Teaching
Researchers and TA’s affiliated with the lab take part in many forms of teaching activities. Some are program courses, others are hosted by the lab for students or as open events.Junior Researcher Programme
ETHOS Lab provides a nurturing space for BSc and MSc students who would like to be further challenged and grow within academia and research. Our JR programme hosts 5-10 students annually who enroll in the program with a specific research project, which is supported in the Lab community throughout the academic year.
About the Program
Joining the lab research community with their own independent projects, the JRs find a reflective, experimental space where their ways of thinking and conducting research are challenged and expanded by their fellow JRs and Lab members. The programme lasts two semesters, during which the JRs present their progress to the lab community twice per semester through presentations and interactive play.
JRs furthermore join biweekly meetings with their fellow JRs and the ETHOS Lab manager. Here they foster a more closely-knitted reflective space, where they are able to build on top of each other’s reflections and experiences.
The outcome of the JR research – beyond their own and the collective insights – are 2 blogposts for the Lab’s blog communicating their process and findings, and an open presentation event at ITU. We have gathered some of our JRs and their projects in this Flipbook.
How to Become a Junior Researcher
The deadline for the Junior Researcher Programme is October 5th, 2025.
Apply by submitting a 1-page application to ethos@itu.dk. Your application should include: a short description of why you would like to join the Junior Research Programme; what knowledge you would like to bring to the wider ETHOS community, the project you want to work on and the ways you want to explore it (the methods and theories you are interested in using). Please also include a snapshot of your class schedule and availability.
We encourage you to apply with your own, independent idea! However, your project may be related to a course or a thesis. If the project is ECTS related, please include the name of your supervisor.
For questions regarding the programme or the application, contact ETHOS Lab Manager:
Maya Acharya, mayac@itu.dk
Feminist Technoscience in Practice
ETHOS Lab invites interested students, researchers, and practitioners to take part in a series of events titled ‘Feminist Technoscience in Practice’. The events focus on the practical application of digital and critical feminist methods.
The series consists of events that feature talks by guest speakers followed by workshops that invite you to experiment with the methods that are presented during the talks.
The events are rooted in technical practices but are tailored to accommodate any level of technical experience. Participation is open and free for anyone interested, but registration is required (sign up links will be shared two weeks before each event).
Past events:
TUESDAY OCTOBER 24th 2023
Guest Speaker: Sofie Burgos-Thorsen (She/Her, They/Them), PhD & MSc Sociology, Researcher at TechnoAnthropology Lab
Visualizing stuff differently: Putting Data Feminism into practice, and other learnings from the Urban Belonging Project.
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 7th 2023
Guest Speaker: Mai Hartmann (She/Her), Digital Accessibility Specialist and Lecturer
Layers of experience: How assistive technology mediates user experience (and why empathy is overrated)
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 14th 2023
Guest Speaker: Ada Ada Ada (She/Her), Algorithmic Artist
The latent limitations of image generations: A trans perspective
MONDAY MAY 6th 2024
Facilitator: Luis Landa (He/Him)
Technical Solidarity: Labour, Risks, and Resistance. Using the tools Glaze and Nightshade to resist abusive and intrusive uses of genrerative AI. The workshop showed how solidarity can arise by connecting communities in and outside of tech.
Upcoming workshops
More workshops coming in AUTUMN 2025!
Follow along on Instagram @ethositu for updates.
Feminist Technoscience Film Club
In the spring of 2024, the Feminist Technoscience Film Club hosted three film screenings on the theme ‘bodily relations and machines’. The film club was hosted by PhD student Anna Brynskov from Digital Design, in collaboration with ETHOS Lab and AIR Lab.
Previous screenings ☁️🎞️👽
– February 28: Teknolust
– April 10: Crimes of the Future
– May 14: My Holo Love & Alexandra
Follow us on Instagram @ethositu for updates.
Feminist Futures Copenhagen 2023 Feminist Hackathon
In April 2023 ETHOS Lab organised Feminist Futures Copenhagen: the first major feminist hackathon in Denmark.
With Feminist Futures we challenge the hackathon format by making a dynamic and inclusive event that brings together individuals from diverse backgrounds to collaborate on projects that challenge existing power structures and promote equity and social justice.
Hackathons often cater to a very narrow group of individuals with specific backgrounds, but our hackathon is not an exclusive space for programmers and hackers. Instead, by applying a feminist lens, we’ve created a hackathon format that caters to many different people from diverse background and with diverse experiences, ensuring more wholesome representation in our work.
This is needed not only to push the tech-industry in a more diverse direction but also to create a space that invites other kinds of backgrounds and skills into building the future. That is also the reason we focus on designing our hackathon from start to finish with accessibility and inclusivity in mind.
If you’re interested in getting involved with upcoming initiatives related to Feminist Futures Copenhagen, you can reach out to us on ffcph@itu.dk
Beyond Academia
Aspiring to communicate our research to a broader audience, as well as engage with people, ETHOS Lab are committed to do activities and collaborations beyond academia. We have been in collaborations with Laboratory for Aesthetics and Ecology, Hexagon Geospatial Analyse & Tal, Red Associates, Novo Nordisk, Deloitte Consulting, IBM, The Royal Danish Library, Danish e-Infrastructure Co-operation (DeiC) and Geoforum. We furthermore do events around Copenhagen which we will announce through our newsletter.
If you are wondering about a possible collaboration with us, write to our Lab Manager Henriette Friis.
Courses and Conferences
The Lab members contribute as TA’s and lecturers to a variety of courses at ITU and occasionally as speakers at events or conferences. ETHOS members support students and teachers on the degree programs Digital Innovation and Management such as The Digital State in Practice, Computational Literacies, Navigating Complexity: Mapping, Visualisation and Decision-making, and courses on Global Business Informatics, such as Society and Technology, Networked Media and Communication, Organisation and Process Theory.
PhD Courses
The Lab hosts and engages in PhD courses. We have previously hosted an Ethnographic Methods course (2015) to consider how technologies participate in reconfiguring notions of ‘field’ and ‘desk’ in multi-sided research, and Research Interrupted (2020) which spoke to the disruptions in research – due to the corona crises – as well as mundane and inevitable changes occurring when embarking on a research journey. The lab encourages and supports self-organized courses by PhDs’ is something we as a Lab encourage. Lately, we have been a sparring partner in the development of the course Feminist and Postcolonial STS (2021), initiated by PhD students at ITU.
Python Study Group
Python is a programming language used for many purposes. In our work with data and digital methods, we often come across digital tools, which require certain knowledge about programming in Python. ETHOS Lab started an egalitarian Python Study Group in 2015 welcoming both students and staff, and going strong ever since.
The study group gathers people interested in learning the programming language Python as well as fostering a sense of community and collective build-up.
In 2024, we hosted a special version of the Python Study Group: the Text to 3D Braille Web App sprint, which saw volunteers commit to working on a specific project for the duration of the autumn semester. This was the first time we tried this pedagogical exercise, where volunteers rotate in roles while developing an app. If you’re interested in learning more, feel free to reach out!
The Python Study Group is currently on hiatus.