News about Society

Climate Change made heatwave in Asia 30 times more likely

Extreme humid heat in South Asia in April 2023, largely driven by climate change, detrimental to vulnerable and disadvantaged communities

Philosophers agree with economists on climate action - but stress ethical considerations

A new study shows that philosophers with expertise on social discounting and intergenerational distribution want to put more emphasis on the conditions of future generations in climate economic calculations.

Call for Papers on Early Modern privacy for The Renaissance Society of America Conference 2024

Call for Papers on Early Modern privacy for The Renaissance Society of America Conference 21-23 March, 2024 in Chicago Organizer: Centre for Privacy Studies, University of Copenhagen (PRIVACY) (www.teol.ku.dk/privacy)

Conflict in Sudan: towards a multipolar world

In light of the recent outbreak of armed clashes in Sudan, Associate Professor Stig Jensen shared his worry over the ramifications of the increasingly multipolar world for the outcome of this conflict.

Cultural threats can lead to violent extremism

People with specific personality traits who perceive their cultural values as threatened are more likely to show hostility and support violent extremist behaviour directed against that threat. This is shown in a new…

Fasten your seatbelt: Intimacy capitalism is coming

Feature article in Politiken, 23 May 2023 by Anders Søgaard (Professor, University of Copenhagen), Sune Lehmann (Professor, DTU and University of Copenhagen), Rebecca Adler-Nissen (Professor, University of Copenhagen),…

Kamissa Camara on the "politics of coups"

Speaking to the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Kamissa Camara lays out the topic of her research: the differing responses to military coups in West Africa by the African Union (AU) and The Economic…

Launch of Future Arctic Law and Governance (FALG) Network

The Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS) of UiT Arctic University of Norway and the Centre for International Law and Governance (CILG) are launching a the Future Arctic Law and Governance (FALG) network.

Researchers will increase citizen engagement in the transition towards green energy

How can private corporations and public authorities ensure the engagement of citizens before building plants for green energy production? Researchers from the UCPH have set out to answer this question in a new project.

New CMS Report: Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism

The report "Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism - Implications of the new Western approach to counterterrorism", authored by Tore Refslund Hamming, identifies how the shift in global counterterrorism efforts is changing.…

Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism

The report "Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism – Implications of the new Western approach to counterterrorism" written by Tore Refslund Hamming, identifies the importance of the new doctrine for counterterrorism efforts.

CEPRI contribution to important new Commentary on Business and Human Rights

CEPRI Associate Professor Dr Sorcha MacLeod, has contributed chapters together with co-author Dr Daria Davitti (Lund) to an exciting new Commentary on business and human rights.

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