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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?

New data memo on YouTubes ban of Russian state media

Reseachers from SODAS and Political Science publishes new data memo looking into YouTubes global ban of Russian state media

Katherine Richardson receives honorary doctorate

For her years in research and her scientific contributions, Professor and Leader of Sustainability Science Centre, Katherine Richardson receives an honorary doctorate at the Arctic University of Norway.

Diverging logics of firm cooperation in Denmark and Sweden

In a new article Christian Lyhne Ibsen, Lisa Sezer and Virginia Doellgast explores how differences in business association structures relate to the ways firms cooperate in competitive markets.

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.

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.

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.

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.