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CMS Researcher Cornelia Baciu publishes a Special Issue of Defence Studies

CMS Researcher Cornelia Baciu publishes a Special Issue of Defence Studies

New visitor at iCourts - Greta Spano

1 November - 31 December 2022

CMS Research on Critical Maritime Infrastructure Contributes to New EU Action Plan

In a debate in the European Parliament on 5 October, a core reference point was a recent report that researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, Tobias Liebetrau has written for the Parliament in collaboration with..…

Dictatorships use sporting events as a smokescreen for political repression

A new study shows a systematic connection between major sporting events in autocracies and the persecution of political opponents.

New CMS podcast: Lex Ferenda - Conversations About Law and War

How does international law affect the conduct of military operations? What are the current challenges of international law? And what role will international law play in the future?

When do images rally support for political movements – or the opposite?

Focusing on the climate movement in Europe, a new international project at the Department of Sociology will analyse how visual content creates public support, but also opposition and polarisation.

European Parliament heeds the call from ocean infrastructure researchers

The sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines has brought much urgency to the protection of maritime infrastructure. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlines a plan that draws on University of Copenhagen research.

Johan Sæverud on French television explaining about the Danish social security eligibility age.

French president Emmanuel Macron proposed a gradual increase in the social security eligibility age from 62 to 65 in the Spring of 2022, but has faced severe opposition from both labor unions and his centrist alliance.…

Parents’ weight status plays a key role in whether or not their children become overweight and obese

In Denmark, more and more people suffer from overweight and obesity. A new study suggests that children with parents with obesity begin to develop overweight and obesity at earlier ages than children with parents with…

New visitor at iCourts - Aristel Skrbic

14 - 17 November 2022

Webinar with Associate Professor Nick Bell, University of Nottingham, UK.

in the network for health and biosecurity under the Danish cattle research coordination committee, we were pleased to have held an open webinar, which can be seen on video.

Interview with Suchismita Goswami, PhD student at COPE

Meet COPE PhD student, Suchismita Goswami. She is currently working on the project ‘Disaster Risk Creation and Urban Resettlement Processes’, funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Course on Carbon Capture and Storage

The Faculty of Law offers a 3-hour course on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) for professionals.

Economists calculate welfare gains from the Lynetteholm project

How will it affect welfare if the housing stock is being expanded in Copenhagen's East Harbor? This has been examined by two researchers from the Department of Economics in a new report from the Ministry of Transport.

New CMS Report: Danish societal security – The resilient and secure society in a new era of security politics

Danish societal security – the intention of a robust and secure society – is being challenged in these years, where increased competition between great powers and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have amplified the external…

New Head of the Department of Economics: We need more female colleagues

Henrik Hansen will take up the position as the new Head of the Department of Economics 1 March 2023. One of the priorities on his to-do list is a more equal gender distribution in a male-dominated field.

Professor Helle Porsdam to moderate webinar panel discussion at the American National Academy of Sciences

On Oct. 20, Professor Helle Porsdam will moderate a webinar panel discussion, organized by the American National Academy of Sciences, on "Science Communication & Human Rights amid Public Health Emergencies".

Healthy democracies are threatened by false information, but not everyone is keen on a cure

Our democracy relies upon the choices of an informed electorate. But today, it is threatened by mis- and disinformation. More and better fact-checking is needed according to the University of Copenhagen’s Isabelle…

Healthy democracies are threatened by false information, but not everyone is keen on a cure

Our democracy relies upon the choices of an informed electorate. But today, it is threatened by mis- and disinformation. More and better fact-checking is needed according to the University of Copenhagen’s Isabelle…

New visitor at CECS - Aloka Wanigasuriya

1 October - 31 December 2022

SAPIENS Network Legal Bootcamp

CEPRI hosted a Legal Bootcamp for Marie Curie Fellows

Visiting researcher at CME to explore corporate governance in Germany and the Nordics

Centre for Market and Economic Law (CME) recently hosted Claas-Lennart Götz, a PhD student from Max Planck Institute in Hamburg in Germany. Read the interview to learn more about how it was and what he achieved there as…

New visitor at CECS - Chiara Scissa

7 October - 4 November 2022

Boosting umami flavour to get us to love green food

With an advanced degree in food science in her back pocket, Charlotte Vinther Schmidt has secured two dream jobs as an independent food entrepreneur and a researcher at the University of Copenhagen. We interviewed the…