News – University of Copenhagen

GLOBAL HEALTH, CLIMATE, DISASTER, FLOOD, LOSS, DAMAGE

2026.10.20

Climate Change Attribution; Loss and Damage in the Context of the Nepal Disaster

Climate attribution study on the Nepal disaster to be used for compensation claims from major UN climate fund

GLOBAL HEALTH, HEATWAVE, CLIMATE, EXTREME HEAT

2026.10.20

CAS Postdoc Edwin Ambani Ameso convenes panel on African Agency in Platform and AI Futures

In late August Edwin Ambani Ameso, ModelFutures postdoc convened a panel at the 2026 VAD/SGAS conference “African Perspectives on Global Transformations” in Basel, Switzerland. The panel Ameso co-convened took the…

Spotlight

2026.09.24

Augustin Lambert: Creating a toolkit for decolonising global health education in the Nordic context

Meet Augustin Lambert, a research intern at the School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen.

Global Health

2026.09.08

New Copenhagen audio walk explores power, colonialism and health

How have histories of power and colonialism shaped how we understand health today? That’s the question behind the Power, Colonialism and Health Walk.

Case challenge

2026.09.07

Students address menstrual health challenges in Kibera at the SDG Innovation Challenge 2026

Through collaboration, creativity, and design thinking, 40 students from different universities came together at the UCPH SDG Innovation Challenge 2026 to explore solutions for menstrual health challenges in Kibera.

Spotlight

2026.09.07

Elina Leiviskä: Bridging research and practice in nursing and midwifery education

Meet Elina Leiviskä, a postdoctoral researcher in the Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen.

Climate, Disaster, Research

2026.08.20

Natural Hazards fellowship visit extends to COPE student supervision

Learn about Dr Gabi Mocatta’s fellowship visit to COPE in June 2026.

INNOVATION

2026.08.04

From classroom to startup: Moving menstrual health beyond fertility and blood

Meet BeLuna, a student start-up from the University of Copenhagen, which is trying to change the conversation around menstrual health.

2026.07.06

Fossil fuel emissions have rapidly worsened European heatwaves in just a few decades

A new attribution study shows that the latest European heatwave was made much more intense by fossil-fuel-driven climate change and would have been far less likely in the past.

Conference

2026.06.26

Cecilia Passanti discussed the “Agora of the Digital” at the Social Innovation Pavilion in Nairobi

Postdoc Cecilia Passanti contributed to Georges Eyenga Macaire chapter titled ‘Digital technologies in support of material security and the rule of law’ - with her idea of the ‘agora of the digital’. She presented this…

Podcast

2026.06.25

CAS featured on Radio IIII on Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Associate professors Stig Jensen and Karen Lauterbach feature on three different episodes of Radio IIII regarding the Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo.

Media

2026.06.22

Critical Perspectives on the 2026 World Cup

In a recent Politiken article, Associate Professor Stig Jensen and our former CAS student, Buster Emil Kirchner highlights the need to approach the World Cup in the United States, Mexico, and Canada with the same level…

Spotlight

2026.06.08

Alexandra Blackwell: Building evidence for mental health and violence prevention among displaced youth

Meet Alexandra Blackwell, a postdoctoral researcher at the Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen.

Conference

2026.06.02

Leapfrogging Care in Africa: Reflections from the Point Süd 2026 Conference at Makerere University, Kampala: Uganda

From 18 to 22 May 2026, Edwin Ambani Ameso joined the Point Süd 2026 Workshop on Green and Digital Futures: Rethinking the Twin Transition in Africa in an Era of Multiple Crises, hosted at the College of Humanities and…

GLOBAL HEALTH, SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, DISASTER, ANTICIPATORY ACTION

2026.05.22

Ellie Edmond Shimmin on Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights in Anticipatory Action

Disasters don't affect everyone the same way. Beneath the immediate devastation lies a “double disaster” hitting women, girls, and marginalized groups hardest.

At the World Health Summit in Nairobi, Africa's message was clear:

2026.05.12

A Continent of Innovation and Solutions: What the World Health Summit Regional Meeting Nairobi Said About Climate and Health

After the World Health Summit Regional Meeting in Nairobi, Nick Baumgart finds one message to be clear: Africa is bearing the consequences of a polycrisis it did little to create. A $30 billion annual health financing…

Climate

2026.05.08

Green initiatives can cause conflict and inequality in Africa

Several African countries are keen to brand themselves through ambitious climate projects. But these green initiatives can, in some cases, fuel conflict – and because they are part of the global green transition, they…

Collaboration with Researchers and Students

UCPH Global - selected news

Climate Change Attribution; Loss and Damage in the Context of the Nepal Disaster

Interview with Frances Rosenberg

Amanda Hammar and Susann Heidecke launch ID-OLOGY podcast

Karen Lauterbach contributes new chapter on charismatic Christianity in Ghana

CAS Postdoc Edwin Ambani Ameso convenes panel on African Agency in Platform and AI Futures

Augustin Lambert: Creating a toolkit for decolonising global health education in the Nordic context

New Copenhagen audio walk explores power, colonialism and health

Students address menstrual health challenges in Kibera at the SDG Innovation Challenge 2026

Elina Leiviskä: Bridging research and practice in nursing and midwifery education

Natural Hazards fellowship visit extends to COPE student supervision

From classroom to startup: Moving menstrual health beyond fertility and blood

Fossil fuel emissions have rapidly worsened European heatwaves in just a few decades

Cecilia Passanti discussed the “Agora of the Digital” at the Social Innovation Pavilion in Nairobi

CAS featured on Radio IIII on Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Critical Perspectives on the 2026 World Cup

Alexandra Blackwell: Building evidence for mental health and violence prevention among displaced youth

Leapfrogging Care in Africa: Reflections from the Point Süd 2026 Conference at Makerere University, Kampala: Uganda

Ellie Edmond Shimmin on Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights in Anticipatory Action

A Continent of Innovation and Solutions: What the World Health Summit Regional Meeting Nairobi Said About Climate and Health

Green initiatives can cause conflict and inequality in Africa