News about Corona virus

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In Scandinavia, corona restrictions only led to minor drop in consumer spending

The authorities’ restrictions during the corona lockdown was not the main cause of the drop in consumer spending in Denmark last spring, a new study from the Department of Economics concludes.

New measures to prevent the spread of corona virus

Copenhagen is currently seeing an increase in infection rates, and once again it is time to show public spirit and to remind each other that our number one priority continues to be to prevent the spread of corona virus.

The corona lockdown has changed our gaming patterns

A new study shows that our gaming patterns have changed during the lockdown and opens a discussion about gaming addiction.

How to manage the COVID-19 transition effectively

Professor at SODAS Robert Böhm proposes "ten considerations" in an article published in Nature Human Behaviour.

Working from home: Forgetting to inform colleagues about what you're up to can have consequences

Almost overnight, Denmark transitioned from a physical to virtual workplace as the Corona shutdown went into effect. However, broader involvement is required to ensure for the success of our collaborative endeavours whe…

How to convince the Danes to stay home?

Professor at SODAS Robert Böhm and Professor at the Department of Psychology Ingo Zettler investigate how the Danes react to the authorities recommendations during the corona crisis.

Sociologists are mapping out volunteer work and community spirit during the coronavirus outbreak

In collaboration with the Danish Institute for Voluntary Effort, sociologists at the University of Copenhagen study the Danes' informal help and volunteeringduring the COVID-19 crisis through a large survey.

What catches the attention of Twitter-Denmark during the Corona-pandemic

At Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science, a group of researchers are collaborating to analyze Corona-related debates and reactions across social and news media, funded by UCPH SAMF and the DISTRACT-project.

Artificial intelligence to predict corona-patients' risk of needing ventilators

Experts at the University of Copenhagen have begun using artificial intelligence to create computer models that calculate the risk of a corona patient’s needing intensive care or a ventilator. The new initiative is bein…

New faculty emergency grants for research on how the Corona Crisis affects specific societal groups

Do civil society initiatives match the needs of their target groups? How are atypical workers’ job security affected by government aid packages? And how are international students responding to being trapped in Denmark?…

4 projects receive funds for research on societal aspects of Covid-19

How does social distancing affect us as human beings? What do Danes think about Covid-19 and authority initiatives? And how does the crisis affect our behaviour – from our own perspective? This is what four research…

SODAS researchers to be part of team studying our social behavior during the Covid-19 epidemic

As a direct result of the spread of the Corona virus and the acute health crisis in Denmark and the rest of the world, the Carlsberg Foundation grants DKK 25 million to a new Semper Ardens project to investigate behavio…

The Faculty of Social Sciences allocates funding for emergency research on COVID-19

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Copenhagen allocates funding for researchers interested in studying COVID-19 with the purpose of helping citizens and authorities in the coming weeks and in relation t…

Coronavirus: Measures for students, staff and visitors to the Faculty of Social Sciences

The University of Copenhagen has decided to take a number of precautions. Naturally, these also apply to the Faculty of Social Sciences.