SANCTIONS 2022.03.07 The invasion of Ukraine: Sanctions how do they work what exactly is the purpose of economic sanctions, now that the threat of them could not prevent the war? We have asked Jens Ladefoged Mortensen, associate professor at the Department of Political Science.
SOCIAL MEDIA 2022.03.02 People spreading misinformation are ridiculed rather than met with facts People who spread misinformation on Twitter are more often met with ridicule than with fact-based arguments, new study shows.
climate 2022.02.21 290 million new city dwellers benefit China's climate balance Contrary to popular belief, China’s massive emigration from rural areas to cities has been shown to have a positive effect on China's carbon stocks. Urbanization can even play a role in attaining climate neutrality. Thi…
Crime 2022.02.16 Impatient and risk-tolerant people more often become criminals A new study published in the prestigious journal PNAS confirms the assumption that risk-tolerant, impatient and self-centered people are more likely to commit crimes than risk averse, patient and altruistic people are. …
agriculture 2022.02.16 Pharmaceutical residues in sewage sludge and cattle manure do not have the feared effect Pharmaceutical residues and chemicals from personal care products in sewage sludge and cattle manure do not have a detectable toxic effect on nematodes living in agricultural fields, according to 14-year-long experiment…
BEER 2022.02.10 Researchers make non-alcoholic beer taste like regular beer Finally, researchers have found a way to brew non-alcoholic beer that tastes just like regular beer. Even more, the method is far more sustainable than the existing brewing techniques. “It’s a game changer for…
Mathematics 2022.01.24 Researchers will enlighten us about insurance and pensions With DKK 45 million (€6M) over the next 12 years, the University of Copenhagen has landed a historically large agreement for additional research and educational programming in the insurance and pension field that will…
Grants 2022.01.05 New intervention to strengthen efforts against diabetes in Vietnam As one of four new Danida-supported projects involving researchers from the Department of Anthropology, a collaborative health anthropological project addresses diabetes among pregnant women in Vietnam.
GRANT 2022.01.05 Will infants in sync with their parents develop better social skills? In a new project funded by the Carlsberg Foundation, Psychology Professor Victoria Southgate will measure the synchrony of brain activity in parents and children while they interact.
Consumer behaviour 2022.01.05 Healthy shopping peaks in January Year after year, January is the month when we load our shopping baskets with the healthiest foods, according to new data from the University of Copenhagen. Is it because so many New Year's resolution makers are seeking…
CLIMATE CHANGE 2021.12.17 After thousands of years, an iconic whale confronts a new enemy The iconic tusked whale of the Arctic has a new enemy – noise. A unique study from the University of Copenhagen and the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources shows that narwhals are highly affected by noise from ship…
PARENTAL LEAVE 2021.12.16 The effect of earmarked parental leave must be researched The Carlsberg Foundation has granted Jakob Egholt Søgaard, assistant professor at the Department of Economics, 4.5 million DKK for a project that will expand our understanding of the interplay between gender norms and…
CAR TRAFFIC 2021.12.16 Millions for research into green transition on the roads The Independent Research Fund Denmark has allocated almost 12 million to the project GREENCAR, which will show the way to a green transformation of the car sector.
Grant 2021.11.25 Research project will crack the code behind green neighbourhood communities With support from THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS, new research anchored at the Department of Anthropology will examine how to create green neighbouring communities in housing associations.
FOOD SCIENCE 2021.11.22 We prefer farmed salmon – as long as we don't know what we're eating A blind taste test by University of Copenhagen researchers demonstrates that Danes prefer the taste of both conventionally and organically farmed smoked salmon over wild-caught salmon. However, the picture is turned…
Education 2021.11.19 Schools managed to prevent increased learning gaps during the corona crisis School closures during the corona crisis had little impact on the reading proficiency of Danish pupils, even when you factor social background into the equation, new analyses conclude.
artificial intelligence 2021.11.18 Artificial intelligence favours white men under 40 Publicly available language models of the sort used for everything from Google and Siri, to insurance and legal casework systematically favour the language of young white men. At the same time, they discriminate in…
The good life 2021.11.12 Living with chronic disease: Three questions that still need answering We still lack knowledge on how best to help patients with chronic diseases. Ayo Wahlberg, who just completed a large-scale study on the everyday lives of people living with chronic disease, calls for new initiatives.
FOOD 2021.11.09 Danes have reduced meat consumption – but we lag behind other Europeans A major new survey on meat consumption in Europe reports that Europeans have a growing appetite for plant-based foods and that meat consumption has dipped. While this applies to Denmark as well, Danes lag behind the…
INEQUALITY 2021.11.01 The gulf between rich and poor is increasing The economic inequality is decreasing on a global scale, and the gulf between rich and poor is growing fast. This is the conclusion of an international research project with Danish participation.