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CBMR publications and media appearances in June and July 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in June and July 2022

Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam

Professor Tine Gammeltoft and Professor Oscar Salemink both contributed chapters to the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam, edited by Jonathan London. The book offers an authoritative overview of the global…

IN THE SAME SEA Postdoc Presents New Code of Ethics at IACA-AIAC 2022

The Code was ratified in July by the Membership of the International Association for Caribbean Archaeology.

Research integration in teaching

In spring semester 2022, students at the University of Copenhagen and University College Absalon have participated in teaching based on research work generated in the PE-LAL project.

WORKING PAPER 4: Prospect or Necessity: Migration Among Free People of Color in St. Thomas, 1803

This working paper explores the origins and potential motivations for the mobility of free people of colour residing in Charlotte Amalie on the Danish Caribbean island of St. Thomas in 1803.

How to write a policy brief that matters

A workshop for Health researchers at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College in Tanzania in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen on how to write policy briefs that matter.

In a way home

AnthroStory by Aja Smith about settling into a new place and when you can say you belong

What lies behind lies? New project looks deeper into honesty and dishonesty

Honest and dishonest behaviour comes in many forms and with various underlying motivations. Honesty and dishonesty also affect many areas of human life and social relations – from hiding an inconvenient truth from your…

How do we ensure local support for green energy production?

Huge Power-to-X investments in new hydrogen-based fuels shall propel the green transition in Denmark towards 2050. But how do we prevent local conflicts over new production plants?

Lykke Sylow receives the Anders Jahre Award for young researchers

Associate Professor Lykke Sylow from the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen receives the prestigious Anders Jahre Award for young researchers for her impressive research results.

Whole-body learning can boost children's letter sound recognition - the first step towards reading

Children who move while learning sounds of letters significantly improve their ability to recognize individual letter sounds. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted by the University of Copenhagen’s Department…

New research centre will investigate if mental illness is universal

Is the human psyche the same across cultures? And do people experience mental disorders in the same way no matter what language they speak? These are some of the fundamental questions that the new Centre for Culture and…

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in May 2022

Extorsion

AnthroStory by Regnar Kristensen inspired by the Dogme movement and based on fieldwork in Mexico.

Introducing the CERTIZENS Podcast

A podcast connecting scholars and practitioners working on ID systems in diverse global settings.

Into the past: Fieldwork in search of the ethnographic object

AntroStorie af Charlotte Andreas Baarts om søgningen efter et etnografisk felt.

Wagner or Adele? Genes play a significant role in shaping our cultural tastes

Our genetic composition not only affects our sex, height, and other physical characteristics. New research shows that genes also influence our cultural preferences and habits.

Plenary talk at NORDAND 15

Petra Daryai-Hansen has been invited to give a plenary talk on Content and Language Integrated Learning and plurilingual education at the 15th conference on Nordic Languages as a Second Language. Read more about NORDAN…

Telling actual time in ancient rocks

In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of Copenhagen apply a new technique allowing them to disentangle 500 million-years-old rocks millimeter-by-millimeter, resolving the…

CBMR publications and media appearances in April 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in April 2022

Academic Sword Fights

AntroStorie af Ask Urheim as part of the investigation and challenging of the boundaries of ethnographic text.

Spotlight on researchers in Uganda and Ghana

Video interviews with PhD researchers Milcah Abasabyona and Isaac Owusu Nsiah.

CBMR publications and media appearances in March 2022

CBMR publications and media appearances in March 2022

Creative Peacebuilding and Resistance in Indonesia

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler contributed as guest editor and author to a special issue of The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology with the article 'Creative Peacebuilding and Resistance in Indonesia'. Official…