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Tahriib: Journeys into the Unknown. An Ethnography of Uncertainty in Migration

Assistant Professor Anja Simonsen has just published the book Tahriib: Journeys into the Unknown. An Ethnography of Uncertainty in Migration.

The library is open all summer

Remember you can use the library all summer. Copenhagen University Library, South Campus has the following opening hours during the summer period: 1st of July - 3st of August 2023 Monday - Friday 9:00 - 17:00. …

Modern humans arrived in Southeast Asia 40,000 years earlier than we thought

An international research team jointly lead by Globe Institute show one of the earliest modern humans migrations out of Africa.

New grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark

Professor Slobodanka Dimova (CIP) is leading a 4-year research project supported by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. The project is titled: "Towards a new model of communicative competence in multilingual higher…

Danish government plans to rein in tech giants

The government's proclaimed initiative for tighter regulations on tech giants is based on the work of a technology expert group established last year. It includes two professors from SODAS, Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Sune…

Special PRIVACY issue, “Creation, Control, Communication: A Historical Appraisal of Privacy in Knowledge Production”

We proudly announce that our special PRIVACY issue, “Creation, Control, Communication: A Historical Appraisal of Privacy in Knowledge Production” has been published. The issue is edited by PRIVACY researchers Natália…

The Carlsberg Foundation awards Internationalisation Fellowship to Privacy researcher Bastian Felter Vaucanson

Congratulations to our colleague Bastian Felter Vaucanson.

Professor: We must revive and relive Niels Bohr's joy of science

Niels Bohr would have had difficulty settling into the much more fragmented approach to science we have today, says Hans Halvorson.

Transnational Street Business: Migrants in the Informal Urban Economy

Camilla Ida Ravnbøl and Assistant Professors Anja Simonsen and Trine Mygind Korsby have co-edited a special issue of Migration & Society, entitled 'Transnational Street Business: Migrants in the Informal Urban Economy'.

A “Copenhagen School” of argumentation studies, based at KOMM

Emeritus Professor of Rhetoric Christian Kock and Marcus Lantz, Ph.D. , have published a collection of studies on argumentation. The title is Rhetorical Argumentation: The Copenhagen School.

10th EDiLiC conference: From Early Childhood to Adulthood: Transitions, Continuity, and Disruptions in Plurilingual Education

Petra Daryai-Hansen has been appointed to organize the 10th International Conference of the Education and Linguistic and Cultural Diversity Association (EDiLiC). The 10th EDiLiC conference focused on transitions,…

CBMR publications and media appearances in April & May 2023

CBMR publications and media appearances in April and May 2023

CBMR publications and media appearances in June 2023

CBMR publications and media appearances in June 2023

Festivalmennesket - DISTRACT presentation at the BLOOM festival

On May 28th 2023, DISTRACT researchers were part of a symposium at the science festival BLOOM. Professor Morten Axel Pedersen, PhD student Sofie Astrupgaard, and research assistant Emilie Gregersen talked about people's…

Immersive app brings the hidden histories of Copenhagen to life

Hidden Copenhagen, the seventh app in the Hidden Cities collection, is developed as a collaboration between the University of Exeter’s Hidden Cities team and historians and archaeologists from the Centre for Privacy…

Report on language learning in the workplace

Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) has published a comprehensive report on language learning in the workplace in the Nordic countries.

Fieldwork in Silence - Presentation at conference in Toronto

On May 25, DISTRACT PhD student Malene Hornstrup Jespersen gave a presentation at ICA Preconference: Key themes in digital disconnection research: Authenticity, wellness, datafication and power in Toronto. The…

Professor Jørgen Wojtaszewski receives the Novo Nordisk Foundation's Distinguished Investigator Grant

With DKK 10 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Professor Jørgen Wojtaszewski will illuminate the cellular signals that insulin uses to initiate biological effects, and how these signals are affected when insulin…

Dance On! Dancing through Life

Burridge and Svendler Nielsen bring together many perspectives from around the world on dancing experiences through life of senior artists and educators, whether as professionals working with community dance groups, in…

Call for Papers on Early Modern privacy for The Renaissance Society of America Conference 2024

Call for Papers on Early Modern privacy for The Renaissance Society of America Conference 21-23 March, 2024 in Chicago Organizer: Centre for Privacy Studies, University of Copenhagen (PRIVACY) (www.teol.ku.dk/privacy)

New research assistant: Marc Canby

New research assistant: Marc Canby

Cultural threats can lead to violent extremism

People with specific personality traits who perceive their cultural values as threatened are more likely to show hostility and support violent extremist behaviour directed against that threat. This is shown in a new…

New Symposium of Religion and Society edited by Andreas Bandak and Simon Stjernholm

A new symposium entitled Engaging Religion has just been published open access with Religion and Society. The collection invites an open conversation about what is lost and what can be found in the translations and…

The earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago

Written sources from Mesopotamia suggest that kissing in relation to sex was practiced by the peoples of the ancient Middle East 4,500 years ago. The sources have been analysed by researchers from the University of…