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Does your heart beat in sync with others'? DISTRACT at UCPH Spring Festival

Join us on May 31st where SODAS researchers Morten Axel Pedersen and Emilie Munch Gregersen will discuss what happens with our heartbeat when we join others at festivals, debates, and other collective events

New paper on flood emergency responders

This paper adds to the existing knowledge about flood management in Accra and contributes with insights into emergency responses to major flood events in a geospatial context

Neha Jain joins MOBILE

Neha Jain Joins MOBILE Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law as Permanent Visiting Professor.

New PhD Student at CeBIL- Zhengmin Li

Zhengmin has a background in EU and Chinese law, specifically focus on EU business law and the governance of data technologies and its impact on human rights. Before joining CeBIL, Zhengmin earned her master’s degree in…

New postdoctoral fellow at CeBIL - Dr. Hannah Louise Smith

Hannah is a socio-legal scholar interested in the regulation of new and emerging technologies, with particular interests in data protection, privacy, and more inclusive approaches to regulation in this area. Prior to…

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Konstantinos Alexandris Polomarkakis

17 - 27 June 2024

Interview: Burkina Faso's health crisis has major implications for the rest of the world

For nearly 30 years, Helle Samuelsen has studied the chronic health crisis in Burkina Faso. But the country's challenges have wider implications. The whole Sahel region is a hotspot for explosive crises.

Alessandro Moretti’s work is highlighted at the yearly conference held by the Danish Centre against Human Trafficking

At the yearly conference of the Danish Centre against Human Trafficking (CMM) on 7th May 2024, the work of another CGC researcher, Alessandro Moretti, was highlighted.

Asylum strengthens women's position in the family and society

Women who are granted asylum in Denmark after family reunification are better financially integrated, have a lower risk of becoming victims of violence – and are more likely to divorce. This is according to a new study…

From dairy proteins to plant-based sidestreams

Having recently started on the tenure track, Assistant Professor Norbert Raak seeks to use knowledge and research on dairy proteins to better utilize plant-based resources for food.

New Visiting Reseacher at MOBILE - Ezgi Yildiz

Ezgi Yildiz is visiting MOBILE from May 13th to July 12th.

New Group for Research in Punishment (GRIP)

GRIP is committed to rigorous explorations within the field of punishment and its consequences, particularly with a focus on four subthemes: 1) Execution of Sentences, 2) Process and Scope of Punishment, 3) Historical…

People without an inner voice have poorer verbal memory

The vast majority of people have an ongoing conversation with themselves, an inner voice, that plays an important role in their daily lives. But between 5-10 per cent of the population do not have the same experience of…

Deregulation Of Environmental Law and Rising Authoritarianism in India

By Arpitha Kodiveri

The Sustainability of the Environmental Product Trade: Joining Ecology and Economics in the Nepali Himalayas

By Carsten Smith-Hall

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - CHEN Mohan

1 November - 31 December 2024

New visitor at CECS - Karl Riesenhuber

1 May - 30 June 2024

Climate crisis: New project explores how flexible our eating habits are

Funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, researchers from the departments of Anthropology and Sociology will study the eating habits of four generations and how they relate to environmental and climate issues.

Economist to investigate leaders' influence on rising inequality

With a grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark, economist Daniel le Maire will explore how leadership philosophy and values among top managers can contribute to decades of rising inequality in industrialised…

New Visiting Reseacher at MOBILE - Florian Hoffmann

Florian Hoffmann is visiting MOBILE from May 15th to June 30th.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Amanda Bills

1 - 30 June 2024

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen moderates government´s international migration conference

On May 6th, MOBILE center director Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen moderated the Copenhagen Migration Conference organized by the Danish government.

Reshaping Welfare in the Digital Age

Reshaping Welfare in the Digital Age: Algorithmic Challenges in the Platform Work Landscape.

Trine Mygind Korsby is one of the two keynote speakers at the yearly conference of the Danish Centre against Human Trafficking

Her keynote addresses the relationships between human traffickers and people identified as victims of human trafficking.