Danish cattle veterinarians' perspectives on antimicrobial use: Contextual and individual influencing factors Associate professor Carsten Strøby Jensen has contributed to the article ‘Danish cattle veterinarians' perspectives on antimicrobial use: Contextual and individual influencing factors’, published in the US Journal of…
Special Issue on Militarization, Governance, and Peace in Uganda The work of CRIC and HURIPEC published in EAJPHR Volume 29, Number 1, June 2023 (Special Issue on Militarization, Governance, and Peace in Uganda: Multidisciplinary Perspectives)
Atreyee Sen is featured in a recently published ethnographic volume on disappearance CGC researcher, Atreyee Sen, has authored a chapter in a recently published book on disappearance in different social, cultural and political contexts.
Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar vulnerable to underreported extreme heat would not have occurred without climate change Researchers Nick Baumgard and Emmanuel Raju from COPE and the School of Global Health join their peers in this new study (featured on the Guardian) titled "Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar highly vulnerable to…
The influence of cash assistance on the localisation agenda in Kenya’s humanitarian sector Pablo V. Holm-Nielsen, Peter Furu and Emmanuel Raju from COPE and the School of Global Health have published a paper in Jàmbá - Journal of Disaster Risk Studies titled: The influence of cash assistance on the…
Charcoal Start Up Meeting On the 24th of November CRIC had a start up meeting regarding the new Danida-funded project on charcoal and the decarbonization dilemma: Community driven green transitions in Uganda and Tanzania.
Book Launch: Militarizing More to Develop Faster? As the culmination of a Danida-funded project, the Centre for Resolution of International Conflicts and HURIPEC at Makerere University launched the book "Militarizing More to Develop Faster?"
Call for Papers: Special Issue of the Nordic Journal of African Studies There is an increase in technological consent forms, in research institutions in both Africa and the Nordics. It is often explained in complex legal terms and presented in written form. This increase in informed consent…
The Resilience of Africa's Democracies and the Their Military Coups Associate Professor, Stig Jensen, has recently been in the media to discuss the ongoing military coups that many African counties are experiencing. He explains that many citizens in the countries in Africa that have…
New research: Fivefold increase in the melting of Greenland's glaciers over the last 20 years In the largest survey of its kind ever conducted, using both satellite imagery and old aerial photos from the Danish National Archives, researchers from the University of Copenhagen firmly establish that Greenland’s…
Rikke Haugegaard publishes article in new military academic journal CGC's Rikke Haugegaard has recently published an article in the new academic journal Inter Populum: The Journal of Irregular Warfare and Special Operations.
PRIVACY-researcher Asta Mønsted contributed to the Venice Biennale of Architecture This year’s Venice Biennale of Architecture opened in May and is running until the end of November. On October 12 archaeologist and postdoctoral researcher at PRIVACY, Asta Mønsted contributed to a workshop in the Nordi…
Visiting PhD Researcher Leonie Jegen at CERTIZENS in Copenhagen Get to know CERTIZENS' new guest researcher and learn how her PhD work relates to citizenship certification in African contexts.
Book Symposium: Pentecostalism and Politics Director and Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach contributes to Contending Modernities’ book symposium (Symposium on Pastoral Power Clerical State Archives | Contending Modernities) on Ebenezer Obadare’s book Pastoral…
Photo exhibition – ‘Old Parks, New Futures' In September 2023, Director and Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach, participated in the final event and photo exhibition of the British Academy funded project ‘Old Parks, New Futures’. The project has run for over two…
Visiting Researcher Leonie Jegen Leonie Jegen is a visiting researcher at CAS in October and November 2023, linked to the CERTIZENS Research Project (https://teol.ku.dk/english/dept/certizens-certifications-of-citizenship-in-africa/). She is a doctoral…
NEEDS Conference 2023 The NEEDS conference aims to explore the status quo and to foster new approaches to disaster research and management.
Workshop Call: CERTIZENS East Africa Regional Workshop 15-17 January 2024 The CERTIZENS Research Project invites submissions for a workshop in Kampala, Uganda from 15-17 January 2024 on Changing ID Systems in East Africa
Borderland Field Course 2023 Watch the video from the 2023 edition of the Field Summer Course Borderland: Critical Approaches to Field Research in the Global South.
Predicting Africa’s Future and its Political Ties to Denmark Stig Jensen, Associate Professor at the Centre of African Studies, has recently been in the media to discuss Africa’s future and Denmark’s politics regarding Africa.
Eritrean Conflict on European Territory In recent news, Associate Professor Stig Jensen details the continual conflict between Eritreans in Europe. Recently, 67 people were taken by the police in Copenhagen as a result of violent counter protests against an…
Improving health and well-being of under-resourced populations in South Africa The seven-year grant from Wellcome Trust will support the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) pioneering scientific research toward achieving its vision, which is the optimal health and well-being of under-resourced…
New honorary doctors change our view of the past At the university's traditional annual celebration, Årsfesten, in November, the new honorary doctors at UCPH are appointed. This year, the Faculty of Humanities is appointing two of the 11 new honorary doctors.
Three out of four populations of rare butterflies have been lost In just 26 years, the distribution of rare butterflies has plummeted by 72% in Eastern Denmark. Several species are threatened with extinction, yet the conservation actions aiming to safeguard species have proved…