Deadline: September 1, 2026
Applications are open for the Digital Democracy Centre x TrygFonden Fellowship Program 2027. The DDC x TrygFonden Fellowship Program fosters collaboration between researchers, journalists, and policymakers in exploring the impact of digital technology and AI on media, politics, and democracy. Selected fellows will have the opportunity to collaborate with a mentor at DDC to generate new knowledge, contribute to the public debate, develop new networks, and produce tangible outreach outputs such as policy briefs, educational packages, and talks.
Fellowship Types
The Digital Democracy Centre x TrygFonden fellowship program welcomes a diverse range of fellows. The target group of the fellowship program is researchers, journalism graduates, and policymakers who may currently hold various positions in national and international research and educational institutions as well as in media organizations, ministries, NGOs, etc.
As such, the Digital Democracy Centre x TrygFonden fellowship offers three types of fellowships:
- academic fellows (who research digital technologies and democracy)
- journalist fellows (who cover digital technology and democracy)
- policy fellows (who contribute to the regulatory debate on digital technology and democracy)
Benefits
- The fellowship program offers either a salary subsidy or a stipend to help with travel and/or housing.
Eligibility
- Open to researchers, journalism graduates, and policymakers who may currently hold various positions in national and international research and educational institutions as well as in media organizations, ministries, NGOs, etc.
- In general, projects with a clear relevance to Denmark or Danish society, including comparative or international projects that can generate insights, methods, or outputs relevant to a Danish context will be prioritized.
Application
The application should contain the following:
- Preliminary project title
- Fellowship type (academic, journalist, or policy fellow)
- Brief project description and purpose (max 1000 characters)
- Detailed description and timeline (max 2400 characters)
- including expectations for the fellowship duration (min. two months can include shorter stays at the DDC and remote periods) and a start date within the Danish working times.
- including the confirmed mentor
- work plan (distribution between remote work / in-office work at Odense, Denmark, etc.)
- Description of specific activities and collaboration with external practice partners (max 1000 characters)
- Expected ‘product’, impact, and output (max 500 characters)
- Attached CV (max 5 pages)
- An overview of the posts for which financial support is sought (e.g., flights, housing, research costs, compensation for salary, stipend, etc.)
The application should be filled out using the application form, available in PDF format or in MS Word format, and sent, along with the CV as PDF files, to [email protected] with the subject line ‘DDC / TrygFonden Fellowship application’.
For more information, visit Digital Democracy Centre x TrygFonden Fellowship.
