What can children’s toys tell us about societies of the past? This is one of the major questions in Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer’s Bachelor's project and in her recently initiated PhD project, where she will reconstruct children's activities in several past cultures, including the Thule culture of Greenland.

Over the course of her studies, Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer has worked both at Gammel Estrup - The Danish Manor & Estate Museum and Moesgaard Museum, where she also participated archaeological research in her job as a research assistant.

The HM Queen Margrethe II Travel Grant will a study trip to Greenland possible, where Mathilde Vestergaard Meyer will be able to study toys and other artefacts belonging to children of the past.

Ida Vidar Kristensen is interested in a classic theme within political science: political opinion formation. She wrote her Bachelor’s project about how voters assess candidates who highlight their provincial backgrounds.

Ida Vidar Kristensen has combined her strong academic competencies with a relevant student job at VIVE – Danish Center for Social Science Research. This has given her hands-on experience with research and conducting studies, which has inspired her to pursue a career within research.

The HM Queen Margrethe II Travel Grant will make it possible for Ida Vidar Kristensen to study at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as ‘Sciences Po’.

As a pregraduate research student, Johanne Jul Elnegaard worked on a project about obesity and fat accumulation in the liver, and she has published a research article on the topic. She is also a popular student teacher in the subjects of cell biology and histology.

In addition to her studies, research and teaching, Johanne Jul Elnegaard contributes to her degree programme by serving on the board of studies, the medical student council and the departmental forum at the Department of Biomedicine.

The HM Queen Margrethe II Travel Grant will give Johanne Jul Elnegaard the opportunity to participate in an international conference in Canada on obesity and diabetes, where she will present the results of her research.

In his studies, Sebastien Loeschcke has focused on machine learning and data-intensive systems, and when he was a Bachelor’s student, he was the lead author on a scientific article about how to make big data more palpable. He has presented his results at an international conference in Sweden.

Sebastian Loeschcke was part of the computer science degree programme talent track – Pre-Talent Track – and afterwards he was the student instructor for the talent track. At the same time, he has participated in research activities in several different research groups at the department.

The HM Queen Margrethe II Travel Grant will give Sebastian Loeschcke the opportunity to travel to Tel Aviv to present his new scientific article at an international conference on computer vision and machine learning.

On his Master’s degree programme, Mark Meyer is particularly interested in sustainability, indoor climate and the reuse of construction materials. He is an enthusiastic student, who, with his skills and commitment, has the potential to steer the construction industry in a more sustainable direction. Since the construction industry is responsible for much of the world’s resource consumption, a more sustainable approach in this area would be to everyone’s advantage. Alongside his studies, Mark works as a student assistant at Søren Jensen Consulting Engineers A/S.

The Queen Margrethe II travel grant will enable Mark Meyer to study abroad at the Polytechnic University of Milan, where he can explore the topic of sustainable construction in more detail.