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Religion blocks freedom and democracy across the globe

A new major study documents that religiously motivated legislation has taken place in all types of societies and religions – to the detriment of democratic rights.

Trust hardly makes us careless and complacent in crisis situations

A new study highlights the importance of mutual trust between citizens and authorities when society is facing a crisis.

A positive intergenerational workplace climate is related to better self-perceived ageing

A workplace climate that accommodates all age groups seem to have a positive impact on both younger and older employees' views on ageing and on employees' work engagement, according to new research.

Family growth depends on wages – and it matters whether mum or dad earns the most

Economists from Copenhagen and Oxford have found that inequality stemming from fertility can be long-lasting - and that income changes affect men and women's desire for family growth differently.

The Ukrainian refugee crisis led to mass mobilisation of volunteers on Facebook

Within days and weeks, the Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted in a surge in Facebook support groups in response to the war and following humanitarian crisis.

Barriers to interdisciplinarity: an early career researchers’ perspective on urban climate governance

About a year ago, our Cities in Global Climate Governance early career researchers’ (ECR) group took up a project to begin reviewing all of the contemporary global urban climate governance literature.

Right-wing extremism in Brazil will not disappear with Bolsonaro

The Brazilian right-wing turn that has grown strong under Bolsonaro is not new – and it shouldn’t feel so unexpected. A new doctoral dissertation shows that the turn is based on extremist religious ideas that have…

New publication: Inter-Risk Framing Contests

A group of DISTRACT researchers have recently published a new article in the field leading journal SOCIOLOGY, entitled Inter-Risk Framing Contests: The Politics of Issue Attention among Scandinavian Climate NGOs during…

DISTRACT team presents at Danish Parliament

On the 26th of January, DISTRACT team members Morten Axel Pedersen (PI), August Lohse, Emilie Munch Gregersen and Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard were invited to the Danish Parliament to present findings from their research at…

Green breakthrough: New models calculate our impact on nature and climate

Economists from the University of Copenhagen have developed green models to calculate environmental and climate effects in Denmark's entire economy.

Modern arms technologies help autocratic rulers stay in power

Autocrats and dictators quickly acquire new arms technologies from abroad and often use them against their own citizens. Now a study shows that the spread of military technologies inhibits democratic reform.

Disasters, Climate Change and Law: Reflections from the NEEDS conference and COPE stay

As someone who is interested in the intersection between law and disasters – it is always exciting to find an event that caters to both. This made the Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies…

Presentation of Ethnoplatform at Als Research consultancy

On Wednesday January 18th, PhD student Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard and Assistant Professor Kristoffer Albris gave an invited guest talk at the consultancy company Als Research, based in central Copenhagen. While Als Research…

CMS Researcher Cornelia Baciu publishes new article

CMS Researcher Cornelia Baciu has published a new article with the title ”Sinn von Sein. Foreign Policy, Memory and Changing Imaginaries and Practices of Neutrality in the Second Republic” in the journal Austrian Journa…

Russia’s disinformation campaign in the US did not influence political attitudes or voting behavior

The Russian online disinformation effort during the 2016 US presidential election influenced neither attitudes nor voter behavior, new research shows.

What characterises emergency response to slowly developing crises and disasters?

An EU-funded project hosted at Roskilde University in collaboration with Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research (COPE) takes a closer look at the characteristics of attention and proactive response in the context of…

Featuring CERTIZENS at Copenhagen University

Read about the public seminar at the Centre of African Studies featuring the research of CERTIZENS Dr Kojo Opoku Aidoo, and Dr Godfrey Asiimwe

Guest PhD researcher, Nai Kalema, links up with CERTIZENS in Copenhagen

Read Nai Kalema’s responses to some key questions about herself, her doctoral research focus, and how she sees her research relating specifically to CERTIZENS.

Rohlfing and Wind: EU should use other democracy indices

New research article from CEP researchers finds that the Commission should stop using Freedom House. Comparing three democracy indices Regitze H. Rohlfing and Marlene Wind support the index critique raised by the…

The Power of Morality in Movements

Associate Professor Jonas Toubøl has edited the open access anthology ‘The Power of Morality in Movements – Civic Engagement in Climate Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy' in collaboration with Anders Sevelsted from…

Who are the people behind human trafficking?

With support from the EU, a new anthropological project will paint a more accurate picture of human traffickers through fieldwork in Romania and Portugal.

Multiple Perspectives, Cultivating Communities: Reflections on the NEEDS 2022 Conference

Disaster Studies is a growing multidisciplinary field that continues to produce diverse – and often competing or contrasting – perspectives on how disasters are conceptualized and addressed. The Northern European…

Politologist will bridge sciences to solve humanitarian crises

How can new technologies and design methods address global humanitarian crisis? This is the key question for Jonathan Austin, assistant professor at the Department of Political Science.

A new land reform can address climate challenges facing the agricultural sector, researchers argue

Rewetting low-lying organic soils that are currently under agricultural cultivation has a significant effect on greenhouse gas emissions, but can be a difficult, time-consuming process.