News about Law

AI and Pragmatic Literacy: Bilingual Scribes During the Reign of King Håkon Magnusson of Norway (c. 1284-1319)

Latin and vernacular charters in medieval Norway emerged from overlapping writing centres with similar script types, but the responsible scribes remain obscure. New AI‑driven approaches in digital palaeography now make…

A fun, challenging and educational semester

Six students on the Master’s programme in Law have swapped their lectures for an international competition in procedural law.

Lucie Nersesjan

Lucie Nersesjan is a PhD candidate and research assistant at the Department of Environmental and Land Law, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, where she also teaches and assists in environmental law courses.

Criminal Justice and Artificial Intelligence: The Ethics of the Use of Algorithms at Sentencing

On 14 April, Professor Jesper Ryberg gives a lecture on AI, sentencing, and trust.

Neha Jain visiting MOBILE with support from Danmarks Nationalbank

Prof Neha Jain will visit MOBILE from 15 July to 31 December 2026

New PhD Student at MOBILE - Vittoria Patergnani

Vittoria Patergnani starts her PhD at MOBILE on 1 April

New Assistant Professor - Mohammad Naser Sabet Jahromi

Mohammad Naser Sabet Jahromi joins MOBILE as Assistant Professor.

Postdoc position in private law and sustainability

It is no longer possible to apply for the position.

New researcher at CLIMA - Wesley Maraire

Wesley Maraire is a sociolegal researcher with interdisciplinary training in law, sociology, and political science. His work spans access to justice, climate governance, and decolonial legal theory. He is a Marie…

Irene Antonioli

Irene Antonioli is currently at the Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen as part of an Erasmus+ post-graduate traineeship where she will develop the research she began during her thesis on the impact of climat…

An Qi Wang

An Qi Wang's current research with the Faculty of Science focuses on water-related inequalities and conflicts in Laikipia County, Kenya.

Elliot Lester

Elliot is particularly interested in questions of environmental equity and the ways legal frameworks can either entrench disadvantage or serve as tools for innovation and social change.

The struggle for equal rights required pioneers

For many years the legal profession at Copenhagen University was closed to women, and the path for the first women who sought to study law, was extremely difficult.

Call for applications: Student Assistants at MOBILE

MOBILE is looking for 3–4 talented and committed students to assist the Center

New Scholarship Student - Sophie Thao Dinh

Sophie Thao Dinh joins MOBILE as a Scholarship Student.

New visiting researcher - Paula Sant'Ana Strogoff

Visiting from June 6 to July 6, 2026

New bill

New bill on the development and use of AI systems in the processing of personal data in public administration.

New Postdoctoral Researcher - Anna Murphy Høgenhaug

Anna Murphy Høgenhaug joins MOBILE as Postdoctoral Researcher.

New Permanent Visiting Professor - Mary Boatemaa Setrana

Mary Boatemaa Setrana joins MOBILE as Permanent Visiting Professor.

Call for applications: Postdoc in European Mobility Law

MOBILE is looking for a new postdoctoral fellow to start 1 Sept 2026.

Workshop on free movement in West Africa brings scholars to Accra

MOBILE and the Centre for Migration Studies convene international workshop in Ghana.

VELUX FOUNDATION funds new national sustainable initiative

A new national initiative, JURiB – Developing Competence in Law for Sustainability, unites Denmark’s legal research and educational environments with a shared mission: building a more sustainable society.

New Permanent Visiting Professor - Luuk van der Baaren

Luuk van der Baaren joins MOBILE as Permanent Visiting Professor.

New Visiting Researcher at CeBIL - Tatiana Aranovich

13 April - 8 May 2026