Personal profile
Research areas
With a background in Anthropology and Ethnography (PhD from Aarhus University 2010), my research approach is to investigate how digital technologies attain and inform value(s) and meaning(s) in various parts of social and cultural life (including political, economic and organisational). Currently I am conducting research projects focusing on the value and meaning of climate data in different contexts, including how technologies are deployed to mitigate climtae change. The project have been funded by DFF (4 projects, including a Sapere Aude grant), Carlsbergfondet (1 project), and the ERC (the Consolidator Grant for the project DecouplingIT).
Previously I have worked with state, government and leadership ideals in Papua New Guinea in the western Pacific, and with electoral technologies and their management in Denmark.
Apart from this I represent the ITU in a number of external bodies including groups under the ATV (Academy for Technical Sciences).
Keywords
- Social anthropology
- ethnography
- qualitative methods
- state and bureaucracy
- democracy
- elections and voting
- anthropology of politics and economy
- leadership
- climate change and environment
- development
- globalisation
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Introduction: Carbon and Culture Change
Dalsgaard, S., 2025, The Cultural Complexity of Carbon. 1st ed. London: Routledge, p. 1-24 24 p.Research output: Conference Article in Proceeding or Book/Report chapter › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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The Cultural Complexity of Carbon
Dalsgaard, S., Lautrup, A., Lippert, I. & Schyberg, K. A., 2025, Routledge. 209 p.Research output: Book / Anthology / Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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The Value of X: Analysing power-to-x as potential
Dalsgaard, S. & Kirch Kirkegaard, J., 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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Carbon: the currency which values everything and prices nothing
Dalsgaard, S., 18 Jul 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference - NOT published in proceeding or journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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Salvage technoscience: Conserving and extracting the value of the Amazon Rainforest
Santos da Costa, P. & Dalsgaard, S., 8 May 2024, In: Environment and Planning F.Research output: Journal Article or Conference Article in Journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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SOCCAR: Sociocultural Carbon (stage 2)
Dalsgaard, S. (PI), Lippert, I. (CoI), Schyberg, K. A. (CoI), Lautrup, A. (CoI), Costa, P. S. D. (CoI) & Mariaca, L. A. L. (CoI)
Independent Research Fund Denmark
01/02/2019 → 30/09/2024
Project: Research
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SOCCAR: Sociocultural Carbon
Dalsgaard, S. (PI) & Lippert, I. (CoI)
Independent Research Fund Denmark
01/08/2018 → 31/01/2022
Project: Research
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SSH and Sustainable Business: Building a database for SSH impact on sustainability in private sector companies
Dalsgaard, S. (PI) & Hockenhull, M. (CoI)
01/02/2021 → 28/02/2023
Project: Research
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DecouplingIT: A Global Comparative Ethnography of the Role of IT in the Mitigation of the Climate Crisis
Dalsgaard, S. (PI), Wang, C. (CoI), Ahsan, H. (CoI), Maguire, J. (CoI), Costa, P. S. D. (CoI), Hansen, C. B. N. (CoI), Figueiredo, F. S. (CoI) & Guo, V. (CoI)
01/11/2022 → 31/10/2027
Project: Research
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Press/Media
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Årets IoT-pris: Når data bliver til handling i kampen mod skybrud
18/12/2025
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Open conference: Just CITIES - How can we create more equitable urban environments?
22/09/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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IT-Universitetet opretter center med fokus på bæredygtig it
16/11/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Activities
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Beginning with a Dream: Cargo Cult Programming and the Failure of Scientific Imagination
Dalsgaard, S. (Lecturer)
3 Jun 2016Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
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Anthropological Forum (Journal)
Dalsgaard, S. (Reviewer)
2014Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
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Anthropology, Weather and Climate Change 2016
Dalsgaard, S. (Panel Chair)
27 May 2016 → 29 May 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conference
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Arbejdsgruppen om Grønne Forskningsbehov og -potentialer under Uddannelses- og Forskningsministeriet (Event)
Dalsgaard, S. (Member)
29 Jan 2020 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership in committee, council, board
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Can IT resolve the climate crisis? From technological to sociotechnical approaches
Dalsgaard, S. (Speaker)
28 Jan 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution