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AI gigafactories require political decisions – not just technological investments

The EU plans to build massive AI gigafactories, and Denmark has thrown its hat into the ring. But according to a new research brief from CAISA – the National Centre for AI in Society – there is a lack of broad political…

New scale measures mental health promoting behaviour

With the help of a nine-item scale, researchers from the University of Copenhagen are now able to measure mental health promoting behaviour and gain insight into how it affects our well-being.

Katja Jane Elizabeth Juthans

Katja will be writing her master's thesis at CLIMA this fall under the title "Mapping the Operationalization of Environmental Justice Principles in Arctic Ocean Climate Law and Governance."

Lorena Arismendi

Lorena Arismendi is a Peruvian Environmental Engineering student, specializing in Sustainability Management, with additional training in environmental assessment and control, and forestry and wildlife legislation.

Danish intelligence test may underestimate the abilities of bilingual young people

Even highly educated young people who have grown up and been educated in Denmark risk being underestimated when their IQ is tested. New research points to hidden cultural bias in one of the most widely used intelligence…

Law Professors prefer AI

Researchers at Stanford University has recently released an interesting paper. In an experiment Law professors rated answers to legal questions written by AI and other law professors respectively. In the experiment, the…

Children improve their fraction skills by playing basketball in class

Combining fractions with basketball improves pupils’ mathematical skills in primary school, a new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes. The researcher behind it calls for the approach to be integrated into…

Children improve their fraction skills by playing basketball in class

Combining fractions with basketball improves pupils’ mathematical skills in primary school, a new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes. The researcher behind it calls for the approach to be integrated into…

More status quo than change. Employer associations’ preferences in Dutch and Danish welfare

In both Denmark and the Netherlands, employer associations often support the status quo in welfare policy areas such as pensions, employment, education and family-work life.

AfD Dominated TikTok in the German Election

The right-wing party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) dominated TikTok during the German federal election in 2025. Its visibility was primarily driven by regular users – not by the party itself.

Including non-standard workers in Danish social dialogue

A new European research project (IntegrateDialogue) will explore how non-standard workers can be better included in social dialogue and representation.

N. Meltem Daysal will give keynote talk at the 2026 Meeting of the Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO)

The Lecture is entitled The Economics of Mental Health.

Breaking the Barriers: Gender, Culture and Diversity in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Associate Professor Emerita Hilda Rømer Christensen from the Department of Sociology has together with other authors edited a new volume published by De Gruyter.

New article by Johannes Riber in the Norwegian Naval Journal

Johannes Riber, lieutenant commander and postdoc/researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, has published the article "Er den fleksible flåde stadig en succes for Danmark?" (Is the flexible fleet still a success for…

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

The Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance (CLIMA) is organizing the XIX edition of the Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability.

New PhD course on (Dis)ordering Worlds: Histories of (anti)modernity & disorder

We are thrilled to be offering a PhD course in Global Humanities this year. PhD Students in Denmark and abroad are invited to participate in a four-day course which connects geopolitical ordering attempts over the last…

‘Voluntary’ solitary confinement makes prisoners in Danish prisons ill

Eight per cent of prisoners in Danish prisons choose so‑called voluntary solitary confinement to avoid violence from other inmates. However, this ‘voluntary’ isolation is unregulated, and many vulnerable prisoners…

CEBI PhD student Malthe Hauschildt Veje has been awarded a Fulbright Grant

Malthe will spend a full year at Princeton University hosted by professor Henrik Kleven.

Haris Huremagić

Haris Huremagić is a Researcher within the DFG-funded research project “Peacekeeping in the Anthropocene: Changing Law for a Changing Climate (PeaceCLaCC)” and PhD Candidate in International Law.

When research ends up in a drawer, welfare pays the price

A new partnership between the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Copenhagen and the Social Investment Fund aims to bring research closer to the realities of municipalities and develop new solutions to the…

Digital platform significantly reduces distress among children of divorce

A digital solution developed by researchers at the University of Copenhagen improves the mental health of children and young people after their parents’ divorce, according to a new study. The platform also reduces famil…

Miriam Wüst will give keynote Lecture at the EDUCA Mini-Conference

The lecture is entitled "Early Interventions and Life-Course Outcomes – The Nordics as a Policy Laboratory"

Alternative SoMe algorithms can help users form more accurate and less polarized beliefs

The algorithms that most social media platforms like Facebook, X, and TikTok use today might be contributing to political conflict and polarization. But a new study from the University of Copenhagen suggests that simple…

What Volunteers Do: Toward a Task-Centered Framework for Recognizing Informal Volunteering

New publication by Lærke Høgenhaven.