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Danish innovation to convert nutrients and CO2 from shrimp and fish farming into seaweed

Instead of polluting the sea and contributing to global warming, nutrients and CO2 from land-based shrimp and fish farming will be used to produce sea lettuce – a green protein and valuable high-fiber seaweed species –…

Is it fair? Algorithms and asylum seekers

Europe is experimenting with the application of automated decision-making to manage asylum and migration processes.

Launch of the UCPH School of Archaeology

The UCPH School of Archaeology is a collaboration across three faculties to build bridges between the archaeological disciplines at the University of Copenhagen. On 9 May, the school was officially launched with speeche…

Launch of the UCPH School of Archaeology

The UCPH School of Archaeology is a collaboration across three faculties to build bridges between the archaeological disciplines at the University of Copenhagen. On 9 May, the school was officially launched with speeche…

UCPH FOOD is leading a project that will convert nutrients and CO2 from shrimp and fish farming into valuable seaweed

Instead of polluting the sea and contributing to global warming, nutrients and CO2 from land-based shrimp and fish farming will be used to produce sea lettuce – a green protein and valuable high-fiber seaweed species –…

Researchers close to unleashing rapeseed’s protein power for human consumption

Half of plant proteins in the EU come from rapeseed plants. Until now, the plant has only been used for oil and animal feed, as it is both bitter and unsafe for human consumption. In a new study published in Nature,…

Researchers close to unleashing rapeseed’s protein power for human consumption

Half of plant proteins in the EU come from rapeseed plants. Until now, the plant has only been used for oil and animal feed, as it is both bitter and unsafe for human consumption. In a new study published in Nature,…

Britishness has been on the decline since the colonies began to leave the Empire

When a number of British colonies demanded independence after World War 2, they kick-started the decolonisation process, which has since emptied the concept of 'Britishness' of meaning. Even Great Britain is falling…

Call for Abstracts - Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability: Arctic Special Edition

The Climate Arctic Governance research network (CArGo) is organizing a special edition of the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability with focus on the Arctic. The event will take place in a…

External CEBI member Professor Gabriel Zucman receives the 2023 John Bates Clark Medal

Congratulations to the 2023 John Bates Clark Medallist Gabriel Zucman. The John Bates Clark Medal is awarded annually to an economist under the age of 40, the John Bates Clark Medal recognises outstanding research…

Camilla Bratland debate on coastal and fjord areas in Finnmark, Norway

FutureArcticLives Camilla Bratland features in a debate about the future possibilities for coastal and fjord areas in Finnmark, Norway.

New visitor at CECS - Axel Johannes Jonsson

1 May - 1 June 2023

Launch of CirCus Webinar Series

The CirCus Webinar Series on the Legal Landscape of Circular Supply Chains launched on Friday 21 April 2023 with a webinar by Professor Rosalind Malcolm of the University of Surrey

Limitations of the circular economy concept in law

The Circular Supply Chains – identifying and allocating legal risks (CirCus) project, funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, has had two recent publication successes

The Centre of African Studies hosts new Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellow, Anna Mazzolini

Architect by initial training, and subsequently urban policy expert and researcher, Anna Mazzolini has been working at the interstices between practice and research in and for countries in transition in Sub-Saharan…

Mod, risici og dating i COVID-19-krisen

Lektor Poul Poder har bidraget med et kapitel til bogen: The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World, som er redigeret af Paul R. Ward og Kristen Foley. Bogen behandler affektive…

Russia is mapping the highways of the seabed

Europe has numerous supply cables at the bottom of the sea. If these cables are sabotaged, it could have severe consequences for us. Tobias Liebetrau, a researcher on maritime infrastructure, explains further.

Charcoal is a focal point in conflicts over East Africa's green transition

With a grant of DKK 10.4 million from Danida, Ole Wæver will study conflicts and conflict resolution during East African countries' transition from charcoal to more sustainable energy.

Danish Beneficial Ownership - May we have this last dance?

A very long journey will come to an end when the Danish Supreme Court rules in the final Beneficial Ownership cases – the 𝐍𝐓𝐂 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 (C-115/16 -N Luxembourg) and the 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐚/𝐍𝐲𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 (C-118/16 X Denmark A/S) by…

Courage, Risks and Dating in the COVID-19 Crisis

Associate professor Poul Poder has written a chapter to the volume of The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World edited by Paul R. Ward and Kristen Foley. The book considers the dynamics…

Dan Bodansky

Daniel M. Bodansky is a preeminent authority on global climate change whose teaching and research focus on international environmental law and public international law.

How does Bourdieu apply in online markets for drugs?

Associate Professor Jakob Demant from the Department of Sociologi has in collaboration with S.A. Bakken and A. Oksanen published an article in the highly esteemed journal Theoretical Criminology under the title: 'Capita…

Margherita Paola Poto

Margherita Paola Poto is a Research Professor at the Faculty of Law, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway and has taught Administrative Law for more than 20 years at the University of Turin, Italy.

Various ways towards animal product limiting - practical and social engagements in dietary change

This paper explores how people engage in the practicalities of animal product limiting and how they communicate about the dietary changes they are making in interpersonal interactions.