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Christine Parsons

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Director of the Interacting Minds Center @interacting-minds.bsky.social Professor, Department of Clinical Medicine/School of Culture & Society Aarhus University, Denmark

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What a great way to end the week with the brilliant (and hilarious) @christinadahm.bsky.social @au.dk

Her inaugural lecture is titled:

06.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WE ARE BACK! πŸš€πŸš€πŸš€

πŸ“’ #databeers #copenhagen x Absalon is back on March 10th, SAVE THE DATE!

Many thanks to our sponsors, the Danish Data Science Academy and the Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

Speaker announcement and tickets out soon, stay tuned!

02.02.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Opening out fridge, I’m reminded of how generous and thoughtful my colleagues @interacting-minds.bsky.social are

24.02.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Talk by Dr. Luke Rendell: Are we really about to talk to whales? Organised by Elena Miu

πŸ“’ Talk announcement!

10th March with Dr. Luke Rendell: "Are we really about to talk to whales?"
All are welcome, for details see:
interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

23.02.2026 12:17 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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IMC Research Update day
What's actually going on in the various groups and projects at the IMC? Today we were super excited to hear about all the activities and future plans at the centre. Big thanks to the presenters for the grand overview - cant wait for the time to come!

20.02.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Such a fantastic set of talks.

Keep an eye on our webpage interactingminds.au.dk for more upcoming talk. Our Spring schedule is shaping up nicely!

19.02.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Poster for the talk β€œBreasts, blod and bias”

Poster for the talk β€œBreasts, blod and bias”

Come to the Danish music festival, Copenhell, for the metal music and stay for all the insights from my brilliant partner, @ella-p.bsky.social!

She’ll talk about bias against the bodies of biological women in medical research and how to communicate on a polarized topic to young people.

30.01.2026 07:01 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Grace Miao (@graceqmiao.bsky.social) PhD Student @UCLA | Communication πŸ—£πŸ—£& Social Neuroscience 🧠🧠 | Research: Multimodal dynamics of human communication and connections | Snowboard enthusiast πŸ‚

Our Tuesday guest speaker @interacting-minds.bsky.social 25th Nov will be @graceqmiao.bsky.social joining us remotely.

All are most welcome in person or online interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

Thanks to @fusaroli.bsky.social for organizing

24.11.2025 15:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Final call! We've got just a few places left for our workshop on interdisciplinarity - 11th Nov.

Please see below for details. To sign up, email anetho@cas.au.dk. All are welcome @aarhusuniint.bsky.social @aarhusuniint.bsky.social

04.11.2025 13:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Building health data spaces for research in Finland - Some cautionary tales for the EHDS IMC Tuesday Seminar: Talk by Aaro Tupasela, senior research fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki

All are welcome - for details see interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl.... Thanks to @mettehoybye.bsky.social and BRIGHT for organizing

04.11.2025 07:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Building health data spaces for research in Finland - Some cautionary tales for the EHDS IMC Tuesday Seminar: Talk by Aaro Tupasela, senior research fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki

Today at 11am @interacting-minds.bsky.social, we have Aaro Tupasela, senior research fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki coming to give a talk:

Building health data spaces for research in Finland - Some cautionary tales for the EHDS

04.11.2025 07:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Charlotte describes what she calls β€œvox pop ethnography”: a rapid method to do fieldwork during time constrained and access constrained settings

03.11.2025 13:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Charlotte’s research questions: how was testing experienced, managed and performed?

A proud day for main supervisor @mettehoybye.bsky.social!

03.11.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Now defending her PhD thesis, we have Charlotte NΓΈrholm giving her lecture. We are brought back to COVID times and the testing strategy.

DK had an extraordinary regime of testing in place. @interacting-minds.bsky.social @au.dk

03.11.2025 13:09 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're lucky to have great speakers come by the IMC from near and far. This week, it was Janis Zickfield @aarhusbss.bsky.social telling as all about a network theory of emotion (while making sure we felt some awe and fear!).

All our talks our open - please feel free to join us next time! @arts.au.dk

29.10.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At Reviewer Zero, we see both problems and strengths of peer review and have been working for over 5 years to make change for the better. I have found working with Reviewer Zero to be incredibly important and fulfilling. We rarely look to add to our organizing team, but now we are! Please see below!

