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IRL rich people don't live that much longer than the poor

New research results challenge previous findings of huge differences in life expectancy between the rich and those at the bottom of the income scale.

Psychologists define 'the dark core of personality'

As results from a recently published German-Danish research project show, traits as egoism, machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadisme share a common ‘dark core’. So, if you have one of these tendencies, you…

11 million DKK for exploring expansions of fishers outwards from the South China Sea

Edyta Roszko, Ph.D., has received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council for an innovative anthropological research project exploring transoceanic networks connecting Chinese, Vietnamese, African and…

ERC starting grant for exploring expansions of fishers outwards from the South China Sea

Edyta Roszko, PhD, has received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council for an innovative anthropological research project exploring transoceanic networks connecting Chinese, Vietnamese, African and Oceanian…

Translators contribute to democratic debate

Translators play a surprisingly active role, when civil society debates the future of Europe and EU with citizens and migrants, ten years of fieldwork show.

China needs babies

Prof Ayo Wahlberg's anthropological study shows a Chinese fertility industry on the rise.

China needs babies

Anthropological study shows a Chinese fertility industry on the rise.

World looks on as Puigdemont visits the University of Copenhagen

Hundreds of thousands of TV viewers and Facebook users tuned in to see Carles Puigdemont, leader of the Catalan independence movement, visit the University of Copenhagen on 22 January.

Yonsei-UCPH workshop in Seoul

The second Yonsei-UCPH workshop was held in Seoul on 1-2 November 2017. Pro-rector Thomas Bjørnholm led a delegation of 13 scholars from UCPH working on social welfare, the Arctic, smart cities and plant science.

The Breivik terrorist attacks in Norway led to mental illness in Denmark

The number of Danes diagnosed with trauma- and stressor-related disorders (including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)) increased substantially following the terrorist attacks carried out by Anders Breivik in Norway…

Research funding has become prone to bubble formation

Fashions in research funding, reward structures in universities and streamlining of scientific agendas undermine traditional academic norms and may result in science bubbles. New research shows how the mechanisms that…