News about Anthropology

Morten Axel Pedersen in the news commenting on the phenomenon “rawdogging”

Morten Axel Pedersen was interviewed for an article on DR where he commented on the new phenomenon “rawdogging.” Excerpts from the article (in Danish): - Det udtrykker noget ret specifikt om tiden, vi lever i. Alting e…

CGC researchers contribute to new issue of Tidsskriftet Antropologi

Several researchers from the Center for Global Criminology contribute to the latest issue of Tidsskriftet Antropologi, titled “Kriser I” (ed: Crises I) – the first of two special issues on crises.

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.…

Resonant Ethnography: Understanding the World Through Writing

New Book by Helle Bundgaard and Anne Line Dalsgård

Opposition by Imitation: The Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia Activism

New book by Assistant Professor Christina Jerne

Measuring MAN (incorporating JRAI): Computational anthropological analysis and quantitative speculation

Associate Professor Kristoffer Albris and Professor Morten Axel Pedersen have contributed to this paper published in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI).

CGC-Researchers Henrik Vigh and David Sausdal publish new article on Para-crime

Henrik Vigh and David Sausdal explore how contemporary crime operates in grey zone, para-criminal modes.

Atreyee Sen is awarded the MSc in Global Development Teaching Prize

Congratulations to Professor Atreyee Sen for receiving the MSc in Global Development Teaching Prize for 2024/2025.

Golden Indonesia 2045: Neoliberal Development Policies and Environmental Journalism

Associate Professor Birgit Bräuchler has published the article ‘Golden Indonesia 2045: Neoliberal Development Policies and Environmental Journalism’ in Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs.

Anja Simonsen admitted to the Young Academy

Associate Professor Anja Simonsen has been admitted to the Young Academy under the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

CGC Researcher Anja Simonsen Accepted into The Young Academy (DUA)

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen is among the nine new researchers who have been accepted into The Young Academy (DUA). She will begin her DUA activities in September 2025 and continue for the next five years, until 2030.…

New paper: "BROAD DATA: Ethnographic methods in the age of interdisciplinary collaboration"

On the 17th of June the DISTRACT researchers Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard, Emilie Munch Gregersen, Clara Rosa Sandbye and Morten Axel Pedersen published a new paper entitled “BROAD DATA: Ethnographic methods in the age of…

Julie Nygaard Solvang shares insights on green criminology in panel discussion

CGC researcher and PhD fellow Julie Nygaard Solvang recently participated as a panelist in a debate on anthropological perspectives on waste at Moesgård Campus.

Spontaneous Talk at Folkemødet for German Democracy Advocates

During this year’s Folkemøde, Morten Axel Pedersen was spontaneously invited to give a talk to a visiting group of German democracy advocates. During the talk, he shared his research outcomes on democracy festivals with…

DISTRACT at Folkemødet 2025

On Friday the 13th, DISTRACT researchers Morten Axel Pedersen, Emilie Munch Gregersen, Karoline Husbond Andersen and Magnus Nørtoft presented findings from studying the Danish People’s Meeting (Folkemødet) in 2021 and…

Fælleshed eller Fællesskab? – DISTRACT presentation at Folkemødet

On the 13th of June the DISTRACT researchers Morten Axel Pedersen, Emilie Munch Gregersen, Magnus Nørtoft, and Karoline Husbond Andersen will give a presentation at Folkemødet, based on interactive insights from the…

Trine Mygind Korsby presents her research at City University of New York (CUNY)

Earlier this month, CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby presented her research at CUNY Graduate Center in New York at a workshop on doing research with people you don’t (necessarily) like. You can read more about the…

Still here: age and generational time

Professor Susan Reynolds Whyte contributed ‘Still here: age and generational time’ to a Special Issue of the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute on Ageing Time Beings.

Anja Simonsen is a panelist at KU Festival

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen takes part in the panel “Decolonising Knowledge” at the KU Festival, organised by the School of Global Health. Moderated by Kavishya Umendri Kulatunga and Fernando Racimo, the panel explores…

Anja Simonsen presents new research project at network meeting in Uppsala

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen participates in a network meeting organised by Keep the City Ticking in Uppsala, Sweden, which brings together scholars from across Europe under the theme Infrastructures of Migration and…

Anja Simonsen publishes new article on how EU governance shapes migrant journeys in the Mediterranean

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen has contributed the article "Risk, Improvisation, and Emergency Governance on the Mediterranean Sea" to a special issue of the journal Migration and Society edited by Tricia Redeker Hepner…

Anja Simonsen to speak at UN event on migration across the Mediterranean

CGC researcher Anja Simonsen will be among the panelists when UN City Copenhagen hosts an evening event on June 3 focusing on migration and rescue efforts in the Mediterranean. The event centers around the documentary…

Risk, Improvisation, and Emergency Governance on the Mediterranean Sea

Associate Professor Anja Simonsen has contributed the article "Risk, Improvisation, and Emergency Governance on the Mediterranean Sea" to a special issue of the journal Migration and Society edited by Tricia Redeker…

Trine Mygind Korsby presents her research on human traffickers at a seminar arranged by the Danish Institute for Human Rights

CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby has been invited to present her research on human traffickers and the complex social relationships in cases of human trafficking at a seminar hosted by the Danish Institute for Human…