Psychology of Digital Life Lab

Location: Copenhagen

Type: Elective Course

Term: Semester

About this course

A digitalized world calls for digitalized research methods. In this lab, students will explore and try their hand at psychological research that utilizes the methodological tools of Cyberpsychology. We will review scholarly research exploring online phenomena and special considerations for technology-based research. Students will have the opportunity to conduct original research using techniques such as:

Virtual and Augmented Reality environments (and their function for research and treatment purposes)
Web and app-based experimental methods
Cyber ethnography of online communities
Meme and trend analysis on social media
Integrating physiological measures and digital environments

Syllabus

Spring 2026

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Veronika Leonova

M.A. in Clinical Psychology (Lomonosov Moscow State University, 2011). Jungian Analytical Psychotherapy education (Moscow Association for Analytical Psychology, 2012). Worked as a clinical psychologist in various institutions and taught as an external lecturer at “The Higher School of Psychology” in Psychoanalysis and Developmental Psychology. In Denmark since 2015. I work with children, adolescents and adults, conducting individual and group therapy in private practice and as a volunteer in NEFOS. You can find out more on my website: psyhelp.dk. With DIS since 2017.

Xinyu Lai

B.Sc, Applied Psychology, Beijing Sport University, 2018 M.Sc., Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Aarhus University, 2021 PhD Cand. in Cognitive Systems, Dept. of Applied Math & Comp. Sci, Technical University of Denmark, 2022. PhD fellow, Cognitive Systems, Dept. of Applied Math & Comp. Sci, Technical University of Denmark, 2022-present. With DIS since 2025.