Research centres
The Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy (CFA)
The Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy is an interdisciplinary centre at the Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University.
The Centre's research focuses on research policy, innovation policy and university policy, and contributes to both the theoretical and empirical developments within the field. The Centre is characterized by its interdisciplinary profile, which combines both various research disciplines in the social sciences and humanities and a wide variety of research methods.
The Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy also aims to contribute to broader knowledge sharing and competence building related to research policy, innovation policy and university policy. In relation to this the Centre provides research based advice to public authorities and performs assessments, analyses and impact studies. The Centre's work thus aims to strengthen the basis for qualified decision-making in research policy, innovation policy and university policy.
The Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy contributes to education and talent development in its field of research, including PhD education. The Centre also offers a Master's programme in Higher Education and Research Studies.
Read more about the centre at www.cfa.au.dk/en
The Centre for Studies in Islamism and Radicalisation (CIR)
The Centre for Studies in Islamism and Radicalisation will assemble anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists and theologians, who can contribute to the understanding of what happens when Islam becomes a political ideology with the objective of overthrowing Governments.
The centre for Studies in Islamism and Radicalisation is established at the Department of Political Science at the University of Aarhus.
The Centre was established in April 2008 under the auspices of the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus.
It is an independent research institute founded by the Danish Ministry of Defence and supported by an appropriation of DKK 10 million over a 3-year period.
The Centre has its research focus on the three main pillars: radicalisation, ideologies and the international consequences of Islamism.
Researchers from across a number of sciences and from a number of universities, Danish as well as foreign, get together in the new research centre, with the purpose of gaining a much better understanding of the concepts of Islamism and Jihadism than is currently available.
Read more about the Centre's research activities and findings at the centre website: http://cir.au.dk/en/
Centre for Sociological Studies, University of Aarhus (CESAU)
The Centre for Sociological Studies, University of Aarhus (CESAU) aims to support and develop sociological teaching and research at Aarhus University. This is done through a number of different initiatives aimed at researchers, students, business and the public sector.
The centre has been established at the suggestion and encouragement of a number of research units and groups at Aarhus University who all want to enter into an inter-departmental and inter-faculty collaboration around sociological topics.
The centre will be funded by the participating units for an interim period of three years, starting January 2010.
For further information, visit the Centre's website: www.cesau.au.dk/en/
