TRANSITION at Folkemødet 2026

TRANSITION Panel with Pia Quist, Malene Monka, Torben Jelsbak, and Mikkel Thelle.

TRANSITION will take part in this year’s Folkemødet with a panel exploring how shared experiences, language, and everyday life shape a Denmark in transition.

The panel brings together Director of Centre Pia Quist and Lead Investigators Malene Monka, Torben Jelsbak, and Mikkel Thelle, and will be moderated by journalist Adrian Lloyd Hughes.

Drawing on research into rural–urban transitions, the conversation will move between past and present: from diaries, letters, and dialects to contemporary ways of speaking, living, and belonging. It opens questions about how connections are formed across different lives and places, and how experiences of change continue to shape how we understand ourselves and each other.

More details about the panel will follow.