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Public outreach and knowledge exchange is important for the Body-Politics Project.
PI Marianne Hem Eriksen was selected an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker in 2023.
We disseminate our research through radio, podcasts and blogs:
NRK Verdibørsen, September 2025 (Marianne Hem Eriksen) Hvordan tenkte vikingene?
The Conversation, May 2025 (Marianne Hem Eriksen) Viking Pregnancy was deeply political – new study (also translated to French, Danish, Norwegian, Spanish, Portuguese, German)
BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking, December 2024 (Marianne Hem Eriksen) Beer, crisps, and the British pub
The Nordic Mythology Podcast,November 2024 (Emma Thompson): The Repton Warrior – A Viking Burial
BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking, March 2024 (Marianne Hem Eriksen): Approaches to Death
BBC Radio 3 The Essay, March 2024 (Marianne Hem Eriksen): Weird Viking Bodies
Betwixt the Sheets – a History Hit Podcast, March 2024 (Marianne Hem Eriksen): Viking Sexuality
Axess TV, September 2023 (Renate Larssen): Hur gör vikingadjur (How do Viking animals do?)
BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking, June 2023 (Marianne Hem Eriksen):
The Kitchen: Art, life, film
The River Tiger Podcast, May 2023
(Renate Larssen):
Stepping Outside the Matrix: (Re)Examining our relationship with horses
The Conversation, March 2023 (Marianne Hem Eriksen):
Is Norse god Odin older than previously thought? An expert analyses new evidence
BBC Radio 3, April 2023
(Marianne Hem Eriksen):
Introducing the 2023 New Generation Thinkers
BBC World Service, The Forum, May 2022 (Marianne Hem Eriksen):
Vikings and their quest for silver
ScienceNordic, October 2020
(Marianne Hem Eriksen)
Viking children practiced with swords and quickly grew up to become adults
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