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Our values and culture

At BCE we have grown explosively over a very short time, and we have attracted many new researchers from all over the world. We are building something new together, and we drag no old research traditions with us. This enables us to work agilely across disciplines, to pursue good ideas and to build an academic organisation that rewards collaboration, curiosity and intellectual creativity.

Our values statement

We strive to make our department a welcoming place where people from a diverse range of backgrounds can grow and thrive – and where we all feel that we belong.

We have a strong management focus on fostering and growing talent, and we want to develop a modern university environment that attracts the very best researchers and allows our staff to excel at all stages of their career.

We value a healthy work culture that makes it possible to grow as a human being and as a researcher, teacher, student or member of administrative staff.

Drawing strength from the rest of Aarhus University, we believe in learning from each other, and we blur the boundaries between disciplines as we seek to solve problems in close collaboration with industry.

We accept the risk of failing as we embrace unconventional ideas, creative irreverence and play. This is the clearest characteristic of our culture and it permeates our way of conducting both education and research.