TEDxAalborg
April 8, 2025
INNOVATE, Aalborg University
Sophie Lund Rasmussen
Hedgehog poo is the shit! How the lives of hedgehogs describe biodiversity
Biodiversity is disappearing right before our eyes, and it’s crucial to keep track of this loss to focus conservation efforts where they are needed most. But how can we do that? By using hedgehog poo, of course!
While spending countless nights in the field radio-tracking the lovable European hedgehogs to better understand their decline, Dr. Sophie Lund Rasmussen had an innovative idea: using eDNA analysis of hedgehog droppings to gain insights into their diets and, in turn, the local biodiversity around them.
Mikkel Huse
Designing with Natures Code: From seed to systems
Nature holds a vast catalogue of solutions – efficient, multifunctional, and adaptive – all refined by evolution. Every structure, function, and material use follows precise logics shaped over millions of years. These natural rules create systems that seamlessly respond to their environment while evoking deep emotional connections.
By understanding and applying these principles, Mikkel Huse moves from seed to systems, designing with nature’s code to create products that merge biological intelligence with modern technology.
Linda Nhu Laursen
Imperfect Sustainability for Imperfect People
“Nobody is perfect. Nobody can do everything. But everyone can do something. Everyone can fix one thing.”
Linda Nhu Laursens mission is to gather and engage people in actions, as repair, longer product lifetime and less waste. To redesign our throw-away-society, making the sustainable and planetary responsible choice is the easiest, pragmatic and most attractive choice for all people.
Andreas Møgelmose
AI will never be intelligent – and that’s okay!
For decades, we’ve been on the brink of creating truly intelligent computers, but each time, the dream seems to slip further away. Promises of increased productivity and improved lives have often gone unfulfilled, leaving us still searching for something more.
In this talk, AI researcher Andreas Møgelmose explores why this happens and suggests a new way to think about artificial intelligence. Perhaps, he argues, the goal shouldn’t be to replicate the vague and complex idea of human intelligence after all.
TEDxAalborg
January 18, 2024
Aalborg Kongres & Kultur Center
Cornelia Hersland
The Link between the Observant Mind and Flow Theory
Cornelia Hersland invites us to try out some anthropological participant observation techniques to let us experience the link between the observant mind and flow theory.
John Nieland
Brain diseases: Introduction, Progression, and Treatment
Discovering how brain diseases are induced and developing new medicine for the treatment of brain diseases. A researcher at Aalborg university studying brain diseases.
Noah Holtegaard
Queer and Transness through Digital Utopias
Artist Noah Holtegaard tells stories about queer and transness, through imaginary worlds filled with glitter. With the tools of digital space, he tries to escape his body, through digital utopias.
Daniela Montemayor Zolezzi
Encountering Pain and Neuroplasticity
Five years into her Bachelor of Medicine, she was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, one of the most painful chronic pain conditions. Despite overshadowing frustration, shattered dreams, and unsuccessful treatments, Daniela’s curiosity drove her forward. What seemed to be a tragic story of a 22-year-old girl with an incurable disease, became a transformation story. Daniela Montemayor Zolezzi is a Mexican pain researcher who is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the Center of Neuroplasticity and Pain at Aalborg University.
Per Imer
Embracing a Circular Mindset in an Evolving World
Circular economy and circular trade is growing rapidly and is an area that is expected to grow eightfold over the next five years. What will this mean for the individual, for society and for business models?
TEDxAalborg
April 13th, 2023
Nordkraft
Nicole May
Creating Opportunities for Young People at Risk of Excellence
Nicole May talks about her career from participant to becoming Executive Director at Young Identity, an organization that creates opportunities for young people at risk of excellence to develop their lives through arts.
Michael Odder
Using the Arts to Improve Mental Health
In this presentation he shares examples on how art and culture can be used to improve mental health. He takes a closer look at the potential of literature and include examples from shared reading sessions under the auspices of Culture Vitamins.
Helle Nystrup Lund
Replacing Sleep Medication and Reducing Stress with Music
Helle Nystrup Lund talks about the positive health effects of listening to calm music at bedtime including improved sleep quality and well-being. Music can replace sleep medication and reduce stress. How and why?
TEDxAalborg
June 2nd, 2022
Aalborg Kongres & Kultur Center
Auria Paz Aguilar
The Importance of Rituals and Wisdom
Auria talks about the importance of rituals for our life and projects: living keys from the wisdom in oral histories and the music of native peoples, and she will guide us with a performance so that we can learn, practice, and globalize this understanding.
Gittemarie Johansen
How to Not Lose Hope
When I started my zero-waste experiment, I had to learn the hard way that we are not always in control of our green choices. So, when politics and industries are against us – how do we avoid losing hope?
Sandro Masai
Art, Pride, and Decolonisation
Sandro talks about his identity and works within the themes of decolonisation, spirituality and afro-futurism, through participatory performances, interactive art installations and action paintings.
Rosanna Børsting
Climate Activism: We Need to Act Now!
The climate crisis is here, and we need to act now. Why and how the youth keep fighting for climate action and why it is a lie that Denmark is a green pioneer country. Why local climate activism is important and what to be done.
Thomas Gam Mikkelstrup
Try Something New and See What Happens
When you leave from this talk, you will feel an urge to try new things and learn new things or else I have failed my mission.