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Spontaneous Talk at Folkemødet for German Democracy Advocates

During this year’s Folkemøde, Morten Axel Pedersen was spontaneously invited to give a talk to a visiting group of German democracy advocates. During the talk, he shared his research outcomes on democracy festivals with…

DISTRACT at Folkemødet 2025

On Friday the 13th, DISTRACT researchers Morten Axel Pedersen, Emilie Munch Gregersen, Karoline Husbond Andersen and Magnus Nørtoft presented findings from studying the Danish People’s Meeting (Folkemødet) in 2021 and…

Prof Gammeltoft-Hansen elected to Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

Prof Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, head of the MOBILE Center, has been elected as a new member of the prestigious Videnskabernes Selskab (Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters). Each year, a small number of leading scholar…

“Dark” personality thrives in societies with corruption and inequality

A new global study shows that people in societies characterized by corruption, inequality, poverty, and violence are more likely to develop aversive, “dark” personality characteristics such as selfishness or…

New model explains violent extremism

Jihadists and extremists on the far right may have something in common. Researchers have developed a model consisting of social and psychological factors that explain how violent extremism arises.

Conflict and coordination in the cost-of-living crisis

Christian Lyhne Ibsen et al. has written the introduction to a special issue on how European states and social partners have handled the inflation crisis in 2021-2023.

Implementation of the revised Posting of Workers Directive in EU member states

In a new article in the Journal of European Public Policy, Jens Arnholtz and Daniel Seikel show that the revision of the EU's Posting of Workers Directive has had little effect on national legislation.

Tshifhiwa Bernard Magoro

Bernard is a LLM student from the North Sea Energy Law Program under the supervision of Beatriz Martinez Romera.

Emilie Victoria Nørgaard Elkjær

Emilie holds an LL.M. in Energy and Climate Law and is now pursuing a second master’s in climate and energy law at the University of Copenhagen.

Emilie Victoria Nørgaard Elkjær

Emilie specializes in climate and energy law, holding an LL.M. from the University of Groningen and currently studying at the University of Copenhagen.

Tshifhiwa Bernard Magoro

Bernard is a LLM student from the North Sea Energy Law Program under the supervision of Beatriz Martinez Romera.

In Memoriam: Jia Li

In Memoriam of Associate Professor Jia Li.

Fælleshed eller Fællesskab? – DISTRACT presentation at Folkemødet

On the 13th of June the DISTRACT researchers Morten Axel Pedersen, Emilie Munch Gregersen, Magnus Nørtoft, and Karoline Husbond Andersen will give a presentation at Folkemødet, based on interactive insights from the…

Call for abstracts: Extreme heat and health in the context of climate change

The goal of this symposium is to highlight a global health emergency: The impact of extreme heat on public health due to climate change.

Studieforløb i Kenya: Brug din faglighed i globalt udviklingssamarbejde

Deltag i et internationalt lærings- og innovationsforløb om Danmarks udviklingssamarbejde, 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…