With a grant of DKK 3,167,834, Danholt will lead the project Cultures of Data Collaboration. In the project, he will work with a group of researchers to explore and strengthen the collaborative culture surrounding digital data in social efforts aimed at children and young people. Danholt emphasizes that it is crucial to investigate this in light of increasing digitalization.

“Digital systems and infrastructure are widespread in Denmark, and they influence and change social work. At the same time, social work already has a strong focus on citizen involvement. Involvement is essential for social efforts to succeed, and digital systems play a central role here,” Danholt explains. He elaborates:

“The project aims to achieve a detailed understanding of the role of digitalization in social work and how the collaboration between citizens and social workers is supported, challenged, and can be developed with and through digital systems.”

Researchers, including Mikkel Rask Pedersen, Patrick Heiberg Kapsch and Peter Lauritsen, will conduct ethnographic studies in close collaboration with both citizens and social workers.

Danholt explains that they hope the project will provide insights into social work and digital systems, digital profiling, and the digital twin.

“The project also aims to develop recommendations for data collaboration between those affected by digital data, with a focus on democratizing digital data. Finally, we hope that the project will help improve understanding of digital technology and resilience in society.”

With previous experience in the field, a strong team, a good advisory board, and collaboration agreements with Norddjurs and Aarhus Municipality, he is optimistic about the project’s results.

“The project has a very direct and clear purpose: to collaborate closely with those who will benefit from it – vulnerable citizens and the social authorities who help them,” Danholt concludes.

Congratulations, Peter Danholt!