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Hashtags and humour are used to spread extreme content on social media

Conspiracy theories and incitement to harassment and violence abound on mainstream social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. But the extreme content is often mixed with ironic play, memes and hashtags, which…

New exhibition at the library

Rubya Mehdi: Systems of Justice, Colonialism, Post-Colonialism, and Decolonialization. 4 September – 28 November 2025 Rubya Mehdi's paintings take their starting point from the history of colonialism to promote…

School of Archaeology seed funding 2025-26

Priority will be given to: Interdisciplinary activities such as workshops, seminars, lectures and conferences to be held at UCPH Writing retreats and other preparations for interdisciplinary research applications…

Two young researchers from NBI awarded ERC starting grants

Stefano Paesani and Mathias Heltberg are among the 478 early-career researchers across Europe to receive this year’s Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC).

New collaborations between hospitals and universities will help solve serious health challenges

The University of Copenhagen is strongly represented in six newly appointed Clinical Academic Groups, where researchers from hospitals and universities learn from each other and develop new ideas together. This means…

New collaborations between hospitals and universities will help solve serious health challenges

The University of Copenhagen is strongly represented in six newly appointed Clinical Academic Groups, where researchers from hospitals and universities learn from each other and develop new ideas together. This means…

Frida Hastrup appointed professor of European Ethnology

Frida Hastrup, an ethnologist specialising in people and the environment, will take up her position as professor at the Saxo Institute on 1 September 2025.

Sofie Aaltonen is a new PhD fellow in the Section of Biblical Exegesis

From 1 September, 2025, to 31 August, 2028, Sofie is employed as a PhD fellow in the Section of Biblical Exegesis at the Faculty of Theology.

In memoriam: Professor dr.theol. Arne Grøn (1952-2025)

Arne Grøn passed away in August. He was one of the three founders of the Center for Subjectivity Research.

PRIVACY welcomes new postdoctoral researcher

The Centre for Privacy Studies is pleased to welcome Angana Moitra, Assistant Professor of English at O.P. Jindal Global University in India, who will join the centre as a postdoctoral researcher from 1 September.…

New book by Assistant Professor Petar Mitric on The Co-Production Landscape in Europe

This book explores the evolving landscape of European film and television co-productions, from traditional models supported by Eurimages to new collaborations shaped by global streaming platforms like Netflix.

CBMR publications and media appearances in June/July 2025

CBMR publications and media appearances in June & July 2025

Opposition by Imitation: The Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia Activism

New book by Assistant Professor Christina Jerne

13 contemporary artists challenge the monument tradition of the University of Copenhagen

In August, the University of Copenhagen will open the doors to RECAST, a large group exhibition organised to mark the 150th anniversary of women's admission to university. The exhibition challenges the university's…

Yoshi Yoshida joins IND as a Marie Curie postdoc

Yoshi Yoshidas project will focus on in vitro comparative biology.

New publication explores the role of funerary textiles in burial rituals

Our researchers Elsa Yvanez and Magdalena Wozniak has just published an anthology called "Funerary Textiles in Situ: Towards a Better Method for the Study of Textile-Related Burial Practices”.

Measuring MAN (incorporating JRAI): Computational anthropological analysis and quantitative speculation

Associate Professor Kristoffer Albris and Professor Morten Axel Pedersen have contributed to this paper published in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI).

Archaeologists visit Lund

Before the summer break, a group of archaeologists from the Saxo Institute and the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies visited Lund. The trip was planned and organised by Eva Andersson Strand, UCPH and…

New book in the Ancient Textiles Series

Our researcher, Chiara Spinazzi Lucchesi, has just published a new book in the Ancient Textiles Series called ”Threads of Contact: Tracing the relationship between Egypt and the southern Levant through textile tools”.

Natasha Gordon-Chipembere concludes her stay at PRIVACY

After an inspiring and engaging research visit in June in association with Fulbright, the Centre for Privacy Studies has said farewell to guest researcher Dr. Natasha Gordon-Chipembere. Her visit sparked intellectual…

New book: Indo-European ecologies

The book Indo-European ecologies: Cattle and milk – snakes and water has been published at Stockholm University Press.

CGC-Researchers Henrik Vigh and David Sausdal publish new article on Para-crime

Henrik Vigh and David Sausdal explore how contemporary crime operates in grey zone, para-criminal modes.

Atreyee Sen is awarded the MSc in Global Development Teaching Prize

Congratulations to Professor Atreyee Sen for receiving the MSc in Global Development Teaching Prize for 2024/2025.

Call for abstracts: Remote sensing and non-destructive archaeology

This year CAA Denmark is hosting a one-day seminar focusing on digital solutions for archaeological practice in Denmark.