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New department head at Geosciences and Natural Resource Management

Senior researcher and head of section, PhD Vivian Kvist Johannsen will take up the position as head of department at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management beginning 1…

New Publication on the Circular Economy and the Law

Publication on the Circular Economy and the Law

New Publication on the Circular Economy and the Law

Publication on the Circular Economy and the Law

Andrew Keane Woods joins CIIR as Fulbright guest researcher

Andrew Keane Woods joins CIIR as a guest researcher. He is the Milton O. Riepe Professor of Law at the University of Arizona, where he also co-directs the TechLaw program. He is visiting as a Fulbright Scholar, on a…

CeBIL Visitor Jorge L Contreras talks at CIPA Podcast

In his book The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA (Hachette/Algonquin, 2021), CeBIL visitor Professor Jorge Contreras brings this important and unique case to life. Through…

Turning data into drawings: distributing children’s books on wild forest foods in East Africa

Research on how to improve food and nutrition security has the potential to make real-life contributions for local communities suffering from nutrient deficiencies. Yet, most research remains inaccessible to people who…

It takes two to code: a comparative analysis of collective bargaining and artificial intelligencegence

In a new article Trine P. Larsen and Anna Ilsøe et al. focus on the role of collective bargaining and employee involvement in relation to algorithm management

Margherita Paola Poto

Margherita Paola Poto is a Research Professor at the Faculty of Law, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway and has taught Administrative Law for more than 20 years at the University of Turin, Italy.

ReCreating Europe Workshop on Platforms' content moderation and accountability

On the 8th December 2022, Sebastian Schwemer (CIIR) and Christian Katzenbach (ZeMKI) focused on online content moderating on platforms as a part of the Recreating Europe project.

New research center fills major gap in international mobility research

A new Danish Center of Excellence will fill knowledge gaps and blind spots in mobility research - for example, by investigating new migration patterns created by current and future crises.

ADHD as desynchronization - DISTRACT talk by Mikka Nielsen

On Friday the 10th of March, Mikka Nielsen gave give a DISTRACT talk based on her research on ADHD. Mikka Nielsen is senior researcher at VIVE - The Danish Center for Social Science Research. Title: ADHD as…

Joanna Lam is the new Editor-in-Chief of JWIT

From 2024, Professor MSO and Director of Study Hub for International Economic Law and Development (SHIELD), Joanna Lam will be joining one of the leading intellectual publications in the field of international economic…

New structure and broadened entry requirements for courses in German and French

Registration for the August 2023 courses German and French for students going abroad is now open. The entry requirements have been broadened, and the courses in January will be structured as shorter workshops to account…

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.

New Publication of the Textbook on the Law of the Sea

Textbook on the Law of the Sea.

Chapter on children as documentarians

New chapter by Eva Novrup Redvall on Danish children as documentarians of the COVID-19 pandemic in the book Documentary in the age of COVID from Peter Lang.

Critical, but willing to drink: Consumers’ perspectives on the use of advanced breeding methods in dairy production

Danish consumers are concerned about advanced breeding methods in dairy production. However, a new research study has found that they are willing to drink the milk as long as the methods have not been used directly on…

Critical, but willing to drink: Consumers’ perspectives on the use of advanced breeding methods in dairy production

Danish consumers are concerned about advanced breeding methods in dairy production. However, a new research study has found that they are willing to drink the milk as long as the methods have not been used directly on…

New visitor at iCourts - Teresa Violante

6 - 12 March 2023

New CEPRI/SHOC project on Green Shipping - GreenLaSH

The Shipping and Ocean law group, SHOC in CEPRI has launched a new project on the Green transition and legal implications in shipping (GreenLaSH).

Trine Mygind Korsby publishes chapter on human trafficking and sex work between Romania and Italy

The chapter entitled “Complex intimacies: Sex work, human trafficking and romance between Italy and the Black Sea coast of Romania” has been published in the book “A Sea of Transience. Poetics, Politics and Aesthetics…

Frank Ejby Poulsen has won the María Zambrano Grant

Cordial congratulations to Frank Ejby Poulsen who has won the María Zambrano Grant for the attraction of international talents (€99.500) at the University King Juan Carlos. Frank will carry the project: ‘Oikosmos–El…

Nordic data can explain why countries have different asylum practices

Is it a lottery when the Nordic countries grant asylum, or why are the differences so great between the countries? A new Nordic research project is investigating this question.

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.