Society, Politics & Law

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Cloned Christmas trees can help reduce pesticide use

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…

New Head of Department at the Department of Anthropology

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.

Global boom in hydropower expected this decade

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.

New policymaking tool for shift to renewable energy

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

Top universities create green guide for universities

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…

Negotiable sustainability

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

Active ageing is much more than exercise

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…

Sustainable trends give businesses new opportunities

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…

David Dreyer Lassen publishes paper in British Journal of Political Science

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

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Universities do more

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.

New research cooperation to improve public health

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.

550 students and staff from 'Diversity' of Copenhagen help set Pride record

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…

Crisis and displacement create new economic dynamics

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

PhD thesis on masculinity in TV cooking shows

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

Reports uncover the tender spot in relation to EU citizens' rights

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

At New Delhi's racecourse races are rigged

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…

internationalisation

International collaboration in medicines regulatory affairs

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…

Deep green cuts reduce University energy consumption 20%

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

Fiction prepares us for a world changed by global warming

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…

Media and politics

Newspapers follow suit when Danish politicians go to war

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.