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Harini Babu joins CMP

Harini joins the VLPVAC team

Jacob Eiche Andersen joins CMP

Jacob joins the OF-CANCER team

Lara Kaland joins CMP

Lara joins the OF-BIOMARKER team

Joe Dauer: To know how students learn, we must first know how they think 

In the intersection between educational research and cognitive psychology, Professor Joe Dauer investigates what makes knowledge stick.

New deputy prorector and DKK 110 million are to prepare the University for a new reality

Artificial intelligence is causing changes to research, education and working life at a pace few had imagined. Now the University of Copenhagen launches a major initiative that is to help the University and Danish…

Patience and risk appetite shape young people's choice of education

Why do some upper secondary graduates choose a long degree with a steep career trajectory, while others pick something shorter and safer? A new international study led by researchers at CEBI shows that patience and…

Peter Strange Lassen joins CMP

Peter joins the OF-BIOMARKER team

Petra Kjær Bille joins CMP

Petra joins the DISCOVERY team

Education

Human activities have pushed the Earth beyond its safe operating limits. As a result, the planet’s natural resilience is declining, global temperatures are rising rapidly, ecosystems are increasingly degraded, and key…

Henri Oskar Kolz joins CMP

Henri joins the BIOENGINEERING team

Jonathan Felurance Schärfe joins CMP

Jonathan joins the DRUGS and EPITOPE teams

Matthäus Reiner joins CMP

Matthäus joins the OF-CANCER team

When children bring viruses home, it can take a heavy toll on younger siblings later in life

Infants exposed to respiratory illnesses via older siblings typically fare worse in terms of education, income and health in adulthood. This is shown by new research from the University of Copenhagen.

The seeds of the future are sprouting at KU FOOD

At KU FOOD, we are happy to announce that we are ready to welcome a new batch of green minds entering the Bachelor’s programme in Food Science and Nutrition.

Young people from less advantaged backgrounds are more likely to have an undiagnosed eating disorder

A new study from the University of Copenhagen suggests that eating disorders are not necessarily more common among families with a high level of education – but that young people from these families are more likely to b…

Anna Nobis visits CMP

Anna visits VLPVAC team 02/07-30/09/2026

Study: Not all active learning methods are actually activating students 

Instructors who self-identify as using active learning methods still spend most of their class time lecturing in many cases, new research shows.

Andrew W Thompson

M.Sc., Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Congratulations to Anne Marie Fog Sandal, recipient of Saly’s Horse 2026

On Friday, 15 May, as the Smedje Festival kicked off with a cozy street café atmosphere, this year’s recipient of Saly’s Horse was announced.

First graduates from new psychology programme

A new master’s programme at the University of Copenhagen, run in collaboration with Region Zealand, has now produced its first graduates. This marks the culmination of a targeted effort to provide a more…

Children improve their fraction skills by playing basketball in class

Combining fractions with basketball improves pupils’ mathematical skills in primary school, a new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes. The researcher behind it calls for the approach to be integrated into…

Children improve their fraction skills by playing basketball in class

Combining fractions with basketball improves pupils’ mathematical skills in primary school, a new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes. The researcher behind it calls for the approach to be integrated into…

From India to SUND: New perspectives on teaching and learning

In February 2026, a team from the PEP-UCPH project visited partners in India to continue developing online and blended learning in health professions education across the PEP partnership. For COBL, the visit was also an…

gAI in teaching and learning requires local dialogue, not just shared guidelines

Generative AI has rapidly changed the conditions for teaching, assignment writing, and assessment. Rules and declaration requirements are now in place, but one central question remains: How are these rules translated…