News about Culture

Listening is survival

ROCS postdoc Angela Rawlings is co-curator of SPHERE Festival which opens 2 September in Canada.

Textures of precarity

Professor Susan Reynolds Whyte has contributed the article ‘Textures of precarity: Repurposing in a Ugandan refugee settlement’ to a special issue of Anthropology Today

Gender configurations and suicide in northern Uganda

In collaboration with Henry Oboke, Professor Susan Reynolds Whyte has written the chapter ‘Gender configurations and suicide in northern Uganda’, which is included in the book Configuring Contagion: Ethnographies of…

Podcast med NIAS seniorforsker Ida Nicolaisen

NIAS seniorforsker Ida Nicolaisen forteller om sine antropologiske forskningsfelter i Asien och Afrika.

International journal to strengthen the dialogue between research and business

The international Journal of Business Anthropology relocates to the Department of Anthropology at UCPH.

Enchanted Ecologies and Ethics of Care

Associate Professor Stine Krøijer and Associate Professor Cecilie Rubow have edited the special section ‘Enchanted ecologies and ethics of care’ of the American journal Environmental Humanities, Volume 14, Issue 2. The…

New article by Eva Myrczik and Nete Nørgaard Kristensen with Finnish colleagues Riie Heikkilä and Semi Purhonen

New article by Eva Myrczik and Nete Nørgaard Kristensen with Finnish colleagues Riie Heikkilä and Semi Purhonen in Nordic Journal of Cultural Policy.

Calibrating logics

Professor Ayo Wahlberg has contributed to the journal ‘Health’ with the article ‘Calibrating logics: How adolescents and young adults calibrate often-competing logics in their daily self-management of type 1 diabetes’.

CBMR publications and media appearances in June and July 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in June and July 2022

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam

Professor Tine Gammeltoft and Professor Oscar Salemink both contributed chapters to the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam, edited by Jonathan London. The book offers an authoritative overview of the global…

IN THE SAME SEA Postdoc Presents New Code of Ethics at IACA-AIAC 2022

The Code was ratified in July by the Membership of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology.

Research integration in teaching

In spring semester 2022, students at the University of Copenhagen and University College Absalon have participated in teaching based on research work generated in the PE-LAL project.

WORKING PAPER 4: Prospect or Necessity: Migration Among Free People of Color in St. Thomas, 1803

This working paper explores the origins and potential motivations for the mobility of free people of colour residing in Charlotte Amalie on the Danish Caribbean island of St. Thomas in 1803.

How to write a policy brief that matters

A workshop for Health researchers at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College in Tanzania in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen on how to write policy briefs that matter.

What lies behind lies? New project looks deeper into honesty and dishonesty

Honest and dishonest behaviour comes in many forms and with various underlying motivations. Honesty and dishonesty also affect many areas of human life and social relations – from hiding an inconvenient truth from your…

How do we ensure local support for green energy production?

Huge Power-to-X investments in new hydrogen-based fuels shall propel the green transition in Denmark towards 2050. But how do we prevent local conflicts over new production plants?

Maria Mälksoo receives prize for best article

The journal ‘Review of International Studies’ and British International Studies Association have awarded Maria Mälksoo, senior researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, its 2022 prize for the best article.

Whole-body learning can boost children's letter sound recognition - the first step towards reading

Children who move while learning sounds of letters significantly improve their ability to recognize individual letter sounds. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted by the University of Copenhagen’s Department…

New research centre will investigate if mental illness is universal

Is the human psyche the same across cultures? And do people experience mental disorders in the same way no matter what language they speak? These are some of the fundamental questions that the new Centre for Culture and…

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2022

Introducing the CERTIZENS Podcast

A podcast connecting scholars and practitioners working on ID systems in diverse global settings.

Wagner or Adele? Genes play a significant role in shaping our cultural tastes

Our genetic composition not only affects our sex, height, and other physical characteristics. New research shows that genes also influence our cultural preferences and habits.

Plenary talk at NORDAND 15

Petra Daryai-Hansen has been invited to give a plenary talk on Content and Language Integrated Learning and plurilingual education at the 15th conference on Nordic Languages as a Second Language. Read more about NORDAN…

Telling actual time in ancient rocks

In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Copenhagen apply a new technique allowing them to disentangle 500 million-years-old rocks millimeter-by-millimeter, resolving the…