Society, Politics & Law

EQUAL PAY

2018.12.06

Wage transparency works

New research shows that wage transparancy reduces gender pay gap by 7%.

LIFE EXPECTANCY

2018.10.30

Rich people don't live that much longer than the poor

New research results challenge previous findings of huge differences in life expectancy between the rich and those at the bottom of the income scale.

D-FACTOR

2018.09.26

Psychologists define 'the dark core of personality'

As results from a recently published German-Danish research project show, traits as egoism, machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadisme share a common ‘dark core’. So, if you have one of these tendencies, you…

science communication

2018.09.24

Doubts and dialogue may alter public perceptions of science

Science projects within controversial fields such as synthetic biology could benefit from experimenting with communication settings in which experts share their thoughts and feelings with each other and the public. This…

Grant

2018.08.21

11 million DKK for exploring expansions of fishers outwards from the South China Sea

Edyta Roszko, Ph.D., has received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council for an innovative anthropological research project exploring transoceanic networks connecting Chinese, Vietnamese, African and…

Global warming

2018.08.06

Planet at risk of heading towards irreversible “Hothouse Earth” state

Keeping global warming to within 1.5-2°C may be more difficult than previously assessed. An international team of scientists, with the participation of Center from Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of…

Fertility

2018.04.13

China needs babies

Anthropological study shows a Chinese fertility industry on the rise.

CONTROVERSIAL VISIT

2018.01.24

World looks on as Puigdemont visits the University of Copenhagen

Hundreds of thousands of TV viewers and Facebook users tuned in to see Carles Puigdemont, leader of the Catalan independence movement, visit the University of Copenhagen on 22 January.

wildlife trade

2017.11.22

EU trade ban brings down global trade in wild birds by 90 %

Trade of wild birds has dropped about 90% globally since the EU banned bird imports in 2005. A study published today in the recognized scientific journal Science Advances demonstrates how the EU’s ban decreased the…

2017.11.13

Yonsei-UCPH workshop in Seoul

The second Yonsei-UCPH workshop was held in Seoul on 1-2 November 2017. Pro-rector Thomas Bjørnholm led a delegation of 13 scholars from UCPH working on social welfare, the Arctic, smart cities and plant science.

Birthday interview

2017.08.24

From ”cook and look” to mechanistic food science

Professor of Food Chemistry Leif Skibsted from the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen will turn 70 on 28 August 2017, and to mark the occasion he has a big wish: More stable resources for…

PTSD

2017.07.17

The Breivik terrorist attacks in Norway led to mental illness in Denmark

The number of Danes diagnosed with trauma- and stressor-related disorders (including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)) increased substantially following the terrorist attacks carried out by Anders Breivik in Norway…

Good advice

2017.03.20

Universities want to help companies benefit from materials research of the future

How might Danish firms large and small make use of the world’s most powerful neutron and X-ray microscopes for product development? Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and the Technical…

WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH

2017.02.23

Professor Mikael Rask Madsen receives Elite Research Prize for ground-breaking research into international law

Law professor Mikael Rask Madsen receives the Elite Research Prize for his ground-breaking research into international courts and the globalisation of law.

FACEBOOK

2016.12.23

Facebook makes you #unhappy and #lonely

A study from the Department of Sociology shows that the constant streem of friends' happy status updates at Facebook make us less satisfied with our own life.

FOOD-Health

2016.11.11

New interdisciplinary research group at FOOD sees food science as a path to better health

In recent years, the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of Copenhagen has had an increased research focus on how food affects human health. This focus cuts across department disciplines, so FOOD has…

FOOD-Health

2016.11.11

Food scientists hunting for biological “blood trail” left by muscles

Already at the age of 50, we begin to lose muscle mass (called sarcopenia), which increases our risk for diseases, resulting in a loss of quality of life and costing society dearly. But if we easily can screen all older…

FOOD-Health

2016.11.11

Food research prevents illness in infants

Associate Professor Dereck Chatterton at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen has spent more than 15 years carrying out research in order to improve infant formula for children who cannot be…

EU FISCAL POLICY

2016.10.20

Danish 'father of the euro' to head new eu fiscal body

The European Commission has appointed Professor Niels Thygesen of the University of Copenhagen to chair the European Fiscal Board, a brand new body set up to advise the Commission on fiscal matters.

Sclerosis

2016.10.12

New project to find correlations between diet and health in people suffering from sclerosis

Cut down on meat, leave out all dairy products and eat lost of leguminous fruit. Advice is plentiful when it comes to a sclerosis friendly diet, but in actual fact, not much is known about the subject. However, this is…