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CERTIZENS PhD research stay at CAS

CERTIZENS PhDs from Ghana and Uganda visited CAS this Spring

Henrik Vigh features on popular danish science podcast “24 Spørgsmål til Professoren”

Head of Centre at CGC, Henrik Vigh, recently featured on the popular danish podcast “24 Spørgsmål til Professoren” (“24 Questions for the Professor”).

Legends of Norse Settlers drove Denmark towards Greenland

The Danish colonisation of Greenland in the 18th century was in part driven by the desire to re-establish contact with early Norse settlers that vanished from the island in the course of the 15th century. Legends about…

Orientering Udsyn: Towards a new European foreign policy in Africa?

On the recent episode of the Danish Radio podcast Orientering Udsyn, Associate Professor at CAS, Karen Lauterbach examines the latest European state visits to African countries and how these point to a shift in European…

The Fight for Nature and Biodiversity

Associate Professor at CAS, Stig Jensen examines the recent trends in nature management and protection of biodiversity in Denmark and African states.

Anja Simonsen publishes article on "the transnational business of death"

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen has published the article ’The “Transnational Business of Death” among Somali Migrants in the Streets of Athens’ as part of a special issue in Migration and Society on ‘Transnational Street…

Trine Mygind Korsby publishes article on Romanian pimps

CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby has published the article “Reading Desires: Romanian Pimps Striving for Success in the Transnational Street Economy” as part of a special issue of Migration & Society on ‘Transnational…

Off-flavours: 3rd network training workshop

The 3rd network training in the RASOPTA project took place in Germany from 2 to 5 May 2023.

Workshop Report: Shaping the global psyche

H-Madness has published DECOLMAD’s report on the Workshop “Shaping the global psyche: colonialism, transcultural psychiatry and global mental health”, organized by the “Decolonizing Madness” team, university of…

Silva Nova annual meeting in Estonia, 29 May – 1 June 2023

This year, the Silva Nova team gathered in Estonia for its third workshop, which was hosted by our partners at Tartu University (Oecologicum)

Dr Vera Skvirskaja at Afterlives of Urban Muslim Asia international workshop

Dr Vera Skvirskaja from the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies gave a talk at the Afterlives of Urban Muslim Asia international workshop at Darwin College, University of Cambridge on Tuesday 23rd May.

Climate Change made heatwave in Asia 30 times more likely

Extreme humid heat in South Asia in April 2023, largely driven by climate change, detrimental to vulnerable and disadvantaged communities

Conflict in Sudan: towards a multipolar world

In light of the recent outbreak of armed clashes in Sudan, Associate Professor Stig Jensen shared his worry over the ramifications of the increasingly multipolar world for the outcome of this conflict.

Kamissa Camara on the "politics of coups"

Speaking to the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Kamissa Camara lays out the topic of her research: the differing responses to military coups in West Africa by the African Union (AU) and The Economic…

Vera Skvirskaja presents a paper at the AFTERLIFES of Urban Muslim Asia workshop

Vera Skvirskaja presents a paper ‘Post-Soviet Central Asia: Migration, People’s Diplomacy and Cultural Heritage of Bukharan Jews’ at the AFTERLIFES of Urban Muslim Asia workshop on the May 23, John Bradfield Room, Darwi…

Call for papers: Risky Business: Perspectives on Governance of South Asian Ecologies

Call for Papers Across South Asia, ecological risk mapping and mitigation is part of the vocabularies of local and national governments. Ecological management by governments is not new to South Asia and has long shaped…

New affiliated professor in arctic health at University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen is appointing medical doctor Michael Lynge Pedersen as the new affiliated professor in artic health at the Department of Public Health.

ADI Call for Applications: Funding for Master Students working on Asia

Are you planning to do fieldwork for your Master thesis on or in Asia but lacking resources to carry out the work you are so passionate about doing? Or perhaps you are thinking about doing a PhD and need some financial…

Incredible bacterium can transfer its genes into plants and give them superpowers

Humans have bred for desirable plant and animal traits for millennia by selecting and crossing their offspring. Now, researchers at the University of Copenhagen are taking a natural shortcut to promote beneficial change…

Incredible bacterium can transfer its genes into plants and give them superpowers

Humans have bred for desirable plant and animal traits for millennia by selecting and crossing their offspring. Now, researchers at the University of Copenhagen are taking a natural shortcut to promote beneficial change…

Call for Abstracts - Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability: Arctic Special Edition

The Climate Arctic Governance research network (CArGo) is organizing a special edition of the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability with focus on the Arctic. The event will take place in a…

High-throughput experiments might ensure a better diagnosis of hereditary diseases

All human beings are genetically very similar, sharing approx. 99.9% of the DNA code. The remaining 0.1% explains the natural differences between people, including our predisposition to hereditary diseases. Although…

High-throughput experiments might ensure a better diagnosis of hereditary diseases

All human beings are genetically very similar, sharing approx. 99.9% of the DNA code. The remaining 0.1% explains the natural differences between people, including our predisposition to hereditary diseases. Although…

The Centre of African Studies hosts new Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellow, Anna Mazzolini

Architect by initial training, and subsequently urban policy expert and researcher, Anna Mazzolini has been working at the interstices between practice and research in and for countries in transition in Sub-Saharan…