbooks, etc. The material is research-based, typically targeted at either: 1) Design students, especially from Industrial Design, Aalborg University. 2) Companies, other actors and organizations with an interest in responsible design. 3) Ordinary people interested in design. The Design Lab Material Series is Open Access and is published by Aalborg University Open Publishing. Series editors: Associate Professor Linda Nhu Laursen Associate Professor Christian Tollestrup
subject: Design Lab Materials
  topic: section
subject: Books
  topic: category
subject: Not peer-reviewed
  topic: category
subject: Teaching material
  topic: category
creator: Linda Nhu Laursen
creator: Christian Tollestrup
creator: Helle Nødskou Vesti
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Linda Nhu Laursen, Christian Tollestrup, Helle Nødskou Vesti (Authors) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
date: 2024-10-04
publication date: 2024-10-04
doi: 10.54337/aau.dlm1