News about The University

New Associate Dean for Research

Associate professor Lone Wandahl Mouyal will take up the position of new Associate Dean for Research on 1 May, 2025.

Nanna Thylstrup will give the keynote at the Datafied Web RESAW conference

The talk will be titled “Vanishing points: technographies of data loss”.

Opening hours Easter 2025

Monday – Wednesday, April 14 -16 8.00 - 21.00 Maundy Thursday, April 17 Closed Good Friday, April 18 Closed Saturday – Sunday, April 19 – 20 Closed Easter Monday, April 21 Closed Happy Easter!

Alexandra Buhl: Researching capacity strengthening for sustainable development

In this spotlight, Alexandra talks about her research in capacity development and more specifically a project focusing on strengthening health education institutions in India and Kenya.

Inflection Award for Margarita Poderyte

Congratulations to Margarita Poderytė, Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen, selected as one of the 30 Best Young Scientists in the World working on Climate Change.

Interdisciplinary research team wins NNF award for their teaching

Professor Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen and Associate Professor Nathalia Brichet from the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences have been awarded the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Prize for Interdisciplinary Educators for…

Nanna Thylstrup visited the ERC headquarters

Associate Professor Nanna Thylstrup was part of an episode of ERC Talks that touched upon data loss with Monica Sonia at the European Research Council.

Phd Course August 2025

This years PhD course on Daisy will take place 25/08 - 29/08 at Copenhagen University. See the flyer here and register for the course through the PhD. course catalogue of Copenhagen University. If you have any…

Danish learners´ lunch club at South Campus - Join us for a free lunch

If you’re looking for ways to practice your Danish skills, the Danish learners´ lunch club at South Campus gives you the ideal opportunity.

New essay on the politics of digital erasure unfolding under the Trump administration

Postdoc Katie Mackinnon and Associate Professor Nanna Thylstrup have written a new essay "The Politics of Digital Erasure: Governance and Control in Government Information Infrastructures”.

Ebenezer A Ofori

Ph.D., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Exhibition ”Ribbons”

The Centre for Textile Research (CTR) and Museum Amager present the exhibition ‘Ribbons / Bare Bånd’ as part of the Silk Ribbons project,…

“A key figure in rethinking pharmaceutical education” – Tommy Nørskov Johansen receives the Danish Pharmaceutical Society’s Gol

On Tuesday 18 March, Chairman of the Danish Pharmaceutical Society Christian Bernstein Rubek presented Head of Studies at Pharma School Tommy Nørskov Johansen with the award at an official society ceremony.

A key figure in rethinking pharmaceutical education” – Tommy Nørskov Johansen receives the Danish Pharmaceutical Society’s Gol

On Tuesday 18 March, Chairman of the Danish Pharmaceutical Society Christian Bernstein Rubek presented Head of Studies at Pharma School Tommy Nørskov Johansen with the award at an official society ceremony.

SAVE THE DATE and call for speakers: The annual Turku Biomaterials Days

The annual Turku Biomaterials Days event have been scheduled for October 23th-24th 2025. The topic of this year's event will focus on the exciting topic of "Bio-based materials in healthcare". Our goal for this event is…

Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship for Dr. Rita Alves

Rita Alves, postdoc in the Żylicz Group at reNEW Copenhagen has been awarded a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship from the European Union.

BIO spinout joins coveted Venture Lab Program

The biotech company NanoGuard Crop Solutions, founded by Associate Professor Kenneth Veland Halberg and Postdoc Eva Maria Rebrova, gets a considerable boost by entering the BioInnovation Institute’s Venture Lab Program,…

Sound exhibition by Christine Jeanneret opens at Rosenborg Castle

On March 13th, the historic doors of Rosenborg Castle opened for the premiere of the new exhibition “The Sound of Rosenborg”, created by PRIVACY affiliated scholar Christine Jeanneret and composer and sound designer…

Fabio Santos is new Tenure-track Assistant Professor at AMIS

He is specialized in Histories of Migration. Read an interview.

Metabolism Day 2025 - Some numbers and many thank yous

As interest in the conference has grown across the University, and beyond, we've sold out the impressive Jerne Auditorium for two straight years! Executive Director Juleen Zierath welcoming participants to Metabolis…

New Rector at the University of Copenhagen

Henrik C. Wegener has passed the rector chain on to David Dreyer Lassen.

Researchers share new knowledge about 'toddlers' with parents and professionals

With support from Nordea-fonden, psychologists at the UCPH will strengthen the social and emotional development of 1-2 year-olds through the project 'Understanding your toddler'.

New insights in immune cells

PhD Fellow Mustafa Ghanizada work on immune cells has been published in Nature Immunology, where he is first shared author.

Reflections on the META-UN inaugural conference, 6-7 February 2025

On 6-7 February 2025, META-UN was launched with the inaugural conference “The United Nations: Looking Towards the Future. From history to the current and future challenges of global governance and law”, held at the…