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Call for abstracts: Rethinking Global Aid - The Reset

Global aid is at a crossroads. Rising nationalism, colonial legacies, declining support for development assistance, and a shifting multilateral order are reshaping the foundations of international cooperation.

Examining Workplace Violence as it Unfolds: Toward a Video-Based Microsociological Approach

Postdoc Camilla Bank Friis has published a new article in International Journal of Workplace Health Management together with Lars Peter Sønderbo Andersen, Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard and Lasse Suonperä Liebst.

New report on Danish soy imports and EU deforestation regulation

Researchers from the Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) highlights key challenges in ensuring Denmark’s soy sourcing practices do not contribute to global deforestation and conversion of other natural…

Personal stories change perceptions of discrimination

How can we get the majority to recognise the discrimination experienced by minorities? A new study examines this question. The results show that both cold facts and warm stories can change perceptions – but in different…

Can organizing and collective bargaining coverage alleviate recruitment problems?

A new report by Mikkel Mailand focuses on organizing, collective bargaining coverage and labor shortages in the child and elderly care sectors in Denmark

New CMS Background Paper: The Strategic Significance of the Seabed

The seabed is of critical importance for the global energy supply, digitalisation, economic development, climate efforts, environmental protection, national security and national defence. In the new CMS Background Paper…

Winner of the SCIENCE PhD Award

Kirstine Lund Christiansen has been awarded the SCIENCE PhD Award 2025 for her outstanding thesis, “Legitimising Voluntary and Market-based Climate Action: Corporate Narratives, Nature-based Offsetting and the Greening…

CLIMA to Host the 13th European Environmental Law Forum Conference (EELF) in Copenhagen 2026

CLIMA will host the 13th European Environmental Law Forum (EELF) Conference from 26 to 28 August 2026.

Call for papers: Geography of trade

Submit your contribution by 15 October.

International Consortium to transform CO₂ into food

Scientists from the Department of Food and Resource Economics join international effort to turn CO₂ into food for the second phase of The Acetate Consortium initiative, funded by Gates Foundation and the Novo Nordisk…

Danes have little cash – and it persists

Although the average cash holdings (bank deposits) have increased in Denmark since 1996, almost half of the population still only has cash equivalent to one or two months of income. This is not just a temporary…

New CMS Report: The Great Powers and the Formation of International Law: Implications for Denmark

The CMS report “The Great Powers and the Formation of International Law: Implications for Denmark” maps disagreements between the United States, Russia, and China over the formal sources of international law and examine…

The Great Powers and the Formation of International Law: Implications for Denmark

The CMS report “The Great Powers and the Formation of International Law: Implications for Denmark” maps disagreements between the United States, Russia, and China over the formal sources of international law and examine…

Call for papers: The Realities of Free Movement in West Africa

Extended deadline: Submit your contribution by 15 October, in French or English

Katja Lindskov Jacobsen appointed as permanent director of CMS.

After seven months as Acting Director of the Centre for Military Studies (CMS) at the Department of Political Science, Senior Researcher Katja Lindskov Jacobsen will assume the permanent position of Director on Septembe…

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Maj Grasten

1 October - 31 December 2025

Sustainable production and commercialization of valuable pigments from cyanobacteria

Photosynthetic microbes convert CO2 into useful bioproducts. How can we optimize their productivity?

Exercising in nature is superior to exercising in the city or at the gym

Exercising in green surroundings improves mood, reduces stress levels, and improves heart rate compared to exercising in the city or indoors. This is shown by new research from the University of Copenhagen. The study…

Sebastiano Gianino has received the Francesco Berlingieri Essay Prize 2025

The article “Liability in the Age of Autonomous Vessels: Challenges and Opportunities in International, EU and National Maritime Law” by Sebastiano Gianino has been awarded the Francesco Berlingieri Essay Prize 2025.

New Student Assistant at MOBILE - Villads Erdman Keiding

Villads Erdman Keiding has joined MOBILE as an Student Assistant on the 15th of September 2025.

New Visiting Researcher at MOBILE - Keyvan Dorostkar

Keyvan Dorostkar is visiting MOBILE from 20 September to 19 December 2025.

Big Tech’s Role in the Ukraine War: New article by Center for Military Studies’ Tobias Liebetrau

The support of American technology companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Starlink has been crucial for Ukraine’s ability to fight Russia. Had large tech companies not migrated the Ukrainian public cloud, prevented…

New Research Collaboration - Itamar Mann

Prof. Itamar Mann will strengthen research collaboration with MOBILE from mid-September

Stored for 130 years: Bottles reveal evidence of Danish butter production and hygiene practices of the past

Two forgotten bottles in a basement in Frederiksberg containing bacterial cultures from the 1890s have provided researchers at the University of Copenhagen with unique insight into Denmark's butter production history.…