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Plant-based foods: New specialisation in the MSc Programme in Food Science and Technology

We have to get better at processing plants into climate-friendly foods, while at the same time focusing on nutrition, health, and taste. That’s why we, at the University of Copenhagen, are offering a specialisation in…

Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen will give talk as part of the AI seminar series

Associate professor at SODAS Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen will, as part of the AI seminar series, give a lecture on big data for the prediction of student success

Bio-what? Half of Danes don’t know what biomass is

Nearly half of Danes have never heard of Denmark’s largest source of renewable energy. The finding, reported in a study from the University of Copenhagen, is the first to explore Danish attitudes to woody biomass as an…

New CMS Background Paper: The Southern Flank – Security Challenges and Europe’s Southern Border

Irregular migration, international terrorism and crime as well as political and social instability form a complex of problems that is a long-term strategic challenge for European and Danish decision-makers.

The ABCs of mental health receives the Public Health Award 2022

The Danish Society for Public Health gives an award every year to a person, a project, an institution or a municipality for special efforts in public health. This year the award goes to "The ABCs of mental health".

Experts agree: Dairy cattle's welfare worse than beef cattle

Cattle welfare experts rate the welfare of dairy cattle as lower than that of beef cattle, research from the University of Copenhagen shows.

Still a poster child for social investment?

Caroline de la Porte, Trine P. Larsen, Åsa Lundqvist investigates the regulation of publicly organized early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Denmark and Sweden

This year’s summer language courses in Danish/German/French were extremely popular!

In August, CIP organised summer language courses in both Danish for international students and German and French for Danish students going on exchange. Both Danish and international students have been highly satisfied…

Researchers will enhance visual impressions using AR technology

A research collaboration between a psychologist and a computer scientist is now supported with 3 million DKK from the Villum Foundation. The researchers will investigate how visual impressions can be strengthened using…

DISTRACT participates in LSE workshop on attention

DISTRACT was represented by several scholars at a workshop hosted by the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics entitled: "Attention: An Interdisciplinary Workshop" held on the 14th-15th of…

New Researchers join CMS

CMS will welcome three new colleagues on 1 October 2022. Dr. Neil Renic and Dr. Tobias Liebetrau will join CMS as Researchers, while Dr. Dovilė Sagatienė will join CMS as a Postdoctoral Researcher.

Agata Karbowska

Climate change litigation against states, with a focus on European Human Rights.

Anna Møller Pedersen

Climate change litigation against states, with a focus on European Human Rights.

Emilie Jane Coutin

Current targets for mobilisation of climate finance as set by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Job vacancy: Postdoc in defence, security, and strategic studies to CMS

The Centre for Military Studies seeks excellent candidates for a two-year position as Post-doctoral researcher focusing on research and teaching in defence, security, and strategic studies.

Low-Intensity Cyber Operations and State Sovereignty in Cyberspace

This CMS Report compares and assesses three very different positions concerning whether low-intensity cyber operations violate the sovereignty of the territorial state. The report is authored by Professor Kevin Jon…

Millions of farmers put their faith in God when making decisions

A widespread belief among millions of smallholder farmers in one of the world’s poorest countries is that God determines their yields. This is shown by a study that has examined the correlation between religiosity and…

New CMS Report: Low-Intensity Cyber Operations and State Sovereignty in Cyberspace

CMS has published the report "Low-intensity cyber operations and state sovereignty in cyberspace” and an accompanying (Danish) memo. The report is authored by Professor Kevin Jon Heller (CMS).

Olesea Gadirca

The Energy Communities - seen through the legal lens.

Robert William Brew

The inclusion of provisions promoting the development and usage of renewable energy into modern trade agreements

Job Vacancy: Postdoc in International Law to CMS

The Centre for Military Studies invites candidates for a postdoctoral position in international law. The position is a part of the implementation of Denmark’s 2018-2023 Defence Agreement, which includes a grant to CMS..…

New PRIVACY article published: 'Heinrich Hahn (1605-1668), A Portrait of a Lutheran Jurist at the University of Helmstedt'

The article is based on a cross-disciplinary collaboration between Privacy researchers Paolo Astorri and Søren Frank Jensen. Find the article here. The article is published in the journal Zeitschrift der…

Two grains, mutual gain: surviving drought through varietal collaboration

Some draw water from the soil’s depths, while others absorb nutrients nearer to the surface with shallow, wide root systems. Fields of grains with mixed properties could be the future for farmers hoping to protect their…

Are time preferences passed on to the next generation?

If so, does the transmission persist or fade out as children age? How relevant is parenting as a device to counteract or strengthen the transmission of preferences from parents to children?