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New project will support inclusion of people with hearing loss

With support from THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS, a research project will investigate how to strengthen communities for people with hearing loss by creating good social spaces in schools and workplaces.

Researchers put human mobility into new formula

Researchers at DTU and the University of Copenhagen have developed a model that provides new knowledge about how we move around in our everyday life and bridges a gap in the scientific understanding of mobility.

Commission entrepreneurship and EU employment policy – The fate of a former darling

Who drives the development within employment policy– the Commission or the member states

Webinar to discuss sociological perspectives on the corona crisis

What are the societal consequences on the corona epidemic on society, and how have three sociological projects helped to shed light on them? This is the theme of a webinar on 29 October.

Tripartite relations since the Great Recession – Three countries compared

New book analyses corporatist (tripartite) arrangements since the Great Recession in 2008 in Denmark, Netherlands and Austria

The digital economy at work – integration and segmentation in hybrid labour markets

A new research project aims to uncover the relationship between platform work and future employment with the Danish labour market

Claire Maxwell selected for anniversary issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education

Professor Claire Maxwell has contributed to a special issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Claire Maxwell selected for anniversary issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education

Professor Claire Maxwell has contributed to a special issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Digital climate-activism in a Scandinavian corona-era

A new research project, headed by Anders Blok, looks into how green NGOs in Denmark, Norway and Sweden have continued their climate political efforts during the lockdown.

New research centre puts focus on political mobilisation and protest

A new research centre under the Department of Sociology will shed light on the growing numbers of civic protests targeting issues such as social injustice, discrimination and climate change.

Three out of four international students have experienced anxiety during the corona crisis

Many international students at the University of Copenhagen have struggled with isolation, loneliness and anxiety during lockdown in Denmark, a new study shows.

Is the corona pandemic supporting or crowding out the attention towards green transition?

New grant: Researchers from Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS) will investigate how the corona crisis affects the climate change debate on three major social media platforms in Scandinavia.

Why do well-integrated people of immigrant origin feel more discriminated?

Sociologist Merlin Schaeffer has received DKK 6 million from the German Research Council for a research project that is going to shed light on why better-integrated persons of immigrant origin tend to feel more…

New theme page gathers research on corona crisis

A new online theme page gives a comprehensive overview of all research projects looking into the social impact of the COVID-19 crisis thanks to emergency grants from the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Sociologists are mapping out volunteer work and community spirit during the coronavirus outbreak

In collaboration with the Danish Institute for Voluntary Effort, sociologists at the University of Copenhagen study the Danes' informal help and volunteeringduring the COVID-19 crisis through a large survey.

Sociologists participate in emergency research on the corona epidemic

Updated 30 March 2020: Sociologists from the Department of Sociology are contributing to several research projects initiated by the Faculty of Social Sciences at short notice to investigate societal aspects of the coron…

Claire Maxwell will be co-editing an international journal on education

'The International Studies in Sociology of Education' analyses connections across local, national, regional, and international contexts in the study of sociology of education.