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New Project Student at CILG

Elias joined CILG in October 2022 as a project student. At CILG, he will assist on a variety of research projects.

New visitor at iCourts - Hubert Bekisz

20 November - 20 December 2022

Golovchenko in Weekendavisen

Yevgeniy Golovchenko was featured in the news article "Skiftende forklaringer på krigen" by the Danish news paper Weekendavisen. The article can be found on Weekendavisen's webpage.

New visitor at iCourts - Lavinia Francesconi

17 November - 22 December 2022

Refugee Participation without Refugee Politics

Historically, UNHCR and the rest of the refugee regime has not viewed restoring the political rights of refugees as their business. Today, whilst humanitarian organisations are still staying away from the language of…

CMS Researcher Neil Renic publishes the article "Superweapons and the Myth of Technological Peace"

On 15 November, Neil Renic published the article "Superweapons and the Myth of Technological Peace" which focuses on the discourse of "The Superweapon Peace" - that radically destructive weapons, both nuclear and…

Professor Helle Porsdam på videnskab.dk (In Danish)

Professor Helle Porsdam skriver om adgangen til videnskaben som en menneskerettighed

Recipient of the Nils Foss Talent Prize 2022 makes microalgae more edible

Food chemist Mahesha Manjunatha Poojary from the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH FOOD) is one of this year's two recipients of the Nils Foss Talent Prize, and if you ask him what we…

New insight into women's mobility in Accra

Research by Climaccess participants contributes to book on Transport and Mobility Futures in Urban Accra

Conferences and workshops

Matteo Egiddi was sharing his work at a number of conferences in 2022.

Ny op-ed: Ro på – atomkrigen er nok ikke lige om hjørnet

Kronik af professor emeritus Bertel Heurlin: Putin truer med atomkrig. Kina truer med krig, hvis Taiwan erklærer sig uafhængig. Det kan føre til atomkrig, men den kommer nok alligevel ikke. Medmindre ...

Op-ed: Ro på – atomkrigen er nok ikke lige om hjørnet

Kronik af professor emeritus Bertel Heurlin: Putin truer med atomkrig. Kina truer med krig, hvis Taiwan erklærer sig uafhængig. Det kan føre til atomkrig, men den kommer nok alligevel ikke. Medmindre ...

The Meaning in the Machine - August Lohse presents at DDAS

On November 7th, DISTRACT PhD student August Lohse presented a project at the Danish Data Science 2022 conference. The project is concerned with quantifying and understanding the cause of polarization using NLP…

Jolein Holtz

Jolein Holtz is a PhD Candidate at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies at the University of Leiden.

Joseph Burgess on radio show "Connections with Evan Dawson"

Data steward Joseph Burgess discusses early voting turnout in the American midterm elections on radio show "Connections with Evan Dawson"

Jens Schovsbo has just published “Making sure copyright works – safeguarding authors’ and users’ rights”

Professor Jens Schovsbo has published a chapter with the title “Making sure copyright works – safeguarding authors’ and users’ rights” in Gustavo Ghidini and Valeria Falce (eds.) Reforming Intellectual Property, Edward…

Ole Wæver wins the Erik Rasmussen Prize

This year, the most prestigious prize in Denmark within political science, the Erik Rasmussen Prize, goes to Professor Ole Wæver from the University of Copenhagen.

Open World Conference 10-11 Nov. 2022: Open Science and Global Dangers

Marking the centenary of Niels Bohr’s Nobel Prize in physics, and the United Nations announcing 2022 as the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, we acknowledge Bohr’s vision of an open world

"I'll pay later!" – People promise the stars and moon to charities, but donations remain unsent

More than half of charitable giving via payment apps is "forgotten" as soon as a fundraiser leaves according to a new University of Copenhagen study. On the other hand, digital solutions make it easier to donate more…

CPH Tech Policy Commitee

SODAS and the Crown Princess Mary Center have initiated the CPH Tech Policy Committee, bringing together national and international experts in the global tech policy field

Ny ThinkChina Analysis: Nancy Pelosi’s besøg ryster forhold mellem USA og Kina

Camilla T. N. Sørensen analyserer i denne udgivelse Nancy Pelosi’s besøg til Taiwan i august.

Rebecca Adler-Nissen became the Chair of the CPH Tech Policy Committee

Rebecca Adler-Nissen became the Chair of the CPH Tech Policy Committee.

ThinkChina Analysis: Nancy Pelosi’s besøg ryster forhold mellem USA og Kina

Camilla T. N. Sørensen analyserer i denne udgivelse Nancy Pelosi’s besøg til Taiwan i august.

EU mid-term project check - Tórshavn October 2022

After a successfull kick-off in April 2022, the RASOPTA group met for the EU mid-term project check in October.