Kristoffer Bayer is a Danish philosopher and historian of ideas, currently a PhD student at Aarhus University researching the intellectual history of Danish 'folkelighed' (popular culture and national identity). He co-authored the book *Folket* (Problema, 2023) with Silas L. Marker, and since 2024 has served as editor of the journal Baggrund and co-host of the podcast *Nutiden forstået baglæns*, produced by ATLAS Magasin and Baggrund with support from the Carlsberg Foundation.
Bayer and Granov released a new episode of *Nutiden forstået baglæns* about the intellectual history of the life reform movement and its connections to self-optimization and tech oligarchs.
The podcast *Nutiden forstået baglæns* released an episode about education and the public school with adjunct Frederik Boris Hylstrup Olsen as guest.
ATLAS Magasin launched the podcast *Nutiden forstået baglæns* with Kristoffer Bayer and Kristoffer Granov as hosts; the first episode dealt with the intellectual history of the municipality.
Kristoffer Bayer began as a ph.d. student (4+4) at the Department of Philosophy and Intellectual History at Aarhus University with the project 'The Intellectual History of Danish Folkishness'.
Bayer took up a position as editor at the intellectual history journal Baggrund.
