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Anthropologist to explore “out of the way” places’ dreams of becoming tech landscapes

What does it mean for “out of the way” places to build technological futures, and how can these futures reproduce or reconfigure social and economic inequalities? This is what Samantha Dawn Breslin will explore thanks t…

Global Development Day 2023: Recap

Find out everything that happened in Global Development Day 2023

Nora Stappert receives Inge Lehmann grant

MOBILE-associate professor Nora Stappert has received the Inge-Lehmann grant of the Danske Frie Forskningsfond.

Ibrahim Elhassan visits CMP

Ibrahim visits CMP

Innovative phage therapy project to combat "flesh-eating disease"

In a stride towards combating the rising global threat of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections, also known as the “flesh-eating disease”, the Leo Foundation has granted 4 million DKK to a new innovative phage therapy…

Fabian Martinez joins CMP

Fabian joins the VLPVAC team

Marius Stauning joins CMP

Marius joins the DRUGS team

Research on vaccines against potential future pandemics receives giant grant

Horizon Europe awards DKK 60 million to researchers, including those from SUND, who will develop vaccines for potential future pandemics, building on their COVID-19 vaccine expertise.

Familiar figure new head of physicists

Professor Joachim Mathiesen will take up his position as the new head of the Niels Bohr Institute from 1 December 2023. He will be responsible for leading a department in rapid national and international development.

Kristian Strømgaard receives the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences’ Industry Prize 2023

The Danish Academy of Natural Sciences has awarded Professor Kristian Strømgaard with the Industry Prize 2023.

Professor: Working with Big Bang and ecosystems should make youth tremble

Science has an entirely overlooked educational capacity – to help young people forming their identity. Therefore, science deserves more than the ancillary role that it plays today. Middle and high school teachers should…

What drives global disparities in science?

A new research project led by Mathias Wullum Nielsen will examine global North-South disparities in research. The project is funded by a DKK 6.2 million grant from the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Lasse Kristoffer Bak is Professor

From December 1, Lasse Kristoffer Bak will be part-time Professor in Clinical and Applied Biochemistry here at the Department. The position is time limited for five years based upon a collaboration with Rigshospitalet…

UCPH part of the new consortium, NordicPharmaTrain

Ten Nordic universities have entered the consortium “Nordic Pharmaceutical Translation and Innovation”, or NordicPharmaTrain, to strengthen their collaboration within education and research and further mobility for…

Innovative phage therapy project to combat "flesh-eating disease"

In a stride towards combating the rising global threat of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections, also known as the “flesh-eating disease”, the Leo Foundation has granted DKK 3,988,469 to a new innovative phage therapy…

Julien Ochala receives Ascending Investigator grant from the Lundbeck Foundation

We are happy to announce that Associate Professor Julien Ochala has been awarded a research grant from the Lundbeck Foundation's Ascending Investigator program worth DKK 4.95 mio. This grant is a testament to the…

SDU Academic day about Danish L2 in Teacher Education

Lecture by Line Krogager Andersen.

Associate Professor Jakub Sedzinski Awarded ERC Grant

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Associate Professor Jakub Sedzinski and his team a two million euro grant for their work on understanding how mechanical forces regulate embryo development.

New EU-funded project will explore how AI shapes scientific knowledge

Et nyt projekt finansieret af Det Europæiske Forskningsråd vil forstå effekten af kunstig intelligens på skabelsen og udbredelsen af videnskabelig viden.

Sorcha MacLeod receives €2M grant from the ERC

Dr. Sorcha MacLeod has been awarded a Consolidator Grant of €2 million from the European Research Council for a new project aiming to provide crucial insights on the contemporary nature of mercenaries, and their…

Three SUND researchers receive ERC grants for groundbreaking research

The Consolidator Grant is given to three experienced researchers from SUND for projects examining childhood adversities and inequality, tissue development and novel RNA modifications.

Call for Papers: Special Issue of the Nordic Journal of African Studies

There is an increase in technological consent forms, in research institutions in both Africa and the Nordics. It is often explained in complex legal terms and presented in written form. This increase in informed consent…

UCPH elections 2023 - Do you know the members of the PhD Study Board and what they do for you?

The members of the Study Board consist of representatives from the scientific staff and representatives from the PhD students. As a member you can get influence on how the PhD students are doing and how the conditions o…

Different understandings of higher education: How students in Germany conceptualise the purpose and aims of higher education

Postdoc Gregor Schäfer has published the article “What is higher education to contemporary students in Germany?” in the journal Higher Education Quarterly. The purpose, aim and goals of higher education itself have been…