News about The University

Two DFF–Research Project1 grants awarded to Hajime Hirase and Verena Untiet

Two new research projects from Center for Translational Neuroscience have each received a DFF-Research Project1 grant of 3 million DKK.

Recent funding for VOLT

Two VOLT members from the Ecosystem Ecology group, Kathrin Rousk and Mingye Yuan, received major grants for groundbreaking studies on moss–cyanobacteria interactions and their role in ecosystem evolution.

HUM:Global establishes new partnership with The Global Biography Working Group, GloBio

NEW PARTNERSHIP: HUM:Global has formed a new partnership with GloBio, an online platform and forum for interdisciplinary scholars to present, discuss, and disseminate global biographies, particularly historical…

EUFJE Conference 2025 held at the Faculty of Law

CLIMA - Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance at the Faculty of Law hosted the 2025 Annual Conference of the EU Forum of Judges for the Environment (EUFJE).

Reconstructing maize domestication

Assistant Professor Jazmín Ramos Madrigal has been awarded a prestigious grant for her project “Reconstructing the chronology of selection during maize domestication through genotype imputation of ancient genomes.”

It stays in the family – Villum grant for Susanne and Peter Ditlevsen

Siblings and professors Susanne and Peter Ditlevsen receive Villum Synergy grant to investigate the critical tipping point of AMOC – Atlantic Meridian Overturning Circulation.

PI Gunvor Simonsen at the Omohundro Institute

ITSS PI, Gunvor Simonsen has been asked to serve as a member of the Council of the Omohundro Institute.

Zach Gerhart-Hines Awarded First Flemming Quaade Prize for Outstanding Obesity Research

The Danish Association for the Study of Obesity (DASO) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation have awarded the first Flemming Quaade Prize for Outstanding Obesity Research to Zach Gerhart-Hines, Associate Professor at the…

Ida Vandsøe Madsen is Teacher of the Year 2025 at the Department of Anthropology

Ida is recognised as Teacher of the Year 2025.

“A Feeling of Melancholy Resignation”: The League Visits the Nordic Countries in 1936

Blog post by Emil Eiby Seidenfaden.

Podcast episode featuring CTR researcher

The podcasters Jo Andrews and Bill Taylor, hosts of the podcast Haptic and Hue, interviewed Eva Andersson Strand together with Mark Schram Christensen.

Award-winning Professor: “I’ve always wanted to leave my mark on the field”

For 40 years, Professor Henrik Elvang Jensen has shaped veterinary pathology internationally – developing new diagnostic methods, changing clinical practices, and creating guidelines now used worldwide.

Families with children should have more greens on their plates

The research project GreenFamily will investigate the health effects of a more plant-rich diet and make it easier for families with children to follow the Official Dietary Guidelines. The Plant-Based Food Grant supports…

Official Opening of the Copenhagen Center for Glycocalyx Research

On 9 October 2025, the new Copenhagen Center for Glycocalyx Research was officially opened with a program of speeches and a reception at the center’s facilities in the Maersk Tower.

Ellie Edmond Shimmin: Reducing health inequities by strengthening the education of health professionals

Ellie Edmond Shimmin reflects on her role in a partnership-based programme operating across India and Kenya focused on reducing health inequities by strengthening the education of health professionals.

Student voices shaping global health: Meet our Student Advisory Board

Created to embed student perspectives into the School of Global Health’s strategic development and activities, the Student Advisory Board empowers students from the University of Copenhagen.

From bacterial food sources to cell gene activity: Four new, wild projects

Four bold and innovative ideas from the Department of Biology at the University of Copenhagen have received a VILLUM Experiment grant.

Collaborate with the Center for Applied Ecological Thinking on your Master’s Thesis [Extended deadline]

Deadline for applications is 28 November 2025.

Eva Andersson Strand has received a price

Professor Eva Andersson Strand, our former Head of Centre and professor of archaeology, has received a prize from the Brita Janckes Prisfond for her research in textile history.

New videos on textile techniques at the TRiVAL project site

There has just been uploaded five new videos on textile techniques on the TRiVAL project site.

Konrad Lüdecke

M.Sc., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

New Flagship Initiative on “Global Migrations” hosted by AMIS

Fabio Santos and Marie Sandberg have been awarded funding for a flagship initiative by HUM:Global.

Making VisuaLeague

Blog post by Haakon A. Ikonomou.

Stretching the skin to expand knowledge

Can stretching the skin change how we feel touch, pain, and temperature? Surprisingly, yes! Associate Professor Aragona and her team will look into how and why, thanks to the Serendipity Grant Scheme research grant.