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Context Matters: The Challenges of Aligning Legal Justification with Explainable AI

The LEXplain project publishes a new article in European Review of Digital Administration & Law.

New CMS Report: Towards Tallinn Manual 3.0

What can Tallinn Manual 1 and 2 teach us about how Denmark should position itself in the drafting of Tallinn Manual 3.0?

New exam format reduces social disparities in grades in Danish schools

Teachers no longer assess their own students’ written final exams at the end of 9th grade in Danish schools. This has led to a significant reduction in grade disparities between students from different socio-economic…

Towards Tallinn Manual 3.0

This report examines the disagreements and controversies that have arisen regarding the two Tallinn Manuals and provides recommendations for Denmark concerning the positions it should take ahead of Tallinn Manual 3.0.

Economist charts the Danish economy’s journey to and from the brink of collapse

Since the 1980s, Denmark has gone from being one of Europe’s economically weakest countries to having some of the world’s strongest external and public finances. A new book by Per Callesen, a researcher at the Departmen…

Do educational opportunities skip generations? Evidence from sibling and cousin correlations in the US

In a new article Professor Kristian Bernt Karlson discusses educational opportunities between generations

The Gendered Intergenerational Transmission of Managerial Status

Nick Martindale, Lasse Folke Henriksen, and Thomas Lyttelton published an article at American Sociological Review.

HUM:Global-organised PhD course

One of the goals of our initial three-year start-up phase was to run a study programme on Global Humanities. We are happy to share that this summer we held our very first PhD course. From the 17th to 21st August,…

New Visiting Researcher at MOBILE - John Narh

John Narh is visiting MOBILE for 3 months starting from August 20th.

Innocent car owners punished for reckless driving – Legal researchers raise concerns

Danish legislation allows confiscation of vehicles used for reckless driving - even when the owner is not the offender, prompting legal criticism from UCPH researchers.

International Law Breakfast Briefings – Autumn 2026

The International Law Breakfast Briefings offer a regular opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and students with an interest in international law to meet, exchange views, and share research findings on current…

Joe Dauer: To know how students learn, we must first know how they think 

In the intersection between educational research and cognitive psychology, Professor Joe Dauer investigates what makes knowledge stick.

Nationalism and Education in the Arctic: A Study of Greenland in the Context of the Kingdom of Denmark

Benedikte Brincker, Department of Sociology, UCPH, and Mitdlarak Lennert, Institute of Society, Economics and Journalism, University of Greenland have co-authored this article in Nations and Nationalism.

New deputy prorector and DKK 110 million are to prepare the University for a new reality

Artificial intelligence is causing changes to research, education and working life at a pace few had imagined. Now the University of Copenhagen launches a major initiative that is to help the University and Danish…

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.

Geopolitics at Eye Level: New Event Series Invites Young People to Explore Global Power Dynamics

UCPH Geopolitics partners with the Danish Foreign Policy Society U35 and the University Library in Fiolstræde.

Many workplaces resist plant-based lunches despite substantial climate benefits

Are organisations ready for plant-based food at work? A new study from the University of Copenhagen explores this question and shows that only a small proportion of workplaces in Denmark exhibit readiness for this chang…

CEBI research on grade variability covered by Weekendavisen and P1 Orientering

Asbjørn Juul Petersen and Jacob Richard Bøggild Strabo are interviewed about a recent research project to the Danish newspaper Weekendavisenand to the national radio program “P1 Orientering”

Patience and risk appetite shape young people's choice of education

Why do some upper secondary graduates choose a long degree with a steep career trajectory, while others pick something shorter and safer? A new international study led by researchers at CEBI shows that patience and…

Ling Li

Ling Li is a PhD candidate at the Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia in Italy. Her research focuses on comparative law and climate governance

Calcium supplements may slow bone loss in postmenopausal women

A new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that daily calcium supplementation in the years following menopause may help prevent loss of bone mass. Further it can help reduce the risk of osteoporosis. The…

Can Danish companies be held liable for future climate-related damage?

In her Master’s Thesis, Frida explores an unresolved question of climate liability in Danish law.

The AI Act and the Transparency rules

Read more about it in the latest EU AI Act Newsletter.

Visiting Researcher at CeBIL: Anahita de Lafond

Anahita de Lafond is visiting CeBIL 1 September - 30 November 2026.