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A Legal Revolution: Interview with Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen

Professor Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, director of MOBILE talks about the center's work on rethinking the role of law in migration and mobility in a new interview with the Danish National Research Foundation.

New visitor at CeBIL - Taner Kuru

27 January - 7 February 2025

The Strategic Choice of a Trade Union during the 2019 GM–UAW Strike and Member Satisfaction

In a new article in ILR Review Maite Tapia, Christian L. Ibsen et al. shows how the share of transfer workers can affect member satisfaction and voting in relation to strikes and collective agreements in local trade…

Exploring our ability to switch between focus and flexibility

How do we maintain focus while constantly navigating flexibly between new information and impressions? The answer is called meta-control, an ability that will be explored in a new project supported by the Independent…

Inter-CeBIL Postdoc Sebastian Porsdam chairs a panel at the CIS Workshop on dialogue between the public and scholars

Source: CIS On Friday, November 1, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law (CIS) is holding a workshop on the dialogue between scholars and the public, the dissemination of science, and the right to science.…

New article: ”EthNote gives qualitative research a new format”

Recently TechSavvy Media published an article about the digital fieldnote app Ethnote, co-founded by DISTRACT researcher Emilie Munch Gregersen and DISTRACT coordinator Karoline Husbond Andersen. The article is written…

Jakob Demant appointed professor in the Department of Sociology

On 1 November, Jakob Demant will become a full professor in the Department of Sociology, where he has worked since 2014.

Securing living hours among part-time workers in hotels and restaurants in Northern Europe

In a new article in European Journal of Industrial Relations, Anna Ilsøe, Trine P. Larsen et al., shows how the social partners use social dialogue to increase the weekly working hours for employees in the hotel and…

Social Partner Responses to AI in Denmark and Sweden

In a new article in ILR Review, Anna Ilsøe, Trine P. Larsen et al., shows how the social partners have responded to the increasing digitisation and the introduction of AI tools in Denmark and Sweden.

The search for the origin of our self-awareness

How do infants become aware of their own existence? Professor Victoria Southgate aims to answer this question in a new project supported by the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

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Independent Research Fund Denmark supports five social science projects

Researchers in Psychology, Economics and Sociology are among the recipients of the October 2024 grants from Independent Research Fund Denmark.

William Byrne Receives NordForsk Grant of 702.656 NOK

NordForsk has awarded Assistant Prof. William Byrne (UCPH), along with Postdoc Runar Lie (UiO) and Prof. Thomas Troels Hildebrandt (UCPH), a grant of 702.656 NOK to support work within the project "Nordic Refugee…

AI can now be our eyes and ears in the forest and beneath the waves

Animal sounds combined with artificial intelligence (AI) can revolutionize biodiversity monitoring both on land and in aquatic settings according to researchers from the University of Copenhagen. By analyzing wildlife…

Isaac Weldon: How societal systems shape global health outcomes

Meet Isaac Weldon, an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen.

Sound wave technology can reduce the use of plastic and reagents in laboratories

University of Copenhagen’s climate footprint increased from 2022 to 2023, mainly due to laboratories. Acoustic dispenser tech can make labs more sustainable.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Joseph Wasonga

10 - 20 November 2024

Study finds racism—and resistance to it—beneath the surface in high school physics

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen wanted to understand how high school students interacted with a physics learning game. However, the observations contained so many examples of problematic behavior that it…

The School of Dentistry reduces its consumption of energy and materials

The School of Dentistry reduces its use of sterilisation and wrapping of instruments and thus contributes to the green transition without compromising on patient safety.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Sarah Lee

1 December 2024 - 1 Februar 2025

Recent Publications and Media Highlights from CeBIL & Inter-CeBIL

In the past three months, the Center for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law (CeBIL) and the International Collaborative Bioscience Innovation & Law (Inter-CeBIL) Programme have made significant contributions…

‘Vegetarian’ salmon might lead the way to better health for humans and fish

Plant-based salmon feed aims to make salmon production more sustainable. This can result in better fish for dinner, and knowledge about gut bacteria can also impact more sustainable feed for other farm animals.

‘Vegetarian’ salmon might lead the way to better health for humans and fish

Plant-based salmon feed aims to make salmon production more sustainable. This can result in better fish for dinner, and knowledge about gut bacteria can also impact more sustainable feed for other farm animals.

‘Vegetarian’ salmon might lead the way to better health for humans and fish

Plant-based salmon feed aims to make salmon production more sustainable. This can result in better fish for dinner, and knowledge about gut bacteria can also impact more sustainable feed for other farm animals.