News about Anthropology

Hanne Overgaard Mogensen appointed Professor of Social Anthropology

From 1 August this year, Hanne Overgaard Mogensen has been appointed professor at the Department of Anthropology.

Two tenure-track assistant professors appointed to the Department of Anthropology

Since 1 July and 1 August, the department has been enriched by the appointment of no fewer than two tenure-track assistant professors.

Caring Surveillance: Ambiguities of fieldwork in a criminal landscape in Eastern Romania

Assistant Professor Trine Mygind Korsby has published an article in The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology.

The Hall of Mirrors: Spying, Surveillance and Ethnographic Method

Assistant Professor Trine Mygind Korsby and Associate Professor Matthew Carey have co-edited a special issue in The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology.

When the green transition hits the backyard: New research project to strengthen democratic ownership

We broadly support the green transition. But when it changes our landscape, our daily lives, or our local communities, difficult dilemmas arise. It is this tension that a new research project from the Department of…

Narrowing Horizons: Contingencies, coping practices and conflict handling among South Sudanese refugees after aid cuts

A new report from the PARTOCA team at the Danish Refugee Council, in collaboration with the Department of Anthropology, has been published.

Solidarity at a distance: Denmark’s migration-development nexus in policy and practice

Associate Professor Anja Simonsen has, together with Jesper Bjarnesen and Frowin Rausis published the chapter “Solidarity at a distance: Denmark’s migration-development nexus in policy and practice.

Sociology and anthropology to be merged into a single department

The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences has decided to initiate a process to merge the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Sociology into a single department by mid‑2027 at the latest.

A shifting narrative: Perspectives on human trafficking, crisis, and time among minors who are victims of human trafficking

Assistant Professor Trine Mygind Korsby has published the article ‘A shifting narrative: Perspectives on human trafficking, crisis, and time among minors who are victims of human trafficking’

Young people fear drugging in nightlife – but almost never report it

Young people – especially women – increasingly fear being drugged, and the phenomenon is more widespread and complex than previously assumed. This is shown in a new report from the Criminological Observatory at the…

Tongue Kissing a Dog Turd

AnthroStory by Asmus Rungby.

The dark side of globalization

CGC/CCC researcher Henrik Vigh will take part in the conversation series “Verden forsøgt forklaret” on January 8, 2026 focusing on crime, paramilitary groups, and militias, also known as the dark side of globalization.

Sex Work and Human Trafficking

Colloquium talk at City University of New York by Trine Mygind Korsby.

Karen Waltorp and Stine Krøijer appointed professors at the Department of Anthropology

As of November 2025, Karen Waltorp and Stine Krøijer both hold titles of professors following UCPH’s Professor Promotion Programme and an international assessment.

Youths, Media and Performance: How Young People Remember Violent Pasts

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler and Research Fellow at Leipzig University Sina Emde have edited a Special Issue of Anthropological Forum titled Youths, Media and Performance: How Young People Remember Violent Pasts…

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen about migrant deaths in the Mediterranean

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen has written an article in Information about migrant deaths in the Mediterranean and their consequences. The article highlights what it means to lose someone and being left behind in…

Trine Mygind Korsby publishes article on young offenders in restorative justice programmes

CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby has, together with Clara Rosa Sandbye, published the article “Gameful Relating: How young offenders gain agency in criminal rehabilitation and restorative justice” in The British…

Gameful Relating: How young offenders gain agency in criminal rehabilitation and restorative justice

Assistant Professor Trine Mygind Korsby has, together with Clara Rosa Sandbye, published the article ‘Gameful Relating: How young offenders gain agency in criminal rehabilitation and restorative justice’ in The British…

Encyclopedia of maladies in academic anthropology: diagnosis for a sick working environment

AnthroStory by Mette My Madsen

Morten Axel Pedersen in the news commenting on the phenomenon “rawdogging”

Morten Axel Pedersen was interviewed for an article on DR where he commented on the new phenomenon “rawdogging.” Excerpts from the article (in Danish): - Det udtrykker noget ret specifikt om tiden, vi lever i. Alting e…

CGC researchers contribute to new issue of Tidsskriftet Antropologi

Several researchers from the Center for Global Criminology contribute to the latest issue of Tidsskriftet Antropologi, titled “Kriser I” (ed: Crises I) – the first of two special issues on crises.

Stored for 130 years: Bottles reveal evidence of Danish butter production and hygiene practices of the past

Two forgotten bottles in a basement in Frederiksberg containing bacterial cultures from the 1890s have provided researchers at the University of Copenhagen with unique insight into Denmark's butter production history.…

Resonant Ethnography: Understanding the World Through Writing

New Book by Helle Bundgaard and Anne Line Dalsgård

Opposition by Imitation: The Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia Activism

New book by Assistant Professor Christina Jerne