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The ideal of freedom in the Anthropocene

Associate Professor Mikael Carleheden and PhD student Nikolaj Schultz have published the article ‘The ideal of freedom in the Anthropocene: A new crisis of legitimation and the brutalization of geo-social conflicts’ in…

CMS Researcher Cornelia Baciu publishes a Special Issue of Defence Studies

CMS Researcher Cornelia Baciu publishes a Special Issue of Defence Studies

CMS Research on Critical Maritime Infrastructure Contributes to New EU Action Plan

In a debate in the European Parliament on 5 October, a core reference point was a recent report that researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, Tobias Liebetrau has written for the Parliament in collaboration with..…

Dictatorships use sporting events as a smokescreen for political repression

A new study shows a systematic connection between major sporting events in autocracies and the persecution of political opponents.

New CMS podcast: Lex Ferenda - Conversations About Law and War

How does international law affect the conduct of military operations? What are the current challenges of international law? And what role will international law play in the future?

When do images rally support for political movements – or the opposite?

Focusing on the climate movement in Europe, a new international project at the Department of Sociology will analyse how visual content creates public support, but also opposition and polarisation.

European Parliament heeds the call from ocean infrastructure researchers

The sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines has brought much urgency to the protection of maritime infrastructure. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlines a plan that draws on University of Copenhagen research.

Johan Sæverud on French television explaining about the Danish social security eligibility age.

French president Emmanuel Macron proposed a gradual increase in the social security eligibility age from 62 to 65 in the Spring of 2022, but has faced severe opposition from both labor unions and his centrist alliance.…

Parents’ weight status plays a key role in whether or not their children become overweight and obese

In Denmark, more and more people suffer from overweight and obesity. A new study suggests that children with parents with obesity begin to develop overweight and obesity at earlier ages than children with parents with…

Webinar with Associate Professor Nick Bell, University of Nottingham, UK.

in the network for health and biosecurity under the Danish cattle research coordination committee, we were pleased to have held an open webinar, which can be seen on video.

Interview with Suchismita Goswami, PhD student at COPE

Meet COPE PhD student, Suchismita Goswami. She is currently working on the project ‘Disaster Risk Creation and Urban Resettlement Processes’, funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Course on Carbon Capture and Storage

The Faculty of Law offers a 3-hour course on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) for professionals.

Economists calculate welfare gains from the Lynetteholm project

How will it affect welfare if the housing stock is being expanded in Copenhagen's East Harbor? This has been examined by two researchers from the Department of Economics in a new report from the Ministry of Transport.

New CMS Report: Danish societal security – The resilient and secure society in a new era of security politics

Danish societal security – the intention of a robust and secure society – is being challenged in these years, where increased competition between great powers and Russia's invasion of Ukraine have amplified the external…

New Head of the Department of Economics: We need more female colleagues

Henrik Hansen will take up the position as the new Head of the Department of Economics 1 March 2023. One of the priorities on his to-do list is a more equal gender distribution in a male-dominated field.

Healthy democracies are threatened by false information, but not everyone is keen on a cure

Our democracy relies upon the choices of an informed electorate. But today, it is threatened by mis- and disinformation. More and better fact-checking is needed according to the University of Copenhagen’s Isabelle…

Healthy democracies are threatened by false information, but not everyone is keen on a cure

Our democracy relies upon the choices of an informed electorate. But today, it is threatened by mis- and disinformation. More and better fact-checking is needed according to the University of Copenhagen’s Isabelle…

Boosting umami flavour to get us to love green food

With an advanced degree in food science in her back pocket, Charlotte Vinther Schmidt has secured two dream jobs as an independent food entrepreneur and a researcher at the University of Copenhagen. We interviewed the…

Director: "The world cries out for knowledge about defense and security policy"

Kristian Søby Kristensen is new Director of the Center for Military Studies. He predicts that the center's expertise will become even more relevant in a time when the world is characterized by uncertainty.

New Director: "The world cries out for knowledge about defense and security policy"

Kristian Søby Kristensen is new Director of the Centre for Military Studies. He predicts that the centre's expertise will become even more relevant in a time when the world is characterized by uncertainty.

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.