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• Platform economies
• Finance communication
• Digital media
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Jacob Ørmen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Humanities. His research critically examines platform economies and finance communication, focusing on how trading platforms and financial influencers normalize speculative investment behaviors in stocks and cryptocurrencies through strategic discourse and curation. Education: PhD, University of Copenhagen MA in Political Science, Central European University Research Focus: Ørmen investigates the interplay between digital curation strategies and user engagement across journalism and content platforms. His work spans platform economies, digital media measurement, log data analysis, and the societal impacts of finance-gaming convergence in youth culture. He develops comparative methodologies for analyzing streaming, gaming, and finance platforms through projects like "Level up your money game". Publication Trends: Recent work (2024-2025) reveals critical patterns: proprietary research infrastructures create epistemic vulnerabilities; financial influencers deploy calibration strategies to monetize risk narratives; platform recommender systems enforce rentier mechanisms; and youth culture increasingly blends gaming economies with speculative finance. His studies expose systemic value extraction cycles across platformized economies. Scientific Recognition: Top Faculty Paper Award - ICA Media Industries Division (2024) Academic Contributions: Ørmen supervises BA/MA projects in digital methods, economic analysis, and media studies. He leads collaborative projects including "Financial Youth Culture" and "Follow Me", examining how digital platforms reshape financial literacy and risk perception. His methodology integrates digital trace data with critical platform studies. Research Ecosystem: Working within Copenhagen's digital humanities hub, Ørmen collaborates with A. L. Gregersen, A. M. Thorhauge, and E. L. Hammar on cross-disciplinary teams studying platform governance. His work informs policy debates through frequent Danish media engagement and conference leadership on platform power dynamics.

Peter FuruView profile

Associate Professor

• Environmental Health
• Health Impact Assessment
• Climate Change and Health
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Peter Furu serves as Associate Professor and Head of Studies in the Global Health Section at the Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. With a career spanning since 1983 across 25+ countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Central America, his work integrates global health research, education, and policy development. His educational background includes: Master of Public Health (MPH, 2003) from Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg Diploma of Public Health (DPH, 1997) from Nordic School of Public Health, Gothenburg Master of Science in Biology (1984) from University of Copenhagen Furu's research focuses on the intersection of environmental systems and human health, particularly planetary health dynamics, health impact assessment methodologies, and climate change health implications. His work bridges academic research with practical applications in sustainable development, emphasizing integrated approaches to water resource management, disease control, and sustainable tourism. He has pioneered capacity-building initiatives across Southeast Asia and Africa, developing frameworks for health impact assessment in developing contexts. As an educator, he leads multiple graduate programs including the Master of Disaster Management and Master of Science in Global Health, with specialized courses on planetary health and climate change. His teaching philosophy incorporates problem-based learning and e-learning innovations, reflected in his Coursera MOOC on climate change health impacts. Professional engagements include: Member of University of Copenhagen's Climate Panel (Faculty of Science) Expert panel member for climate change and health initiatives Referee for international scientific journals Former Head of WHO Collaborating Centre for Health and Environment in Sustainable Development (1998-2012) External Examiner for Danish universities (2002-2022) Furu has supervised over 40 bachelor's, master's, and PhD students while directing comprehensive training programs across 25+ international courses. His research management expertise includes principal investigator roles for projects in Tanzania and Malawi, alongside consultancies for WHO, World Bank, and Danida. Current collaborative networks span climate change adaptation, planetary health education, and sustainable development across global institutions.

• Public Health
• Social Medicine
• Qualitative Research
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Marie Honoré Jacobsen serves as a Guest Researcher in the Department of Public Health, Section of Social Medicine at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, with institutional address at Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353 København K. Her work focuses on vulnerable populations within the Danish public health system, emphasizing qualitative methodologies and intervention evaluation. Her research spans maternal and child health (particularly breastfeeding support during pregnancy), geriatric eye care navigation, and migrant health interventions using participatory visual methods. She employs realist evaluation frameworks and qualitative systematic reviews to address health disparities, with strong contextual grounding in Denmark's healthcare infrastructure and a recurring emphasis on trust-building, accessibility, and culturally sensitive care models. Analysis of her 2023-2025 publications reveals consistent focus on intervention design for high-need groups: pregnant women through home visits, older adults in ophthalmology pathways, and migrants via community-based visual methods. All studies share methodological rigor in qualitative data collection while addressing systemic barriers in public health service delivery. Marie Honoré Jacobsen has not listed formal advisees or grant funding in the provided materials, maintaining an active research profile through collaborative publications without indication of teaching responsibilities.

Ulrik EkmanView profile

Associate Professor

• Environmental Humanities
• Sustainability
• Resilience
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Ulrik Ekman serves as Associate Professor of design and architecture at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen. His work integrates environmental humanities with urban design and digital culture to address planetary challenges in the Anthropocene through innovative sustainability and resilience frameworks. Education Background: Ph.D. in Literature, Duke University, USA (2000) Research Focus: Ekman pioneers research in Green and Blue Humanities , examining water relations, coastal resilience, and adaptive transition theories for sustainable urban infrastructures. His scholarship explores intersections of eco-art and new media through critical design aesthetics, posthumanism, and materiality studies, challenging nature-culture binaries while addressing consumer societies' ecological impacts. Publication Trajectory: Recent works (2024-2025) center on the Environmental Humanities Glossary project, developing key terms for sustainability discourse. Earlier publications (2012-2018) established foundational work in smart cities and ubiquitous computing, reflecting an evolution from digital culture studies to urgent environmental concerns across 71 research outputs. Academic Leadership: As co-leader of the Art & Earth research cluster (2021-2023), Ekman fosters interdisciplinary environmental humanities collaboration. He mentors students through courses on resilience, eco-art, and smart cities while serving on EU Horizon 2020 and Nordic research council review panels, translating theoretical work into practical urban planning applications.

Jessica Xin HjaltelinView profile

Associate Professor

• Health Data Science
• Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
• Cancer Detection
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Jessica Xin Hjaltelin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, specializing in Health Data Science and AI. She also serves as a Guest Researcher at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research in the Brunak Group. Her research focuses on applying artificial intelligence and data science techniques to healthcare data, particularly for cancer detection and disease trajectory analysis. Key areas include: AI-aided mining of medical records for cancer screening Disease progression modeling using population-wide health data Pancreatic cancer risk prediction and early detection Multi-cancer risk stratification using national health registries Visualization of disease trajectories from electronic health records Dr. Hjaltelin's recent work demonstrates significant impact, with publications in high-impact journals including Nature Medicine, The Lancet Oncology, and The Lancet Digital Health. Her research on pancreatic cancer has received substantial attention, with one paper picked up by 106 news outlets and referenced in Wikipedia. She collaborates extensively with researchers across multiple institutions on projects bridging data science and clinical medicine. Among her notable scientific contributions: Development of deep learning algorithms for predicting pancreatic cancer risk Creation of multi-cancer risk stratification models using national health data Analysis of pancreatic cancer symptom trajectories from registry data Research on biomarkers for treatment response in metastatic pancreatic cancer Dr. Hjaltelin maintains active collaborations with clinical researchers and participates in significant oncology studies, including the CheckPAC clinical trial investigating immunotherapy combinations for pancreatic cancer.