News about Society

New book about Religious Councils and Courts in Denmark

In legislation, administration, courts, media, public debate, and education, the issue of religious law, generally, and religious councils and courts, specifically, is both pertinent, complex, and understudied.

New social science associate deans for research and education

Professor Mads Meier Jæger and Professor Signe Vangkilde will join the Faculty of Social Sciences on 1 March as associate deans for research and education, respectively.

New Scholarship Student at MOBILE - Sophie Klitgaard Walker

Sophie Walker has joined MOBILE on January 15th 2025.

Taxing the Wealth of the Poor

Niels Johannesen, Johan Sæverud & Emmanuel Saez' working paper Taxing the Wealth of the Poor: Evidence from the Danish Old-Age Support Asset Test featured on the NBER website.

CeBIL Researchers publish a comment on how to overcome data sharing barriers in Nature Medicine

GDPR challenges and fragmented regulations are holding back the potential of personalized medicine. In their comment published in Nature Medicine, Prof. Timo Minssen and Assoc. Prof. Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci explor…

At the heart or on the periphery

Professor Margaretha Järvinen has published an article together with professor Nanna Mik-Meyer, CBS about barriers for women’s careers in Academia.

Three Scripts, One Scribe: Ingólfr Dagfinsson and his Lawbook AM 68 4to

Medieval scribes were skilled in multiple script types. A Norwegian legal manuscript from the fourteenth century shows the scribal repertoire of a certain Ingólfr Dagfinsson.

New Postdoctoral Reseacher at MOBILE - Kareem P. A. McDonald

Kareem P. A. McDonald joined MOBILE on 1 January 2025.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Dragos Calin

10 - 14 February 2025

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Isil Kurnaz

1 February - 30 April 2025

New Visiting Researcher at MOBILE - Christian Brown Prener

Christian Brown Prener is visiting MOBILE from January 1st to July 1st 2025.

New blog post by Mercy King’ori on the nuances of privacy in contemporary African communities

In November 2024 we had the pleasure to welcome Mercy King’ori, Lawyer and Policy Analyst in Privacy and Data Protection, at the recurring PRIVACY Challenge Seminar. Here, she gave a lecture on her research regarding…

Call for papers: Workshop on “EU law and its disconnections from society”

Call for papers for MOBILE workshop in October

Impaired face-to-face interaction and emotional energy in cochlear implant usage

Associate Prof. Inge Kryger Pedersen has made a contribution to the SSM - Qualitative Research in Health.

Hiring Teaching Assistant Professor

Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science invites applications for a four-year position as a Teaching Assistant Professor in the M.Sc. programme in Social Data Science (SDS).

New visitor at CeBIL – Inesa Fausch

1 February - 15 March 2025

Does the child penalty strike twice?

Mette Gørtz, Sarah Sander and Almudena Sevilla' paper published in European Economic Review

New BRIC-group leader: The beauty of this job is generating knowledge that cures people

Asking the right questions is crucial to conduct science that has an impact. Cristian Bellodi, Professor and new Group Leader at BRIC, strives to bridge fundamental research and innovation to make an impact.

(Mis-)Recognition of the Socially Accepted Role in Communicative Rituals

Associate Prof. Inge Kryger Pedersen has made a contribution to the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research.

Experienced leader to head Department of Sociology

Bjarke Oxlund is the new Head of Department of Sociology. He comes from a position as Dean at Roskilde University and has many years of leadership experience from both academia and civil society.

Infants' development of self-awareness to be explored with major grant

A new research project will investigate how infants' brains develop self-awareness. The project, supported by Carlsberg Foundation, is led by Victoria Southgate, Professor at the Department of Psychology.

Newsletter December 2024

This newsletter includes important information on the below mentioned topics. We encourage everyone to review the relevant sections carefully, as some of these updates may have an impact on daily activities. New…

We hesitate with energy-efficient solutions - economist aims to discover why

Associate Professor in economics Christina Gravert will uncover the psychological barriers preventing widespread adoption of energy-efficient technologies in households.

"Weapons of Mass Distraction?" Conference held in November

On the 14th and 15th November 2024 DISTRACT hosted the conference "Weapons of Mass Distraction?"