28.10.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1. Interested in emotions, emotion theory or emotion measurement? We have a talk for you 28th October, 11am:

It’s all connected! Conceptualizing emotions as networks of causal relations among components, by Janis Zickfeld, Assistant Professor @aarhusbss.bsky.social

27.10.2025 08:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Friday writing cafe is coming up in an hour @interacting-minds.bsky.social - all are most welcome for some focused time together

24.10.2025 07:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There are just a few places remaining for our Postdoc/ assistant professor workshop - all welcome to sign up! @au.dk @rcc-au.bsky.social @aarhusuniint.bsky.social

24.10.2025 06:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1/2 Are you a postdoc/assistat prof. @au.dk interested in interdisciplinarity? We have an extra special workshop for you! 11th Nov, featuring 4 speakers

- Where do new ideas come from?
Dr. Bridget Vincent, ANU

- Is interdisciplinarity worth it?
@jcskewes.bsky.social

20.10.2025 11:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Oxford students need diversity training β€˜to protect free speech’ Professor Irene Tracey, the university’s vice-chancellor, stressed the importance of EDI on campus

Uplifting speech by Uni. of Ox's VC, celebrating the humanities, "like you've never seen before", and stating "a commitment to EDI, as we are practising it, goes hand in hand with our commitment to academic freedom and free speech".

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

08.10.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our Friday writing cafe is happening soon - thanks @karsolsen.bsky.social for hosting this week’s edition.

Do join if you want some writing company:

26.09.2025 07:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Why Use An Evolutionary Perspective To Study Culture? IMC Tuesday Seminar: Talk by Paul Smaldino, Professor, Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California, Merced

Tomorrow @interacting-minds.bsky.social, we’re very lucky to have Prof. @psmaldino.bsky.social give a talk, starting at 11am.

All are welcome - for further details, see interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

22.09.2025 18:40 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
IMC Friday Writing CafΓ© An open, self-organized space for doing concentrated writing

For all at @au.dk, our Writing Cafe is back from this Friday (5th Sept)! We offer a space for distraction-free writing and welcome new faces warmly.

The magic of peer pressure, coffee & snacks = focused time.

End the week on a good note: 1483, Room 312. interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

03.09.2025 12:10 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Play the β€œGRANTED!” Research Grant Game and win 20.000 DKK for your Interdisciplinary project Interdisciplinary workshop for postdoc-level researchers

Coming up June 16th, we have a very special event for postdoc-level researchers - all are welcome to join us! Sign up here:

Play the GRANTED! Research Game and win 20,000 DKK for your interdisciplinary project. Networking, lunch, new research ideas interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

10.06.2025 08:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Play the β€œGRANTED!” Research Grant Game and win 20.000 DKK for your Interdisciplinary project Interdisciplinary workshop for postdoc-level researchers

2/2 For more details and Sign up: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

13.05.2025 07:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Play the β€œGRANTED!” Research Grant Game and win 20.000 DKK for your Interdisciplinary project Interdisciplinary workshop for postdoc-level researchers

1/2 Coming up in June, @interacting-minds.bsky.social hosts a workshop for postdoc- level researchers.

Play the GRANTED! Research Game and win 20,000 DKK for your interdisciplinary project.

All welcome to join - we will place you into teams. Networking, lunch, new research ideas

13.05.2025 07:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happening today at 14.00 - all are welcome to join online.

Come and hear about Dr. Lambrinou’s important work - and recommendations for addressing minority underrepresentation & enhancing inclusion

07.05.2025 07:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An fMRI Study of Crossmodal Emotional Congruency and the Role of Semantic Content in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Naturalistic Art IMC Tuesday Seminar: Talk by Funda Yilmaz, PhD candidate, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University

Tomorrow 6th May, we have Funda Yilmaz from @dondersinst.bsky.social giving a talk @interacting-minds.bsky.social, "An fMRI Study of Crossmodal Emotional Congruency + the Role of Semantic Content in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Naturalistic Art”.

All welcome!
interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

05.05.2025 07:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: DANWISE Webinar: We deserve to Take up Space - Dr. Marina Lambrinou. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: DANWISE Webinar: We deserve to Take up Space - Dr. Marina Lambrinou. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

All are most welcome - registration here: bit.ly/42JPSlq

29.04.2025 07:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0