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New paper: "Beyond Cheap and Biased: Informal Volunteering on Social Media During the COVID-19 Crisis"

DISTRACT researcher Hjalmar Bang Carlsen and co-author Jonas Toubøl have just published the article “Beyond Cheap and Biased: Informal Volunteering on Social Media During the COVID-19 Crisis” in the journal Social Media…

Phd Course August 2025

This years PhD course on Daisy will take place 25/08 - 29/08 at Copenhagen University. See the flyer here and register for the course through the PhD. course catalogue of Copenhagen University. If you have any…

reNEW releases its Annual Report 2024

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine, reNEW, has released its annual report, highlighting the stellar work accomplished throughout 2024.

Social media, democracy, and the labour movement: How battles for control on Facebook affect unions

In a new article in Journal of Industrial Relations Mark Friis Hau and Nana Wesley Hansen explores the transformative power of social media communication in the labour movement.

We are facing a technological revolution, and Denmark can lead the way

Morten Axel Pedersen is one of the authors of the recently published opinion piece entitled “Forskere: Vi står over for en teknologisk revolution, og Danmark kan vise vejen” (EN: “Researchers: We are facing a…

James Webb discovers earliest sign of the Universe becoming transparent

The first galaxies in the Universe were born enshrouded in a “foggy” gas, and could not be seen clearly until they had cleared up this fog. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of researchers led by astronomers…

János Takátsy and Lorenz Zwick receive EU MSCA Fellowships

2 EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships

Lecturer creates app to help his non-coding students

Throughout both Farhad Panah’s Ph.D. and during his 3 years as a lecturer on the Microbiome Analysis course, he has longed for a better tool to perform the analyses than the ones on offer. Last summer, he built that too…

Major bird study could help us fight the next pandemic

New study uncovers the intricate factors that drive the evolution of genomes.

Major bird study could help us fight the next pandemic

New study uncovers the intricate factors that drive the evolution of genomes.

Major bird study could help us fight the next pandemic

New study uncovers the intricate factors that drive the evolution of genomes.

Behavioral genetic analysis on dogs

The aim of this study is to describe personality traits in eight dog breeds using the Behaviour and Personality Description in Dogs (BPH) test, and subsequently to assess their heritability.

How much do people really care about animal welfare?

Professor Peter Sandøe participated in the Animal Welfare Seminar 2025 - 'Animal ethics and animal welfare - values informing outcomes' organized by RSPCA Australia. Peter gave a talk on people's attitudes to animals an…

Morten Axel Pedersen in CPHDOX debate: AI and art in focus

On the 30th of March, Morten Axel Pedersen will participate in a conversation with Rasmus Kloster Bro, Janet Frances Rafner and Kristoffer Ørum about how AI is changing artistic creation. The debate is hosted as part of…

PhD Defence Jonas Thomsen

Congratulations to Jonas Thomsen on the successful defence of his PhD.

Core samples from Greenland's seabed provide first historical overview of plastic pollution

By coring the seabed at 850 m water depth in Disko Bay off Greenland's west coast, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have obtained the first historical record of plastic pollution in Greenland. The new data…

Silva Nova Annual Meeting in Denmark

19-21 March 2025, Copenhagen.

Daisy 7 available for all platforms

The new Daisy version 7 is now available for all platforms 🌼 featuring a new SOM-turnover-parameterization, a new ammonium-sorption parameterization, new standard definitions for colloids and tracers and a new option to…

Silva Nova Thematic Seminar

“Restoring ecosystem functions and biodiversity in post-agricultural forests”.

European Research Award to Johan Samsing

Johan Samsing receives the European MERAC award 2025 for "Best Early Career Researcher" from the European Astronomical Society for his groundbreaking contribution to Gravitational Wave Astrophysics.

Popular cooking cheese made with peas yields same taste and texture

A significant amount of the milk used in a popular cooking cheese can be substituted with plants, all while maintaining its taste and texture. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated this by…

Popular cooking cheese made with peas yields same taste and texture

A significant amount of the milk used in a popular cooking cheese can be substituted with plants, all while maintaining its taste and texture. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated this by…

What we can learn from Malawi: Trees can benefit health, economy and climate

Denmark's Green Tripartite Agreement aims to plant trees in an effort to restore nature and reduce agricultural land. However, a new study from Malawi shows that trees can do more than just capture CO₂ – they can also…

“Super-Earth” in planetary system shedding new light on planetary evolution

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, including an ultra-short period planet with one of the highest densities ever measured.