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CMS project HYBRINAT receives grant from Research Council, Faroe Islands

CMS Researcher, Tobias Liebetrau, has received a grant from the Faroese Research Council for the project Hybrid Threats in the North Atlantic (HYBRINAT).

Economist: Tens of billions of dollars in forest products are being overlooked

Are we missing the forest for the trees? More than timber grows in forests – including products worth many tens of billions of dollars. Because these goods go unrecorded in official trade statistics, their economic valu…

Michele Betsill receives ISA award for her pioneering environmental policy research

For her contributions as a scholar, teacher and mentor in the field of environmental politics, professor Michele Betsill was named a Distinguished Scholar at this year's International Studies Association conference in…

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Catherine van de Graaf

1 May - 30 June 2024

Do key informants agree with representative households on climate exposure and resilience?

Ethiopia is facing increasing climate-induced hazards, such as droughts, especially in rural and agriculture-dependent areas. This poses significant development challenges that necessitate households to adapt and improv…

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Elise Filius

8 April - 16 May 2024

Committee of experts offers solution for increased social spending

Professor Mette Gørtz is a member of the Committee of Experts that hasgiven recommendations on how to solve the rising costs that are putting pressure on the Danish municipalities.

Major study reports that people and environment both benefit from diversified farming, while bottom lines also thrive

Mixing livestock and crops, integrating flower strips and trees, water and soil conservation and much more: Massive new global study led by the University of Copenhagen and University of Hohenheim, has examined the…

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Miyu Nakata

1 April - 20 December 2024

New paper on flood implications for mobility

The paper evaluates the vulnerability of roads to flooding in certain neighbourhoods in Accra, both urban and peri-urban

New postdoctoral fellow at CeBIL - Dr. Gabriela Lenarczyk

We are excited to announce that Dr. Gabriela Lenarczyk has joined the International Center for Bioscience Innovation Law (Inter-CeBIL) as a Postdoctoral Fellow!

Joint Report from the Working Group on Decarbonisation of Transport Infrastructure Construction in the EU

Professor Ole Hansen and assistant professor Maria Gausdal contributed to the Joint Report from the Working Group on Decarbonisation of Transport Infrastructure Construction in the EU for the European Commission.

Magdalena Bogucewicz: Migrant healthcare in humanitarian contexts

The School of Global Health's Global Health Research Spotlight series focuses on global health researchers from the University of Copenhagen.

New visitor at CECS - Chloé van der Belen

1 April - 30 June 2024

Dan Bodansky

Daniel M. Bodansky is a preeminent authority on global climate change whose teaching and research focus on international environmental law and public international law. He teaches courses in international law and…

Anja Simonsen has co-written an article on ‘affective solidarity’ and the search for ransom in the global Somali community

CGC researcher, Anja Simonsen, has co-written an article with Mohamed S. Tarabi on how recent migration trends among the Somali youth and the rise of the migrant smuggling network, in Somali known as Magafe, have…

Logic of the Apartheid State

In a podcast episode by DR, Associate Professor Stig Jensen helps listeners understand the complexities of apartheid. With the recent escalation in the conflict in Israel and Palestine more people are beginning to align…

Research on the Danish labour market can continue with new five-year grant

FAOS has received a five year research grant of DKK 34 million. This will enable the Centre to continue its research into the challenges facing the Danish labour market in the coming years.

Researcher: Seven billion newly hatched chicks are killed every year – but a ban is not the solution

Annually, the global egg industry kills seven billion day-old male chicks because they don’t lay eggs and aren’t worth raising for meat. While several countries have banned the practice, neither bans nor other current…

SAMF researcher helps NATO sharpen its focus on southern neighbourhoods

Katja Lindskov Jacobsen from the Centre for Military Studies is among 11 experts selected to provide an analysis of NATO's alliances south of the member states.

Alessandro Moretti invited as guest on BBC podcast on ticket touting

CGC researcher Alessandro Moretti recently contributed to an episode of the BBC podcast, examining the illegal buying and reselling of tickets to e.g. concerts and sporting events for profit, known in the United Kingdom…

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - David Schneiderman

Baine Kerr

Baine Kerr, a PhD candidate at Utrecht University, researches the legal responsibilities to prevent and control climate pollution caused by international shipping under international law.

Habib Sani Usman

Dr Habib Sani Usman obtained a doctorate degree (LLD) in International Aspects of Law from the North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. Dr Usman also hold a masters degree in Law and Technology (LLM) from…