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New visitor at CeBIL - Ioannis Lianos

22 August - 13 September 2022

New visitor at CeBIL - Marzia Maria Fede

1 October - 30 November 2022

Patrick Thöni wins Best Paper Doctoral Award

Patrick Thöni receives Swiss Finance Institute Best Paper Doctoral Award for having shed light on asymmetric information and financial taxation affect trading activity and market liquidity in a multi-market setting.

Anne-Michelle Slater

Anne-Michelle Slater is a Professor of Planning and Environmental Law at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.

PRIVACY-workshop at the Computer Privacy Data Protection conference in Brussels

Postdoctoral researcher Natacha Klein Käfer gives her presentation ‘Borders and Epidemics: Controlling Information and Disease in Early Modern Saxony’ Science and Technology scholar Katja Pape de Neergaard (STAY…

The lives of premature babies are threatened by sugary nutrition

Many prematurely born infants are given sugary parenteral nutrition as it has so far been the belief that it was good for their development. But new research from the University of Copenhagen performed on pigs shows tha…

ThinkChina Student Insights: China’s Changing FDI Policy

This article investigates how the policy environment on FDI has been shifting in the past few years, potentially benefitting foreign companies.

When you Google the word 'tick', you're helping science

Knowledge about the spread of tick-borne diseases is extremely limited and notoriously difficult to acquire. A new study from the University of Copenhagen demonstrates that internet searches just might be the way to kee…

Are you aged 40 or over? In that case, you need to do heavy weight training to keep fit

Heavy weight training can help make sure your nerves and muscles continue to work together, and it is never too late to get started. This is the conclusion of a new study from the University of Copenhagen.

New biodiversity report: The value of nature should be included in Danish economic decision making

Denmark is miles away from meeting its agreed targets for nature and biodiversity. To remedy the Danish and global biodiversity crisis effectively, we need to improve how the value of nature is measured to allow…

New visitor at CeBIL - Luca Rinaldi

1 August - 30 September 2022

New visitor at CeBIL - Sapna Kumar

5 September - 30 November 2022

New ThinkChina Analysis: Taiwanproblemet og Ukrainekrigen hænger sammen

Asien er nøglen til, at USA kan forblive den ledende supermagt. Kina ønsket et samlet Kina, men tør Kina gå i krig af frygt for, hvilke globale konsekvenser det vil få?

ThinkChina Analysis: Taiwanproblemet og Ukrainekrigen hænger sammen

Asien er nøglen til, at USA kan forblive den ledende supermagt. Kina ønsket et samlet Kina, men tør Kina gå i krig af frygt for, hvilke globale konsekvenser det vil få?

Phages to fight bacterial infections

A team of researchers from England, Scotland, Norway, and Denmark have joined forces to develop a safe and efficient phage therapy approach to control the bacteria Pasteurella in Atlantic Salmon farms.

What lies behind lies? New project looks deeper into honesty and dishonesty

Honest and dishonest behaviour comes in many forms and with various underlying motivations. Honesty and dishonesty also affect many areas of human life and social relations – from hiding an inconvenient truth from your…

New professor of sociology to focus on financial markets and new technologies

With the appointment of Christian Borch as professor, the Department of Sociology will gain new expertise in economic and political sociology.

Blog Post: The Anaconda in the Chandelier

The Anaconda in the Chandelier A review of Isaac Stone Fish’s book America 2nd: How America’s Elite Are Making China Stronger. By Jonas Haarder

How do we ensure local support for green energy production?

Huge Power-to-X investments in new hydrogen-based fuels shall propel the green transition in Denmark towards 2050. But how do we prevent local conflicts over new production plants?

Maria Mälksoo receives prize for best article

The journal ‘Review of International Studies’ and British International Studies Association have awarded Maria Mälksoo, senior researcher at the Centre for Military Studies, its 2022 prize for the best article.

Ekstern Podcast: Rusland og Kina vil styrke Ikke-Vesten

Camilla Nørup Sørensen, lektor på Forsvarsakademiet og Casper Wichmann, daglig leder af tænketanken ThinkChina, diskuterer Kinas tætte alliance med Rusland og ser nærmere på forholdet mellem de to lande.

How to see the forest and the trees

PhD student Mar Moure shares learnings and impressions from this year's IUFRO Risk Analysis conference "Socio-ecological conflicts in forest management: risks of (not) adapting?".

ThinkChina Video: Virker den vestlige økonomiske model i Asien?

Se eller gense Jørgen Ørstrøm Møllers forelæsning om den vestlige økonomiske model i den asiatiske kontekst.

Torben Heien Nielsen keynote at IZA Workshop on Gender and Family Economics

Severe illness and subsequent deaths are among the most devastating shocks households face and a major source of financial risk.