News about Anthropology

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

Measuring MAN (incorporating JRAI): Computational anthropological analysis and quantitative speculation

Associate Professor Kristoffer Albris and Professor Morten Axel Pedersen have contributed to this paper published in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI).

CGC-Researchers Henrik Vigh and David Sausdal publish new article on Para-crime

Henrik Vigh and David Sausdal explore how contemporary crime operates in grey zone, para-criminal modes.

Atreyee Sen is awarded the MSc in Global Development Teaching Prize

Congratulations to Professor Atreyee Sen for receiving the MSc in Global Development Teaching Prize for 2024/2025.

Golden Indonesia 2045: Neoliberal Development Policies and Environmental Journalism

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler has published the article ‘Golden Indonesia 2045: Neoliberal Development Policies and Environmental Journalism’ in Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs.

Anja Simonsen admitted to the Young Academy

Associate Professor Anja Simonsen has been admitted to the Young Academy under the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

CGC Researcher Anja Simonsen Accepted into The Young Academy (DUA)

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen is among the nine new researchers who have been accepted into The Young Academy (DUA). She will begin her DUA activities in September 2025 and continue for the next five years, until 2030.…

New paper: "BROAD DATA: Ethnographic methods in the age of interdisciplinary collaboration"

On the 17th of June the DISTRACT researchers Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard, Emilie Munch Gregersen, Clara Rosa Sandbye and Morten Axel Pedersen published a new paper entitled “BROAD DATA: Ethnographic methods in the age of…

Julie Nygaard Solvang shares insights on green criminology in panel discussion

CGC researcher and PhD fellow Julie Nygaard Solvang recently participated as a panelist in a debate on anthropological perspectives on waste at Moesgård Campus.