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Internship at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva

The ERC Research Project INNER_LEAGUE at the Saxo-Institute is looking for an MA-student in history at the Saxo-Institute to apply for internships at the UN Library & Archives Geneva in the fall semester 2026.

CEBI member Amalie Sofie Jensen appointed to a government expert group on models for a new car taxation system in Denmark

The expert group is set to investigate desirable ways to redesign the car taxation system going forward to support the continued uptake of electric vehicles in Denmark.

Military build-up and defense cooperation in the Nordic region

Military buildup and defense cooperation in the Nordic region Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine as well as Finland’s and Sweden’s membership of NATO have changed the framework conditions for rearmament and defense…

New CMS report about military build-up and defense cooperation in the Nordic region

Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine as well as Finland’s and Sweden’s membership of NATO have changed the framework conditions for rearmament and defense cooperation in the Nordic region. The recent shifts in Nordic…

Professor Benedikte Brincker awarded DFF grant for Arctic project on Greenlandic youths’ views on climate change

From 2026 and over a four-year period, Professor Benedikte Brincker from Department of Sociology will lead a research project examining how Greenlandic youths experience and perceive climate change. The project has just…

Luigi Pigna

Luigi Pigna is a PhD candidate in Public, Comparative and International Law at Sapienza University of Rome.

Stefania De Angelis

Stefania is an Italian PhD student at the University of Calabria. her research project focuses on air pollution, effects and legal consequences of the responsibility of private individuals and the State for the…

NordAId secures NordForsk funding for AI in public decision-making

The project aims to develop a framework for trustworthy AI in public decision-making

A partner’s death hits harder when finances are unstable

Grief over the sudden death of a partner leads one in six surviving partners to experience such severe psychological distress that they begin taking sedatives or antidepressants. If the death also results in a noticeabl…

Call for Abstracts: XVIII Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability

The XVII Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy & Sustainability on 16 April 2026 invites students and early-career researchers to present their work and receive feedback.

Danjelle Midgley

Danjelle is an environmental lawyer and PhD researcher specialising in climate justice litigation in South Africa.

Teresa Roa Martínez

Teresa Roa Martínez is a predoctoral researcher (July 2024–present) at the Universidade de Vigo in Spain. Her doctoral research examines the liability of public administrations for harms arising from climate change.

CMS Defence Conference 2025

On Wednesday, December 3rd 2025, the Centre for Military Studies held its annual defence conference under the heading ‘Deterrence, Strategy and Danish Defence’. Key players in and around the defence and security policy…

Fermentation makes ocean greens more palatable

Seaweed has long been praised as a sustainable superfood, but its characteristic 'fishy' flavor has been a barrier for many Western consumers. Now, a new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that fermentation…

Sibling roles change when a parent dies

Eldest sons step up financially, while eldest daughters take care of their parents. A new study from the University of Copenhagen shows how Korean siblings divide the responsibility of caring for their parents through…

Most of us miss out on financial opportunities

Passivity in financial choices is not due to specific personality traits – but depends on the context. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from CEBI and Danmarks Nationalbank in a new study.

New national research centre to advance knowledge on crime and justice

The Centre for Global Criminology at the Department of Anthropology is being expanded into a new interdisciplinary and cross-faculty research hub at the University of Copenhagen – the Copenhagen Centre for Criminology…

Why protests can bring people together across political divides

How can people with diametrically opposed views suddenly stand shoulder to shoulder in protest? Researchers from Copenhagen, Oslo and Mainz have investigated this question. The starting point is the COVID protests, whic…

Plants use engineering principles to push through hard soil

An international research team led by the University of Copenhagen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the University of Nottingham has discovered how plant roots penetrate compacted soil by deploying a well-known…

DR Podcast: The Next Act in Sudan’s Civil War

In a recent podcast episode of Verden Ifølge Gram on Danish Radio, Associate Professor Stig Jensen discusses the growing conflict in Sudan.

Locking Down Civil Society: The Impact of COVID-19

Lærke Høgenhaven has published a new research paper in Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations.

We have forgotten the Bosnian War, but literature helps us remember

The Bosnian War (1992–1995), which claimed over 100,000 lives and displaced many more, is largely forgotten today. But powerful literature can evoke strong memories of the war—even among readers who have no personal…

Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard gets gold medal for her thesis

SODAS PhD student Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard was awarded a KU gold medal for her master’s thesis. She completed her MSc in Social Data Science in January 2024. We talk to Sofie about the research behind her thesis.

When the face becomes a mystery: New study challenges understanding of face blindness

A new PhD thesis provides a rare insight into living with face blindness – and how research can improve diagnosis and understanding.