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"New" postdoc at iCourts - Nicholas Haagensen

1. February 2023

Peter Davis joins CIIR in the LEGALESE project

New PostDoc at CIIR researching the legal implications of bias in NLP

Tommaso Fia joins CIIR as guest researcher

Fia's research interests include the governance of non-personal data, data ownership, the commons and property theory.

Green breakthrough: New models calculate our impact on nature and climate

Economists from the University of Copenhagen have developed green models to calculate environmental and climate effects in Denmark's entire economy.

Invitation to the inauguration of professor Morten Arendt Rasmussen

Invitation to the inauguration of professor Morten Arendt Rasmussen March 3 at 1 pm in Copenhagen Plant Science Center Auditorium A2.11.01 - CPSC1, entrance via Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C

The green transition needs insights from Social Sciences and Humanities research

A green transition is very much about people's behaviour, opportunities and willingness to change their behaviour – to adapt. If we are to create lasting changes in relation to the environment, we need to rethink and to…

FAOS research article wins international recognition

The journal Socio-Economic Review have republished 20 of their best research articles. One of the selected articles is about labor market research and was written by FAOS' Christian Lyhne Ibsen et al.

Modern arms technologies help autocratic rulers stay in power

Autocrats and dictators quickly acquire new arms technologies from abroad and often use them against their own citizens. Now a study shows that the spread of military technologies inhibits democratic reform.

New CMS Background Paper: Militarization of Space – in an International Law Perspective

Space has become an integrated part of modern warfare. In 2019, NATO declared space as its fifth operational domain. By 2021, nearly 20 states had the capability to launch objects into space...

Disasters, Climate Change and Law: Reflections from the NEEDS conference and COPE stay

As someone who is interested in the intersection between law and disasters – it is always exciting to find an event that caters to both. This made the Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies…

International Law Breakfast Briefings – Spring 2023

Thursdays from 8:45 to 9:45 am

Psychologist: Sexuality is founded in childhood

Katrine Zeuthen, psychoanalyst and Associate Professor in clinical child psychology, talks about the nature and transformation of sexuality during our upbringing.

Dawoon Jung

Visiting Stay: March 2023 Dr Dawoon Jung is a Research Fellow in the Ocean Law and Policy team at the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore and an associate editor of the Asian Journal of…

Dawoon Jung

Dr Dawoon Jung is a Research Fellow in the Ocean Law and Policy team at the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore and an associate editor of the Asian Journal of International law.

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship at the Department of Political Science, ERC RITUAL DETERRENCE

Does exploring the role of ritual action in making deterrence effective in international security politics between NATO and the Warsaw Pact sound interesting to you?

CIIR hosted the 37th Nordic Conference on Law and IT in 2022

Humans, data and law: tectonic plates in motion.

Interdisciplinary Opportunities for Biometric Researchers

iCourts postdoctoral researcher Karen McGregor Richmond has been appointed as Copenhagen University lead representative to the Biometrics Institute, opening up opportunities for three more colleagues to join this vibran…

Presentation of Ethnoplatform at Als Research consultancy

On Wednesday January 18th, PhD student Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard and Assistant Professor Kristoffer Albris gave an invited guest talk at the consultancy company Als Research, based in central Copenhagen. While Als Research…

Professor Henrik Hansen appointed new Head of UPCH Department of Economics

Professor Henrik Hansen has been appointed as the new Head of UPCH Department of Economics from 1 March 2023. Professor Hansen has played a key role in UCPH-DERG and in the development and management of the MSc in Globa…

Social dialogue in welfare services

A new report takes a closer look at key welfare service sectors, long-time care and early childhood education and care in seven EU countries

Sustainability: A dirty game

Sustainability is a concept that can be hard to understand and even harder to implement. What if you could play your part, by quite literally playing a boardgame? A team of five young researchers from four European…

New visitor at iCourts - Marcus Schnetter

1 - 28 February 2023

CMS Researcher Cornelia Baciu publishes new article

CMS Researcher Cornelia Baciu has published a new article with the title ”Sinn von Sein. Foreign Policy, Memory and Changing Imaginaries and Practices of Neutrality in the Second Republic” in the journal Austrian Journa…

Lachlan Bryant Lugg

Investigation of the ongoing impacts of climate change in Australia