News about The University

CAISA receives large-scale funding for collaboration on infrastructure and research on responsible AI

The National Centre for AI in Society (CAISA) is receiving 45 million Danish kroner from the Danish research reserve for a new AI collaboration with Statistics Denmark. This has been confirmed after the parties behind…

Congratulations to Jesper Velgaard Olsen

Jesper Velgaard Olsen and colleagues have received an ERC Synergy Grant for ADIPOhealth, a project exploring how adipose tissue influences heart health and disease to uncover new therapeutic targets for cardiometabolic…

New ERC Synergy Project to Pave the Way for Future Photonic Quantum Technology

Researchers from three European universities join forces to develop scalable quantum hardware based on quantum dots.

Can AI understand culture, biology and irony? Four research projects receive millions in funding

Can language models learn to understand culture and irony? How do language models actually arrive at the answers they give?

Congratulations to Jesper Velgaard Olsen

with the ERC Synergy Grant of €2,4 mio

New research project begun: Towards an Understanding of Global Feminist Enlightenments

This fall, Sabrina Ebbersmeyer (Copenhagen University) and Dr Priyanka Jha (Banaras Hindu University) started the HUM:GLOBAL research project Towards an Understanding of Global Feminist Enlightenments.

LEGATER TIL AKADEMISK UDVEKSLING - USA

Fulbright Danmark uddeler legater til danske kandidat- og ph.d.-studerende, forskere & undervisere, som tager på studie- eller forskningsophold i USA. Legaterne er på mellem 50.000-200.000 DKK. Fulbright tilbyder gratis…

Call for Papers for Special Issue - Women, Gender & Research

The theme of the special issue is: After the tipping point - New perspectives on Danish and Nordic trans studies. Deadline 7th of January.

Rector:” We want to bolster Denmark for the age of AI”

The University of Copenhagen launches a new AI Package aimed at helping Denmark and Europe harness the potential of artificial intelligence in a responsible and sustainable way — for the benefit of many.

Two DFF–Research Project1 grants awarded to Hajime Hirase and Verena Untiet

Two new research projects from Center for Translational Neuroscience have each received a DFF-Research Project1 grant of 3 million DKK.

Recent funding for VOLT

Two VOLT members from the Ecosystem Ecology group, Kathrin Rousk and Mingye Yuan, received major grants for groundbreaking studies on moss–cyanobacteria interactions and their role in ecosystem evolution.

HUM:Global establishes new partnership with The Global Biography Working Group, GloBio

NEW PARTNERSHIP: HUM:Global has formed a new partnership with GloBio, an online platform and forum for interdisciplinary scholars to present, discuss, and disseminate global biographies, particularly historical…

EUFJE Conference 2025 held at the Faculty of Law

CLIMA - Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance at the Faculty of Law hosted the 2025 Annual Conference of the EU Forum of Judges for the Environment (EUFJE).

Reconstructing maize domestication

Assistant Professor Jazmín Ramos Madrigal has been awarded a prestigious grant for her project “Reconstructing the chronology of selection during maize domestication through genotype imputation of ancient genomes.”

It stays in the family – Villum grant for Susanne and Peter Ditlevsen

Siblings and professors Susanne and Peter Ditlevsen receive Villum Synergy grant to investigate the critical tipping point of AMOC – Atlantic Meridian Overturning Circulation.

PI Gunvor Simonsen at the Omohundro Institute

ITSS PI, Gunvor Simonsen has been asked to serve as a member of the Council of the Omohundro Institute.

Zach Gerhart-Hines Awarded First Flemming Quaade Prize for Outstanding Obesity Research

The Danish Association for the Study of Obesity (DASO) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation have awarded the first Flemming Quaade Prize for Outstanding Obesity Research to Zach Gerhart-Hines, Associate Professor at the…

Ida Vandsøe Madsen is Teacher of the Year 2025 at the Department of Anthropology

Ida is recognised as Teacher of the Year 2025.

“A Feeling of Melancholy Resignation”: The League Visits the Nordic Countries in 1936

Blog post by Emil Eiby Seidenfaden.

Podcast episode featuring CTR researcher

The podcasters Jo Andrews and Bill Taylor, hosts of the podcast Haptic and Hue, interviewed Eva Andersson Strand together with Mark Schram Christensen.

Award-winning Professor: “I’ve always wanted to leave my mark on the field”

For 40 years, Professor Henrik Elvang Jensen has shaped veterinary pathology internationally – developing new diagnostic methods, changing clinical practices, and creating guidelines now used worldwide.

Families with children should have more greens on their plates

The research project GreenFamily will investigate the health effects of a more plant-rich diet and make it easier for families with children to follow the Official Dietary Guidelines. The Plant-Based Food Grant supports…

Official Opening of the Copenhagen Center for Glycocalyx Research

On 9 October 2025, the new Copenhagen Center for Glycocalyx Research was officially opened with a program of speeches and a reception at the center’s facilities in the Maersk Tower.

Ellie Edmond Shimmin: Reducing health inequities by strengthening the education of health professionals

Ellie Edmond Shimmin reflects on her role in a partnership-based programme operating across India and Kenya focused on reducing health inequities by strengthening the education of health professionals.