Grant: How can research communication create value in young people’s lives?
Researchers from Aarhus University – together with the Academy for Talented Youth|Midt, the Steno Museum and The Animation Workshop/VIA University College in Viborg – receive just over DKK five million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Together, they will study how new platforms can be used for research communication about health and the use of technology.
Professor Carsten Obel and PhD Signe Herbers Poulsen from the Department of Public Health are leading the ”Data about you and others” project (in Danish “Data om dig og de andre”). The project focuses on young people’s health and their use of technology, using animation films, podcasts, an exhibition and an interactive dilemma game.
The project goal is to explore how co-creation, dialogue and cross-media communication can innovate research communication targeting young people. At the same time, it aims to promote engagement, critical reflection and dialogue about both health and the use of technology among young people.
Apart from Carsten Obel and Signe Herbers Poulsen, the project instigators are Ulrik Bak Kirk from the Research Unit for General Practice, Jacob Sherson from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Linda Greve from the Steno Museum, Anne Harrits from the Academy for Talented Youth|Midt and Jakob Borrits Skov Sabra from The Animation Workshop/VIA University College.
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is financing the project with DKK 5,214,275 over the next three years.
Contact
Professor Carsten Obel
Aarhus University, Department of Public Health
Mobile: (+45) 29 42 84 05
Email: co@ph.au.dk