Learning & Education + Submit your own event

Interesting research made publicly available through Danish television and online – Danskernes Akademi

2 Feb 2010

What is the Danish attitude towards their home? How much can we influence our biological age? And what does seaweed, sushi and other seafood do to our health? These are questions which are answered by recent research made available to the public on Danish TV.

Lecture being recorded for TV (photo: Aalborg University press service)

Since the launch of the new program series, The Danish Academy (Danskernes Akademi) on Danish television station DR2 on January 11, it is possible to learn in a variety of topical and socially relevant issues in everything from psychology and history to health and technology.

According to Berlingske DR2’s channel director Arne Notkin, was inspired from websites like www.ted.com which show small clips from university lectures.

The People’s University on TV

In collaboration with a wide range of the country’s universities and knowledge institutions DR2 has created a sort of “People’s University on TV” which will “spoil” the Danes with good and exciting knowledge. The Academy broadcasts every Monday to Thursday at 14-16h during 15 weeks and again in the fall semester.

From the program can be mentioned (all in Danish):

Family-owned Businesses by Professor Morten Bennedsen, INSEAD
Cloud formations by meteorologist Jesper Theilgaard, DR
The history of Ballet by Karen Vedel, PhD in Theatre Science
Aging and anti-aging by professor Kaare Christensen, SDU
Theme day on the welfare state

Click to access Schedule and overview of lectures.

All previous Lectures available online

On their website Danskernes Akademi @ DR2 you can see or replay all the lectures that have been placed in The Danish Academy. You can view them at any time you may want to do so.

The lectures are grouped by topic so tha you can click on e.g. Nature & Mathematics and watch lectures on biotechnology and ethics, in Health & Disease you can hear about sushi, or maybe in Culture & Language you may wish to become wiser on Grundtvig.

The lectures become available online, while they are brought on DR2. This means that the site is continuously replenished with new lectures and new lecturers.

On the website you can also find additional information on the subjects and content which relates to a topic. You can read about the lecturer and click further to their own site or work site homepage.