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Ole Wæver wins the Erik Rasmussen Prize

This year, the most prestigious prize in Denmark within political science, the Erik Rasmussen Prize, goes to Professor Ole Wæver from the University of Copenhagen.

Open World Conference 10-11 Nov. 2022: Open Science and Global Dangers

Marking the centenary of Niels Bohr’s Nobel Prize in physics, and the United Nations announcing 2022 as the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, we acknowledge Bohr’s vision of an open world

"I'll pay later!" – People promise the stars and moon to charities, but donations remain unsent

More than half of charitable giving via payment apps is "forgotten" as soon as a fundraiser leaves according to a new University of Copenhagen study. On the other hand, digital solutions make it easier to donate more…

CPH Tech Policy Commitee

SODAS and the Crown Princess Mary Center have initiated the CPH Tech Policy Committee, bringing together national and international experts in the global tech policy field

Researchers will study the structures of food at the atomic level through a new Danish-Swedish collaboration

Why is yoghurt so silky smooth and delicious and how do you achieve the same consistency using plant-based components? Researchers from the Department of Food Science can investigate this through a new collaboration…

Apply now for the EnvEuro MSc program 2023

Application for the EnvEuro MSc program in "Environmental Science - Soil, Water and Biodiversity" is now open Application deadline for 2023 is found here notice different deadlines for each university

Economist wants to end the alphabet's power over pharmaceuticals

When your doctor prescribes medicine for you, the name of the pharmaceutical company plays a critical role, new study from the Department of Economic shows.

Call for Abstracts - X Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability

The 10th Edition of the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability will take place in a hybrid form on the 9th of February 2023 at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, and on Zoom.

Now we know how plants steer clear of salt

To avoid salt in soil, plants can change their root direction and grow away from saline areas. University of Copenhagen researchers helped find out what makes this possible. The discovery changes our understanding of ho…

Explainable Legal Case-Based Reasoning (XL- CBR) in Asylum Adjudication: Evidential Analysis and AI Prediction

Designing explainable AI solutions for use in asylum adjudication requires research teams to adopt the methods and techniques most suited to the data and the overarching task.

Female politicians disadvantaged by online prejudices and stereotypes

In Reddit comments, female politicians are more likely to be referred to by their first names, and with a less professional focus, than their male counterparts. This a new study from the University of Copenhagen finds.…

Is the future of whipped cream fat-free and made of bacteria and beer waste?

Bacteria-based whipped cream could be the future. Food researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a fat-free prototype of the much-beloved substance built using bacteria instead of milk fat – in both…

Is the future of whipped cream fat-free and made of bacteria and beer waste?

Bacteria-based whipped cream could be the future. Food researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a fat-free prototype of the much-beloved substance built using bacteria instead of milk fat – in both…

Fan Gao

Fan Gao is a scientific advisor at the Centre for High North Logistics, Norway.

Matteo Fermeglia

Matteo Fermeglia is Assistant Professor in International and European Environmental Law and Post-Doctoral Assistant at Hasselt University, Faculty of law, where he teaches European Environmental Law and European Climate…

Stefan Voigt loves to teach – and is now being honoured for it

Stefan Voigt from the Department of Economics receives education award from the Danish Fincance Institute.

Viral lobbying: How the largest and hardest hit organisations made themselves heard during the pandemic

Four researchers have investigated how lobby organisations have influenced corona-related policies in Denmark and other European countries. They point to inequalities in the political influence organisations were able t…

Republican Party lost core supporters after the attack on Capitol

Danish research shows that the attack on the US Congress building in January 2021 caused even loyal party members to distance themselves from their party.

Tripartite agreements helped Denmark through the pandemic

A new analysis by Christian Lyhne Ibsen shows how a large number of tripartite agreements were instrumental in avoiding economic meltdown and mass layoffs during the Covid-19 pandemic

New article in Mind by Søren Overgaard

Søren Overgaard’s article “Backlighting and Occlusion” has been published in Mind.

Professor Finn Tarp appointed Chair of ZEF’s Advisory Board at the University of Bonn

On 21 September 2022, Finn Tarp delivered a lecture on foreign aid and economic development at the Center for Development Research (ZEF).

‘We need the money’

Research Fellow Noa Milman has contributed the article ‘‘We need the money’: how welfare anxiety justifies penal and social reforms in immigration debate’ to the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Interview with President of the European Court of Human Rights Robert Spano by Professor Mikael Rask Madsen

New interview with outgoing President of the ECtHR, Robert Spano, by the Director of iCourts, Mikael Rask Madsen, recorded live-to-tape on Tuesday 11. October 2022.

The ideal of freedom in the Anthropocene

Associate Professor Mikael Carleheden and PhD student Nikolaj Schultz have published the article ‘The ideal of freedom in the Anthropocene: A new crisis of legitimation and the brutalization of geo-social conflicts’ in…