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Mundane normativity and the everyday handling of contested food consumption

Professor Bente Halkier has contributed the article 'Mundane normativity and the everyday handling of contested food consumption' to the journal Consumption and Society. Much contemporary public debate focuses on food…

Professional scaling work

Professional scaling work: How professional segments claim new jurisdictions in a world of trans-local connections Associate Professors Anders Blok and Inge Kryger Pedersen have contributed the article 'Professional…

Hybrid Work Patterns: A Latent Class Analysis of Platform Workers in Denmark

This paper presents a novel approach for studying differences and similarities among platform workers, by taking into account the wider labour market position of platform workers. Analytically, we seek inspiration from…

International journal to strengthen the dialogue between research and business

The international Journal of Business Anthropology relocates to the Department of Anthropology at UCPH.

New Open Access PRIVACY article out: Zones of Privacy in Letters Between Women of Power: Elizabeth I of England and Anna of Sax

Authors: Dustin M. Neighbors and Natacha Klein Käfer

Sociology is ready with a new shared ambition for inclusion and diversity

At the Department of Sociology, there is now agreement on what it should be like to work and study at the department in the future. The shared ambition is part of Project Dignity.

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.

Call for abstracts: Climate Change Related Mobility in the Nordic Region

The second workshop of the Nordic Network on Climate-Related Displacement and Mobility will take place on 8-9 December 2022 hosted at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund Sweden. Abstracts are due 20 September. Read…

Labour Market Affiliation of Marginal Part-Time Workers in Denmark — A Longitudinal Study

Anna Ilsøe og Trine Pernille Larsen has contributed to an article that examines the relation between marginal part-time work and future career opportunities

Mette Birkedal Bruun speaks at the leadership retreat of the International Association of Privacy Professionals

On 22 June Centre Director Mette Birkedal Bruun gave a lecture in the session Privacy and Faith at the annual leadership retreat of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

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.

PRIVACY-workshop at the Computer Privacy Data Protection conference in Brussels

Postdoctoral researcher Natacha Klein Käfer gives her presentation ‘Borders and Epidemics: Controlling Information and Disease in Early Modern Saxony’ Science and Technology scholar Katja Pape de Neergaard (STAY…

The lives of premature babies are threatened by sugary nutrition

Many prematurely born infants are given sugary parenteral nutrition as it has so far been the belief that it was good for their development. But new research from the University of Copenhagen performed on pigs shows tha…

Users of high-cost loans have personality traits in common

High-cost consumer loans are controversial and the subject of much debate. But who typically takes out such loans – and what is the money used for? Economist Emil Toft Hansen has investigated the matter.

When you Google the word 'tick', you're helping science

Knowledge about the spread of tick-borne diseases is extremely limited and notoriously difficult to acquire. A new study from the University of Copenhagen demonstrates that internet searches just might be the way to kee…

Are you aged 40 or over? In that case, you need to do heavy weight training to keep fit

Heavy weight training can help make sure your nerves and muscles continue to work together, and it is never too late to get started. This is the conclusion of a new study from the University of Copenhagen.

New biodiversity report: The value of nature should be included in Danish economic decision making

Denmark is miles away from meeting its agreed targets for nature and biodiversity. To remedy the Danish and global biodiversity crisis effectively, we need to improve how the value of nature is measured to allow…

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.

What lies behind lies? New project looks deeper into honesty and dishonesty

Honest and dishonest behaviour comes in many forms and with various underlying motivations. Honesty and dishonesty also affect many areas of human life and social relations – from hiding an inconvenient truth from your…

New professor of sociology to focus on financial markets and new technologies

With the appointment of Christian Borch as professor, the Department of Sociology will gain new expertise in economic and political sociology.

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?

How to see the forest and the trees

PhD student Mar Moure shares learnings and impressions from this year's IUFRO Risk Analysis conference "Socio-ecological conflicts in forest management: risks of (not) adapting?".

Torben Heien Nielsen keynote at IZA Workshop on Gender and Family Economics

Severe illness and subsequent deaths are among the most devastating shocks households face and a major source of financial risk.

Green and sustainable food should become the automatic choice

One of the main obstacles to introducing a more climate-friendly food culture in Denmark is the many everyday barriers. So says Professor Bente Halkier, who researches everyday life.