Every year, the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) launches a photo competition that aims at showing the potential of photography as documentation and communication of research. The three winning images of the 2025 competition and 10 others have been selected by Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) for exhibition.

The 13 images have been on display in Copenhagen and have now travelled to the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) to be on display in an interdisciplinary and international setting.

Join this informal afternoon event to explore the fascinating images and hear the winners of the competition present their research and motivation behind their image:

• ’Balancing in the space between’ by Marie Odgaard, Anthropology, Gender Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Affiliate researcher, Aarhus University (2nd place)

• ‘Microscopic beauty settles an age-old dispute’ by Heide Wrobel Nørgaard, Archaeometallurgy, Archaeology, Moesgaard Museum (3rd place)

• ‘Keel bone fractures: The hidden cost of egg production’ by Kathrin Hinz, Veterinary Physiology, Aarhus University (among the 10 runners-up selected for display)

• 'Healthy food is beautiful!’ by Armin Afrough, Nanoscience, Aarhus University (among the 10 runners-up selected for display)

• ‘Tangled & Twisted Network of Gold Nanostrings’ by Master Student Mathias Nielsen, Nanoscience, Aarhus University (among the 10 runners-up selected for display)

As a judge in the DNRF Photo Competition panel, AIAS Director Andreas Roepstorff will introduce the Photo Competition - and AIAS promises participants an interdisciplinary, international and informal afternoon with amble time for networking and exchanges with colleagues from across research fields.

Participation

The photo exhibition is open to all and free of charge. A refreshment will be served so please sign up by18 March at 12:00 to attend.

About the DNRF photo exhibition

The Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) supports excellent research and the spreading of stories of scientific progress and discoveries. One way is through photos from research that arouse an immediate fascination and curiosity. The winners of the 2025 DNRF Photo Competition have been selected on the basis of the degree to which the photo evokes emotions in the observer, the degree to which the photo works as a visual entry point to the story behind the specific research result; and the aesthetic quality of the photo.

Support

AIAS wishes to thank the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF)/ Danmarks Grundforskningsfond (DG) for generously sharing the photo exhibition with AIAS.