News about The University

DKK 10 million for new quantum businesses

The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) invests venture capital to pave the way for new quantum businesses. This will provide better opportunities for the University’s researchers to start their own businesses.

Professor Juleen Zierath is awarded the Erhoff Prize 2023

The Erhoff Family Foundation cite Juleen Zierath’s extraordinary publishing record, strong leadership, and commitment to fundamental biomedical research in their justification for awarding her the award.

Higher education boosts earnings and mental well-being after job injuries

Society gains financially by retraining people who have been injured in accidents. This is the conclusion of economists from Copenhagen and Chicago in a new study.

Predicting Africa’s Future and its Political Ties to Denmark

Stig Jensen, Associate Professor at the Centre of African Studies, has recently been in the media to discuss Africa’s future and Denmark’s politics regarding Africa.

University of Copenhagen opens the doors for entrepreneurship

All students and staff at the University of Copenhagen can now get access to excellent entrepreneurship training and support. Together with one of Denmark's leading start-up accelerators, Accelerace, the University hope…

Large Danish food infrastructure collaboration bears fruit

Companies and research communities have achieved new standards of collaboration through the shared state-of-the-art laboratory center, FOODHAY, setting the stage for the development of cutting-edge knowledge and…

Petrine Wellendorph new Head of Programme for DRA

Professor Petrine Wellendorph has been appointed Head of Programme for Drug Research Academy from August XX. This is a position where she will set the direction for the education of researchers within the field of…

Petrine Wellendorph new Head of Programme for DRA

Professor Petrine Wellendorph has been appointed Head of Programme for Drug Research Academy from August XX. This is a position where she will set the direction for the education of researchers within the field of…

New ethnographic framework identifies dog sledding in archaeological record

A new study, just published in Journal of Archaeological Science, introduces a pioneering framework for identifying dog sledding in the archaeological record. Authored by PhD student Emma Vitale and colleagues, the…

New ethnographic framework identifies dog sledding in archaeological record

A new study, just published in Journal of Archaeological Science, introduces a framework for identifying dog sledding in the archaeological record. Authored by PhD student Emma Vitale and colleagues, the research offers…

PhD Course: Mechanisms in Innate Immune Signaling

About the course The primary objective of this PhD course is to enable participants to gain comprehensive knowledge of induced innate immune responses, both to microbes (commensals and pathogens) and in inflammatory…

Revolutionary guidelines redefine analysis of bacterial shotgun metagenomic data

In an effort towards optimising the study of microbial ecosystems, a review article titled "Field and laboratory guidelines for reliable bioinformatic and statistical analysis of bacterial shotgun metagenomic data"…

German reading course

In autumn 2023, CIP offers a free "reading course in German for students of the humanities" for all interested students who would like to be better equipped to read texts in German in connection with their studies.

Roof renovation at the Library

From Monday 25 September until the end of October, we have to have have renovated the roof of the library. There may therefore be noise between 8am and 4pm on weekdays. We apologize for the consequences this may cause

The unorthodox research ideas still have golden days at the Department of Biology

This year's 49 Villum Experiment grant recipients have been selected from a strong field of over 400 applicants. 11 of the grants went to researchers from SCIENCE, and of these, BIO accounts for an impressive 5: Deyon…

Researchers Secure Villum Experiment Grants to Explore New Boundaries

The Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics is celebrating that two of our researchers, Emilio Mármol Sánchez and Antton Alberdi, have been awarded the prestigious Villum Experiment Grant, each receiving 1.99 million Danis…

Cosmopolitan nationalism as an analytical lens: Four articulations in education policy

This paper extends Professor Claire Maxwell’s development of the concept of cosmopolitan nationalism (published in 2020 in the British Journal of Sociology of Education’s 40th anniversary special issue: The current and…

Eritrean Conflict on European Territory

In recent news, Associate Professor Stig Jensen details the continual conflict between Eritreans in Europe. Recently, 67 people were taken by the police in Copenhagen as a result of violent counter protests against an…

New Ph.D.: Plugging numbers into a formula isn't physics 

When students view physics formulas only as mathematical tools, they fail to understand physics in a meaningful way. We need to teach students to ask why, says new Ph.D.

Sociological Foundations of Education

Professor Claire Maxwell has led the writing and editing of the book Sociological Foundations of Education - the most recent and authoritative analysis of the field of sociology of education. It was commissioned by…

Villum Foundation supports bold ideas

Three researchers receive grants from the Villum Experiment. All projects are meant to push the boundaries of research and lead to breakthroughs.

New CEMES Research Groups Set Up

At its meeting on 11 September 2023, the CEMES Steering Committee reviewed the application submitted by researchers across the three CEMES partner institutions, University of Copenhagen, Lund University and Malmö…

Improving health and well-being of under-resourced populations in South Africa

The seven-year grant from Wellcome Trust will support the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) pioneering scientific research toward achieving its vision, which is the optimal health and well-being of under-resourced…

Eske Willerslev receives prestigious international prize recognizing his research in human evolution

Professor Eske Willerslev is awarded the prestigious Balzan Prize, becoming one of the first Danes to receive this honour. The prize comes with a grant of 784,000 euros.