ETHOS Lab explores and experiment with creative, critical, and feminist methods and methodologies analyzing technology in practice. We work with interdisciplinarity and employ digital methods, crafty materialization of data as well as ethnographical approaches. As a student, you have the opportunity of becoming part of this community by enrolling in the volunteer position ‘Junior Researcher’.

We are currently recruiting new Junior Researchers with an application deadline of 5th of October 2025.

Junior Researcher in the ETHOS Lab

Each year, ETHOS Lab provides a nurturing space for a small group of talented BSc and MSc students who would like to grow within academia and research. Junior researchers who enroll in the program get the chance to develop their own research project, supported in the Lab community throughout the academic year.The role is not paid but an extracurricular activity that comes with a community of research fellowship.

About the Program

Joining the lab research community with their own independent projects, Junior Researchers find a reflective, experimental space where they can explore critical ways of thinking and conducting research, a process in which their fellow JRs and Lab members guide and support them. The program lasts two semesters, during which JRs participate in biweekly meetings with their peers and the ETHOS Lab Manager. Here, they foster a closely knit reflective space, where they are able to build on each other’s reflections and experiences, while they get a chance to explore critical methods together too. Furthermore, during the run of the JR Programme, they present their work to the lab community twice per semester through presentations and interactive play.

It is expected that you spend a minimum of three hours a week in the Lab working on your research project and attending the bi-weekly staff meeting. In return, you are given access to the Lab’s resources and tools, expertise, workshops, insights into the internal workings of the Lab and the chance to influence its development.

The project can be related to a course or an individual project/thesis for which the student will receive ECTS points, but it is not required.

The Junior Researcher Program entails:

  • Participating in bi-weekly meetings with your fellow JRs where you can discuss your project and progress
  • Presenting your work at our informal Pitch & Play sessions, where you will get feedback from faculty and other JRs (it is mandatory to be available for these sessions)
  • Write 2 blog posts on your process and your findings and by the end of the program present your experiences at an open event.
  • Help out with volunteer tasks in the Lab

In addition to sparring with faculty researchers and the ETHOS community, we offer the Lab space as a place to work (and hang out), the first bid at relevant academic events, access to software and workshops, and a great community of people dedicated to critical and experimental inquiry about the role of data and technology in society.

Inspiration from former Junior Researchers

How to apply

ETHOS Lab is an interdisciplinary and diverse space, and students from all study programmes are welcome. You apply by describing a project you want to work on in a 1-page application to ethos@itu.dk by October 5th 2025. 

In this application you should unfolds

  • A short project description
  • Why this project is interesting
  • Which methods you intend to use
  • Which theories you are inspired by
  • Why the Junior Researcher program seems appealing to you

In addition, you may also add which relevant skills/knowledge you will bring into the Lab community. If the project is ECTS related, please include the name of your supervisor. For planning purposes, we ask you to submit an overview of your weekly study schedule.

For questions regarding the program or the application, you can contact ethos@itu.dk