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Earth’s many new lakes

The number of lakes on our planet has increased substantially in recent decades, according to a unique global survey of 3.4 million lakes that the University of Copenhagen has taken part in. There has been a particular…

Presentation: "Personalisation – building ‘good’ apps within the attention economy"

Phd-fellow Eva Otto presented at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) on the 9th of November. Her presentation “Personalisation – building ‘good’ apps within the attention economy”…

Roberta Sinatra in Northwestern University Panel on “Inequalities in Scientific Production”

SODAS professor Roberta Sinatra will discuss “Inequalities in Scientific Production” in conversation with Jevin West, Cassidy Sugimoto, and Fariba Karimi in panel hosted by Northwestern University

Almost every other Dane is trying to cut back on meat

New sociological research shows that almost half of the Danish population is trying to reduce their meat consumption.

CPH Cattle Seminar 2022

The CPH Cattle annual seminar was held on the 24th of November 2022.

Dorthe Dahl Jensen 2022 Balzan prize winner

Congratulations to Dorthe Dahl Jensen for being awarded the 2022 Balzan prize

Call for Abstracts – EnAct Conference Human Rights and Investment Law for Climate Change: Trends and Prospects

The Centre for International Law and Governance welcomes proposals for paper presentations

CMEC Research Retreat 2022

CMEC left the usual surroundings behind to go on the annual Research Retreat. This year, the destination was set for Spain for a week of dedicated focus on research themes, projects, and social networking.

Psychology professor: Experiences in Virtual Reality can motivate us to climate action

Most people see the need for a green transition, but our actions do not always follow suit, says professor in psychology Guido Makransky.

Psychology professor: Experiences in Virtual Reality can motivate us to climate action

Most people see the need for a green transition, but our actions do not always follow suit, says professor in psychology Guido Makransky.

Workshop in Leiden (Nov 16-18)

The workshop included presentations of (preliminary) results from the following: Leiden University Sofia Gomes Impact of forest soil microbial communities on tree performance Kostas Georgopoulos Afforesting with…

Christoffer Østfeldt

Ph.D. thesis: Quantum Optomechanics for Hybrid Spin–Membrane Entanglement Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Eugene S. Polzik

Farthest galaxy candidate yet known discovered by James Webb

These galaxies seem to be so massive that they challenge our understanding of how structure forms in the Universe.

Fieldwork and flooding

A round of follow-up interviews with residents are conducted in late November 2022

Major discovery about mammalian brains surprises researchers

In a new breakthrough to understand more about the mammalian brain, University of Copenhagen researchers have made an incredible discovery. Namely, a vital enzyme that enables brain signals is switching on and off at…

Denmark’s first quantum-secured fibre-optic link established between NBI and DTU

On 22 November, DTU and the Niels Bohr Institute successfully demonstrated an absolutely secure connection – a video connection that cannot be hacked.

Playing alone? Interest representation in the videogame industry in Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands

In a new article in Economic and Industrial Democracy Mikkel Mailand and Trine P. Larsen et al. examines the examines the interest representation in the gaming industry in Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands.

Anna Puggard

Title: Greenland snow accumulation estimates from Sentinel-1 Supervisor: Aslak Grinsted

Jon Arrizabalaga Iriarte & Lide Lejonagoitia Garmendia

Master's project: Firn densification under arbitrary stresses Supervisors: Aslak Grinsted, Christine S. Hvidberg, Nicholas M. Rathmann

Jiamei Lin

Global volcanism as seen in ice cores during the last glacial cycle Supervisor: Anders Svensson

Congratulations to Jiamei Lin

Congratulations to Jiamei Lin at Physics of Ice, Climate and Earth who successfully defended her PhD thesis on 18 November 2022, and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Pushing the Boundaries in Disaster Studies: Reflections from the NEEDS 2022 PhD Workshop

Integrated in this year's Northern European Emergency and Disaster Studies (NEEDS) Conference in Copenhagen, there was a two-day PhD Workshop which took place between October 31 and November 1.

Chemists to capture atmospheric methane with sugar

Can a carbohydrate actually suck methane, a greenhouse gas, directly out of the air? Researchers at the University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Science are in the process of finding out. Methane gas is 86 times more poten…

Encroachment upon ecologically sensitive areas intensifies flood hazards

Climaccess research uncovers the drivers and consequences of unregulated urban expansion processes.