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PlastiCITIES: New project will research changing waste work in urban Kenya

How are efforts to tackle plastic pollution changing the lives of those who make a living from waste in Kenya? Researchers at the Centre of African Studies at the University of Copenhagen, in partnership with researcher…

New Visiting Researcher at MOBILE - Marianna Hu

Marianna Hu is visiting MOBILE from 9 February to 8 April 2026.

13th EELF Conference 2026 - Call for Abstracts

13th European Environmental Law Forum (EELF) Conference from 26–28 August 2026 – Call for Abstracts, submissions due by 10 April 2026.

Banal but brutal: Career anxiety is a driving force behind authoritarianism

Career pressure – not ideology – causes military officers to protect or overthrow dictators. New research from the Department of Political Science shows that ambition and anxiety can transform ‘ordinary men’ into the…

Banal but brutal: Career anxiety is a driving force behind authoritarianism

Career pressure – not ideology – causes military officers to protect or overthrow dictators. New research from the Department of Political Science shows that ambition and anxiety can transform ‘ordinary men’ into the…

From data collection to innovation: Student perspectives on health challenges in Kibera

15 students from the University of Copenhagen participated in the Study and Innovation Programme in Kenya, and came up with innovative solutions for health challenges in Africa's largest informal settlement.

The Economic Foundations of Social Identity and Political Fragmentation

Amalie Sofie Jensen and her coauthors receive a Semper Ardens: Accelerate grant from the Carlsberg Foundation of DKK 6.1m to study “The Economic Foundations of Social Identity and Political Fragmentation”.

Tobias Gomez Chevalier

Tobias Gomez Chevalier is a lawyer specialising in energy and environmental law, and currently a PhD candidate in International Relations at the Universidad Católica de Córdoba.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Jan Novotny

1 - 31 May 2026

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Patrick Leisure

2 February - 30 April 2026

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Ragna Aarli

2 February - 30 April 2026

Urban labour markets and trade unions

How do demographic diversity trends, changes in job composition, gentrification and population density affect trade unions in the big cities?

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Olga Pushina

2 - 31 March 2026

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Claudia Zulema Robles Gomez

4 May - 30 June 2026

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Jolyon Ford

7 - 28 April 2026

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Johannes Rohrmann

2 March - 24 April 2026

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Yuan Fang

1 March - 31 December 2026

New book on Polar Law

Professor Yoshifumi Tanaka (CEPRI) has published a new book, Polar Law: An Introduction (Edward Elgar, 2025).

US wants to take over Greenland: Why this is a diplomatic extreme

The American president's demand for control over Greenland violates international law, international agreements and the constitution. This is the conclusion of a new study from the Faculty of Law.

Video feedback strengthens practice in daycare

Seeing yourself on video work. A new study shows that video feedback can strengthen the interaction between pedagogical staff and children in Copenhagen nurseries.

Visiting researcher at CeBIL: Fábio Gama

Fábio Gama is visiting from January 5th to March 7th, 2026.

Danish chemist's invention could make counterfeiting a thing of the past

Every year, companies lose billions of kroner when goods are copied or illegally resold. But a new digital and legally binding fingerprint developed at the University of Copenhagen makes products impossible to…

Call for applications

Funding is awarded to projects that support joint capacity-building and the development of competences in law to tackle the challenges related to the sustainability transformation.

Immigration and Public Support for Social Policy: Accounting for the Gender Composition of Immigrant Populations

Associate Professor Friedolin Merhout has published an article in SOCIUS. The article develops the argument that the gender composition of immigrant populations can condition their influence on natives’ social policy…