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Augustin Lambert: Creating a toolkit for decolonising global health education in the Nordic context

Meet Augustin Lambert, a research intern at the School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen.

Atreyee Sen receives Global Development Teaching Prize for the second year in a row

Professor Atreyee Sen has been awarded the Global Development Teaching Prize 2025/2026 for the second consecutive year.

Abdihakim Ismail visits CMP

Abdihakim visits TANZANIA team 22/09-18/12/2026

ERC Grants for three NBI researchers

No less than three ERC Starting Grants for NBI.

Experience IVH after dark

On Friday 9 October from 6 pm to 11 pm, Culture Night comes to Frederiksberg Campus.

European Society for Phenomenology

Professor Dan Zahavi has just been elected President of the European Society for Phenomenology.

UCPH record: Eight new spinouts in nine months

So far in 2026, the University of Copenhagen has supported eight spinouts, with more on the way.

Call for abstracts: Apprehending Democracy: Ambivalences and Anxieties of Modern Democratic Societies

Invitation to young scholars and PhD fellows to submit abstracts proposals for an exploratory workshop.

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…

Iliana Louri joins CMP

Iliana joins the BIVAC team

Leticia Hartmann

M.Sc., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

New researcher at CLIMA - Irene Antonioli

CLIMA is delighted to welcome Irene Antonioli as a Research Assistant at the University of Copenhagen

Everything is cringe until it works │Søster til Søster

Caroline Løvenstein Vegeberg Buus and Oskar Buus run the popular information platform and webshop Søster til Søster. In this article they share some of the detours and challenges that have led them to where they are…

Frederik has been awarded a Proof-of-Concept grant from KU Lighthouse

Through his research, Frederik has identified novel phage-antibiotic combinations that show great promise in vitro, and he is now taking it to the next stage.

One Health (PhD) Conference

The One Health Conference 2027 is an international meeting built around a simple idea. Human, animal, and environmental health are closely connected, and the challenges we face need to be tackled together. Over three…

Podcast: Living the PhD life

Frederik Pedersen recently joined the University of Copenhagen podcast Culture & Cultures to talk about life as a PhD student.

Researcher: Do not let students form their own study groups

To provide optimal conditions for learning and well-being, educators must take responsibility for group formation, says Katrine Ellemose Lindvig.

Søg fondsmidler til forskning i kræftvaccination eller opstart af nye forskningsprojekter

Agnes og Poul Friis Fond uddeler i 2026 op til 400.000 kr. til forskningsprojekter inden for to områder. Der kan søges op til 200.000 kr. pr. uddelingsområde. Beløbet er reserveret til følgende områder: 1. Vaccination…

Tina Rowell

M.Sc., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Anna K Okholm

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

New Copenhagen audio walk explores power, colonialism and health

How have histories of power and colonialism shaped how we understand health today? That’s the question behind the Power, Colonialism and Health Walk.

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

Elina Leiviskä: Bridging research and practice in nursing and midwifery education

Meet Elina Leiviskä, a postdoctoral researcher in the Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen.

Research aims to make plant-based foods safer

A Sapere Aude grant will support research into how microbial communities influence pathogenic bacteria in plant-based foods. The aim is to strengthen future food safety risk assessments.