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ITU researcher investigates elections in Greenland

democracy Carsten Schürmann Collaborations Research

11 March, 2025

On 11 March 2025, the election for Inatsisartut (Greenland's parliament) will take place. For several years, researchers from ITU, led by Professor Carsten Schürmann and Center for Information Security and Trust, have been investigating election and the possibility of internet elections in Greenland, and the election today is no exception.

New research project to ensure a just green transition in the Nordic-Baltic Region

democracy Vasilis Galis Business IT Department Research Climate IT diversity ethics grants

2 September, 2024

A new four-year, Nordforsk funded research project, coordinated by associate professor at ITU Vasilis Galis, will partner with Indigenous and local grassroots communities in Greenland, Lithuania, and Sápmi to learn about their experiences and challenges in the context of environmental justice.

ITU students take on fake news with video game

democracy computer games Education design media

2 July, 2024

In only 48 hours, Saskia Joanna Rauhut, Giorgio Perri, and Ioannis Maliaras from ITU’s MSc in Games programme completed a video game that tackles fake news in a profound and thought-provoking manner. The game was developed at the “Truth, Lies & Democracy” game jam in Barcelona.

How good are we at navigating the digital stream of information?

democracy Gitte Stald Digital Design Department digitization media social media

25 September, 2023

A new project sets out to gauge the level of media literacy in the Nordic countries, and one of the experts tasked with qualifying the project survey is Associate Professor Gitte Stald from IT University of Copenhagen’s Digital Design department.

Hanna Wirman investigates how online games are used in unforeseen ways

democracy Hanna Elina Wirman Digital Design Department Research computer games

19 June, 2023

Games are everywhere – even in the most unlikely places. Hanna Wirman, Associate Professor at IT University of Copenhagen’s Digital Design Department, investigates extraordinary ways in which games are used for other purposes than entertainment including political protests and international conflicts.

Do deepfake videos challenge the integrity of online information?

democracy Aske Mottelson Digital Design Department Research artificial intelligence algorithms awards social media

7 March, 2023

Deepfakes – highly realistic synthetic audio-video content depicting actual individuals – may potentially increase the dissemination of disinformation online, but research on the phenomenon and how users are affected is sparse. A new research project spearheaded by the IT University’s Human-Centered Data Science research group tackles the issue.

Cooperative enterprise is in our cultural DNA – so why aren’t we better at it today?

democracy Lene Nielsen Business IT Department Entrepreneurship startups

29 November, 2022

Cooperative enterprise may help tackle some of society’s greatest problems, chief among them a constantly changing labour market. Traditionally, cooperative enterprise has played an important role in Denmark, but the business form is marginalized today. The IT University research group Reflection and Action (Reflact) is working on changing that.

Routledge to publish long awaited handbook of collective intelligence

democracy Carina Antonia Hallin Business IT Department collective intelligence management

23 November, 2022

The handbook, which is co-edited by Assistant Professor of the IT University, Carina Antonia Hallin, will provide a much-needed foundation for working in the field of collective intelligence combining human minds and technology for democracy and governance. The book is available for pre-order now.

IRFD funds ITU research in voter coercion and graph modification problems

democracy Oksana Kulyk Paloma Thome De Lima Computer Science Department Research algorithms grants IT security

15 November, 2022

IT University of Copenhagen researchers Oksana Kulyk and Paloma Thomé De Lima have been awarded 2.8 million kroner for their respective projects from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Recommendations to boost cooperative enterprise based on ITU research

democracy Hanne Westh Nicolajsen Lene Nielsen Vasiliki Baka Business IT Department Research business

24 June, 2022

Danish startups and entrepreneurs lack knowledge of the potential in cooperative enterprise. The Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs’ taskforce on cooperative enterprise has published a new set of recommendations for legislators to address the problem. A team of ITU researchers has been instrumental in devising the recommendations by analyzing democratic entrepreneurship in Denmark.

