Media Coverage

Media Coverage 2026

Electronic media:

Brainstorm by Videnskab.dk, podcast, “Can artificial intelligence alleviate or worsen your grief?”, Laura Skov Illum (12.03.2026)
Brainstorm by Videnskab.dk, podcast, “Sick with Grief: When Does Loss Become a Disorder?”, Maja O'Connor (19.03.2026)
Brainstorm by Videnskab.dk, podcast, “What is Grief?”, Allan Køster (26.03.2026)

Note that the media coverage primarily is in Danish

Press:

Fagbladet P, review of treatment effectiveness, “Psychotherapy for complicated grief reactions – three therapeutic approaches”, Maja O'Connor (17.11.2025)
Videnskab.dk, article, “When the dead respond: Grief robots will change the way we mourn”, Laura Skov Illum (03.10.2025)
Fagbladet P, review of screening tools for PGD, “Prolonged Grief Disorder – the new diagnosis”, Maja O'Connor (01.09.2025)
Helse, interview, “New grassroots movement aims to challenge our discomfort with death and grief”, Maja O'Connor (08.2025)

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Note that the media coverage primarily is in Danish

Press:

Kristeligt Dagblad, interview, Stories about grief receive thousands of views on social media: Young people are looking for someone they can lean on, Maja O'Connor (27.12.2024)
Kristeligt Dagblad, interview, Three years after her father’s death, Signe was told to move on: I have been so angry with those who do not understand grief, Maja O'Connor (14.8.2024)
Kristeligt Dagblad, interview, When does it get better when you are grieving? A new study tries to answer, Maja O'Connor (1.8.2024)

Electronic media:

Hjernekassen på P1 (1 hour national public service radio program), interview, Grief, Maja O'Connor (24.12.2024)
TV Midtvest, interview, Married couple said goodbye to life together, Maja O'Connor (15.2.2024)

Note that the media coverage primarily is in Danish

The Press:

Kristeligt Dagblad, interview, Loss of friends does not lead to loneliness among the elderly, Katrine B. Komischke-Konnerup (December 14, 2023)
Akademikerbladet, interview, Anja's husband died, but she had to go back to work, Maja O'Connor (October 4, 2023)
Omnibus University Newspaper, interview, Some students and employees have a history with AU´s new campus - and it's a sad one, Maja O'Connor (June 22, 2023)
Berlingske, interview, Grief is like the North Sea. It comes in waves - often when we least expect it, Maja O'Connor (April 16, 2023)
Ældresagen Members' Magazine, interview, When out Parents die, Maja O'Connor (April 2023)

Electronic Media:

Gloria Media House (Podcast), interview, Can grief make you sick?, Maja O'Connor (24.11.2023)
Radio 4, interview, Should we revive our deceased using artificial intelligence? (45 minutes into the program), Katrine B. Komischke-Konnerup (14.11.2023)
Radio 4, interview, Gone, but never forgotten: Life with grief, Maja O'Connor (16.10.2023)

Note that the media coverage primarily is in Danish

The Press:

Psykologisk.no, interview, Should we introduce grief-leave in Norway?, Maja O´Connor (September 7, 2022)
Omnibus University Newspaper, interview, Research Day at Aarhus University: Heavy research served in bite-sized pieces, Christina Buur Steffensen (April 4, 2022)

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Note that the media coverage primarily is in Danish

The Press:

Kristeligt Dagblad, Interview, New grief diagnosis becomes a battleground, Maja O'Connor (December 9, 2021)
Kristeligt Dagblad, Interview, Grief researcher: Friends struggle to handle suggering, Maja O'Connor (August 28, 2021)

Electronic media:

TV2 News, interviw about the implementation of the new diagnosis, Prolonged Grief Disorder, in ICD11, Maja O'Connor (December 30, 2021)
DR P1, interview, Maja O'Connor (December 20, 2021)
DR P4, interview about grief in young adults, Maja O'Connor (December 21, 2021)
TV MidtVest, interview about modern grieving rituals, Maja O'Connor (June 2021)

Note that the media coverage primarily is in Danish

The Press:

Fag og Forskning, interview, Grief as a condition of life, Maja O'Connor (November 3, 2020)
Fag og Forskning, interview, Grief comes in waves, Maja O'Connor (November 3, 2020)
Fag og Forskning, interview, The elderly are particularly vulnerable, but...., Maja O'Connor (November 3, 2020)
Fag og Forskning, interview, You are the most important tool, Maja O'Connor (November 3, 2020)
Fag og Forskning, interview, When grief requires treatment, Maja O'Connor (November 3, 2020)
Weekendavisen, interview, The dilemma of grief, Maja O'Connor (February 13, 2020)

Electronic Media:

TvMidtvest, interview, Lecturer from Thisted wants to find helt for those who can't move on from grief, Maja O'Connor (August 10, 2020)
RADIO4, interview on scientific arguments for and against grief-leave for bereaved, Maja O'Connor (January 16, 2020)
DR Nyhederne, Interview about grief-leave, Maja O'Connor (January 15, 2020)

Note that the media coverage primarily is in Danish