News about The University

New book with sharp criticism of AI ChatGPT's communicative praxis, text production and modes of functions

Professor Emerita Karen Borgnakke has published a new book on AI and ChatGPT technology in education.

Workshop on alternatives to big tech services with Kritik Digital

Last week, we co-hosted the workshop Take control over your digital life with Kritik Digital.

Gunvor Simonsen appointed professor of history

Gunvor Simonsen, a historian specialising in the history of the Caribbean, took up her post as professor at the Saxo Institute on 1 March 2026.

ATR is integrating to tidsskrift.dk

The Archaeological Textile Review has been integrated into the Royal Danish Library’s platform for open access magazines tidsskrift.dk. In the future, new issues and submissions must be accessed through this website, an…

Global Textile Encounters has been translated into Chinese

The Centre for Textile Research anthology Global Textile Encounters, edited by Marie-Louise Nosch, Zhao Feng and Lotika Varadarajan has been translated and publicized in Chinese by the Zhejian University Press. The…

Study: Students struggle to identify problematic grey-zones in academic practice

Students across education levels have a blind spot for identifying situations that might bring their academic integrity into questionable territory, study finds.

BIO team receives Novo Nordisk Foundation Prize

Birthe B. Kragelund, Karen Skriver, and Kresten Lindorff-Larsen has worked to strengthen the natural science teaching for years. They're now being awarded The Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Prize for Natural Science Teachers…

Nuno Grancho will be a visiting professor at Brown University

We are pleased to share that Nuno Grancho, former Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at the Centre for Privacy Studies (now affiliated), will be a visiting professor at Brown University during the academic year 2026/2027.

ODIN grant supports collaborative project “SynPhONY” to accelerate development of phage-based therapies

ODIN grant supports collaborative project “SynPhONY” to accelerate development of phage-based therapies

New Makerspace for SCIENCE

With a DKK 42.3 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, SCIENCE is establishing a new Makerspace designed to boost innovation and create entirely new frameworks for practice‑based teaching.

New Makerspace for SCIENCE

With a DKK 42.3 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, SCIENCE is establishing a new Makerspace designed to boost innovation and create entirely new frameworks for practice‑based teaching.

International postdoctoral grant to study Arctic human–animal relationships

PhD student Emma Vitale has been awarded an International Postdoctoral Grant from Independent Research Fund Denmark to investigate how traditional technologies have shaped relationships between humans and animals across…

The Silent Standpoint: How Professors Explain Gender Disparities in Academia

Professor Margaretha Järvinen has together with professor Nanna Mik-Meyer from CBS published an article in British Journal of Sociology.

Gregor Schäfer: Migration, education, and the future of the global health workforce

Meet Gregor Schäfer, a postdoctoral fellow at the Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen.

Adam Almqvist receives a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship

Adam Almqvist will join Centre for Comparative Culture Studies as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow funded by the EU Horizon Europe.

Mads Gram Henriksen appointed Professor of Clinical and Theoretical Phenomenology in collaboration with Region Zealand

The appointment of Mads Gram Henriksen as Professor of Clinical and Theoretical Phenomenology strengthens collaboration between the humanities and psychiatry.

Where artistic ideas grow into a company │Nøgensnegl

What is it like to combine creative processes and business development, and what can you get out of doing an internship in your own startup? We asked Iben Damkjær these questions. Iben is a master's student in Theatre…

HUM:Global Seed Money 2026/2027

All staff and students* at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen are invited to submit applications for HUM:Global Seed Money. Submission deadline: 23:59, Sunday 10 May 2026.

Benjawan Somphakdi joins CMP

Benjawan joins the VLPVAC team

James Pang joins CMP

James joins the Rahma Elmahdi's team

The SPINE project will strengthen pathways for interdisciplinary collaboration

The world needs interdisciplinary research, but the structures make collaboration across disciplines difficult. A new project aims to change that.

The Centre for the Study of Global Nationalisms has been relaunched

On Monday, 23 February 2026, we celebrated the opening of the new Centre for the Study of Global Nationalisms.

Join the AI-UNI ’Research lunches’ in 2026

The AI-UNI project will host another series of ’Research lunches’ during spring 2026.

Novo Nordisk Foundation extends funding of reNEW

Ahead of this next phase, Node Director Kim Bak Jensen highlights the collective effort driving reNEW’s progress. “I feel genuinely privileged to work within this community. The dedication of our people has been…