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Social networks explored in new SODAS project

How do social networks actually emerge and how do different social behavioural strategies affect their structure? This is what Josefine Bohr Brask will explore with the support of a large grant from Novo Nordisk.

Lasse Egebjerg Ravn defended his MSc thesis, February 2024

"Soil profile development with time after afforestation of arable land investigated by natural stabile isotope analysis"

The quantum potential of point defects

Senior R&D Engineer at NQCP Jim Webb answers questions about his recent Villum Experiment project exploiting point defects and their quantum potential.

Birds have been adapting to human activity for millennia

Roughly 14,500 to 10,500 years ago, in the transition from the last glacial period, Epipalaeolithic and Neolithic peoples harvesting vegetation from the wetlands of eastern Jordan created a habitat for birds that would…

David Nogués Bravo: The global health burden of biodiversity loss

The School of Global Health's Global Health Research Spotlight series focuses on global health researchers from the University of Copenhagen.

Quantum Hub Annual Meeting 2024 Program Launch

The UCPH Quantum Hub is ready with the program for this years Annual Meeting 2024. The Annual Meeting offers students and scientists alike to gain an insight into the latest quantum research at the University of…

Helle Kiilerich (1943-2024)

It is with deep sadness that we learned of the passing of Helle Kiilerich, and we extend our heartfelt sympathy to Helle's family. The world has lost a remarkable human being, who has left a lasting imprint on the…

DISTRACT article: "How app companies use GitHub: on modes of valuation in the digital attention economy"

DISTRACT researchers Eva Iris Otto, Anders Blok, and Jonathan Holm Salka published the paper "How app companies use GitHub: on modes of valuation in the digital attention economy" in Journal of Cultural Economy in April…

New members of CLIMA

We here at CLIMA are delighted to announce the addition of 4 new members to our team. Our new members are: Professor Carina Risvig Hamer is a distinguished scholar specializing in public procurement law, EU law, and…

Vasiliki Angelopoulou

Super- and Subradiance of Quantum Dots by Photon-Mediated Coupling Supervisor: Prof. Peter Lodahl

Anirudh Bhatnagar

Title: Probing Quantum-Gravity Decoherence in High-Energy Neutrinos from the Active Galaxy NGC 1068 Supervisor: Mauricio Bustamante

Does climate change affect young people’s mental health?

A recent ADVANCE report from Mannheim revealed that a relevant proportion of young Germans shows symptoms of climate change distress.

DISTRACT PhDs present at SODAS PhD Days

In February, SODAS PhDs Malene Hornstrup Jespersen and Sofie Læbo Astrupsgaard presented some of their current work in the DISTRACT project at the SODAS PhD Days

Research project will develop intelligent robot that can screen for bowel cancer

A new and innovative research project will study whether robots can be used to perform colonoscopies to ensure faster and less painful screening of patients. The research project is funded by the EU.

Succesful kickoff-meeting held with 20 partners from 10 countries

Link to Horizon Europe Fact Sheet about the PAIR Project On January 22-23, 2024, the Kickoff meeting for the PAIR project was held at the Technical University of Denmark. The two-day meeting included lively discussion…

Easy solutions are rarely the answer to society's climate challenges

It can sometimes seem like we're making problems unnecessarily complicated when we, as a society, need to solve the big sustainability challenges. But there are no simple solutions to solving 'wicked problems'.

NBIA signs Memorandum of Understanding with APCTP in Korea

NBIA Director Poul H. Damgaard has signed an Agreement of Cooperation for three years with the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) in Pohang, Korea.

Revolutionary zebrafish model unravels host gene influence on microbiota dynamics

In a leap forward for microbiome research, scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking zebrafish model designed to unravel the intricate interplay between host genetics and the microbiota. The study promises to reshape ou…

StemScreen inaugural meeting showcases potential of stem cell-based drug screening

StemScreen is an academic-industrial partnership that was established in 2023 by a 24.5 million DKK (3.3 million EUR) grant from Innovation Fund Denmark and is led by Kim Bak Jensen, Professor and Director at Novo…

Exploring the impacts of social media and crowdsourcing on disaster resilience

This paper provides insights into the ongoing research and findings of the LINKS project, which focuses on the application of SMCS technologies in disasters. Indeed, the overall objective of LINKS is strengthening the…

New article: "New methodologies for the digital age? How methods (re-)organize research using social media data"

DISTRACT researchers Sune Lehmann, Anders Blok, and postdoc at Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society Yangliu Fan (PhD from SODAS) published in December 2023 the paper "New methodologies for the digital age? How…

Impact of contaminated biological material in animals' health and in research data

Do you value your research data so much to assume that it is not contaminated by pathogenic agents? Did you know that lab animals’ health and welfare is of vital importance in order to produce valid and reproducible…

Conflict behaviour in Icelandic horses during elite competition

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of conflict behaviour in Icelandic horses competing at elite level in breed-specific gait competitions

Processing a life like a language helps predict future personal events

Life is a messy thing: One event happens after another, some related to the same story thread, some belonging to an entirely different part of the narrative. How can we use sequences of events to predict what will happe…