News about The University

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.

Professor receives honorary award for 11-year-old study that has been cited more than 2,800 times

In Denmark, we are famous for our register-based research, and now Professor Elsebeth Lynge – one of the pioneers in the field – receives the honorary 10-Year Impact Award. However, new work procedures threaten Danish…

Remembering former CAS student, Gavin David Shepherd

CAS has been greatly saddened by news of the recent tragic loss of our former MA graduate, Gavin ‘Gavster’ David Shepherd. Gavin suffered a fatal cardiac arrest on 19 July while hillwalking in Scotland with his sister…

SODAS part of organizing team bringing IC2S2 to Copenhagen

As part of the consortium bidding to host IC2S2 along with The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) and Technical University of Denmark (DTU), SODAS will contribute to the organization of the 2023 edition of the…

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.

CAS students collaborate with GlobalNyt on course-based articles

Globalnyt has published a two-part article series with two CAS students, supported by the Center for African Studies, University of Copenhagen.

Zahavi's collected works out in Chinese translations

Dan Zahavi’s collected works will be published in eight volumes in Chinese.

Welcome to our new colleagues: Kasper Bering Liisberg and Freja Berg

Welcome to our new colleagues: studieadjunkt in media production Kasper Bering Liisberg and research assistant Freja Berg.

New review published

The systematic review of learning outcomes associated with university chemistry teaching laboratories has finally been published for open access in Review of Education, 10(2). Stemming from Work Package 2 of the IQ-lab…

Esben Trabjerg is now Tenure track Assistant Professor

The Department of Pharmacy has recently employed Esben Trabjerg as Tenure track Assistant Professor in the Protein Analysis group.

Ramune Jacobsen is now Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacy has employed Ramune Jacobsen as Associate Professor in the Social and Clinical Pharmacy group.

Stine Harloff-Helleberg is now Tenure track Assistant Professor

Recently, Stine Harloff-Helleberg has been employed as Tenure track Assistant Professor at the LEO Center.

New publication

Hendra Y. Agustian has published a 'Perspective' article in Chemistry Education Research and Practice (Royal Society of Chemistry), in which he proposes a conceptual framework and a working model for integrated…

Two brilliant nerds from SCIENCE receive NNF NERD grants

NNF NERD (New Exploratory Research and Discovery programme) supports the unorthodox and wild research ideas. This brings new knowledge within natural sciences or technology.

Updated educational resources about innovation in global health

Newly updated educational resources about innovation in global health. Freely available to anyone interested.

How to write a policy brief that matters

A workshop for Health researchers at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College in Tanzania in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen on how to write policy briefs that matter.

Applicants 2022: Slight decline but UCPH remains most popular

As the rest of the sector, the University of Copenhagen is seeing a decline in applicants in relation to the years with corona, 2020 and 2021. However, some degree programmes have experienced an increase.

First-priority applications maintains its high level

The interest in the Computer Science programmes at the University of Copenhagen remains high. The number of first-priority applications maintains its high level despite a general decline in applications nationwide.

Phages to fight bacterial infections

A team of researchers from England, Scotland, Norway, and Denmark have joined forces to develop a safe and efficient phage therapy approach to control the bacteria Pasteurella in Atlantic Salmon farms.

How do we ensure local support for green energy production?

Huge Power-to-X investments in new hydrogen-based fuels shall propel the green transition in Denmark towards 2050. But how do we prevent local conflicts over new production plants?

Denmark's first quantum information science programme to open soon

With quantum technologies blossoming globally, the demand for quantum experts is already high across several sectors. To meet this demand, the University of Copenhagen will soon open Denmark's first quantum science…

Denmark's first quantum information science programme to open soon

With quantum technologies blossoming globally, the demand for quantum experts is already high across several sectors. To meet this demand, the University of Copenhagen will soon open Denmark's first quantum science…

Frederik Plesner Lyngse wins Best Paper Award prize

Gender gaps in performance and pay are pervasive in high-skilled occupations, and they display a clear widening pattern following the early career and the subsequent arrival of children.

Professor Bente Frølund receives a Novo Nerd 2022 grant

Bente Frølund has recently received 8.5 mill DKK from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to the project “Proximity-inducing new downstream chemistries - A platform for re-wiring cell signaling”.