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Postdoc position in private law and sustainability

It is no longer possible to apply for the position.

Typewriters as career catalysts: the life of Kathleen (Kay) Midwinter

A blog post by Myriam Piguet.

From Seaweed to Plastic: Gleaning and the moral economy of waste in Indonesia

Postdoctoral research fellow Lukas Fort has published the article ‘From Seaweed to Plastic: Gleaning and the moral economy of waste in Indonesia’ in Indonesia and the Malay World

New researcher at CLIMA - Wesley Maraire

Wesley Maraire is a sociolegal researcher with interdisciplinary training in law, sociology, and political science. His work spans access to justice, climate governance, and decolonial legal theory. He is a Marie…

UCPH Geopolitics Seed Money

All academic staff at the University of Copenhagen are invited to submit applications for the KU Geopolitics Seed Money initiative, which aims to support interdisciplinary outreach activities on geopolitics directed…

Irene Antonioli

Irene Antonioli is currently at the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen as part of an Erasmus+ post-graduate traineeship where she will develop the research she began during her thesis on the impact of climat…

An Qi Wang

An Qi Wang's current research with the Faculty of Science focuses on water-related inequalities and conflicts in Laikipia County, Kenya.

Elliot Lester

Elliot is particularly interested in questions of environmental equity and the ways legal frameworks can either entrench disadvantage or serve as tools for innovation and social change.

Dark personality levels relate to people’s job interests and chosen careers

People with high scores on the so-called Dark Factor of Personality have significantly less interest in social and creative jobs. This is shown by new research from the Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS)…

The struggle for equal rights required pioneers

For many years the legal profession at Copenhagen University was closed to women, and the path for the first women who sought to study law, was extremely difficult.

History After the Fall of Assad

On February 27-28 a key event on the study of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad took place at Princeton University. Andreas Bandak was invited to present his recent work alongside a host of key scholars. The…

Young people fear drugging in nightlife – but almost never report it

Young people – especially women – increasingly fear being drugged, and the phenomenon is more widespread and complex than previously assumed. This is shown in a new report from the Criminological Observatory at the…

Call for applications: Student Assistants at MOBILE

MOBILE is looking for 3–4 talented and committed students to assist the Center

CLIMA co-organized the 2025 Sino–Danish Colloquium on Global Climate Governance and Multilateralism

From 25–30 November 2025, the Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance (CLIMA) at the University of Copenhagen led an interdisciplinary delegation of scholars in law, anthropology and climate science from Denmark,…

New special issue: Small Islands, Proximity and Connection in the Eastern Caribbean

IN THE SAME SEA team members Rasmus Christensen, Dr. Felicia Fricke, and Dr. Gunvor Simonsen, in collaboration with Dr. Joy Lewis of Morgan State University, have guest-edited a special issue of the Journal of Caribbean…

Presenting Georgios Giannakopoulos and The Interpreters

Blog post by Cecilie Rinder Myrup.

New Scholarship Student - Sophie Thao Dinh

Sophie Thao Dinh joins MOBILE as a Scholarship Student.

New visiting researcher - Paula Sant'Ana Strogoff

Visiting from June 6 to July 6, 2026

Marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full‑scale invasion of Ukraine

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we highlight research conducted by scholars at the Faculty of Law in this field. The research highlights the need for further studies in areas such as…

New bill

New bill on the development and use of AI systems in the processing of personal data in public administration.

New Postdoctoral Researcher - Anna Murphy Høgenhaug

Anna Murphy Høgenhaug joins MOBILE as Postdoctoral Researcher.

Researching and remembering women in international organisations

Blog post by Louis Clerc.

New Permanent Visiting Professor - Mary Boatemaa Setrana

Mary Boatemaa Setrana joins MOBILE as Permanent Visiting Professor.

Get advice and guidance from the two PhD counsellors

The journey towards a PhD can sometimes be challenging, and a conversation with a PhD counsellor might be a way to get new motivation and figure out new solutions. If you – as a PhD student or a PhD supervisor –…