The final jubilee edition of Akademiet LIVE traces the path from Alfred Lehmann, a founder of Danish psychology who in 1886 set up one of the world's earliest experimental psychology laboratories in the basement rooms of Metropolitanskolen, to the discipline as it stands today. Lehmann's instruments made it possible to study sensation, emotion and reaction systematically, moving the subject from philosophical reflection to controlled experiment.
Science journalist Lone Frank leads a conversation with researchers Michael Bang Petersen and Dea Siggaard Stenbæk on what Lehmann's work means for psychology now, and how mental processes such as emotion, perception and attention are measured. Both draw on their own experimental research. The evening is part of Carlsbergfondet's 150th anniversary year, which highlights research the foundation has supported since 1876.
- Michael Bang Petersen, professor of political psychology at Aarhus University, who led the HOPE project on public behaviour and government messaging during the corona pandemic
- Dea Siggaard Stenbæk, associate professor at the University of Copenhagen and head of NOESIS, its clinic for psychedelic research
- Lone Frank, science journalist and moderator
