Society, Politics & Law

Grant

2019.09.03

Researchers to map the social mobility of siblings

The European Research Council has awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant worth DKK 11 million, to sociologist Kristian Karlson for an ambitious research project designed to identify areas in which there is the…

Grant

2019.09.02

Major grant strengthens leading Danish position in protein research

Since its inauguration in 2009, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research has placed Danish biomedical research firmly onto the world map by creating a highly successful international beacon of leading…

CONSUSSION

2019.07.09

A concussion can cost your job - especially for the young and well educated

According to a large new study a seemingly harmless concussion can cause the loss of a job - especially for patients who are in their thirties and for those with a higher education.

CLIMATE

2019.06.25

Climate change is already affecting food production worldwide

Research from the University of Copenhagen shows that crops around the world are already affected by climate change. This means a decrease in yield in almost half of the countries where food production is already…

Scholars at risk

2019.05.09

Rector supports imprisoned researcher and human rights activist

The Rector of the University of Copenhagen supports the Saudi Arabian historian and human rights activist Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi in a letter to the King of Saudi Arabia.

GMO

2019.04.24

Risk and unnaturalness cannot justify EU’s strict policy on GMO

The EU’s policy on GMO is extremely strict and prevents new GMO crops from being authorized. The policy is based on arguments about the risk and unnaturalness of GMO plants – but these arguments cannot justify the…

VIRTUAL REALITY

2019.01.08

In VR boys learn best when the teacher is a drone - girls learn better from virtual Marie

The teacher is just as important in a virtual learning environment as in a normal classroom, but a new study shows that boys and girls differ greatly in terms of how they learn best.

RESEARCH

2019.01.07

Danish economics behind one of 2018s major research results

Your lifestyle is formed to a great extent by the health and disease among your relatives, and this is important knowledge in the economic research, states the English-speaking business-news media Quartz.

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…