Public debate: Do Big Data and law enforcement go hand in hand?

democracy Vasilis Galis Business IT Department Collaborations Events big data digitization ethics

10 November, 2021

On December 14, the IT University headed research project CUPP and PROSA are hosting a public seminar and debate on data driven policing. Panelists include Palantir Technologies representative Paula Kift, former DPO of the National Police of Denmark, Christian Wiese Svanberg, and Jesper Lund from the IT Political Association.

Oksana Kulyk receives Villum Experiment grant for her research in election technologies

democracy Oksana Kulyk Computer Science Department ethics grants

14 September, 2021

How may society successfully communicate security in election technologies? Assistant Professor in Computer Science at ITU, Oksana Kulyk, has just received a grant to the tune of 1.98 million kroner from the Villum Experiment-programme to answer that question.

ITU to coordinate research project on the use of digital police tools

democracy Vasilis Galis Business IT Department Research big data grants

9 February, 2021

Five European universities, a research centre and a trade union for IT professionals have launched a three-year research project on the consequences of the police's increasing use of big data, face recognition, mass surveillance and predictive analytics.

Newly appointed professor: Creating trust is crucial in cyber security

democracy Carsten Schürmann Research data science

19 November, 2019

Trust and cyber security are interconnected in elections and digital voting, says the newly appointed Professor Carsten Schürmann. If the result of an election is not trusted, it does not matter if it is correct.

President of Microsoft at ITU: ”We need a breakthrough in technology”

democracy Events artificial intelligence events student life

8 November, 2019

IT students have to figure out how to bring the future of technology and the future of climate together, argues President of Microsoft Brad Smith at an open debate at the IT University of Copenhagen.

IT security is vital for the democratic process

democracy Carsten Schürmann Computer Science Department Research IT security

22 February, 2018

Many countries are digitizing the electoral process. Associate professor Carsten Schürmann explores how it can be done without jeopardizing voters' trust.

USA: Virginia ditches DRE voting machines after ITU researcher’s hack

democracy Carsten Schürmann Computer Science Department Research IT security e-government

12 September, 2017

In July 2017 associate professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, Carsten Schürmann made the headlines in the international media with a hack that demonstrated the vulnerabilities of the DRE voting machines used in the U.S. elections. Now these voting machines are decertified in the state of Virginia.

New survey: The notion of echo chambers on Facebook is exaggerated

democracy Digital Design Department Research Luca Rossi social media

5 September, 2017

A new survey by the research group DECIDIS at the IT University of Copenhagen challenges the notion that social media make users with different political positions invisible to each other. Nearly a third of Danes sometimes change their opinion as a result of a political discussion on Facebook.

ITU researcher’s hack of a US voting machine makes headlines around the world

democracy Carsten Schürmann Computer Science Department Research algorithms digitization e-government innovation IT security management

1 August, 2017

Carsten Schürmann, Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen, hacked an American WINVote machine at DEF CON, one of the world's largest hacker conventions. The hack has now been receiving a lot attention in some of the worlds most influential media.

CAST IT: Electronic Elections

democracy Computer Science Department Research IT security cast IT Carsten Schürmann Thore Husfeldt

19 May, 2017

In this podcast, Thore Husfeldt discusses digital democracy with ITU researcher Carsten Schürmann.

Democracy conference: What is an informed citizen in the Facebook era?

democracy Events Research media

10 November, 2016

Today, digital technologies have a huge influence on how citizens stay informed. Democratic participation in the digital age is up for debate at the IT University of Copenhagen on November 25.

Internet and social media played a key role in the Danish election 2015

democracy Research social media Sander Schwartz Events

5 September, 2016

Danes turn to the web and social media for information about the candidates and test their own political views online, shows a new report with figures from the general election in 2015.

Net neutrality

democracy Research Roman Beck Business IT Department

12 May, 2015

The backbone of tomorrow’s Internet may have a remarkable Latvian touch. The Latvian presidency’s proposal on net neutrality challenges the fundamental principle of equal access to all content and applications on the Internet.

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