UCPH Global - selected news

2022.08.09

CAS students collaborate with GlobalNyt on course-based articles

Globalnyt has published a two-part article series with two CAS students, supported by the Center for African Studies, University of Copenhagen.

HIV

2022.07.13

Inadequate access to harm reduction services may cause higher HIV prevalence among women who use drugs in Tanzania

People who use drugs are more affected by HIV compared to the general population in Tanzania. In the last few years, the prevalence of HIV among people who use drugs has decreased but women who use drugs are…

Innovation in global health

2022.07.12

Updated educational resources about innovation in global health

Newly updated educational resources about innovation in global health. Freely available to anyone interested.

2022.06.24

2022 Autumn Call for ADI Funding

The Asian Dynamics Initiative invites researchers employed at the University of Copenhagen to submit proposals for financial support for projects and activities with research focus on Asia.

Case challenge

2022.06.17

Student innovations to improve the health of indigenous peoples

A team from University of Copenhagen participated in the Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition and developed a health action plan to improve the health of indigenous peoples.

2022.06.10

PRIVACY Postdoctoral researchers invited to teach at the Center of African Studies (CAS) methods course with a focus on digital

Karen Lauterbach, Associate Professor and Director of the Center of African Studies, invited the two Privacy Scholars, Natacha Klein Käfer and Natália da Silva Perez, with a scholarly profile on Digital Humanities to…

2022.06.09

What does the EU want with Africa?

Associate Professor Stig Jensen, CAS, is invited to participate in a panel by the Democracy in Europe Information Society on the bilateral relationship between the two unions. The panel will address the following…

2022.06.02

PhD Scholarship at the Faculty of Theology including Centre of African Studies

Two PhD scholarships (three-year) will be available from 1 December 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Climate Change

2022.06.01

Climate Change made devastating early heat in India and Pakistan 30 times more likely

Since the beginning of March, India and Pakistan and large parts of South Asia experienced prolonged heat, that at the time of writing, May 2022, still hasn’t subsided.

Launch event

2022.05.25

The crisis of unintended pregnancies and the shortcomings of modern contraception

United Nation Population Fund’s (UNFPA) State of World Population Report 2022 confirms an alarming fact: almost half of all pregnancies - a total of 121 million pregnancies each year - are unintended.

2022.05.19

Mission and the Anthropology of Christianity: Africanist Perspectives

Karen Lauterbach, Associate Professor and Director of CAS, contributes to the newly published Oxford Handbook of Mission Studies with a chapter on ‘Mission and the Anthropology of Christianity: Africanist Perspectives’.…

2022.05.17

The Centre of African Studies hosts new visiting PhD researcher, Francis Benyah

Francis research focuses on Pentecostal/Charismatic theology and African Pentecostal Christianity with a special interest in how Pentecostal/Charismatic theology and African Pentecostal Christianity intersects and…

2022.05.03

Special issue Plastic Asia in The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies

Special issue Plastic Asia in The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies edited by Trine Brox and Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko.

2022.04.19

The (Spiritual) Revolution, Pentecostal Belonging, and the Past in Zanzibar

Hans Olsson, Marie Curie Fellow at CAS has contributed with a chapter in the recently published book Across the Waves Strategies of Belonging in Indian Ocean Island Societies edited by Iain Walker & Marie-Aude Fouéré…

2022.04.12

Dr. Primus M. Tazanu gives keynote at 4th Biennial Conference of African Studies Association of Africa

CAS guest researcher Dr. Primus M. Tazanu delivered a keynote at the 4th Biennial Conference of African Studies Association of Africa hosted by the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA), University of Cape Town,…

2022.04.12

Karen Lauterbach gives keynote at 13th GloPent conference

CAS Director and Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach has given one of three keynotes at the 13th GloPent conference on 1-2 April 2022. The international and interdisciplinary conference is organized by the European…

EAST AFRICA CASE CHALLENGE 2022

2022.04.01

Battle of the brains

50 international students united under the slogan “Battle of the brains” in Zanzibar to come up with innovative solutions to East Africa’s challenges with food security and nutrition.

2022.03.31

Russia has many friends in Africa, but can they stand to be beaten yellow and blue?

Associate Professor Stig Jensen has written article for GlobalNyt explaining that several countries in Africa see Russia as an attractive partner because they are fed up with what they perceive as the West's know-it-all…

INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

2022.03.25

Combined Internship 2022

Nordic Africa Research Network (NARN) and Centre of African Studies (CAS), University of Copenhagen.

Webinar

2022.03.21

Exploring Ethics: Lessons from COVID-19 and Other Catastrophes

This free 9-Part Webinar Series, is running every Wednesday from April to June 2022. This is a joint project with York University (Canada), Roskilde University (Denmark) and Arkansas Tech University (U.S.), with support…