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2026: Special Issue. ANIMAL PRIVACY: Historical and Conceptual Approaches

2026: Special Issue. ANIMAL PRIVACY: Historical and Conceptual Approaches Read the new issue on Privacy Studies Journal Resume from Privacy Studies Journal: This special issue addresses notions of…

New visiting scholars Elisabet Björklund and Johannes Fredrik Hafnor

The film section welcomes visiting scholars associate professor Elisabet Björklund PhD fellow Johannes Fredrik Hafnor.

Angana Moitra: "The Witch as Other: Witchcraft as Marginalisation and Reclamation"

Angana Moitra: "The Witch as Other: Witchcraft as Marginalisation and Reclamation" The English Literary Society of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, hosts their Annual Fest, Logos'26 on the theme: "Othering as…

Old Guard, New World: Paul Barandon, Germany and the Fate of the League of Nations

Blog post by Sandra Ricker.

A shifting narrative: Perspectives on human trafficking, crisis, and time among minors who are victims of human trafficking

Assistant Professor Trine Mygind Korsby has published the article ‘A shifting narrative: Perspectives on human trafficking, crisis, and time among minors who are victims of human trafficking’

Study trip to Ghana with CAS

The Centre of African Studies (CAS) is organising another educational trip to Ghana for students to explore culture, heritage, history, religion and memory in the country!

Boys ditch books when schools close – girls keep reading

When holidays or pandemics shut down schools, gender differences in children’s reading habits widen; boys stop reading, while girls continue, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen. The researchers…

CBMR publications and media appearances in February 2026

CBMR publications and media appearances in February 2026

New book with sharp criticism of AI ChatGPT's communicative praxis, text production and modes of functions

Professor Emerita Karen Borgnakke has published a new book on AI and ChatGPT technology in education.

Recognizing and Honoring Women in Public Space

The debate about women’s visibility in public spaces takes centre stage across Denmark, where conversations are emerging on how women’s contributions are commemorated, including discussions about monuments and statues…

Gunvor Simonsen appointed professor of history

Gunvor Simonsen, a historian specialising in the history of the Caribbean, took up her post as professor at the Saxo Institute on 1 March 2026.

Søren Nielsen appointed Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences

As of 1 April 2026, Søren Nielsen is appointed Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences (BMI) in a fixed-term position of four years following an open call. Søren Nielsen joins BMI from a position at…

Pia Rengtved Lundegaard appointed Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences

As of 1 April 2026, Pia Rengtved Lundegaard is permanently appointed as Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences (BMI). Pia has been part of BMI since 2014 and now continues as an independent group…

AI was supposed to ease doctors’ workload – instead they spend hours correcting errors

AI‑powered clinical documentation was meant to streamline work at Danish hospitals. But in practice, doctors are spending valuable hours correcting mistakes, training algorithms, and handling administrative tasks that…

International postdoctoral grant to study Arctic human–animal relationships

PhD student Emma Vitale has been awarded an International Postdoctoral Grant from Independent Research Fund Denmark to investigate how traditional technologies have shaped relationships between humans and animals across…

Researchers from University of Łódź presenting on privacy in egodocumental sources

On January 28, 2026, researchers from the University of Łódź visited the Centre for Privacy Studies to host a seminar on privacy in egodocumental sources.

UCPH researcher publishes an alternative to the classic children’s Bible

The Bible contains far more exciting, brutal, and meaningful stories than those most children - and adults - know from traditional children’s Bibles. In collaboration with his wife, Associate Professor Frederik Poulsen…

New publication: Women Printers in the Caribbean, 1720s-1860s

IN THE SAME SEA postdoctoral fellows Felicia Fricke and Heather Freund and colleague Natália da Silva Perez have published an open access article in the journal Early American Studies, entitled “"Printed for the…

Young people fear drugging in nightlife – but almost never report it

Young people – especially women – increasingly fear being drugged, and the phenomenon is more widespread and complex than previously assumed. This is shown in a new report from the Criminological Observatory at the…

New interview with Manuel Menke on nostalgia as a political strategy

In an interview with NordForsk, Manuel Menke, PI of the PastForward Project on the political uses of the past in the Nordics, talks about the role of nostalgia in politics in a world in constant crisis-mode.

Join the AI-UNI ’Research lunches’ in 2026

The AI-UNI project will host another series of ’Research lunches’ during spring 2026.

Michele Salluce joins HPS section as a PhD fellow

The PhD project examines how animal models are constructed and used in contemporary neuroscience.

New PhD Fellow in History Eliza Militz de Souza

Eliza Militz de Souza, PhD Fellow in History at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). With her academic training entirely completed at UFSM, where she also obtained her Master's (2020) and Bachelor's (2015)…

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2026

CBMR publications and media appearances in January 2026