News about The University

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).

RESAW 2025 Conference

On 4-6 June 2025, the Data Loss project will participate in the RESAW 2025 Conference at the University of Siegen, Germany. The conference is organised by the Collaborative Research Centre 1187 “Media of Cooperation” at…

THE WEB. Archives, Sources, Loss, and Use

On 8-9 May 2025, the Data Loss project participates in "THE WEB: Archives, Sources, Loss, and Use" - a workshop on Web Archives hosted by Center for Digital History (Aarhus University), Center for Contemporary History,…

Beyond Cheap and Biased

Associate Professors Hjalmar Bang Carlsen and Jonas Toubøl have published the article titled Beyond Cheap and Biased: Informal Volunteering on Social Media During the COVID-19 Crisis

Singularitäten? Im interdisziplinären Gespräch mit Andreas Reckwitz

Associate Professor Mikael Carleheden has made a contribution to the book Singularitäten? Im interdisziplinären Gespräch mit Andreas Reckwitz

Zeitenwende – Challenges and Paths to Renewed Order

At the inaugural CHIOS-Körber Roundtable, held on 8 April 2025 at the Körber-Stiftung headquarters in Hamburg, thirty scholars, politicians, officials, and representatives from the armed forces, think tanks, and NGOs me…

External CEBI member Stefanie Stantcheva recieves the John Bates Clark medal

The John Bates Clark medal is one of the most prestigious and eagerly anticipated AEA awards.

Sightseeing with BARC

BARC explored the historic sites of the University of Copenhagen.

Open call for participants

Ethnographic drawing makes it possible to translate ideas to lines, making them visually sharable in a way that might be more accessible than words. More than that, however, drawing entails the possibility of exploring…

The effect of the Green Tripartite to be analysed

A new research project will investigate the economic, environmental and climate effects of the ‘Agreement on a Green Denmark’. The project is led by Peter Birch Sørensen, Professor at the Department of Economics.

CTS professor is co-PI on CAISA, a new national Center for AI in Society

Professor Stine Lomborg from the Center for Tracking and Society is now part of the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAISA).

Common Ecologies ecosocial education

In 2024, we kicked off a collaboration between the Common Ecologies movement school and CApE, to work on building a resource and network for ecosocial education.

Internship Opportunity at HUM:Global

HUM:Global, based at the South Campus of the University of Copenhagen, is seeking a globally oriented intern to join a dynamic team working within the field of global humanities.

New Associate Dean for Research

Associate professor Lone Wandahl Mouyal will take up the position of new Associate Dean for Research on 1 May, 2025.

Nanna Thylstrup will give the keynote at the Datafied Web RESAW conference

The talk will be titled “Vanishing points: technographies of data loss”.

Opening hours Easter 2025

Monday – Wednesday, April 14 -16 8.00 - 21.00 Maundy Thursday, April 17 Closed Good Friday, April 18 Closed Saturday – Sunday, April 19 – 20 Closed Easter Monday, April 21 Closed Happy Easter!

Alexandra Buhl: Researching capacity strengthening for sustainable development

In this spotlight, Alexandra talks about her research in capacity development and more specifically a project focusing on strengthening health education institutions in India and Kenya.

Inflection Award for Margarita Poderyte

Congratulations to Margarita Poderytė, Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen, selected as one of the 30 Best Young Scientists in the World working on Climate Change.