Society, Politics & Law

PSYCHIATRY

2016.10.06

Get Psychiatric Help via Your Smartphone

New research into digital treatment has led to the development of an app for treating people suffering from depression or bipolar disorder, preventing readmission to hospital. The Copenhagen Center for Health Technology…

food fraud

2016.10.05

Food scientists: We can detect much more food fraud

Researchers from the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of Copenhagen point out that “non-targeted” methods of analysis can reveal far more food fraud than we are currently detecting. The analytical…

Grant

2016.10.04

A million USD for intestinal flora research that could potentially prevent obesity

The Department of Food Science (FOOD) at University of Copenhagen has received 6.3 million Danish kroner (app 1 million USD) from the Danish Council for Independent Research to study whether you can prevent obesity by…

Top-class

2016.09.29

The Carlsberg Foundation's Research Prize 2016 goes to two UCPH researchers

UCPH professors in mathematics and in International Development Law received the Carlsberg Foundation's Research Prize 2016.

Genetic diversity

2016.09.29

Animals in human altered areas have higher risk of extinction

Human activity has already transformed the surface of the Earth. A just published Science paper shows that it also seems to reduce genetic diversity within animals - putting them at higher risk of extinction. The…

Cholesterol

2016.09.08

Danish researchers establish link between gene and ‘good cholesterol’

Danish researchers are the first in the world to have finally established a link between the GALNT2 gene and the level of HDL cholesterol – otherwise known as ‘good cholesterol’. This paves the way for continued researc…

Innovation

2016.06.09

Novozymes rewards students for environmentally friendly ideas

A small gadget that can protect us against food poisoning and reduce food waste. Organic dyes which bond properly to the fabrics during manufacture, rather than being flushed out with the waste water and contaminating…

Food Award

2016.05.27

Head chef of Nordic Food Lab wins Sardinian Prize

Roberto Flore, head chef of Nordic Food Lab at University of Copenhagen, won the Sardinian award “Manos in Pasta” for sending a message about true Sardinian gastronomic heritage to the rest of the world.

EMPLOYMENT

2016.05.04

New, dynamic and visible Head of the Department of Political Science

Starting on 1 September 2016 professor Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen will be taking over from Lars Bo Kaspersen and assume the position as Head of the Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Success

2016.04.18

Arla Foods and University of Copenhagen consolidate ambitious collaboration agreement

Today, Arla Foods and University of Copenhagen celebrate the renewal of a strategic framework agreement signed in 2011. The agreement consolidates a very strong relation and research collaboration within dairy process…

SOCIAL MEDIA

2016.04.14

The Faculty of Social Sciences is investing heavily in social big data

The Faculty of Social Sciences is opening a new research centre for social big data: Copenhagen Centre for Social Data Science (SODAS).

GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH

2016.03.30

For the first time scientists can observe the nano structure of food in 3D

Scientists from the University of Copenhagen and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland have, for the first time, created a 3D image of food on the nanometer scale. The method the scientists used is called…

climate change

2016.03.03

Professors in The Lancet: We need an analysis of the consequences of climate change beyond 2050

What if there is good reason to believe the greatest risks of climate change lie beyond 2050? This question is asked in a comment in the medical journal The Lancet by Professor Alistair Woodward, Head of Epidemiology an…

chemistry research

2016.03.01

Greener chemistry through renewable energy

A group of researchers, headed by chemists based at the University of Copenhagen, plan to use green energy to help make chemical production greener, safer and more decentralised.

Life on Earth

2016.02.15

Oxygen was present in the atmosphere much earlier than previously assumed

Reconstructing the emergence and evolution of life on our planet is tightly linked to the questions as to when and to what extent Earth’s atmosphere became oxygenated.

Big Data, DABAI

2016.02.11

New research centre DABAI will create innovation through Big Data

In a large alliance with Danish universities, public and private organisations, the Computer Science Department at University of Copenhagen has engaged in a new data research centre, DABAI, which will provide research…

Nature

2016.02.09

Experts urge extreme caution on “rewilding” to save wild places

Efforts to “rewild” the landscape have become increasingly popular, but a new paper led by the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate states that the scientific evidence supporting the potential benefits of this…

SAVINGS

2016.02.04

Massive layoffs to hit research and education

The University of Copenhagen is cutting deep into its staff in response to the Danish government's cutbacks. Even though a great deal of the savings are aimed at administration and service, they will affect the quality…

Language

2016.01.18

Slashing small programme offering

A series of study programmes at the University of Copenhagen is about to halt the intake of new students in 2016. Some of the programmes are facing closure because of the government's cost savings.

APPOINTMENT

2016.01.15

Rebecca Adler-Nissen new member of European foreign policy think tank

Associate Professor Rebecca Adler-Nissen, Department of Political Science, has been appointed a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).