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New Visiting Researcher at MOBILE - Chiara Raucea

Chiara Raucea is visiting MOBILE from August 26th to October 17th 2025.

New visitor at CeBIL - Takeshi Komatani

30 August - 9 September 2025

Opposition by Imitation: The Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia Activism

New book by Assistant Professor Christina Jerne

13 contemporary artists challenge the monument tradition of the University of Copenhagen

In August, the University of Copenhagen will open the doors to RECAST, a large group exhibition organised to mark the 150th anniversary of women's admission to university. The exhibition challenges the university's…

How we can improve online political debates

With a few adjustments, the quality of online political debates can be significantly improved, according to new research. However, a better tone of debate does not necessarily change people's attitudes, the researchers…

New publication explores anthropology’s history through computational text analysis

What happens when anthropologists turn their analytical gaze on their own archive—not through fieldwork, but through computational analysis? In a newly published article in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological…

Sensemakings in the wake of the Special Act on Displaced Ukrainians

Danish asylum and integration policies are among the most restrictive in Europe. In the article 'Have we ever heard about Ukrainians causing trouble?' How integration workers in Denmark make sense of the Special Act on…

Researchers call for tools to link nature and public health

New study urges governments to rethink how the measure and address the health of both people and the planet.

The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Machine Learning

Professor Christian Borch has co-edited The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Machine Learning and contributed two chapters to the volume.

Full Recording: Creative and Reflexive Methodologies for Critical Disaster Research webinar

On June 24 2025, the Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research hosted a webinar on Creative and Reflexive Methodologies for Critical Disaster Research.

Americans prefer a more diverse society

A new study challenges the notion that Americans fear ethnic and religious replacement. On the contrary, the majority want a more diverse United States.

Rising Youth Discontent and State Violence in East Africa

In a recent episode of Globalnyt's podcast Højtryk, Associate Professor Stig Jensen discusses the rising youth discontent and state violence in East Africa.

"The End of an (Unlawful) Era": Sarah Scott Ford and Asta Jarlner in Verfassungsblog

Article on the Danish Supreme Court's judgement concerning the non-penalization of refugees.

Laura Vang Rasmussen among this year’s recipients of the Frontiers Planet Prize

The Frontiers Planet Prize has just been awarded to three scientific papers, one of which has Associate Professor Laura Vang Rasmussen as the co-first author.

Notification of noisy work

Date Time Type of construction work Where Other From July 21, 2025 Refurbishment of Unit At specific periods during the summer, noise disturbances may occur, with some expected to begin from calendar…

Trine Mygind Korsby participates in two events at Folkemødet (‘The People’s Meeting’)

Last month CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby was invited to ‘The People’s Meeting’ to discuss her research on sex work facilitation and human trafficking.

Trine Mygind Korsby presents her research at an event arranged by ‘The Red Van’

Last month, CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby presented her research on transnational sex work, sex work facilitation and human trafficking at an event arranged by the Danish NGO ‘The Red Van’.

Digital detox as a status symbol: Morten Axel Pedersen and Kristoffer Albris interviewed for Weekendavisen

DISTRACT researchers Morten Axel Pedersen and Kristoffer Albris have been interviewed for the Danish newspaper Weekendavisen on how digital detox has become a status symbol. The article can be found here

Beatriz Martinez Romera appointed as a member of the Danish Climate and Energy Law Association

During professor Ole Hansen’s stay as visiting scholar in Bologna, Beatriz Martinez Romera has been appointed as a member of the Danish Climate and Energy Law Association

Researchers turn sugar beet pulp into superfood

Researchers from UCPH FOOD have discovered a way to transform the byproduct of sugar production, pulp, into an edible and protein-rich product using fungi and fermentation.

CIIR and CeBil hosted the 2025 ATRIP Congress

Jens Schovsbo, CIIR, together with Timo Minssen, CeBIL, and in collaboration with ATRIP President Orit Fishman-Afori, hosted the 43rd ATRIP Congress from 22 to 25 June 2025.

CIIR and CeBIL Hosted 43rd ATRIP Congress on IP and Justice

Jens Schovsbo, CIIR, together with Timo Minssen, CeBIL, and in collaboration with ATRIP President Orit Fishman-Afori, hosted the 43rd ATRIP Congress from June 22-25. The theme of the Congress was “Exploring the Interfac…

Curiosity team at Roskilde Festival

Virtual Learning Lab’s team collected data from 307 participants during the warm-up days at Roskilde Festival 2025.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Michal Kovalcik

1 August - 13 September 2025