Society, Politics & Law

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…

The Universities of Copenhagen, Basel, Hertfordshire and King’s College, London, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby they will work together in harmonising programmes to produce a common Masters programme…

The University of Copenhagen has met its first climate goal of reducing carbon-dioxide emissions 25%. The next sustainability targets are in sight.

Climate fiction – or simply cli-fi – is a newly coined term for novels and films which focus on the consequences of global warming. New research from University of Copenhagen shows how these fictions serve as a mental…

Danish newspapers mirror to a high degree the viewpoints of the political elite when Danish military participation in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya has been on the public agenda during the past 10 years.

Responsible research has been put firmly on the political agenda with, for instance, EU’s Horizon 2020 programme. New research from the University of Copenhagen reveals that the scientists themselves place great emphasi…

Professor Jacob Graff Nielsen has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law starting 1 April 2014.

It is far from always that international sanctions and diplomatic pressure have the intended effect. This is one of the findings in new research conducted by Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of…

People who have suffered a stroke often experience severe fatigue. But doctors find it hard to help these patients as their experiences of fatigue may not necessarily be caused by physiological problems.

In his new book, Engaging with Reality: Documentary and Globalization, Professor Ib Bondebjerg of the University of Copenhagen considers how documentary films address global challenges in far greater depth than news…

The Internet and social media provide easy and instant access to an abundance of information but do not make us better equipped to make rational decisions; on the contrary, the technology amplifies irrational social…

The new study programme in Security Risk Management at the University of Copenhagen will provide the students with the tools to analyze and act in a globalized reality with many threats from a number of things from…

Law Professor Morten Broberg has been awarded the EliteForsk research award for his work to establish 'international development law' as a field of study.