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Climate Law Journal

Beatriz Martinez Romera, CLIMA's Head of Centre, is the new Editor-in-Chief of Climate Law, a peer-reviewed journal covering climate change law and its interaction with other legal fields.

Ayo Wahlberg appointed to the Danish Council on Ethics

Professor Ayo Wahlberg has been appointed as a new member of the Danish Council on Ethics. With ethical issues arising from cheaper and more advanced genetic technologies, there is plenty to discuss.

Recent Publications and Media Highlights from CeBIL & Inter-CeBIL

In the past three months, the Center for Advanced Studies in Bioscience Innovation Law (CeBIL) and the International Collaborative Bioscience Innovation & Law (Inter-CeBIL) Programme have made significant contributions…

Centre director Mette Birkedal Bruun in the podcast ‘Verden forsøgt forklaret’

Centre director Mette Birkedal Bruun was recently a guest on the University of Copenhagen podcast series Verden forsøgt forklaret (Attempts to explain the world)

International Law Breakfast Briefings – Spring 2025

Thursdays 8:45 to 9:45

Change of shift at the Centre for Military Studies

On 1 February, Katja Lindskov Jacobsen became acting head of the Centre for Military Studies. She replaces Kristian Søby Kristensen, who will be head of the Department of Strategy and War Studies at the Royal Danish…

Jennifer Lundin Rydh

Jennifer Lundin Rydh is a doctoral student at Linköping University, focusing on Swedish environmental regulations in public procurement, influenced by EU law.

Jennifer Lundin Rydh

Jennifer Lundin Rydh is a doctoral student at Linköping University, focusing on Swedish environmental regulations in public procurement, influenced by EU law.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Ezgi Ozlu

1 February - 30 April 2025

Grandmothers experience a significant income drop when the first grandchild arrives

When women have grandchildren, their connection to the labour market weakens – and with it their income. Grandfathers are largely spared. This is according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen and the London…

Katja Lindskov Jacobsen appointed Interim Director at CMS

From 1 February, Senior Researcher Katja Lindskov Jacobsen is appointed Interim Director of the Centre for Military Studies (CMS) at the Department of Political Science.

Aarne Puisto

Aarne Puisto is writing a doctoral dissertation on the effectiveness of legal remedies under Finnish public procurement rules at the University of Lapland under the supervision of Professor Kirsi-Maria Halonen.

EthNote at Novo Nordisk

Morten Axel Pedersen and Emilie Munch Gregersen present EthNote at Novo Nordisk.

AI creates new winners and losers in the labour market

Demand for professional skills has changed significantly since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, according to a new international study.

Kristoffer Albris in the news commenting on the migration from Tiktok to Rednote

DISTRACT researcher Kristoffer Albris was in an article on TV2.dk, where he commented on the American trend of users migrating from Tiktok to the Chinese social media platform “Rednote.” He also participated in a …

New book about Religious Councils and Courts in Denmark

In legislation, administration, courts, media, public debate, and education, the issue of religious law, generally, and religious councils and courts, specifically, is both pertinent, complex, and understudied.

New social science associate deans for research and education

Professor Mads Meier Jæger and Professor Signe Vangkilde will join the Faculty of Social Sciences on 1 March as associate deans for research and education, respectively.

New Scholarship Student at MOBILE - Sophie Klitgaard Walker

Sophie Walker has joined MOBILE on January 15th 2025.

Taxing the Wealth of the Poor

Niels Johannesen, Johan Sæverud & Emmanuel Saez' working paper Taxing the Wealth of the Poor: Evidence from the Danish Old-Age Support Asset Test featured on the NBER website.

CeBIL Researchers publish a comment on how to overcome data sharing barriers in Nature Medicine

GDPR challenges and fragmented regulations are holding back the potential of personalized medicine. In their comment published in Nature Medicine, Prof. Timo Minssen and Assoc. Prof. Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci explor…

At the heart or on the periphery

Professor Margaretha Järvinen has published an article together with professor Nanna Mik-Meyer, CBS about barriers for women’s careers in Academia.

Three Scripts, One Scribe: Ingólfr Dagfinsson and his Lawbook AM 68 4to

Medieval scribes were skilled in multiple script types. A Norwegian legal manuscript from the fourteenth century shows the scribal repertoire of a certain Ingólfr Dagfinsson.

New Postdoctoral Reseacher at MOBILE - Kareem P. A. McDonald

Kareem P. A. McDonald joined MOBILE on 1 January 2025.

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Dragos Calin

10 - 14 February 2025