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CGC Researcher, Alessandro Moretti, publishes monograph on ticket touting

Based on extended fieldwork among ticket touts, people who illegally sell tickets for cultural events and sports fixtures for profit, Alessandro Moretti has published a monograph on the subject.

Ina Banja Albrektsen

Electricity interconnection target in the European Union

Kirstine Frida Rysbjerg

Market regulation of agricultural land in Denmark

DISTRACT team presents at Danish Parliament

On the 26th of January, DISTRACT team members Morten Axel Pedersen (PI), August Lohse, Emilie Munch Gregersen and Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard were invited to the Danish Parliament to present findings from their research at…

New project examines Danes' views on other people's lifestyles

How do we rank different lifestyles? And to what extent do we discriminate against others based on their taste and interests?

Seminar on Medical Devices and legal issues at the interface of regulation, protection and Innovation

CeBIL Director Timo Minssen organized and moderated the Seminar on “Medical Devices and legal issues at the interface of regulation, protection and Innovation” in collaboration with colleagues from the Danish Associatio…

Denmark spearheading transformation of EU food system

The University of Copenhagen is leading a comprehensive new EU project, CLEVERFOOD, that will facilitate a society-wide mobilisation of European citizens to transform the European food system that benefits climate goals…

New CMS Report: The foreign and security policy development in the Arctic and North Atlantic

The significance of the Arctic has increased both globally and in Danish foreign and security policy. As a consequence, a number of challenges emerges for the Kingdom of Denmark - both now and in the future.

"New" postdoc at iCourts - Nicholas Haagensen

1. February 2023

Peter Davis joins CIIR in the LEGALESE project

New PostDoc at CIIR researching the legal implications of bias in NLP

Tommaso Fia joins CIIR as guest researcher

Fia's research interests include the governance of non-personal data, data ownership, the commons and property theory.

Green breakthrough: New models calculate our impact on nature and climate

Economists from the University of Copenhagen have developed green models to calculate environmental and climate effects in Denmark's entire economy.

Invitation to the inauguration of professor Morten Arendt Rasmussen

Invitation to the inauguration of professor Morten Arendt Rasmussen March 3 at 1 pm in Copenhagen Plant Science Center Auditorium A2.11.01 - CPSC1, entrance via Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C

The green transition needs insights from Social Sciences and Humanities research

A green transition is very much about people's behaviour, opportunities and willingness to change their behaviour – to adapt. If we are to create lasting changes in relation to the environment, we need to rethink and to…

FAOS research article wins international recognition

The journal Socio-Economic Review have republished 20 of their best research articles. One of the selected articles is about labor market research and was written by FAOS' Christian Lyhne Ibsen et al.

Modern arms technologies help autocratic rulers stay in power

Autocrats and dictators quickly acquire new arms technologies from abroad and often use them against their own citizens. Now a study shows that the spread of military technologies inhibits democratic reform.

New CMS Background Paper: Militarization of Space – in an International Law Perspective

Space has become an integrated part of modern warfare. In 2019, NATO declared space as its fifth operational domain. By 2021, nearly 20 states had the capability to launch objects into space...

Disasters, Climate Change and Law: Reflections from the NEEDS conference and COPE stay

As someone who is interested in the intersection between law and disasters – it is always exciting to find an event that caters to both. This made the Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies…

International Law Breakfast Briefings – Spring 2023

Thursdays from 8:45 to 9:45 am

Dawoon Jung

Visiting Stay: March 2023 Dr Dawoon Jung is a Research Fellow in the Ocean Law and Policy team at the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore and an associate editor of the Asian Journal of…

Dawoon Jung

Dr Dawoon Jung is a Research Fellow in the Ocean Law and Policy team at the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore and an associate editor of the Asian Journal of International law.

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship at the Department of Political Science, ERC RITUAL DETERRENCE

Does exploring the role of ritual action in making deterrence effective in international security politics between NATO and the Warsaw Pact sound interesting to you?

CIIR hosted the 37th Nordic Conference on Law and IT in 2022

Humans, data and law: tectonic plates in motion.

Interdisciplinary Opportunities for Biometric Researchers

iCourts postdoctoral researcher Karen McGregor Richmond has been appointed as Copenhagen University lead representative to the Biometrics Institute, opening up opportunities for three more colleagues to join this vibran…