Life and Technology

Software has a Paradox. We trust it to run our institutions, fly are planes and keep sick people breathing. Yet whenever we open our laptops or unlock our phones, we are constantly reminded how little software actually works. But there is no mystery. If a company isn't forced to care about quality, it seldom does. My research is about designing a programming language to try and break this pattern; to make doing the "right thing" cheaper and easier so one day we don't have to hate technology.

Meet Henrik. He thinks climate change is real and supports stronger action. Meet Ole. He's not convinced and thinks we're overdoing it. Do you already assume more about them—their views on immigration, gender identity, whether you'd like them?
This instinct—to leap from one opinion to a whole portrait—is at the heart of modern political conflict. In this talk, I explore how such divides emerge from everyday inferences, and how far one position shapes how we approach others.

Quantum entanglement, the strange correlation once dismissed as "spooky action at a distance" by Einstein himself, connects quantum particles in deep ways across arbitrary distances. Over time, we have come to understand that when a quantum system entangles with its environment, this has the effect of "smearing out" the quantum effects, until the system looks purely classical—just as if it had been observed! This begs a question: Does randomness truly exist, or is it really all entanglement?

A sustainable energy future requires reducing greenhouse gases and balancing intermittent renewable energy production. Excess energy can be converted to hydrogen (H₂) and stored in underground reservoirs. Many reservoirs host diverse microbes, and hydrogen is an energy source for both industry and microorganisms. In the MOCHyS project, we study hydrogen‑consuming microbes and how pressure, minerals, and temperature affect their activity to assess risks and improve hydrogen storage monitoring.