News about Society

University of Copenhagen Offers New Education in Plant-Based Foods

The Danish food sector is at the forefront globally, and as part of maintaining and preferably improving this position during the green transition, the University of Copenhagen has established a new specialization, a…

New visiting researcher at iCourts - Nurbanu Hayir

15 August 2023 - 30 June 2023

Researchers will explore and develop a new ecological ethics

With support from VELUX FONDEN, a collaboration between anthropologists and theologians will pave the way for a new ecological ethics that focuses on the interaction between nature and human interests.

CEPRI researcher attends Annual Meeting of UN Special Procedures mandate holders in Geneva

Dr Sorcha MacLeod, CEPRI Associate Professor and a member of the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries recently attended the 29th Annual Meeting of Special Rapporteurs, Independent Experts and Chairs of Working…

Danes underestimate inequality - both rich and poor

A new Danish study is the largest to date to examine people's understanding of and attitudes towards inequality.

Double grant success for waste and circular economy law research

Dr Katrien Steenmans, postdoc on the Circular Supply Chains – identifying legal risks (CirCus) project, has been awarded two small grants.

Interview with Professor Sarah Igo

Mette Birkedal Bruun and Sarah Igo Professor of History at Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science, Sarah Igo visited Centre for Privacy Studies in May 2023. She gave a lecture on the U.S. Social Security number and ho…

Orientering Udsyn: Towards a new European foreign policy in Africa?

On the recent episode of the Danish Radio podcast Orientering Udsyn, Associate Professor at CAS, Karen Lauterbach examines the latest European state visits to African countries and how these point to a shift in European…

The Fight for Nature and Biodiversity

Associate Professor at CAS, Stig Jensen examines the recent trends in nature management and protection of biodiversity in Denmark and African states.

Infants are not egocentric: Trust other people's attention more than their own

Babies rely on other people to look after them. New research from the Department of Psychology shows that eight-month-old infants also rely more on other people’s attention than on their own observations.

Flexicurity and the future of work - Lessons from Denmark

Anna Ilsøe and Trine Pernille Larsen analyse how the Danish flexicurity model can be adjusted to the future of work, where flexible hiring and firing practices is increasingly supplemented by contractual flexibility

"The Festival Feeling"

Research assistant Emilie Munch Gregersen has recently featured in a video, explaining some findings from DISTRACT's research at the People's Meeting (Folkemødet). In the video, Emilie talks about "the festival feeling"…

Eva Iris Otto defends PhD thesis

On the 22nd of June, 2023, PhD fellow Eva Iris Otto successfully defended her thesis entitled Coding [values]: App-making in the Danish digital attention economy. On the committee of Eva's defence was Professor Ayo…

New visitor at CeBIL - Chih-hsing Ho

7 August - 12 August

Crisis response: Who do volunteers on social media prioritise?

Informal volunteering organised in Facebook groups plays an increasing role during crisis situations. But who are the volunteers helping – and why? A project funded by VELUX FONDEN will investigate this question.

Disseminating historical research of Copenhagen

The newly launched app Hidden Copenhagen takes you on an innovative living history trail through Copenhagen. The trail tells a powerful story of murder, execution and anatomical dissection in the seventeenth century.…

Salvatore Caserta appointed Associate Professor

From 1 July 2023

Anja Simonsen publishes article on "the transnational business of death"

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen has published the article ’The “Transnational Business of Death” among Somali Migrants in the Streets of Athens’ as part of a special issue in Migration and Society on ‘Transnational Street…

Paradox: Well-integrated immigrants report more discrimination

Immigrants and their descendants are more likely to report experiences of discrimination if they are well-educated and socially well-integrated. A new international meta-study confirms the so-called integration paradox.

Trine Mygind Korsby publishes article on Romanian pimps

CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby has published the article “Reading Desires: Romanian Pimps Striving for Success in the Transnational Street Economy” as part of a special issue of Migration & Society on ‘Transnational…

Lene Holm Pedersen: "New democracy and power study can benefit our political culture"

The researchers who will lead the project ‘Magtudredningen 2.0’ have now been announced. Lene Holm Pedersen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, will be part of the management team.

New Associate Professor at iCourts – Marc Schack

From 1 July 2023

New book published by CGC researcher Anja Simonsen

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen has just published the book Tahriib: Journey’s into the Unknown. An Ethnography of Uncertainty in Migration.

The DK-team visited

The DK-team visited the lignocellulosic biorefinery Meliora Bio in Kalundborg this week.