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Chapter on children as documentarians

New chapter by Eva Novrup Redvall on Danish children as documentarians of the COVID-19 pandemic in the book Documentary in the age of COVID from Peter Lang.

Critical, but willing to drink: Consumers’ perspectives on the use of advanced breeding methods in dairy production

Danish consumers are concerned about advanced breeding methods in dairy production. However, a new research study has found that they are willing to drink the milk as long as the methods have not been used directly on…

Critical, but willing to drink: Consumers’ perspectives on the use of advanced breeding methods in dairy production

Danish consumers are concerned about advanced breeding methods in dairy production. However, a new research study has found that they are willing to drink the milk as long as the methods have not been used directly on…

New visitor at iCourts - Teresa Violante

6 - 12 March 2023

Registration for the Bonn 2023 CCC now open

Employees at the University of Copenhagen have the opportunity to apply for accreditation prior to the Bonn 2023 Climate Change Conference organized by the Sustainability Science Centre (SSC).

New CEPRI/SHOC project on Green Shipping - GreenLaSH

The Shipping and Ocean law group, SHOC in CEPRI has launched a new project on the Green transition and legal implications in shipping (GreenLaSH).

Trine Mygind Korsby publishes chapter on human trafficking and sex work between Romania and Italy

The chapter entitled “Complex intimacies: Sex work, human trafficking and romance between Italy and the Black Sea coast of Romania” has been published in the book “A Sea of Transience. Poetics, Politics and Aesthetics…

Frank Ejby Poulsen has won the María Zambrano Grant

Cordial congratulations to Frank Ejby Poulsen who has won the María Zambrano Grant for the attraction of international talents (€99.500) at the University King Juan Carlos. Frank will carry the project: ‘Oikosmos–El…

Nordic data can explain why countries have different asylum practices

Is it a lottery when the Nordic countries grant asylum, or why are the differences so great between the countries? A new Nordic research project is investigating this question.

The Ukrainian refugee crisis led to mass mobilisation of volunteers on Facebook

Within days and weeks, the Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted in a surge in Facebook support groups in response to the war and following humanitarian crisis.

Hjalte Osborn publishes a new article about regulating outer space

The world has entered a second space age dominated by commercial actors and a new geopolitical struggle. These factors give rise to the urgent need for new regulation of space. The article investigates the challenges…

New visitor at CeBIL - Marika Mäkinen

New visitor at CeBIL - Maria Mäkinen 1 March - 30 april 2023

CeBIL Presentation at London School of Economics on Utility Model Protection in Danish Law

On 2 February 2023, CeBIL Director Timo Minssen gave a virtual talk on “UTILITY MODELS IN DANISH LAW” at the London School of Economics. Timo’s talk presented the Chapter on Denmark which he co-authors with Tine Sommer …

María Carro Pitarch

María Carro Pitarch is a PhD Candidate at the International Law Department at the University of Valencia (Spain) and Lecturer in EU Law.

The Rise and Rise of Illegal Ticket Touting

Postdoc Alessandro Moretti has come out with the monograph The Rise and Rise of Illegal Ticket Touting published by Routledge, which presents a study of contemporary ticket touts in the UK who sell tickets to concerts,…

The Rise and Rise of Illegal Ticket Touting

Postdoc Alessandro Moretti has come out with the monograph The Rise and Rise of Illegal Ticket Touting published by Routledge, which presents a study of contemporary ticket touts in the UK who sell tickets to concerts,…

Barriers to interdisciplinarity: an early career researchers’ perspective on urban climate governance

About a year ago, our Cities in Global Climate Governance early career researchers’ (ECR) group took up a project to begin reviewing all of the contemporary global urban climate governance literature.

Call for Papers: "Re-Imagining the International: Norms, Ontological Security & the International Organization"

Researcher at CMS Cornelia Baciu is chairing the section "Re-Imagining the International: Norms, Ontological Security & the International Organization" at the 16th Pan-European Conference on International Relations,…

Jeppe Druedahl: Economic knowledge is also important for non-economists

We met with economist Jeppe Druedahl to discuss the language and importance of the economy - for the society and for its citizens.

Labor Migration as a Source of Institutional Change: Danish and Australian Construction Sectors Compared

In a new article Jens Arnholtz and Chris F. Wright examines the impact of increased labor migration on skill-sourcing practices in countries with distinct national skill formation and industrial relations institutions.

Right-wing extremism in Brazil will not disappear with Bolsonaro

The Brazilian right-wing turn that has grown strong under Bolsonaro is not new – and it shouldn’t feel so unexpected. A new doctoral dissertation shows that the turn is based on extremist religious ideas that have…

Strategic human resource management in the context of environmental crises: A COVID-19 test

New article investigates whether existing stretegic human resource management frameworks can adequately frame and deliver the academic knowledge needed to address the novel challenges posed by the pandemic.

New publication: Digital Dependence

Five DISTRACT researchers have recently published an article in the journal Media, Culture & Society entitled Digital dependence: Online fatigue and coping strategies during the COVID-19 lockdown. The article is based o…

New publication: Inter-Risk Framing Contests

A group of DISTRACT researchers have recently published a new article in the field leading journal SOCIOLOGY, entitled Inter-Risk Framing Contests: The Politics of Issue Attention among Scandinavian Climate NGOs during…