News about Society

New visitor at CECS - Alberto Nicotina

5 September - 4 November 2022

Kristoffer Balle Hvidberg interviewed on Radio4 about crime

In the live afternoon show ”Missionen” on August 29 Kristoffer explained how preferences predict who commits crime among young men.

Riccardo Stupazzini

Riccardo Stupazzini is a PhD fellow in Public, Comparative and International Law at the Department of Political Sciences as well as an academic tutor of Public Law in the Faculty of Economics of Sapienza University of…

Springer Nature publishes separate hardcover edition of journal issue edited by Christian Kock

The leading journal in the field of argumentation studies is Argumentation, published by the house of Springer, owner of Nature and numerous other top-rated journals.

New visitor at CECS - Emanuele Cocchiara

1 September - 3 December 2022

Physician-patient match matters

Ida Lykke Kristiansen from CEBI and her co-author Sophie Yanying Sheng from University College San Diego have investigated the importance of the match between primary care physicians and patients.

Christiaan De Beukelaer

Christiaan De Beukelaer is a senior lecturer in Culture and Climate at the University of Melbourne.

Hologenomics viewed through a mathematical lens

A recent paper published by researchers from Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics (CEH) and collaborators on a strategic model of a host-microbe-microbe system not only reveals the importance of a joint host-microbe…

Want to be a better CEO? Live close to work

When CEOs live near the workplace, it benefits both the employees and the company. This discovery comes from a new, international research project based on data from Denmark.

Mundane normativity and the everyday handling of contested food consumption

Professor Bente Halkier has contributed the article 'Mundane normativity and the everyday handling of contested food consumption' to the journal Consumption and Society. Much contemporary public debate focuses on food…

Professional scaling work

Professional scaling work: How professional segments claim new jurisdictions in a world of trans-local connections Associate Professors Anders Blok and Inge Kryger Pedersen have contributed the article 'Professional…

New visitor at CeBIL - Giuseppe Ragucci

20 August - 20 September 2022

Hybrid Work Patterns: A Latent Class Analysis of Platform Workers in Denmark

This paper presents a novel approach for studying differences and similarities among platform workers, by taking into account the wider labor market position of platform workers. Analytically, we seek inspiration from…

International journal to strengthen the dialogue between research and business

The international Journal of Business Anthropology relocates to the Department of Anthropology at UCPH.

New Open Access PRIVACY article out: Zones of Privacy in Letters Between Women of Power: Elizabeth I of England and Anna of Sax

Authors: Dustin M. Neighbors and Natacha Klein Käfer

New visitor at iCourts - Natasa Mavronicola

8 September - 15 September 2022

Sociology is ready with a new shared ambition for inclusion and diversity

At the Department of Sociology, there is now agreement on what it should be like to work and study at the department in the future. The shared ambition is part of Project Dignity.

SODAS professors appointed as members of government expert group

SODAS professors Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Sune Lehmann appointed as members of the Danish government’s newly established external expert group on the societal and democratic challenges linked to the rise of big tech.

Call for abstracts: Climate Change Related Mobility in the Nordic Region

The second workshop of the Nordic Network on Climate-Related Displacement and Mobility will take place on 8-9 December 2022 hosted at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund Sweden. Abstracts are due 20 September. Read…

Labor Market Affiliation of Marginal Part-Time Workers in Denmark — A Longitudinal Study

Anna Ilsøe og Trine Pernille Larsen has contributed to an article that examines the relation between marginal part-time work and future career opportunities

Mette Birkedal Bruun speaks at the leadership retreat of the International Association of Privacy Professionals

On 22 June Centre Director Mette Birkedal Bruun gave a lecture in the session Privacy and Faith at the annual leadership retreat of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

New visitor at CeBIL - Ioannis Lianos

22 August - 13 September 2022

New visitor at CeBIL - Marzia Maria Fede

1 October - 30 November 2022

Patrick Thöni wins Best Paper Doctoral Award

Patrick Thöni receives Swiss Finance Institute Best Paper Doctoral Award for having shed light on asymmetric information and financial taxation affect trading activity and market liquidity in a multi-market setting.