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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.

Teresa Roa Martínez

Teresa Roa Martínez is a predoctoral researcher (July 2024–present) at the Universidade de Vigo in Spain. Her doctoral research examines the liability of public administrations for harms arising from climate change.

CMS Defence Conference 2025

On Wednesday, December 3rd 2025, the Centre for Military Studies held its annual defence conference under the heading ‘Deterrence, Strategy and Danish Defence’. Key players in and around the defence and security policy…

Sibling roles change when a parent dies

Eldest sons step up financially, while eldest daughters take care of their parents. A new study from the University of Copenhagen shows how Korean siblings divide the responsibility of caring for their parents through…

Most of us miss out on financial opportunities

Passivity in financial choices is not due to specific personality traits – but depends on the context. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from CEBI and Danmarks Nationalbank in a new study.

New national research centre to advance knowledge on crime and justice

The Centre for Global Criminology at the Department of Anthropology is being expanded into a new interdisciplinary and cross-faculty research hub at the University of Copenhagen – the Copenhagen Centre for Criminology…

Why protests can bring people together across political divides

How can people with diametrically opposed views suddenly stand shoulder to shoulder in protest? Researchers from Copenhagen, Oslo and Mainz have investigated this question. The starting point is the COVID protests, whic…

Plants use engineering principles to push through hard soil

An international research team led by the University of Copenhagen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the University of Nottingham has discovered how plant roots penetrate compacted soil by deploying a well-known…

DR Podcast: The Next Act in Sudan’s Civil War

In a recent podcast episode of Verden Ifølge Gram on Danish Radio, Associate Professor Stig Jensen discusses the growing conflict in Sudan.

Locking Down Civil Society: The Impact of COVID-19

Lærke Høgenhaven has published a new research paper in Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations.

We have forgotten the Bosnian War, but literature helps us remember

The Bosnian War (1992–1995), which claimed over 100,000 lives and displaced many more, is largely forgotten today. But powerful literature can evoke strong memories of the war—even among readers who have no personal…

Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard gets gold medal for her thesis

SODAS PhD student Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard was awarded a KU gold medal for her master’s thesis. She completed her MSc in Social Data Science in January 2024. We talk to Sofie about the research behind her thesis.

When the face becomes a mystery: New study challenges understanding of face blindness

A new PhD thesis provides a rare insight into living with face blindness – and how research can improve diagnosis and understanding.

Expecting to Lose Your Job Makes You Save More

When people think their risk of unemployment is high, they change their economic behavior: they save more and are more likely to enroll in unemployment insurance. But where do these expectations come from?

Breast cancer treatments can improve both survival chances and income

Radiation therapy treatment for breast cancer not only improves survival rates but also generates long-term financial benefits according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen.

CeBIL Director Prof. Timo Minssen Featured at Celebration of the Extended UCHP UNESCO Chair in the Right to Science

On 18 November 2025, CeBIL Director Professor Timo Minssen will take part in the event “Four More Years: Celebrating the Extension of the UCHP UNESCO Chair in the Right to Science.” The event marks the extension of…

New Permanent Visiting Researcher - Lucía López Zurita

Lucía López Zurita joins MOBILE as Permanent Visiting Researcher.

Mapping Green Skills in Collective Skill Formation Systems

A new article in Regulation and Governance analyses how and to what extent vocational education and training in Denmark integrates green competences.

From a single punch to weapon use: An event typology of public place violence

Camilla Bank Friis, Lasse Suonperä Liebst and colleagues have published a new article.