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Studieforløb i Kenya: Brug din faglighed i globalt udviklingsarbejde

Deltag i et internationalt lærings- og innovationsforløb om Danmarks udviklingsarbejde, FN’s Verdensmål og sundhedsudfordringer i Kibera, Kenya.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Nicole de Silva

23 - 27 June 2025

FAOS is hiring two new Postdocs

FAOS invites applications for two fixed-term postdoctoral researcher positions for the research project BIZPOWER

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Vitor Furtado de Melo

7 June - 7 July 2025

The Role of Culture in Sentencing and Penal Decision-Making – European Seminar at CIS, 2.-3. June 2025.

The Role of Culture in Sentencing and Penal Decision-Making – European Seminar at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law (CIS), 2–3 June 2025. How can ‘culture’ be understood in relation to sentencing and…

Important: Import/Export Services Unavailable June 23 – July 18

Important Notice: AEM's Import/Export Unit is closed from June 23rd to July 18th due to the summer holiday.

Anja Simonsen publishes new article on how EU governance shapes migrant journeys in the Mediterranean

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen has contributed the article "Risk, Improvisation, and Emergency Governance on the Mediterranean Sea" to a special issue of the journal Migration and Society edited by Tricia Redeker Hepner…

New visitor at CeBIL - Mattias Karlsson Dinnetz

1 June - 31 August 2025

Dr. Kamara discusses Africa's efforts in combatting Antimicrobial Resistance

In this blog post, Ibrahim Kamara, a former Inter-CeBIL visiting fellow and now a medical doctor, public health specialist, and research scientist, argues why Africa must take the lead in combating antimicrobial…

Ox-eye daisy, bellis and yarrow: Flower strips with at least two sown species provide 70 percent more natural enemies of pests

Planting flower strips in a field with at least two species can increase the number of natural enemies of pests by 70 percent. The more flower species, the better the effect, according to a new meta-analysis from the…

Professor briefs UN Security Council on maritime security

How can the oceans become more secure, and how can states work together to achieve the desired level of security? Professor Christian Bueger helped answer these questions at a debate in the UN Security Council.

Sign up for AEM User Meeting

All users of the services provided by the Department of Experimental Medicine (AEM) are invited to attend the first user meeting of 2025.

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…

Benedetta Virginia Freddi

Benedetta Virginia Freddi, a law Master’s student at the University of Trento, researches how EU case law influences national rules on environmental liability, focusing on the precautionary principle.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Francois-Xavier Millet

2-14 June 2025

Gabon’s 2025 Election: A Turning Point?

In a recent Globalnyt article, Professor Stig Jensen analyses Gabon’s April 2025 election. Following a non-violent coup in 2023, General Brice Oligui Nguema brought an end to the Bongo family’s 56-year rule and has now…

New visitor at CeBIL - Sarah de Heer

19 May - 20 June 2025

Call for Abstracts: XVII Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability

The XVII Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy & Sustainability on 23 October 2025 invites students and early-career researchers to present their work and receive feedback.

Special issue call for papers: (Re-)constructing Credibility in Refugee Status Determination

MOBILE Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law at the University of Copenhagen invites submissions for papers for a special issue on the role of credibility assessments in refugee status determination. Contributors…

Streaming culture creates new digital communities for film fans

In a new book, media researcher Helle Kannik Haastrup explores how TV series and films can both challenge our view of the world and engage us in online communities. The book challenges prejudices about popular culture's…

New paper: ”Deconstructing screen time: The connections between digital use, dissatisfaction, and disconnection“

DISTRACT researchers Malene Hornstrup Jespersen, Kristoffer Albris and Helene Willadsen have just published the paper ”Deconstructing screen time: The connections between digital use, dissatisfaction, and disconnection“…

New Visiting Reseacher at MOBILE - Tehseen Jäger 

Tehseen Jäger is visiting MOBILE from May 1st to June 30th 2025.