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International Law Breakfast Briefings – Spring 2024

Thursdays from 8:45 to 9:45 am Hybrid venue: Zoom and Meeting room 6B-4-04, Faculty of Law, Njalsgade 76, 2300 Copenhagen S (except for 21 March, where the venue will be 8A-0-57 (Flexroom), Njalsgade 76, ground floor,…

Researcher Cornelia Baciu has co-edited a new Special Issue in Politics and Governance

CMS Researcher Cornelia Baciu has co-edited a new Special Issue of the journal Politics and Governance in cooperation with Falk Ostermann and Wolfgang Wagner.

Expert group submits its recommendations to the government

Niels Johannesen and Jeppe Druedahl are members of the Expert Group for the Future of Business Support, where Christian Frigast is chairman and Lise Kaae also participate.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - David Kosar

Abductive Cross-Case Comparison in Qualitative Research: Methodological Lessons from the Teamwork Study of Professional Change

Associate Professor Inge Kryger Pedersen and Professor Anders Blok have published the article ‘Abductive Cross-Case Comparison in Qualitative Research: Methodological Lessons from the Teamwork Study of Professional…

Deon Digital's SFI system can revolutionise securities trading

The Department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen has provided the research basis for a test programme of Deon Digital's Smart Financial Instruments system (SFI system), which shows promising results.

Double Disadvantage

Assistant Professor Diana Roxana Galos has, together with Ariane Bertogg, published the article “Double (Dis)Advantage: The Cumulative Role of Parental Resources and the Institutional Context in Intergenerational Time…

DISTRACT article: "How app companies use GitHub: on modes of valuation in the digital attention economy"

DISTRACT researchers Eva Iris Otto, Anders Blok, and Jonathan Holm Salka published the paper "How app companies use GitHub: on modes of valuation in the digital attention economy" in Journal of Cultural Economy in April…

New members of CLIMA

We here at CLIMA are delighted to announce the addition of 4 new members to our team. Our new members are: Professor Carina Risvig Hamer is a distinguished scholar specializing in public procurement law, EU law, and…

Africa Cup of Nations: Politics and Power

Buster Kirchner, a student at the Centre of African Studies, has recently participated in a podcast titled ‘Field of Dreams: the politics and power of the Africa Cup of Nations’ produced by the Nordic Africa Institute.…

DISTRACT PhDs present at SODAS PhD Days

In February, SODAS PhDs Malene Hornstrup Jespersen and Sofie Læbo Astrupsgaard presented some of their current work in the DISTRACT project at the SODAS PhD Days

Hearing loss: New film shows ways to a good school and working life

A new film from the Good Social Spaces and Places research project shows that it is possible to overcome some of the social challenges that people with hearing loss face at school or at work.

New postdoc at CeBIL - Dr. Sebastian Porsdam Mann

We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Sebastian Porsdam Mann to the Center for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law (CeBIL) at the University of Copenhagen's Faculty of Law! Sebastian is a bioethicist and legal…

New visitor at CeBIL - Danaja Fabcic Povse

11 March - 15 March

Podcast out now

In October we hosted the conference JUST CITIES. Our keynote speaker Professor Londa Schiebinger was interviewed by Nehar Mortuza for the Life Science Talent Talks Podcast which is out now.

Torben Heien Nielsen to TV2 News: Increase in retirement savings

Recent figures from pension funds show that retirement savings are increasing. Still, one pension fund claims that we are saving too little.

Easy solutions are rarely the answer to society's climate challenges

It can sometimes seem like we're making problems unnecessarily complicated when we, as a society, need to solve the big sustainability challenges. But there are no simple solutions to solving 'wicked problems'.

Exploring the impacts of social media and crowdsourcing on disaster resilience

This paper provides insights into the ongoing research and findings of the LINKS project, which focuses on the application of SMCS technologies in disasters. Indeed, the overall objective of LINKS is strengthening the…

Muslim Political Dissent in Coastal East Africa

Visiting researcher and former Marie Curie Fellow at the Centre of African Studies Hans Olsson, has recently published a co-authored article in the Journal of Eastern African Studies titled ‘Muslim political dissent in…

Why you keep your electricity company - even though you can save money by switching

Most people keep their electricity supplier, even though it's fast and easy to switch to a cheaper competitor. Now an economist has unravelled what's holding people back – and what could ensure cheaper electricity…

Anja Simonsen has co-edited a podcast series on ethnic minorities' encounters with the Danish health care system

CGC researcher, Anja Simonsen, has co-edited the podcast series on ethnic minorities' encounters with the Danish health care system (U)lige adgang for alle – Etniske minoriteters møder med den danske velfærdsstat.

Can the Mediterranean become the new offshore wind powerhouse of Europe?

There is a gap in legal and policy analysis on the challenges for offshore wind in the Mediterranean. The new interdisciplinary research project, WINDMED, will try to provide the answers needed to move forward.

Karen Lauterbach new member of the Editorial Advisory Board of The Journal of Modern African Studies

The Journal of Modern African Studies is published by Cambridge University Press.

New Visiting Researcher at MOBILE - Vonintsoa Rafaly

Vonintsoa Rafaly will be visiting MOBILE in February 2024.