Hospitalized following a mental health crisis in 1929, Louis Marcussen (1894—1985) begins a spectacular journey. He fills his room at the psychiatric…

Corruption is a profoundly destructive force around the world, but why does its extent vary drastically among countries? In Corruption, Mette Frisk Je…

Creativity was once seen as the mark of mad geniuses, troubled souls, and avant-garde eccentrics. Today, however, we expect to find the trait thriving…

Unless democracy is critically defined, dictators can pose as democrats and the oppressed can see despotism as the answer to their prayers. Democracy,…

In Happiness, researcher Christian Bjørnskov argues that the basic factors that constitute happiness are mostly universal across cultures. By evaluati…

In Play, Marc Malmdorf Andersen argues that playing is not just for kids and the young at heart; rather, it is a scientific process. Through tinkering…

Excavations in 1958-1963 on the island of Failaka in Kuwait uncovered a small community of Dilmun traders from the second millennium BC. Prominent amo…

What do we mean when we say "the people"? In a Nordic context, the word "people" was historically associated not with members of a sovereign nation bu…

Old men – especially those who live alone – remain an understudied group in the gerontological literature, despite their significance to the demograph…