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Most colors are eco criminals: Here’s how to make purple greener

The colors of our clothes, cosmetics, furniture and all sorts of things around us are nearly all based on crude oil, making them far from environmentally innocent. UCPH researchers have teamed up with Danish company…

Most colors are eco criminals: Here’s how to make purple greener

The colors of our clothes, cosmetics, furniture and all sorts of things around us are nearly all based on crude oil, making them far from environmentally innocent. UCPH researchers have teamed up with Danish company…

The value of strong international collaboration

International collaboration is at the heart of what I work with every day. It comes in many shapes and forms through projects, bilateral relations and alliances. For me, the students and their education are my centre of…

When is our institutional strategic partnership a success?

To address the lack of quality assurance schemes designed for international strategic partnerships and to contribute to building better partnerships, UCPH joined a consortium of universities led by the University of…

New CEPRI research on Circular Supply Chains

Professor Vibe Ulfbeck has published an article in the European Journal of Risk Regulation (CUP), entitled ‘From linear to circular Value Chains: A Role for Tort Law in Recycling Practices?’. The article is the first on…

Nordic Relief Packages and Non-standard Workers: Towards Expanded Universalism and Institutional Inequalities

In a new article in the Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies Trine P. Larsen and Anna Ilsøe have analyzed how the Nordic countries have reacted to the Corona crisis, which revealed gaps in the Nordic countries' social…

Student project grants 2022/2023

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Golovchenko was interviewed by Information

Yevgeniy was interviewed for the following news article "Ukrainerne laver fis med russerne, og det virker" by Information. The article is available on Information's website.

The Power of Morality in Movements

Associate Professor Jonas Toubøl has edited the open access anthology ‘The Power of Morality in Movements – Civic Engagement in Climate Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy' in collaboration with Anders Sevelsted from…

New visitor at iCourts - Raphael Oidtmann

Visiting researcher in 2023

The wealthier we become, the fewer homemade meals we eat

The wealthier we are, the less time we spend cooking and washing up. This is demonstrated by a global megatrend, now investigated by a researcher at the University of Copenhagen. The trend applies to Danes as well, who…

This year's 'invisible hand': "Capturing the attention of a student requires relevance and motivation"

The teaching prize "The Invisible Hand" is awarded each year to a lecturer at the Department of Economics who has demonstrated excellent teaching skills. This year the award goes to associate Professor Anders…

Who are the people behind human trafficking?

With support from the EU, a new anthropological project will paint a more accurate picture of human traffickers through fieldwork in Romania and Portugal.

Do Workers Speak Up When Feeling Job Insecure? Examining Workers’ Response to Precarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

In a new article Christian Lyhne Ibsen et al. examines whether workers respond to job insecurity with voice, and assess the role of unions, managers, and employment arrangements in this relationship

Golovchenko was interviewed by Kristeligt Dagblad

Yevgeniy was interviewed for the following news article "Zelenskyj vil kriminalisere russiske kirker og afslutte 350 års åndelig samhørighed med Rusland" by Kristeligt Dagblad.

Golovchenko was invited to speak on Danish Radio

Yevgeniy Golovchenko talked about Latvia's decision to revoke the broadcasting license for the Russian TV channel "Dozhd" live on the Danish radio program 'P1 Orientering' on December 6, 2022.

Golovchenko was on TV2 News

Yevgeniy Golovchenko talked about Latvia's decision to revoke the broadcasting license for the Russian TV channel "Dozhd" on live Danish television TV2 News.

Multiple Perspectives, Cultivating Communities: Reflections on the NEEDS 2022 Conference

Disaster Studies is a growing multidisciplinary field that continues to produce diverse – and often competing or contrasting – perspectives on how disasters are conceptualized and addressed. The Northern European…

New ThinkChina Video: A World Safe for Autocracy?

New ThinkChina Video lecture by Professor Jessica Chen Weiss on what China wants and where the U.S.-China tensions are headed.

New visitor at iCourts - Olamide Ibrahim

4 December 2022 - 11 February 2023

Politologist will bridge sciences to solve humanitarian crises

How can new technologies and design methods address global humanitarian crisis? This is the key question for Jonathan Austin, assistant professor at the Department of Political Science.

ThinkChina Video: A World Safe for Autocracy?

ThinkChina Video lecture by Professor Jessica Chen Weiss on what China wants and where the U.S.-China tensions are headed.

A new land reform can address climate challenges facing the agricultural sector, researchers argue

Rewetting low-lying organic soils that are currently under agricultural cultivation has a significant effect on greenhouse gas emissions, but can be a difficult, time-consuming process.

Golovchenko answered questions for Tjekdet

Yevgeniy was interviewed for the following news article "Slagtet som kvæg”: Ukrainske soldater beskyldes for at tage døde børns organer. Men det er klassisk russisk desinformation" by Tjekdet. The article can be found o…