News about Society

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Olga Pushina

2 - 31 March 2026

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Claudia Zulema Robles Gomez

4 May - 30 June 2026

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Jolyon Ford

7 - 28 April 2026

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Johannes Rohrmann

2 March - 24 April 2026

New Visiting Researcher at iCourts - Yuan Fang

1 March - 31 December 2026

New book on Polar Law

Professor Yoshifumi Tanaka (CEPRI) has published a new book, Polar Law: An Introduction (Edward Elgar, 2025).

International Law Breakfast Briefings – Spring 2026

The International Law Breakfast Briefings offer a regular opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and students with an interest in international law to meet, exchange views, and share research findings on current…

International Law Breakfast Briefings – Spring 2026

The International Law Breakfast Briefings offer a regular opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and students with an interest in international law to meet, exchange views, and share research findings on current…

US wants to take over Greenland: Why this is a diplomatic extreme

The American president's demand for control over Greenland violates international law, international agreements and the constitution. This is the conclusion of a new study from the Faculty of Law.

Video feedback strengthens practice in daycare

Seeing yourself on video work. A new study shows that video feedback can strengthen the interaction between pedagogical staff and children in Copenhagen nurseries.

Visiting researcher at CeBIL: Fábio Gama

Fábio Gama is visiting from January 5th to March 7th, 2026.

Danish chemist's invention could make counterfeiting a thing of the past

Every year, companies lose billions of kroner when goods are copied or illegally resold. But a new digital and legally binding fingerprint developed at the University of Copenhagen makes products impossible to…

Immigration and Public Support for Social Policy: Accounting for the Gender Composition of Immigrant Populations

Associate Professor Friedolin Merhout has published an article in SOCIUS. The article develops the argument that the gender composition of immigrant populations can condition their influence on natives’ social policy…

Internship at the United Nations Library & Archives Geneva

The ERC Research Project INNER_LEAGUE at the Saxo-Institute is looking for an MA-student in history at the Saxo-Institute to apply for internships at the UN Library & Archives Geneva in the fall semester 2026.

CEBI member Amalie Sofie Jensen appointed to a government expert group on models for a new car taxation system in Denmark

The expert group is set to investigate desirable ways to redesign the car taxation system going forward to support the continued uptake of electric vehicles in Denmark.

Military build-up and defense cooperation in the Nordic region

Military buildup and defense cooperation in the Nordic region Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine as well as Finland’s and Sweden’s membership of NATO have changed the framework conditions for rearmament and defense…

New CMS report about military build-up and defense cooperation in the Nordic region

Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine as well as Finland’s and Sweden’s membership of NATO have changed the framework conditions for rearmament and defense cooperation in the Nordic region. The recent shifts in Nordic…

Professor Benedikte Brincker awarded DFF grant for Arctic project on Greenlandic youths’ views on climate change

From 2026 and over a four-year period, Professor Benedikte Brincker from Department of Sociology will lead a research project examining how Greenlandic youths experience and perceive climate change. The project has just…

Luigi Pigna

Luigi Pigna is a PhD candidate in Public, Comparative and International Law at Sapienza University of Rome.

Stefania De Angelis

Stefania is an Italian PhD student at the University of Calabria. her research project focuses on air pollution, effects and legal consequences of the responsibility of private individuals and the State for the…

NordAId secures NordForsk funding for AI in public decision-making

The project aims to develop a framework for trustworthy AI in public decision-making

A partner’s death hits harder when finances are unstable

Grief over the sudden death of a partner leads one in six surviving partners to experience such severe psychological distress that they begin taking sedatives or antidepressants. If the death also results in a noticeabl…

Call for Abstracts: XVIII Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability

The XVII Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy & Sustainability on 16 April 2026 invites students and early-career researchers to present their work and receive feedback.

Danjelle Midgley

Danjelle is an environmental lawyer and PhD researcher specialising in climate justice litigation in South Africa.