Podcast Series 1

An Evolving World: Conversations on Norden

@Knowledge On The Nordics Podcast

Interested in hearing experts talk about the social sciences and humanities in the context of the Nordics?

In this podcast series, researchers from across the Nordic countries - in groups or alone - are interviewed about topics ranging from gaming to the Nordic Model.

There are 19 podcasts in the series, each between 30 and 45 minutes long.

Click on the podcast of your choice below, go to our podcast platform, or find our podcasts on your preferred podcast provider, such as, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts.

Descriptions of all the podcasts in this series:

Black and white portrait of an older well-dressed man, white hair and beard

19 March 2021 - Janet Garton

Listen to a podcast on the social, political and literary movement from around 1870 to 1900 in Scandinavia called the Modern Breakthrough.

Primary school children of different ethnicities sitting in a classroom beside each other. Smiling, looking at the board.

28 January 2021 - Mette Buchardt

Dark hillside with men in Viking costume with torches

14 January 2021 - Richard Cole

In this podcast, medieval historian from Aarhus University Richard Cole explores why the Viking era is ‘up for grabs’, and zooms in on why and how…

A black and white smashed window.

11 December 2020 - Anne Ilsøe

Black and white photo of two female academics sitting on a sofa discussing.

01 December 2020 - Pia Majbritt Jensen

Why does Danish TV drama travel around the world? Pia Majbritt Jensen and Ushma Chauhan Jacobsen from Aarhus University discuss the reasons given by…

A young boy playing on his computer in a dark room.

18 November 2020 - Heidi Rautalahti

Stock photo of Helsingør, Denmark

07 July 2020 - Anders Ravn Sørensen

From the outside, it is assumed that the populations of the Nordic countries are fairly homogeneous and that there is a relatively high level of…

Södertörn University just outside Stockholm, where the podcasts were recorded at the Institute of Contemporary History

15 April 2020 - Andreas Mørkved Hellenes

Since the interwar years, foreign observers have regularly portrayed the Nordic countries as well functioning states, successful in solving crises,…

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