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The Graduate School closes early Wednesday 15 January

The Graduate School closes early Wednesday 15 January. From 13:30 telephone calls and emails will not be answered. Your enquiry will be answered as soon as possible.

Impaired face-to-face interaction and emotional energy in cochlear implant usage

Associate Prof. Inge Kryger Pedersen has made a contribution to the SSM - Qualitative Research in Health.

New INTERSECT fellow Ana Waqar Khan

Ana Waqar Khan is an urban planner and MEXT Embassy Scholar pursuing her graduate studies at the University of Tokyo.

SUND researchers receive nearly 14 million for basic research

With this autumn's grants from the Carlsberg Foundation, 10 SUND researchers receive a total of nearly DKK 14 million for research on, among other things, the importance of musicians and animals for humans during…

New INTERSECT fellow Daniela Villegas

Daniela Villegas is a journalist, feminist and social researcher with a PhD in Gender and Cultural Studies from the University of Sydney.

(Mis-)Recognition of the Socially Accepted Role in Communicative Rituals

Associate Prof. Inge Kryger Pedersen has made a contribution to the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research.

Mikkel Vind Abrahamsen is awarded the Semper Ardens Accelerate Grant

Associate Professor and BARC member Mikkel Vind Abrahamsen is awarded the Semper Ardens Accelerate Grant by the Carlsberg Foundation for his project "IrregularFit: Maximizing Space Efficiency for Complex Shapes".

JOIN LERU DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL 2025 AT UCPH

The 14th edition of the LERU Doctoral Summer School will be held at the University of Copenhagen from 23 until 27 June 2025. The theme for the Summer School is “Artificial Intelligence across University Disciplines –…

New co-management at UCPH Lighthouse

The University of Copenhagen has adopted a 2030 strategy to strengthen innovation and contribute more to solving societal challenges An important element of the new strategy is a strengthening of Lighthouse, which will…

Infants' development of self-awareness to be explored with major grant

A new research project will investigate how infants' brains develop self-awareness. The project, supported by Carlsberg Foundation, is led by Victoria Southgate, Professor at the Department of Psychology.

New NNF Data Science Investigator at BIO

The Novo Nordisk Foundation supports highly promising starting group leaders in data science and computational science with the 'Data Science Emerging Investigator' grant. Sarah Rennie has received approx. DKK 11…

New project aims to make data science a meaningful part of high school mathematics

With support from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, a research project aims to determine how data science can become part of mathematics in upper secondary school without exceeding the boundaries of the curriculum.

Anette Müllertz receives DNA’s Industripris 2024

DNA, Danmarks Naturvidenskabelige Akademi (Denmark’s Science Academy), has awarded Professor Anette Müllertz the prestigious prize in recognition of her impressive career where she has united experience from both…

Talk for PhD Supervisors and PhD Students: Clear Communication Starts with The First Minute

Imagine if, in less than a minute, you could: Get to the point Deliver a clear message Summarise a complex topic In this workshop you’ll learn two simple frameworks that make all that possible. Whether you are…

"Weapons of Mass Distraction?" Conference held in November

On the 14th and 15th November 2024 DISTRACT hosted the conference "Weapons of Mass Distraction?"

Book a Scientist 2025

The Book a Scientist programme is part of the nationwide Danish Science Festival thattakes place from 22 April to 27 April 2025. The annual Danish Science Festival is organised by theMinistry of Higher Education and…

Celebrating 2024 publications from the Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Privacy Studies (DNRF138)

2024 has been extremely rewarding. PRIVACY scholars undertake in-depth historical research. This research is tested in our cross-disciplinary research environment and at international conferences and workshops,…

Fourteen projects received funding in the CEMES November Call

On 3 December 2024, the Steering Committee reviewed the applications for the CEMES November Call, the new single annual call that distributes CEMES bottom-up grants for all of 2025. We received 27 applications addressin…

Half of all students worry about plagiarism detection software

In a new study around half of the high school and university students from seven European countries are concerned about the use of plagiarism detection software in education. Their concerns lead to counterproductive…

New head of Centre for Textile Research

We are happy to share that CTR has got a new 5-year contract, which not only demonstrates the continued support of the Saxo-Institute but also means new leadership. Starting from 1 January 2025, the head of the Centre…

The Carlsberg Foundation promotes basic research at the Department of Biology

Tuition fee for PhD students enrolled at Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences

What does the tuition fee include? I am often asked what PhD students get out of the tuition fee? A bit of facts first: How much do PhD students pay in tuition fee? Our PhD students pay 50.000 DKK tuition fee/year to be…

UCPH and IOM Promote Regular Migration Pathways to Mark International Migrants Day 2024

UCPH Migration Research Platform hosted a special panel discussion at the University’s Ceremonial Hall to mark International Migrants Day 2024.

Jakub Tětek awarded Best Paper Distinction at FOCS'24

Jakub Tětek, PhD student from BARC, has ben awarded Best Paper Distinction at FOCS 2024.