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Marie-Elisabeth Lei Pihl, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen

How studying friendship has changed the way I understand my own loneliness

A few years ago, I had just moved into a house.

As relatively recent graduates, my husband and I had struggled with the banks to secure a mortgage – and worse still, I had a humanities background that didn’t exactly guarantee employment.

But after approaching several banks, we managed to persuade a kind loan officer to say yes. Suddenly, we found ourselves settled in the suburbs, with 190 square meters, two children and a garden trampoline.

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