News about The University

Update May 2025

Summer is almost here and we are off to a great start in the society, so we thought it would be appropriate to take stock of what is going on.

Congratulations to Bodil Hvass Kjems for receiving a Silver Medal

Bodil Hvass Kjems, Phd fellow at the ERC-funded project Women in the Nordic Enlightenment (WHENCE) at the Section of Philosophy, Department of Communication, has been awarded a silver medal by the University of…

Congratulations to Bodil Hvass Kjems for receiving a SILVER MEDAL

Bodil Hvass Kjems, Phd fellow at WHENCE has been awarded a silver medal by the University her 2024 submission to the interdisciplinary prize paper category with her master thesis.

Anja Simonsen is a panelist at KU Festival

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen takes part in the panel “Decolonising Knowledge” at the KU Festival, organised by the School of Global Health. Moderated by Kavishya Umendri Kulatunga and Fernando Racimo, the panel explores…

Summer holiday 2025 at the PhD Administration

The PhD Administration is not fully staffed during July and August. Consequently, the following changes apply: Processing time Please expect extended processing times between 1 July and mid-August. Enrolment application…

A better structural understanding of the dopamine transporter

Professor Claus Juul Løland has been named Distinguished Investigator by the Novo Nordisk Foundation, receiving a grant of 11.4 mill DKK to further investigate the human dopamine transporter.

A Fond Farewell: Celebrating Pete Westbrook's 16 Years at CIP

As Pete Westbrook is retiring at the end of June 2025, we would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the invaluable contribution he has made to CIP.

reNEW CEO named Fellow of the Royal Society

Professor Melissa H. Little, reNEW’s CEO, has been appointed Fellow of the Royal Society. Fellows of the Royal Society are many of the world’s most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists.

Scientific breakthrough: We can now halve the price of costly cancer drug

The demand for the widely used cancer drug Taxol is increasing, but it’s difficult and expensive to produce because it hasn’t been possible to do it biosynthetically. Until now, that is. Researchers from the University…

Discrimination or a Competitive Climate?

Discrimination or a Competitive Climate? Why Women Cannot Translate Their Better High School Grades into University Grades Assistant Professor Diana-Roxana Galos has published a new article in Research in Higher…

Fairness Evaluations of Higher Education Graduates’ Earnings: The Role of Female Preference for Equality and Self-Interest

Assistant Professor Diana-Roxana Galos has published a new article in the British Journal of Sociology. The article examines fairness evaluations of economic returns across fields of study, focusing on how gender and…

The 2024 annual report is online

The 2024 annual report from The Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences is now online. The report presents you with statistics about how many PhD students were enrolled at SUND in 2024, where they are employed,…

PhD Supervision for Co-supervisors at SUND

The main purpose of this voluntary course is to make co-supervision a more efficient and enjoyable process and improve the overall quality of PhD supervision. At this course, you will learn tools to clearly define your…

The Common Thread is shortlisted for the EAA Book Prize

We are very happy to announce that The Common Thread: Collected Essays in Honour of Eva Andersson Strand has been shortlisted for the European Association of Archaeologists' annual awards - the EAA Book Prize.

New postdoc position available

A new postdoc position in the ERC project “Women in the Nordic Enlightenment (WHENCE)” is now advertised. The position is for 3 years and starts on 1 September 2025. The deadline for applications is 1 June 2025.

CBMR spinout Ousia Pharma raises three-digit million amount to develop their groundbreaking obesity treatment

The spinout builds on a discovery by the Clemmensen Group that NMDA receptor antagonism holds promise for sustained weight loss, which was later published in Nature.

PhD Supervision: next level

Join the seminar for experienced supervisors Are you a busy research supervisor looking for strategies on how to make your supervision even more efficient and fruitful? And would you like to get inspiration from other…

New Head of the Department of Political Science

Signe Pihl-Thingvad will become head of the Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences. She will take over from Nina Græger, who has been head of the department since 2019.

SIC's Annual Activity Report 2024

The LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center is pleased to announce the release of its annual report for 2024. The report reflects SIC’s engagement in education, excellence in research, clinical relevance, and…

Hansen Group secures DKK 15.6 million to improve the diagnosis of steatotic liver disease

Applying omics technology and machine learning to blood samples could pave the way for earlier detection and precise treatment of steatotic liver – a disease that many people don't know they have. This is the goal of th…

USE Center summit lays groundwork for ambitious research plan: “A seminal moment” 

More than 50 education researchers from the USE Center and participating teaching faculty mapped the educational reality in their discipline. The results will inform concrete research projects with and for the teachers…

Call for papers: History education, public memory and difficult pasts

Call for papers for workshop in Podgorica, Montenegro, 25-26 September 2025.

40 years of African Studies

Friday 25 April 2025, the Centre of African Studies (CAS) at the University of Copenhagen celebrated its 40th anniversary.

Bodleian Libraries Tech Council workshop

On 1 May 2025, Nanna Thylstrup participates in the Bodleian Libraries Tech Council workshop, Oxford University (closed event).