News about The University

BARC welcomes Ian Walter Orzel

BARC welcomes new PhD student Ian Walter Orzel to the team.

The textbook "Medicines and the Environment: Challenges and solutions for sustainable pharmacy" is out now!

The textbook "Medicines and the Environment: Challenges and solutions for sustainable pharmacy" has been released! The Generation Green working group is very grateful for the support provided by Nordic POP! …

BARC welcomes Sophus Valentin Willumsgaard

BARC welcomes new PhD student Sophus Valentin Willumsgaard to the team.

Dr. Marsha Meskimmon, new Novo Nordisk Foundation Visiting Professor of Art & Art History

The Department of Arts and Cultural Studies is delighted to host Dr. Marsha Meskimmon as Novo Nordisk Foundation Visiting Professor of Art & Art History (2025-2026).

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen receives two international research awards

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Professor in the Department of Communication, has received two international awards for recent research at the 2025 International Communication Association conference.

Scientists transform plastic waste into efficient CO2 capture materials

From waste to valuable resource: Chemists at the University of Copenhagen have developed a method to convert plastic waste into a climate solution for efficient and sustainable CO2 capture. This is killing two birds wit…

Two young researchers from NBI awarded ERC starting grants

Stefano Paesani and Mathias Heltberg are among the 478 early-career researchers across Europe to receive this year’s Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC).

From PhD to clinician: Use your research skills in the health care system

New course for clinical PhD students with a medical background The Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences offers a new course for clinical PhD students with a medical background who want tools on how to use thei…

Internship opportunity at HUM:Global - Spring 2026

INTERNSHIP: HUM:Global, based at the South Campus of the University of Copenhagen, is seeking a globally oriented intern to join a dynamic team working within the field of global humanities.

Last Nordic POP training event will be the joint Nordic POP and NPT workshop on on translation and Innovation in Drug Delivery

The University of Iceland and the University of Oslo organize the very last event of Nordic POP project. It will be a joint Nordic POP and Nordic Pharma Train workshop that is focused at Translation and Innovation in…

Nicolas Argy joins CMP

Nicolas joins the DISCOVERY team

Phoebe Wendelborg joins CMP

Phoebe the OF-BIOMARKER team

Update September 2025

Dear all UCPH Forward Fellows, We are happy to share a short update on the activities and events of the society. Less pressure, more purpose, please! Last week, we had a great day on “From Pressure to Purpose : A…

Brewster Kahle from the Internet Archive visits the library

Digital librarian and founder of the Internet Archive, Brewster Kahle, will deliver a public lecture introducing Internet Archive Europe. Find more information at …

New collaborations between hospitals and universities will help solve serious health challenges

The University of Copenhagen is strongly represented in six newly appointed Clinical Academic Groups, where researchers from hospitals and universities learn from each other and develop new ideas together. This means…

New collaborations between hospitals and universities will help solve serious health challenges

The University of Copenhagen is strongly represented in six newly appointed Clinical Academic Groups, where researchers from hospitals and universities learn from each other and develop new ideas together. This means…

Coffee and croissants at the library

Stop by the Copenhagen University Library, South Campus on Tuesday September 2nd between 9:00-10:00 and have a cup of morning coffee and a croissant. For the third time, we are celebrating the new semester in the square…

Frida Hastrup appointed professor of European Ethnology

Frida Hastrup, an ethnologist specialising in people and the environment, will take up her position as professor at the Saxo Institute on 1 September 2025.

New guide for clinical decisions in healthcare

The book is intended for students and professionals in medicine and health science, combining theoretical frameworks with practical tools to guide informed clinical decision making in complex healthcare contexts. Follow…

Sophie Amalie Gehrcke Bisholm

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Associate Professor Georg Walter Wink, New Co-Director at HUM:Global

As of the fall semester 2025, Associate Professor Georg Walter Wink joins Assistant Professor Haakon A. Ikonomou as Co-Director of HUM:Global.

CRIC director gave co-keynote at the conference Knowledge Economies in a Changing World

Sylvie Namwase and Ole Wæver delivered a co-keynote, “University collaborations as agents of equity in a persistently unequal world,” at the SANORD Southern African Nordic Centre conference.

One of the largest Nordic academic pharma events

More than 200 researchers from the Nordic countries were gathered in the final annual meeting for Nordic POP 20 - 22 August to exchange knowledge about patient-oriented products.

Mathias Andersen joins CMP

Mathias joins the VAR2CTC team