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Researchers will study the structures of food at the atomic level through a new Danish-Swedish collaboration

Why is yoghurt so silky smooth and delicious and how do you achieve the same consistency using plant-based components? Researchers from the Department of Food Science can investigate this through a new collaboration…

Apply now for the EnvEuro MSc program 2023

Application for the EnvEuro MSc program in "Environmental Science - Soil, Water and Biodiversity" is now open Application deadline for 2023 is found here notice different deadlines for each university

New ThinkChina Policy Brief: Xi Jinping’s Moment of Glory - Winner Takes All

ThinkChina Policy Brief by professor emeritus Jørgen Delman, about the 20th party congress and the new members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo.

ThinkChina Policy Brief: Xi Jinping’s Moment of Glory - Winner Takes All

ThinkChina Policy Brief by professor emeritus Jørgen Delman, about the 20th party congress and the new members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo.

Economist wants to end the alphabet's power over pharmaceuticals

When your doctor prescribes medicine for you, the name of the pharmaceutical company plays a critical role, new study from the Department of Economic shows.

Call for Abstracts - X Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability

The 10th Edition of the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability will take place in a hybrid form on the 9th of February 2023 at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, and on Zoom.

Now we know how plants steer clear of salt

To avoid salt in soil, plants can change their root direction and grow away from saline areas. University of Copenhagen researchers helped find out what makes this possible. The discovery changes our understanding of ho…

Blog Post: What We Have Learned From the 20th Party Congress

What have we learned from the 20th Party Congress? ThinkChina sat down with two China experts from UCPH to find out.

Explainable Legal Case-Based Reasoning (XL- CBR) in Asylum Adjudication: Evidential Analysis and AI Prediction

Designing explainable AI solutions for use in asylum adjudication requires research teams to adopt the methods and techniques most suited to the data and the overarching task.

New Blog Post: What We Have Learned From the 20th Party Congress

What have we learned from the 20th Party Congress? ThinkChina sat down with two China experts from UCPH to find out.

Female politicians disadvantaged by online prejudices and stereotypes

In Reddit comments, female politicians are more likely to be referred to by their first names, and with a less professional focus, than their male counterparts. This a new study from the University of Copenhagen finds.…

Female politicians disadvantaged by online prejudices and stereotypes

In Reddit comments, female politicians are more likely to be referred to by their first names, and with a less professional focus, than their male counterparts. This a new study from the University of Copenhagen finds.…

Is the future of whipped cream fat-free and made of bacteria and beer waste?

Bacteria-based whipped cream could be the future. Food researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a fat-free prototype of the much-beloved substance built using bacteria instead of milk fat – in both…

Is the future of whipped cream fat-free and made of bacteria and beer waste?

Bacteria-based whipped cream could be the future. Food researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a fat-free prototype of the much-beloved substance built using bacteria instead of milk fat – in both…

Fan Gao

Fan Gao is a scientific advisor at the Centre for High North Logistics, Norway.

Matteo Fermeglia

Matteo Fermeglia is Assistant Professor in International and European Environmental Law and Post-Doctoral Assistant at Hasselt University, Faculty of law, where he teaches European Environmental Law and European Climate…

Stefan Voigt loves to teach – and is now being honoured for it

Stefan Voigt from the Department of Economics receives education award from the Danish Fincance Institute.

New ThinkChina Video: The New Normal in the Taiwan Strait

In this talk, Camilla T. N. Sørensen will give an assessment of the security situation and the evolving military balance in the Taiwan Strait and discuss how to avoid a military conflict in the Taiwan.

ThinkChina Video: The New Normal in the Taiwan Strait

In this talk, Camilla T. N. Sørensen will give an assessment of the security situation and the evolving military balance in the Taiwan Strait and discuss how to avoid a military conflict in the Taiwan.

Viral lobbying: How the largest and hardest hit organisations made themselves heard during the pandemic

Four researchers have investigated how lobby organisations have influenced corona-related policies in Denmark and other European countries. They point to inequalities in the political influence organisations were able t…

Republican Party lost core supporters after the attack on Capitol

Danish research shows that the attack on the US Congress building in January 2021 caused even loyal party members to distance themselves from their party.

Tripartite agreements helped Denmark through the pandemic

A new analysis by Christian Lyhne Ibsen shows how a large number of tripartite agreements were instrumental in avoiding economic meltdown and mass layoffs during the Covid-19 pandemic

Golovchenko in Orientering

On October 24, 2022, Yevgeniy Golovchenko was live on the Danish radio program Orientering to comment on Krasnovksiy's call on RT to kill Ukrainian children.

Golovchenko spoke to Berlingske

Yevgeniy Golovchenko was featured in the following news article in a Danish news paper "Hun tordner mod det »vilde og modbydelige« udfald mod ukrainske børn. Men Putins propagandadronning har sin egen agenda". The…