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Past global photosynthesis reacted quickly to more carbon in the air

Ice cores allow climate researchers to look 800,000 years back in time: atmospheric carbon acts as fertilizer, increasing biological production. The mechanism removes carbon from the air and thereby dampens the…

Researchers confirm shipwreck could be 400-year-old colonial "Sparrow-Hawk"

The remains of a shipwreck in Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, thought to be a 400-year-old colonial vessel, have now undergone extensive scientific analyses.

CBMR publications and media appearances in February 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in February 2022

People spreading misinformation are ridiculed rather than met with facts

People who spread misinformation on Twitter are more often met with ridicule than with fact-based arguments, new study shows.

Researchers to explore ancient dress practices in Sudan

Archaeologist Elsa Yvanez has received an ERC Starting Grant for the research project "Fashioning Sudan. Archaeology of dress along the Middle Nile", which she will lead at the Centre for Textile Research for the next…

Researchers to explore ancient dress practices in Sudan

Archaeologist Elsa Yvanez has received an ERC Starting Grant for the research project "Fashioning Sudan. Archaeology of dress along the Middle Nile", which she will lead at the Centre for Textile Research for the next…

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2022

Talk: A Plurilingual Approach to the General Language Awareness Course

On January 20, Line Krogager Andersen gave a talk on a virtual seminar organized by the Danish Ministry of Education, focusing on a plurilingual and awareness-oriented approach to the General Language Awareness Course.

The Force of Love

The Force of Love: Type II Diabetes in Vietnam as Tentatively Transformative Experience Professor Tine Gammeltoft contritubed to ETHOS - Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology with the article 'The Force…

WORKING PAPER 3: Missionary Networks, Black Preachers, and the Spread of Methodism in the Antilles

This working paper explores interisland networks and the different reactions of island authorities to missionaries in the 18th century, by examining the diaries of Thomas Coke.

New intervention to strengthen efforts against diabetes in Vietnam

As one of four new Danida-supported projects involving researchers from the Department of Anthropology, a collaborative health anthropological project addresses diabetes among pregnant women in Vietnam.

Podcast on plurilingual education and language awareness

In collaboration with Stemmer fra Skolen, the project has published the podcast ‘Flere sprog i spil – om flersprogethedsdidaktik'.

CBMR publications and media appearances in November & December 2021

CBMR publications and media appearances in November and December 2021

Millions for research into green transition on the roads

The Independent Research Fund Denmark has allocated almost 12 million to the project GREENCAR, which will show the way to a green transformation of the car sector.

How do countries tackle cultural collisions with migrants?

A new project funded by the Carlsberg Foundation will investigate migration from non-western countries and how the host countries handle potential cultural clashes through national policies.

Research project will crack the code behind green neighbourhood communities

With support from THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS, new research anchored at the Department of Anthropology will examine how to create green neighbouring communities in housing associations.

Thomas Hylland Eriksen: We are living in an overheated world

The Norwegian social anthropologist Thomas Hylland Eriksen has been proclaimed Honorary Doctor at UCPH. At the heart of his research is the 'overheated globalisation', which he explains here.

We prefer farmed salmon – as long as we don't know what we're eating

A blind taste test by University of Copenhagen researchers demonstrates that Danes prefer the taste of both conventionally and organically farmed smoked salmon over wild-caught salmon. However, the picture is turned…

Artificial intelligence favours white men under 40

Publicly available language models of the sort used for everything from Google and Siri, to insurance and legal casework systematically favour the language of young white men. At the same time, they discriminate in…

Danish chemist helps England extend lifespan of world-renowned shipwreck

Using an advanced new X-ray scanning technique, a team of University of Copenhagen researchers has helped to identify the substances quietly eating their way through the wreckage of the Mary Rose, a 510-year-old English…

Living with chronic disease: Three questions that still need answering

We still lack knowledge on how best to help patients with chronic diseases. Ayo Wahlberg, who just completed a large-scale study on the everyday lives of people living with chronic disease, calls for new initiatives.

Danes have reduced meat consumption – but we lag behind other Europeans

A major new survey on meat consumption in Europe reports that Europeans have a growing appetite for plant-based foods and that meat consumption has dipped. While this applies to Denmark as well, Danes lag behind the…

Our computers are sexist towards male and female politicians

Female politicians are often described as 'beautiful' or 'hysterical' in language models, while descriptors like ‘brave' and 'independent' are elicited for their male counterparts. A new analysis by researchers from th…

CERTIZENS PhD Workshop for Students at the University of Ghana

OPEN PHD WORKSHOP ON CERTIFICATION, CITIZENSHIP AND STATE MAKING University of Ghana, Legon 17- 18 NOVEMBER 2021 Invitation to interested PhD/MPhil…