Tech4Civ

Tech4Civ is a special section at DTU Compute. Our strategy takes its point of departure in the overall mission of DTU to develop and create value for society, using technical and natural sciences.

Tech4Civ team January 2024
Tech4Civ (Technology for Civilisation) is DTU Compute's strategy for ensuring open, inclusive, and democratic organisations and societies by empowering professionals, citizens, legislators, public and private leaders, and employees to understand and engage in the digital transformation and its impact on society.

Tech4Civ makes research on digital transformation, sustainability, and innovation in public and private organisations accessible and tangible by bringing it closer to practice through co-creation, partnerships, and experimentation. It transfers this knowledge to public and private organisations, inspiring them to take action and empowering leaders and employees to participate in the digital transformation.

Founded by PhD student and Head of Section Anja Mie Weile and Professor and Head of Department Jan Madsen, the Tech4Civ strategy is based on anti-disciplinary pioneering research.

Head of Section

Anja Mie Weile

Anja Mie Weile Head of Section

Research and Living Lab

The Tech4Civ section consists of a multidisciplinary team of both researchers and facilitators. Through various projects and competence development programmes in close collaboration with our partners, Tech4Civ develops, tests, and disseminates novel methodologies and theories, bringing the newest knowledge within digital transformation and democratisation of technology into play in the public and private sectors. This is a unique constellation in academia. As part of the projects and competence development programmes, research-based tools are created, such as country-specific technology and sustainable board games, personal and organisational development strategies, and projects within their own organisations.

Lead researchers

Anja Mie Weile Head of Section

Tanja Vilhof Programme Director

The Anti-Helix Theory

Tech4Civ is based on the Anti-Helix Theory founded by Anja Mie Weile and Jan Madsen:

We, as civilians, are increasingly experiencing huge changes in our society, our climate, and the way humans interact with technology. On these grounds, Tech4Civ is founded. It aims to broaden how DTU Compute can help enable the democratisation of technologies, empowering citizens to actively take part in shaping the transformation of our society. Based on the Anti-Helix Theory, Tech4Civ drives the development of a digital mindset, ensuring that contemporary laws and new tech solutions and services are co-created through open and inclusive dialogues within technology, sustainability, and ethics. With the Anti-Helix Theory, Tech4Civ invites all sectors to be part of fostering new ecosystems, where solutions to future problems are multi-stakeholder endeavours.

Research sections

Lead Researcher

Anja Mie Weile Head of Section

Staff