News about The University

Sociology and anthropology to be merged into a single department

The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences has decided to initiate a process to merge the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Sociology into a single department by mid‑2027 at the latest.

Noah Ghermay Ghebremichael

Bachelor of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Health and Medicinal Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Registration for all PhD supervisor courses

Currently registration via the course database is not possible. Please register by sending an email to phdkursus@sund.ku.dk. Your email must include the following information: Your full name UCPH ID (if you are…

From clinic to classroom: Dental care and innovation

Why is it important that future dental hygienists learn to work innovatively? We talked to Ulla Kortegaard Bendtsen about this. Ulla was trained as a dentist in 1986 and has taught at the School of Dental Hygienists and…

Congratulations to Matthias Mann with the 2026 Canada Gairdner Award

with this year's Gairdner International Prize together with Ruedi Abersold and John Yates.

Head of Centre Andreas Bandak has been promoted to full professor

Andreas was unanimously and unconditionally being appraised in his professor assessment and has assumed a professorship in the department starting April 1. He will continue his work on the electives teaching program and…

Professor Kei Sakamoto elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

The honour recognises Professor Sakamoto's distinguished contributions to metabolic research and his enduring connection to Scotland, where his independent research career began.

Open access simulator could reduce the use of experimental animals in teaching

Understanding how neurons communicate through changes in membrane potential is a central part of teaching neuroscience and demonstrating these events has traditionally relied on experimental animals such as the…

New ‘Tomatoponics’ project aims to bring back flavour to hydroponic tomatoes

A new interdisciplinary research grant has been awarded to Professor Tom Gilbert and colleagues from Aalborg, Aarhus and Copenhagen University to run an ambitious new project aimed at transforming the flavour of…

Boys ditch books when schools close – girls keep reading

When holidays or pandemics shut down schools, gender differences in children’s reading habits widen; boys stop reading, while girls continue, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen. The researchers…

KU Lighthouse launches a new educators’ network

KU Lighthouse is taking a step to strengthen innovation and entrepreneurship in teaching with the launch of a new network for educators.

New book with sharp criticism of AI ChatGPT's communicative praxis, text production and modes of functions

Professor Emerita Karen Borgnakke has published a new book on AI and ChatGPT technology in education.

Workshop on alternatives to big tech services with Kritik Digital

Last week, we co-hosted the workshop Take control over your digital life with Kritik Digital.

Gunvor Simonsen appointed professor of history

Gunvor Simonsen, a historian specialising in the history of the Caribbean, took up her post as professor at the Saxo Institute on 1 March 2026.

ATR is integrating to tidsskrift.dk

The Archaeological Textile Review has been integrated into the Royal Danish Library’s platform for open access magazines tidsskrift.dk. In the future, new issues and submissions must be accessed through this website, an…

Global Textile Encounters has been translated into Chinese

The Centre for Textile Research anthology Global Textile Encounters, edited by Marie-Louise Nosch, Zhao Feng and Lotika Varadarajan has been translated and publicized in Chinese by the Zhejian University Press. The…

Study: Students struggle to identify problematic grey-zones in academic practice

Students across education levels have a blind spot for identifying situations that might bring their academic integrity into questionable territory, study finds.

BIO team receives Novo Nordisk Foundation Prize

Birthe B. Kragelund, Karen Skriver, and Kresten Lindorff-Larsen has worked to strengthen the natural science teaching for years. They're now being awarded The Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Prize for Natural Science Teachers…

Nuno Grancho will be a visiting professor at Brown University

We are pleased to share that Nuno Grancho, former Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at the Centre for Privacy Studies (now affiliated), will be a visiting professor at Brown University during the academic year 2026/2027.

New Makerspace for SCIENCE

With a DKK 42.3 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, SCIENCE is establishing a new Makerspace designed to boost innovation and create entirely new frameworks for practice‑based teaching.

New Makerspace for SCIENCE

With a DKK 42.3 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, SCIENCE is establishing a new Makerspace designed to boost innovation and create entirely new frameworks for practice‑based teaching.

International postdoctoral grant to study Arctic human–animal relationships

PhD student Emma Vitale has been awarded an International Postdoctoral Grant from Independent Research Fund Denmark to investigate how traditional technologies have shaped relationships between humans and animals across…

The Silent Standpoint: How Professors Explain Gender Disparities in Academia

Professor Margaretha Järvinen has together with professor Nanna Mik-Meyer from CBS published an article in British Journal of Sociology.

Gregor Schäfer: Migration, education, and the future of the global health workforce

Meet Gregor Schäfer, a postdoctoral fellow at the Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen.