Society, Politics & Law

The Carlsberg Foundation has awarded Professor Vincent F. Hendricks 1,92 million euros to establish the Centre for Information and Bubble Studies (CIBS) which is to be located at The Faculty of Humanities, University of…

Professor Rudi Westendorp has for many years endeavoured to change the way society view older people in the Netherlands. He is one of the most cited researchers into ageing in Europe and has moved to the University of…

Four of nine planetary boundaries have now been crossed as a result of human activity, says a team of 18 researchers including professor Katherine Richardson from the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate. The…

The University of Copenhagen has set out ambitious new targets for sustainability designed to make UCPH one of the world’s most sustainable universities. With “Green Campus 2020: A Strategy for Resource Efficiency and…

A new method makes it possible to clone Nordmann firs – the Danes’ Christmas tree of choice. Robust, beautiful trees can now be grown without pesticides or any other form of chemical treatment used to help regulate tree…

Helle Samuelsen continues in her position as Head of the Department of Anthropology at the Faculty of Social Sciences for a new term of 5 years.

This could reduce the number of our last remaining large free-flowing rivers by about 20 percent and pose a serious threat to freshwater biodiversity.

Multiple pathways exist to a low greenhouse gas future, all involving increased efficiency and a dramatic shift in energy supply away from fossil fuels.

Ten of the world's top universities now release the Green Guide for Universities at the international conference Making Universities Sustainable Conference that takes place in Copenhagen this week. The guide makes it…

Copenhagen Competition 2014 takes place in the University of Copenhagen’s Ceremonial Hall 20 to 21 October.

To equate active ageing strictly with health is too narrow a focus, new research from University of Copenhagen shows; the elderly can reap social and health benefits from activities that do not necessarily conform to…

Companies need to pay close attention if they want to be frontrunners in technological development: University of Copenhagen brings together experts from more than 50 countries to discuss solutions to global challenges…

This article analyzes the political origins of differences in adherence to the fiscal framework of the European Union (EU).

Universities are typically publicly acknowledged for providing two kinds of services – education and research. But universities do much more - and with a long shelf life too.

University College Capital and Metropolitan University College are joining the University of Copenhagen in a collaboration intended to promote practice-oriented research and improve study programmes.

Some 550 students, employees and their guests participated in this year’s Copenhagen Pride. The group was the largest ever to represent the University in the annual event, as well as the largest contingent participating…

edited by MSO Professor Amanda Hammar, Centre of African Studies, Copenhagen University.

Masculinity in TV cooking shows is the focus in a new PhD dissertation by Jonatan Leer.

Recently published reports uncover that there are considerable differences in EU Member States’ regulation and practice in relation to EU law.

PhD Stine Simonsen Puri's dissertation deals with gambling at the New Delhi racecourse. It provides an insight into the major illicit Indian economy, which many Indians rely more on than the legal one – but which we do…