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Neha Jain visiting MOBILE with support from Danmarks Nationalbank

Prof Neha Jain will visit MOBILE from 15 July to 31 December 2026

New PhD Student at MOBILE - Vittoria Patergnani

Vittoria Patergnani starts her PhD at MOBILE on 1 April

New CMS Report: Russian influence campaigns in Africa

Russia’s influence in Africa has grown significantly in recent years and has taken on renewed strategic importance in the wake of the war in Ukraine.

Boys ditch books when schools close – girls keep reading

When holidays or pandemics shut down schools, gender differences in children’s reading habits widen; boys stop reading, while girls continue, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen. The researchers…

Can You Sell a Good Used Car? Evidence from the Danish Car Market

A lemon rots from the inside. It may look flawless on the outside, but once you cut it open, it turns out to be bad. That’s why a bad second-hand car is called a “lemon”

International Dairy Federation conference

The International Dairy Federation (IDF) conference was held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 11th to 13th of March with pre-courses the 10th of March.

New Assistant Professor - Mohammad Naser Sabet Jahromi

Mohammad Naser Sabet Jahromi joins MOBILE as Assistant Professor.

Recognizing and Honoring Women in Public Space

The debate about women’s visibility in public spaces takes centre stage across Denmark, where conversations are emerging on how women’s contributions are commemorated, including discussions about monuments and statues…

Postdoc position in private law and sustainability

It is no longer possible to apply for the position.

Typewriters as career catalysts: the life of Kathleen (Kay) Midwinter

A blog post by Myriam Piguet.

From Seaweed to Plastic: Gleaning and the moral economy of waste in Indonesia

Postdoctoral research fellow Lukas Fort has published the article ‘From Seaweed to Plastic: Gleaning and the moral economy of waste in Indonesia’ in Indonesia and the Malay World

New researcher at CLIMA - Wesley Maraire

Wesley Maraire is a sociolegal researcher with interdisciplinary training in law, sociology, and political science. His work spans access to justice, climate governance, and decolonial legal theory. He is a Marie…

UCPH Geopolitics Seed Money

All academic staff at the University of Copenhagen are invited to submit applications for the KU Geopolitics Seed Money initiative, which aims to support interdisciplinary outreach activities on geopolitics directed…

Irene Antonioli

Irene Antonioli is currently at the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen as part of an Erasmus+ post-graduate traineeship where she will develop the research she began during her thesis on the impact of climat…

An Qi Wang

An Qi Wang's current research with the Faculty of Science focuses on water-related inequalities and conflicts in Laikipia County, Kenya.

Elliot Lester

Elliot is particularly interested in questions of environmental equity and the ways legal frameworks can either entrench disadvantage or serve as tools for innovation and social change.

Dark personality levels relate to people’s job interests and chosen careers

People with high scores on the so-called Dark Factor of Personality have significantly less interest in social and creative jobs. This is shown by new research from the Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS)…

The struggle for equal rights required pioneers

For many years the legal profession at Copenhagen University was closed to women, and the path for the first women who sought to study law, was extremely difficult.

History After the Fall of Assad

On February 27-28 a key event on the study of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad took place at Princeton University. Andreas Bandak was invited to present his recent work alongside a host of key scholars. The…

Young people fear drugging in nightlife – but almost never report it

Young people – especially women – increasingly fear being drugged, and the phenomenon is more widespread and complex than previously assumed. This is shown in a new report from the Criminological Observatory at the…

Call for applications: Student Assistants at MOBILE

MOBILE is looking for 3–4 talented and committed students to assist the Center

CLIMA co-organized the 2025 Sino–Danish Colloquium on Global Climate Governance and Multilateralism

From 25–30 November 2025, the Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance (CLIMA) at the University of Copenhagen led an interdisciplinary delegation of scholars in law, anthropology and climate science from Denmark,…

New special issue: Small Islands, Proximity and Connection in the Eastern Caribbean

IN THE SAME SEA team members Rasmus Christensen, Dr. Felicia Fricke, and Dr. Gunvor Simonsen, in collaboration with Dr. Joy Lewis of Morgan State University, have guest-edited a special issue of the Journal of Caribbean…

Presenting Georgios Giannakopoulos and The Interpreters

Blog post by Cecilie Rinder Myrup.