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New article by Johannes Riber in the Norwegian Naval Journal

Johannes Riber, lieutenant commander and postdoc/researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, has published the article "Er den fleksible flåde stadig en succes for Danmark?" (Is the flexible fleet still a success for…

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

The Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance (CLIMA) is organizing the XIX edition of the Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability.

New PhD course on (Dis)ordering Worlds: Histories of (anti)modernity & disorder

We are thrilled to be offering a PhD course in Global Humanities this year. PhD Students in Denmark and abroad are invited to participate in a four-day course which connects geopolitical ordering attempts over the last…

‘Voluntary’ solitary confinement makes prisoners in Danish prisons ill

Eight per cent of prisoners in Danish prisons choose so‑called voluntary solitary confinement to avoid violence from other inmates. However, this ‘voluntary’ isolation is unregulated, and many vulnerable prisoners…

CEBI PhD student Malthe Hauschildt Veje has been awarded a Fulbright Grant

Malthe will spend a full year at Princeton University hosted by professor Henrik Kleven.

Haris Huremagić

Haris Huremagić is a Researcher within the DFG-funded research project “Peacekeeping in the Anthropocene: Changing Law for a Changing Climate (PeaceCLaCC)” and PhD Candidate in International Law.

When research ends up in a drawer, welfare pays the price

A new partnership between the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and the Social Investment Fund aims to bring research closer to the realities of municipalities and develop new solutions to the…

Digital platform significantly reduces distress among children of divorce

A digital solution developed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen improves the mental health of children and young people after their parents’ divorce, according to a new study. The platform also reduces famil…

Miriam Wüst will give keynote Lecture at the EDUCA Mini-Conference

The lecture is entitled "Early Interventions and Life-Course Outcomes – The Nordics as a Policy Laboratory"

Alternative SoMe algorithms can help users form more accurate and less polarized beliefs

The algorithms that most social media platforms like Facebook, X, and TikTok use today might be contributing to political conflict and polarization. But a new study from the University of Copenhagen suggests that simple…

What Volunteers Do: Toward a Task-Centered Framework for Recognizing Informal Volunteering

New publication by Lærke Høgenhaven

Natálie Polanská

Natálie Polanská is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic.

Sophie Dukarm

Sophie Dukarm is a PhD student and a research and teaching assistant at the Institute of European Law at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland).

New CMS Report on the implications of climate change for Danish defence policy

The report examines, how climate change will affect the Danish Armed Forces' establishments and analyses the need for climate adaptation in Danish defence policy, both locally, nationally and through international…

Quantum Technology Governance: Law & Regulation

Quantum Technology Governance: Law and Regulation – Volume I offers an interdisciplinary analysis of emerging quantum technologies and their intersection with existing legal and regulatory frameworks, from intellectual…

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen on Podcast: Discussing how Denmark both deters and attracts immigration

On the podcast Højtryk, Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansens speaks about Danish immigration politics.

Artificial intelligence may accelerate the path to radicalisation

AI algorithms and psychological vulnerabilities can interact and increase the risk of violent extremism. This is demonstrated by a new theoretical model developed by an international team of researchers.

Four new student assistants at MOBILE

Birgit Helena Dahl Hansen, Lea Elaine Wüthrich, Oscar James Warr & Oliver Ösmark have joined MOBILE as Student Assistants on the 4th of May 2026.

MOBILE Associate Professor Urška Šadl awarded funding for eFree project

Associate Professor at MOBILE, Urška Šadl, has been awarded funding by the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

New investment to democratise access to genomics technology

Up to DKK 95 million in funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation will enable the implementation of the Genomics Research Infrastructure (GRI) and ensure open access to advanced functional genomics technology and…

Attitudinal and Emotional Outcomes and Drivers of Ordinary and Crisis Volunteering

This article examines how crisis volunteering and ordinary volunteering relates to prosocial attitudes and negative emotions, using a four-wave longitudinal survey of Danish adults (n = 1,225) from the COVID-19 pandemic…

INNER_LEAGUE Interview with the Editors of The Cambridge Handbook of the League of Nations and International Law

Interview with Haakon A. Ikonomou, Karin van Leeuwen, and Morten Rasmussen.

New Visiting Researcher at MOBILE - Ramy Abdelhady

Ramy Abdelhady is visiting MOBILE from 1 May to 1 August 2026.

Uncertainty-based communication fuels vaccine scepticism

Even small changes in official health communication can have major consequences for both trust and behaviour regarding vaccination. This is shown by an international study using US data.