Society, Politics & Law

MOBILITY

2020.11.19

Researchers put human mobility into new formula

Researchers at DTU and the University of Copenhagen have developed a model that provides new knowledge about how we move around in our everyday life and bridges a gap in the scientific understanding of mobility.

IMPACT

2020.11.18

Behavioural research impacted corona-stricken Rome

Two researchers from the Department of Economics have received a letter of thanks from the Mayor of Rome for their effort saving human lives.

artificial intelligence

2020.11.03

Students develop tool to predict the carbon footprint of algorithms

Within the scientific community, it is estimated that artificial intelligence — otherwise meant to serve as a means to effectively combat climate change — will become one of the most egregious CO2 culprits should curren…

New Prorector

2020.09.30

Professor of social data is appointed Prorector

Professor David Dreyer Lassen will take up a new position as Prorector at the University of Copenhagen on 1 January 2021. He will be in charge of research, innovation and overall relations with foundations and…

Study

2020.06.25

The Covid-19 lockdown caused young people to strengthen close relationships

Young students have not only learned to live with the lockdown during the corona epidemic. A new study shows that they have strengthened close relationships and found new, creative ways to be together online.

CORONA CRISIS

2020.06.15

New research reveals what made Danes stay home, and what didn't

In a new study at the Department of Economics, researchers have shown how recommendations to maintain social distancing affect our behaviour.

New study

2020.05.28

Three out of four international students have experienced anxiety during the corona crisis

Many international students at the University of Copenhagen have struggled with isolation, loneliness and anxiety during lockdown in Denmark, a new study shows.

NEW FUNDING GRANTS

2020.05.19

DKK 10.5 million for three new research ideas

The Independent Research Fund Denmark supports three new research projects at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

economy

2020.05.18

Ambitious EU climate efforts could increase greenhouse gas emissions in the rest of the world

The more the EU economy succeeds in dialing down greenhouse gas emissions, the more the rest of the world will turn them up – unless a similar level of green ambitions is shared by others. Up to 61.5% of the saved EU…

agriculture

2020.04.28

Crops sown in a uniform spatial pattern produce higher yields and reduce environmental impact

Higher yields and fewer weeds are possible if farmers sow wheat, maize, soy and other crops in more uniform spatial patterns, according to University of Copenhagen researchers. More precise sowing can also help reduce…

corona virus

2020.04.02

Artificial intelligence to predict corona-patients' risk of needing ventilators

Experts at the University of Copenhagen have begun using artificial intelligence to create computer models that calculate the risk of a corona patient’s needing intensive care or a ventilator. The new initiative is bein…

economy

2020.03.27

Expert: Coronavirus pandemic will not trigger a food crisis

The coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to provoke a food crisis according to a food economics expert at the University of Copenhagen. Food supply and demand have hardly changed. And globally, food stockpiles are topped up…

Paracetamol

2020.03.25

Health researchers find solution to life-threatening side effect

Through studies of rats, researchers from the University of Copenhagen may have found the reason behind of a large drop in blood pressure in patients receiving intravenous pain medication.

COVID-19 FUNDING

2020.03.19

UCPH researchers to be part of team studying our social behavior during the Covid-19 epidemic

As a direct result of the spread of the Corona virus and the acute health crisis in Denmark and the rest of the world, the Carlsberg Foundation grants DKK 25 million to a new Semper Ardens project to investigate behavio…

FACE BLINDNESS

2020.02.19

Scientists pinpoint brain coordinates for face blindness

Danish and Norwegian researchers have moved one step closer to understanding where face blindness stems from in the brain.

ERC grant

2019.12.10

New research project will tell the entangled history of the Lesser Antilles

In history books, the islands of the eastern Caribbean, the Lesser Antilles, are described as small isolated societies controlled by European colonial powers. But the many small islands were in fact deeply dependent on…

RESEARCH FUNDING

2019.12.10

Mapping the digital impact of interest groups on politicians and the public

Professor of Political Science Anne Rasmussen is set to receive a DKK 15 million ERC Consolidator Grant to study how interest groups’ use of digital forms of communication (e.g. tweets, YouTube videos, Facebook posts an…

activism

2019.10.04

Chinese activists protest the use of traditional treatments - they want medical science

In China, traditional Chinese medicine has the same status in the health system as modern medical science. This has led thousands of science activists to protest that the state neglects its duty to treat its citizens…

Children

2019.09.13

Children of Refugees with PTSD are at Higher Risk of Developing Psychiatric Disorders

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied what it means for children to have parents who are refugees and have PTSD. The study shows that these children have a significantly higher risk of contact with…

Early aging

2019.09.05

Repeated Periods of Poverty Accelerate the Ageing Process

People who have found themselves below the relative poverty threshold four or more times in their adult life age significantly earlier than others. This is shown in new research from the Department of Health and Medical…