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New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Amanda Bills

1 - 30 June 2024

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen moderates government´s international migration conference

On May 6th, MOBILE center director Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen moderated the Copenhagen Migration Conference organized by the Danish government.

Reshaping Welfare in the Digital Age

Reshaping Welfare in the Digital Age: Algorithmic Challenges in the Platform Work Landscape.

Trine Mygind Korsby is one of the two keynote speakers at the yearly conference of the Danish Centre against Human Trafficking

Her keynote addresses the relationships between human traffickers and people identified as victims of human trafficking.

At last a Directive protecting platform work – Now what?

Read Catherine Jacqueson and Alberto Barrio's comment on the new directive on platform work.

Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen on Podcast: Discussing EU's New Pact on Migration and Asylum

On the Danish podcast Udsyn, Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen speaks about the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum.

Helene Willadsen presents at Trygfonden seminar at Aarhus University

On April 25th DISTRACT postdoc Helene Willadsen presented on gendered differences in choice of education at a Trygfonden seminar at Aarhus University.

Dag Hammarskjöld - UN Hero?

In a recent podcast produced by Radio4 titled ‘Verden Kalder’, Associate Professor Stig Jensen delves into the history surrounding Dag Hammarskjöld, in light of the recently released movie about his life. Stig speaks…

New visitor at CeBIL - Ayushi Agarwal

1 June – 14 July

New visitor at CECS - Silja Voeneky

27 May - 25 June 2024

Dagmar starts daycare earlier - and that has no essential effect on her

What the average two weeks earlier start means for the individual tumbling is difficult to test. Of course, it is far from random who rushes back to work and who finds it a little difficult to let go of their young…

Fixin’ to be flexitarian: Scrap fish and invasive species can liven up vegetables

Greening the way we eat needn’t mean going vegetarian. A healthy, more realistic solution is to adopt a flexitarian diet where seafoods add umami to “boring” vegetables. University of Copenhagen gastrophysicist Ole G.…

Fixin’ to be flexitarian: Scrap fish and invasive species can liven up vegetables

Greening the way we eat needn’t mean going vegetarian. A healthy, more realistic solution is to adopt a flexitarian diet where seafoods add umami to “boring” vegetables. University of Copenhagen gastrophysicist Ole G.…

DISTRACT Talk next Friday, May 3rd, with Rie Kristensen & Signe Vangkilde

Next Friday, May 3rd 11.00-12.00, DISTRACT will host a talk with PhD fellow Rie Kristensen & Professor Signe Vangkilde, Department of Psychology (UCPH). In the talk Rie Kristensen and Signe Vangkilde will explore core…

Global health crisis: Vietnam shows new ways to treat diabetes

Med øget fokus på uformel omsorg er det muligt at forbedre diabetespatienters liv markant. Det viser forskningsprojektet VALID, der netop har afsluttet sin første fase i Vietnam og kan få betydning andre steder.

Humphrey Asamoah Agyekum presents on migration and illegal mining at the Zolberg Institute at the New School

CGC-researcher Humphrey Asamoah Agyekum recently presented on the migration patterns and strategies that underpin illegal mining in Ghana at the Zolberg Institute at the New School, New York, USA.

Mandela's vision is the guiding star for post-apartheid South Africa

In an article published by ‘Baggrund’, Associate Professor Stig Jensen details how the spirit of Mandela and his efforts to fighting apartheid and create a more equal world still lives on. South Africa has grown their…

PRIVACY at the Renaissance Society of America annual conference in Chicago

From March 21-23, 2024, a delegation from PRIVACY attended the Renaissance Society of America (RSA) annual conference in Chicago. As an associate organization of RSA, PRIVACY organized four sessions with fifteen…

Climate Change Resilience in Small Communities in the Nordic Countries (CliCNord)

Climate change is also affecting the Nordic countries, and there are vulnerable geographical areas that will be particularly affected by an increasing number of devastating natural events.

Interview with Marianne Bach Mosebo

Meet Marianne Bach Mosebo, Assistant Professor at the University College Copenhagen. She is currently working on the project ‘Scope of drones and AI usage in disaster management and humanitarian aid’, in cooperation wit…

Spencer Williams

Arctic Shipping: Climate Implications and Climate Effects from a Canadian Perspective

New visitor at CECS - Emil Oljemark

21 May - 24 May 2024

New research: Danish children encounter four typical family learning environments

Parental values and family activities have a strong influence on children's learning. Based on data from 44 Danish families, researchers have identified four types of family learning environments.

Arrangers and orchestrators: the diverging role of the state in Danish and German vocational education and training

In a new article Christian Lyhne Ibsen and Kathleen Thelen compares the role of the state in vocational education and training in Germany and Denmark.