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Royal Aacdemy's silver medal to Jonas Peters

The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters awards its silver medal to Professor Jonas Peters, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, for his research in causality.

Thomas Hylland Eriksen: We are living in an overheated world

The Norwegian social anthropologist Thomas Hylland Eriksen has been proclaimed Honorary Doctor at UCPH. At the heart of his research is the 'overheated globalisation', which he explains here.

Prize for best thesis in labour market economics

CEBI PhD Camilla Skovbo Christensen is honoured in the Ministry of Employment for her thesis, ”Retirement Policies and Private Savings Behavior: Evidence from a Reform of the Old-Age Pension Scheme” with co-author…

Schools managed to prevent increased learning gaps during the corona crisis

School closures during the corona crisis had little impact on the reading proficiency of Danish pupils, even when you factor social background into the equation, new analyses conclude.

August Krogh Nobel Prize 100 + 1 years at Aarhus Katedralskole

On October 28 it was exactly 100 (+1) years ago since August Krogh was awarded to Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the discovery of “the Capillary Motor Regulation Mechanism”.

SODAS researchers win the Tietgen Prize 2021

Denmark's oldest research award, the Tietgen Prize, has just been presented to two researchers affiliated with SODAS: Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen and Laura Alessandretti.

Ulrik Wagner honoured with the EASM Distinguished Service Award 2021

Associate professor Ulrik Wagner was recently honoured with the Distinguished Service Award of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM).

SCIENCE Business Prize to Mogens Steffensen

Professor Mogens Steffensen has been awarded the SCIENCE Business Prize, which is awarded to those who make a special effort to make new knowledge available to companies and authorities.

CERTIZENS PhD Workshop for Students at the University of Ghana

OPEN PHD WORKSHOP ON CERTIFICATION, CITIZENSHIP AND STATE MAKING University of Ghana, Legon 17- 18 NOVEMBER 2021 Invitation to interested PhD/MPhil…

Birgitta Nordström receives the KIF Lifetime Achievement Award

The board of KIF has decided to give this special Lifetime Achievement Award to Associate Professor Emerita Birgitta Nordström for her significant scientific contributions and for being a valuable role model.

Online students engage more in lectures than physical attendees

New research demonstrates that online lecture attendees at the University of Copenhagen ask significantly more questions during large lectures than students who attend physically. This may be partly due to online…

Vocational education shapes students’ personality

Do young people become more conscientious by getting an education? Yes, if it is a vocational education, a new study reveals.

Welcome week rituals signal cultural expectations to new students

Activities during induction week signal cultural and social expectations to new students, according to a study of the welcome weeks at three UCPH programmes. “Between the lines” messages to the incoming students ought t…

Asbjørn's thesis on mathematical quantum mechanics was the best

The Danish Mathematical Society has awarded the Edlund-DMF Thesis Prize for 2020 to Asbjørn Bækgaard Lauritsen, a graduate of the University of Copenhagen. He receives the prize for the thesis “A Mathematical Formulatio…

CANCELLATION OF 1st Joint Symposium of China's Pharmaceutical Association and Nordic POP

The event planned for this summer in Shenyang university had to be cancelled due to ongoing pandemic situation. The 14th China Pharmaceutics Conference should include the first joint event of China's Pharmaceutical…

New educational resources about innovation in global health

University of Copenhagen has produced a series of freely available modules and online lectures about innovation in global health.

Henri Poincaré Prize awarded to Jan Philip Solovej

The International Association of Mathematical Physics has awarded Professor Jan Philip Solovej with its highest honour. He is the first Danish researcher to receive the prize.

Tobias Holck Colding to give Plenary Lecture at ICM

Adjunct professor Tobias Holck Colding will be Plenary Lecturer at The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in St Petersburg, Russia, July 2022.

Research into digital sovereignty and governance of oceans receives multi-million grants

Two VELUX FONDEN grants allow researchers from the Department of Political Science to launch projects on crucial political challenges in digital technologies and sustainable governance of seas.

New in ISBUC: Eva Kummer

Eva Kummer is one of the newest members of ISBUC. In April 2021, Eva was recruited as an Associate Professor in the Structural Biology Group at the Centre for Protein Science, UCPH.

New Associate Dean for Education at the Faculty of Social Sciences

On 1 September Professor Sara Hagemann takes up office as the new Associate Dean for Education at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Researchers test virtual reality as a tool for promoting vaccination

234 random passersby got the opportunity to try a new virtual reality game, when researchers from the University of Copenhagen visited Fælledparken to test the efficiency of VR technology within health information.

Researchers test virtual reality as a tool for promoting vaccination

234 random passersby got the opportunity to try a new virtual reality game, when researchers from the University of Copenhagen visited Fælledparken to test the efficiency of VR technology within health information.

SUND vision and recommendations for teaching post COVID-19

Inspiration for variation of teaching activities and course development to more blended formats