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Critique of Denmark's Poor Listening Skills Towards Africa's Climate Goals

In an article for Altinget, Associate Professor Stig Jensen together with Rune Larsen, points out the hypocrisy of Denmark’s climate initiatives. Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Dan…

Young people find cocaine use increasingly common in party settings

Cocaine use is becoming normalised in parts of party culture, according to a new study of Roskilde festival attendees.

Dissemination and Outreach Workshop Report is now available

Stakeholders, including researchers, community leaders, local political interest groups, and planners, discussed the project's findings

Eirik Finserås

Eiriks research is related to a comparative assessment of national licensing procedures for offshore wind in the North Sea Basin. Currently entitled `A Comparative Legal Analysis of North Sea Offshore Wind Licensing…

New national project aims to strengthen diversity in research environments

13 university environments specializing in STEM subjects, among others the Department of Computer Science, have come together to implement a targeted initiative aimed at enhancing diversity.

Professor Henning Koch, LLD – eulogy

By Emeritus Professor Jørn Vestergaard.

New Visiting Researcher at CECS - Flavio Guella

1. December 2023 - 31. December 2023.

Centre director Mette Birkedal Bruun in the podcast ‘Videnskab fra vilde hjerner’

Centre director Mette Birkedal Bruun was recently a guest in the Danish podcast Videnskab fra vilde hjerner (Science from Wild Minds) hosted by Professor of astrophysics at University of Copenhagen, Anja C. Andersen.…

Denmark Disconnected? Presentation of preliminary survey results

On December 5th 2023, Malene Hornstrup Jespersen and Kristoffer Albris gave a presentation to the Policy Fellows on Digitalisation at the Crown Princess Mary Center at the Faculty of Social Science. At the presentation,…

New article: "Exposure to urban and rural contexts shapes smartphone usage behavior"

DISTRACT Researchers Anna Sapienza, Sune Lehmann, and DTU researchers Laura Alessandretti and Marita Lítlá has recently published an article in PNAS Nexus

Atreyee Sen is featured in a recently published ethnographic volume on disappearance

CGC researcher, Atreyee Sen, has authored a chapter in a recently published book on disappearance in different social, cultural and political contexts.

New CMS Report: Military Data Translation and Digital Transformation

The rapid development of digital technology such as big data, AI, and the Internet of Things is becoming increasingly significant for Danish security and defense policy.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Irene Miano

15 January - 16 February 2024

What drives global disparities in science?

A new research project led by Mathias Wullum Nielsen will examine global North-South disparities in research. The project is funded by a DKK 6.2 million grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

A delicious surprise: Vertically farmed greens taste as good as organic ones

But the first scientific taste test from the University of Copenhagen and Plant Food & Research, New Zealand shows that respondents rate greens grown vertically and without soil as just as good as organic ones.

CMS professor gets special role in war crimes investigations

Kevin Jon Heller, Professor at the Centre for Military Studies in the Department of Political Science, has been appointed Special Adviser on War Crimes to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

CMS professor gets special role in war crimes investigations

Kevin Jon Heller, Professor at the Centre for Military Studies in the Department of Political Science, has been appointed Special Adviser on War Crimes to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar vulnerable to underreported extreme heat would not have occurred without climate change

Researchers Nick Baumgart and Emmanuel Raju from COPE and the School of Global Health join their peers in this new study (featured on the Guardian) titled "Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar highly vulnerable to…

Josef Valvoda joins MOBILE as Postdoctoral Researcher

Josef Valvoda joins MOBILE Center of Excellence for Global Mobility Law as a Postdoctoral Researcher.

Policy Advice, Outreach & Dissemination of Research SAPIENS Network Advanced Training PhD Course 6

On the days 5th – 8th of September, 2023, the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, hosted the SAPIENS Network 6th Advanced Training PhD Course. SAPIENS Network is the first international training network (INT) and…

Paolo Astorri publishes chapter in Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law

Paolo Astorri publishes chapter in Oxford Handbook of Christianity and Law titled "Christianity and Contract Law"

Kathrine Hyun Kjærgaard Pedersen

Renewable energy and the green transition

New EU-funded project will explore how AI shapes scientific knowledge

Et nyt projekt finansieret af Det Europæiske Forskningsråd vil forstå effekten af kunstig intelligens på skabelsen og udbredelsen af videnskabelig viden.

Reflections on the Humanitarian Congress Berlin 2023

Three students studying Disaster Risk Management - Katharina Bucsits, Madeline Ewbank and Christos Tsampoulatidis - attended HC Berlin in-person and share their takeaways on key themes below.