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Remembering Ole Justesen // Mindeord om Ole Justesen

It is with sadness that we have received the message of the passing of Ole Justesen, co-founder and former Director at the Centre of African Studies, University of Copenhagen.

Interview: Burkina Faso's health crisis has major implications for the rest of the world

For nearly 30 years, Helle Samuelsen has studied the chronic health crisis in Burkina Faso. But the country's challenges have wider implications. The whole Sahel region is a hotspot for explosive crises.

Student experience in the Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Methods course, Chennai 2024

As part of the Master of Disaster Management programme, this year’s Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Methods (VRAM) elective was hosted in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India in partnership with the Indian Institute of…

Dag Hammarskjöld - UN Hero?

In a recent podcast produced by Radio4 titled ‘Verden Kalder’, Associate Professor Stig Jensen delves into the history surrounding Dag Hammarskjöld, in light of the recently released movie about his life. Stig speaks…

Healthy Future exhibition features Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen

COPE member and associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen is featured in a new exhibition inaugurated by the Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Bente Merete…

Dagmar starts daycare earlier - and that has no essential effect on her

What the average two weeks earlier start means for the individual tumbling is difficult to test. Of course, it is far from random who rushes back to work and who finds it a little difficult to let go of their young…

Silva Nova annual meeting in Denmark, April 23-25 2024

This year marks the midpoint of our project, and the entire Silva Nova team gathered in North Sjælland...

Social media and crowdsourcing in disaster risk management: Trends, gaps, and insights from the current state of research

Social media and crowdsourcing (SMCS) are increasingly used as tools to govern disasters. Nevertheless, we have a limited understanding of how these technologies support disaster risk management (DRM). Based on a…

Global health crisis: Vietnam shows new ways to treat diabetes

Med øget fokus på uformel omsorg er det muligt at forbedre diabetespatienters liv markant. Det viser forskningsprojektet VALID, der netop har afsluttet sin første fase i Vietnam og kan få betydning andre steder.

Humphrey Asamoah Agyekum presents on migration and illegal mining at the Zolberg Institute at the New School

CGC-researcher Humphrey Asamoah Agyekum recently presented on the migration patterns and strategies that underpin illegal mining in Ghana at the Zolberg Institute at the New School, New York, USA.

Mandela's vision is the guiding star for post-apartheid South Africa

In an article published by ‘Baggrund’, Associate Professor Stig Jensen details how the spirit of Mandela and his efforts to fighting apartheid and create a more equal world still lives on. South Africa has grown their…

Climate Change Resilience in Small Communities in the Nordic Countries (CliCNord)

Climate change is also affecting the Nordic countries, and there are vulnerable geographical areas that will be particularly affected by an increasing number of devastating natural events.

Interview with Marianne Bach Mosebo

Meet Marianne Bach Mosebo, Assistant Professor at the University College Copenhagen. She is currently working on the project ‘Scope of drones and AI usage in disaster management and humanitarian aid’, in cooperation wit…

Living and Working through Heatwaves in Urban Chennai- Field Reflections

Globally heat is becoming an urgent disaster that needs to be acted upon. Heatwaves are progressively becoming more severe with increasing frequency.

Rethinking Vulnerability in the Nordic countries: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Researchers Emmanuel Raju, Claudia Morsut, Olivier Rubin, Gyöngyi Kovács, Johan von Schreeb, Carina King and Anne Bach Nielsen have published their new study in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction titled…

Fiskeriloven kan skabe problemer for samfundet: I Alaska har man løsningen

Hvordan omstiller man Grønlands fiskeri, så det er godt for både dyr, mennesker og samfundet? Man kunne lade sig inspirere af Alaska, foreslår Rikke Becker Jacobsen, samarbejdspartner med FutureArcticLives.

Birgitte Hoffmann: Ny fiskerilov vil få konsekvenser for Grønlands mindre lokalsamfund og bygder

Det kan få langtrækkende virkninger at ændre på fiskeriet i Grønland, der ikke blot vil berøre den økonomiske sektor men også den sociale og kulturelle struktur.

Increased CO2 emissions from world’s tundra surprise researchers

As they warm, Arctic tundra environments will probably release 30% more CO2 than they do today – an increase that is nearly four times more than previously estimated. This is the conclusion of a large international stud…

New Nature paper: Tundra ecosystems breathe heavier with rising temperatures

New Nature paper: Tundra ecosystems breathe heavier with rising temperatures VOLT has contributed to a large international article that documents persistently increasing ecosystem respiration (release of CO2 from soil…

Fluctuating coffee prices put mental pressure on Vietnamese farmers

Vietnamese coffee farmers are experiencing significantly more stress and psychological difficulties. This is due to highly volatile coffee prices on international markets, according to a new study by development…

Matthew Hatton presents insights from StrathE2EPolar

FutureArcticLives monthly seminars revived with a presentation by Matthew Hatton on the insights from StrathE2EPolar - a strategic modelling tool for ecosystem-based fisheries management – focusing on West Greenland.

CERTIZENS Regional Workshop on Changing ID Systems in East Africa

In January, CERTIZENS Research Project convened a three-day workshop in Kampala with the title 'Changing ID Systems in East Africa: Histories, Policies and Practices and the Reshaping of States and Citizens'. In five…

Small towns in Tanzania matter to villagers’ ability to cope with climate change!

Recent studies show that improved links between Tanzanian towns and villages improve rural life. Small town growth by 300% in 20 years aids rural communities in weathering climate changes.

FRAGILE FUTURES: Ambiguities of Care in Burkina Faso

Associate Professor Helle Samuelsen has recently published the monograph FRAGILE FUTURES: Ambiguities of Care in Burkina Faso. The book is published as a part of the series Epistemologies of Healing.