News about Education

Dictionary of embodied learning: We know it works, but we lack the language

Many teachers already use physical learning in their teaching, but it is not easy to pin point what exactly it consists of - and why it works. That SENSES network wants to change that.

Spatial overlap: trade-offs in refugees' residential choices

Prof Dr. Merlin Schaeffer has published an article researching the some of the reasons as to why refugees tend to live in areas of high unemployment.

The integration paradox: Does awareness of the extent of ethno-racial discrimination increase reports of discrimination?

Prof Dr. Merlin Scheaffer has made a contribution to the International Society of Political Psychology with his article along with Judith Kas about the experiences of minority ethnic groups.

JOIN LERU DOCTORAL SUMMER SCHOOL 2025 AT UCPH

The 14th edition of the LERU Doctoral Summer School will be held at the University of Copenhagen from 23 until 27 June 2025. The theme for the Summer School is “Artificial Intelligence across University Disciplines –…

New talk for PhD students and PhD supervisors announced

Thanking while thinking: How gratitude can enhance inspiration and supervisor-student relationships in the PhD context Time and date: 20 March 2025, 15.30-17.00 Deadline for registration: 10 March 2024 Who can come? Thi…

What causes inequality in education?

Despite an expanding education sector, educational inequality is increasing in Denmark. Researchers will now investigate the mechanisms behind this development.

New article: ”EthNote gives qualitative research a new format”

Recently TechSavvy Media published an article about the digital fieldnote app Ethnote, co-founded by DISTRACT researcher Emilie Munch Gregersen and DISTRACT coordinator Karoline Husbond Andersen. The article is written…

Integrating ecosocial policies through polycentric governance

In a new article in Regulation & Governance Martin B. Carstensen, Christian Lyhne Ibsen and Ida Marie N. Jensen analyzes whether polycentric governance is able to promote the development of fair green transition.

Borderland Field Course 2024

During the past month of July, 28 students from around the world arrived in Chiang Mai for the summer course Borderland: Critical Approaches to Field Research and Engagement in the Global South. Watch the video from the…

Change for PhD supervision: rules and regulations

No need to complete it more than once until end of 2027 The Deanery has decided that the requirement for principal PhD supervisors to complete the online course PhD supervision: rules and regulations every fifth year…

High school students promoted to real researchers

Besides helping to collect samples or spot butterflies for research projects — non-professionals can now conduct actual laboratory work alongside professional researchers. Together with Danish high schools, the…

“I want to ensure that researchers have access to the best cellular models”

Zehra Abay-Nørgaard is a translational neuroscientist developing human stem cell models for disease modelling and drug discovery.

Study finds racism—and resistance to it—beneath the surface in high school physics

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen wanted to understand how high school students interacted with a physics learning game. However, the observations contained so many examples of problematic behavior that it…

Five new ISIM BRIDGE Fellows 2024-2026

We are proud to announce that 5 fellows out of 14 are from Department of Immunology and Microbiology. Here you can read more about the Bridge Fellows, including their names, background, affiliations, project description…

Dates for the next Nordic POP workshop on mucus are set!

We now have dates for the traditional mucus workshop, a training event co-organized by The UiT Arctic University of Norway and and UiO The university of Oslo. The event is set as a lunch-to-lunch event and will take…

Danish Open Access Week 2024

In week 43, the national Open Access Week will be held with a series of free webinars. Danish Open Access Week 2024 | Oct 21 - Oct 25 The Danish Network for Open Access is now presenting the third Danish Open Access…

New international network to train researchers in hologenomics

Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics will soon host two PhD students as part of a new multidisciplinary training network across Europe focused on the field of hologenomics.

EMBO workshop - Image Integrity (online)

Join this generic course that focus on everyday aspects of responsible research practices for designing experiments and acquiring and processing data and images. It is delivered by EMBO Solutions GmbH and is designed to…

SAVE THE DATE for 5th Nordic RWE and AI conference in Helsinki 28-29.1.2025

SAVE THE DATE: The University of Helsinki and Åbo Akademi University will organize the 5thNordic RWE and AI conference in Helsinki 28-29.1.2025 in collaboration with relevant stakeholders in the region.

Developing your Research Design with Qualitative Research Methods (register 15 September)

Developing your Research Design with Qualitative Research Methods - A Methodological Toolbox Course for PhD Researchers 24 September – 4 October, 2024 This course is for PhD researchers from all disciplines who work wit…

Video: Watch DidMat Seminar on the future of ATD

Yves Chevallard, University of Aix-Marseilles, delivers the final address on this DidMat Seminar on the future of Anthropological Theory of Didactics (ATD).

Emilia Hjortkilde joins CMP

Emilia joins the BIOENGINEERING team

StemScreen network shares knowledge to accelerate drug screening projects

The StemScreen Center for Stem Cell-based Disease Modeling and Drug Screening held its first workshop from September 2-5 at Panum, University of Copenhagen.

Leticia Hartmann joins CMP

Leticia joins the BIVAC team