Anja Simonsen has co-written an article on ‘affective solidarity’ and the search for ransom in the global Somali community CGC researcher, Anja Simonsen, has co-written an article with Mohamed S. Tarabi on how recent migration trends among the Somali youth and the rise of the migrant smuggling network, in Somali known as Magafe, have…
New paper on flood risk reduction and resilient city growth Peripheral "auto-constructed" neighborhoods such as Santa Maria are often neglected by planning officials and currently facing unregulated urbanization and increasing flood risk
Dissemination and Outreach Workshop Report is now available Stakeholders, including researchers, community leaders, local political interest groups, and planners, discussed the project's findings
Reflections on the Humanitarian Congress Berlin 2023 Three students studying Disaster Risk Management - Katharina Bucsits, Madeline Ewbank and Christos Tsampoulatidis - attended HC Berlin in-person and share their takeaways on key themes below.
New paper on flood impacts on urban mobility GIS-based network models are used to analyse how daily mobility may be disrupted or constrained due to the flooding of road infrastructure
Presentation at the first conference of the Environmental and Climate Mobilities Network (ECMN) The RurbanClimate project was represented at the ECMN conference in Vienna in July 2023 through a presentation on Africa's small towns as sustainable centres for environmental mobilities.
Final Workshop in Accra on 15. November Participants of the workshop are encouraged to ponder upon the main findings of the project and contribute to the recommendations proposed by the CLIMACCESS team. Click here to sign up
Critical questions on learning from the COVID-19 disaster in India New study critically analyses the Government of India’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic as a disaster.
Anja Simonsen publishes article on "the transnational business of death" CGC researcher Anja Simonsen has published the article ’The “Transnational Business of Death” among Somali Migrants in the Streets of Athens’ as part of a special issue in Migration and Society on ‘Transnational Street…
Trine Mygind Korsby publishes article on Romanian pimps CGC researcher Trine Mygind Korsby has published the article “Reading Desires: Romanian Pimps Striving for Success in the Transnational Street Economy” as part of a special issue of Migration & Society on ‘Transnational…
New book published by CGC researcher Anja Simonsen CGC researcher Anja Simonsen has just published the book Tahriib: Journey’s into the Unknown. An Ethnography of Uncertainty in Migration.
Call for Papers: The Urban Problem of Disasters Call for papers for the panel "The Urban Problem of Disasters" for the Northern European Emergency and Disaster Studies (NEEDS) Conference 2023, taking place between October 31 and November 2, 2023.
Camilla Ida Ravnbøl, Anja Simonsen and Trine Mygind Korsby have co-edited a special issue of Migration & Society CGC researchers Camilla Ida Ravnbøl, Anja Simonsen and Trine Mygind Korsby have co-edited a special issue of Migration & Society, entitled “Transnational Street Business: Migrants in the Informal Urban Economy”.
Presentation of research results Project participants provide a comprehensive view on climate change, urban flooding, mobility disruptions and livelihoods at the AAG conference
Trine Mygind Korsby publishes chapter on human trafficking and sex work between Romania and Italy The chapter entitled “Complex intimacies: Sex work, human trafficking and romance between Italy and the Black Sea coast of Romania” has been published in the book “A Sea of Transience. Poetics, Politics and Aesthetics…
Disasters, Climate Change and Law: Reflections from the NEEDS conference and COPE stay As someone who is interested in the intersection between law and disasters – it is always exciting to find an event that caters to both. This made the Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies…
The value of strong international collaboration International collaboration is at the heart of what I work with every day. It comes in many shapes and forms through projects, bilateral relations and alliances. For me, the students and their education are my centre of…
When is our institutional strategic partnership a success? To address the lack of quality assurance schemes designed for international strategic partnerships and to contribute to building better partnerships, UCPH joined a consortium of universities led by the University of…
Who are the people behind human trafficking? With support from the EU, a new anthropological project will paint a more accurate picture of human traffickers through fieldwork in Romania and Portugal.
Multiple Perspectives, Cultivating Communities: Reflections on the NEEDS 2022 Conference Disaster Studies is a growing multidisciplinary field that continues to produce diverse – and often competing or contrasting – perspectives on how disasters are conceptualized and addressed. The Northern European…
Fieldwork and flooding A round of follow-up interviews with residents are conducted in late November 2022
New insight into women's mobility in Accra Research by Climaccess participants contributes to book on Transport and Mobility Futures in Urban Accra
Interview with Suchismita Goswami, PhD student at COPE Meet COPE PhD student, Suchismita Goswami. She is currently working on the project ‘Disaster Risk Creation and Urban Resettlement Processes’, funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark.