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Dark personality levels relate to people’s job interests and chosen careers

People with high scores on the so-called Dark Factor of Personality have significantly less interest in social and creative jobs. This is shown by new research from the Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS)…

The struggle for equal rights required pioneers

For many years the legal profession at Copenhagen University was closed to women, and the path for the first women who sought to study law, was extremely difficult.

History After the Fall of Assad

On February 27-28 a key event on the study of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad took place at Princeton University. Andreas Bandak was invited to present his recent work alongside a host of key scholars. The…

Young people fear drugging in nightlife – but almost never report it

Young people – especially women – increasingly fear being drugged, and the phenomenon is more widespread and complex than previously assumed. This is shown in a new report from the Criminological Observatory at the…

Call for applications: Student Assistants at MOBILE

MOBILE is looking for 3–4 talented and committed students to assist the Center

CLIMA co-organized the 2025 Sino–Danish Colloquium on Global Climate Governance and Multilateralism

From 25–30 November 2025, the Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance (CLIMA) at the University of Copenhagen led an interdisciplinary delegation of scholars in law, anthropology and climate science from Denmark,…

New special issue: Small Islands, Proximity and Connection in the Eastern Caribbean

IN THE SAME SEA team members Rasmus Christensen, Dr. Felicia Fricke, and Dr. Gunvor Simonsen, in collaboration with Dr. Joy Lewis of Morgan State University, have guest-edited a special issue of the Journal of Caribbean…

Presenting Georgios Giannakopoulos and The Interpreters

Blog post by Cecilie Rinder Myrup.

New Scholarship Student - Sophie Thao Dinh

Sophie Thao Dinh joins MOBILE as a Scholarship Student.

New visiting researcher - Paula Sant'Ana Strogoff

Visiting from June 6 to July 6, 2026

Marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full‑scale invasion of Ukraine

On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we highlight research conducted by scholars at the Faculty of Law in this field. The research highlights the need for further studies in areas such as…

New bill

New bill on the development and use of AI systems in the processing of personal data in public administration.

New Postdoctoral Researcher - Anna Murphy Høgenhaug

Anna Murphy Høgenhaug joins MOBILE as Postdoctoral Researcher.

Researching and remembering women in international organisations

Blog post by Louis Clerc.

New Permanent Visiting Professor - Mary Boatemaa Setrana

Mary Boatemaa Setrana joins MOBILE as Permanent Visiting Professor.

Get advice and guidance from the two PhD counsellors

The journey towards a PhD can sometimes be challenging, and a conversation with a PhD counsellor might be a way to get new motivation and figure out new solutions. If you – as a PhD student or a PhD supervisor –…

Can organizing and collective bargaining coverage alleviate recruitment challenges?

The comparative EU-funded project ‘Developing Collective Bargaining in the Care Sector’ (DEVCOBA) examines the role of the social partners in increasing membership and strengthening collective bargaining coverage,…

Call for applications: Postdoc in European Mobility Law

MOBILE is looking for a new postdoctoral fellow to start 1 Sept 2026.

When Crisis Strikes, Denmark’s Volunteers Step Forward

A portion of the population is ready to take action when crisis hits and others need help. According to researchers from the Department of Sociology at the University of Copenhagen, these individuals make up a civilian…

Workshop on free movement in West Africa brings scholars to Accra

MOBILE and the Centre for Migration Studies convene international workshop in Ghana.

Pregnancy changes women’s responses to infants

Pregnant women react more positively than non‑pregnant women when exposed to audio recordings, videos, and images of infants. This suggests that pregnancy mentally prepares women to process infant signals, according to …

Volunteering trajectories across crises

With this study published in Social Forces, Lærke Høgenhaven, Louis Møgelmose, Hjalmar Bang Carlsen, and Jonas Toubøl document substantial changes in the composition of civil society’s volunteer population from before t…

New Project: Pastoral Resilience and Sense of Place in Uganda (PreSense)

Marianne Mosebo introduces a new project funded by the Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC).

VELUX FOUNDATION funds new national sustainable initiative

A new national initiative, JURiB – Developing Competence in Law for Sustainability, unites Denmark’s legal research and educational environments with a shared mission: building a more sustainable society.