News
2017.06.19 | People, Rusmiddelforskning
New director at the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research
The Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research at Aarhus BSS has a new director: Professor Torsten Kolind, who has worked at the centre for a number of years.
2017.06.02 | Events, Rusmiddelforskning
Can we predict which young people will develop a substance abuse?
Most young people use some form of alcohol or drug when they go to a party without it causing any problems. However, for a small group of young people, the use escalates and causes major problems for them in the long term. Why does this happen to some young people - and how can we prevent it from happening?
2017.05.19 | People
Mia Skytte O’Toole from the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus BSS h
Mia Skytte O’Toole from the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus BSS has been selected as this year’s - and the Danish Psychological Association’s first - junior researcher.
2017.03.21 | Research news
Children with older mothers thrive better
The average maternal age has increased steadily for the past many years - and that is actually not so bad. New research from Aarhus BSS shows that older mothers are less likely to punish and scold their children while raising them, and that the children have fewer behavioural, social and emotional difficulties.
2017.01.25 | Research news
Can we help dementia patients remember?
VELUX FONDEN has granted DKK 6,687,123 to “MemoScience: Centre for the rehabilitation of autobiographical memory in dementia patients”, the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences at Aarhus BSS. The grant will be spent on research into whether it is possible to recover some of the memory of people with Alzheimer’s disease.
2017.01.11 | Research news
An annual relationship check-up improves your relationship
Should we all attend annual relationship check-ups just like we pay annual visits to the dentist? It seems like we should. The longer you have been in a relationship, the less satisfied you are - and at some point, almost half of all marriages will end in divorce. New research shows that a relationship check-up may improve the quality of your…
2016.12.19 | Research news
Mia Skytte O’Toole and CON AMORE nominated for awards
Mia Skytte O’Toole has been nominated by the Danish Psychological Association as Denmark’s candidate for the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations’ award, the Comenius Early Career Award. CON AMORE has also been nominated as Denmark’s candidate for the EFPA’s Aristotle Prize.
2016.08.23 | People
Alum of the year 2016
Alum of the year 2016 is Thomas Hedegaard Rasmussen, who completed his Master’s degree in 2002 and his PhD in 2007 at the Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences. Today he is Vice-president of HR Data and Analytics at Royal Dutch Shell in the Hague.
2016.06.21 | Events, Research news
Understanding Russia
Russia’s own narrative is part of the reason for the big differences between Russia’s self-perception and the common perception of Russia in countries such as Denmark.
2017.09.21 | Events
[Translate to English:] Husk tilmelding til sommerfest på Aarhus BSS!
[Translate to English:] Aarhus BSS inviterer alle medarbejdere til sommerfest den 19. august 2016 fra kl. 17. Sommerfesten holdes i Universitetsparken, hvor der er lagt op til havefest, hygge og musik.