UCPH Global - selected news

2021.03.29

Upcoming event: The Bishan Commune and the Practice of Socially Engaged Art in Rural China

Online talk and book discussion 5 May 2021, 15:00-16:30

2021.03.29

Ny blogserie: Mit liv med Kina

I denne serie af blogindlæg fortæller Jørgen Delman om sit arbejde med og i Kina, og hvad han har lært af det. Anden del kommer i denne uge.

2021.03.29

Upcoming event: Making It Count - Statistics and Statecraft in the Early People's Republic of China

Talk and book discussion with Arunabh Ghosh, Harvard University 15 Apr. 2021, 14:00-15:15

CASE CHALLENGE

2021.03.24

New Global Health Case Challenge: Improving quality of care at birth in the wake of COVID-19

There is a new student case challenge in town! University of Copenhagen is re-launching its popular international Global Health Case Challenge in collaboration with three Nordic universities.

New research

2021.03.19

The fight against diarrheal diseases in Bangladesh

Rebeca Sultana has spent the last six years investigating diarrheal diseases including cholera transmission in a low-income urban community in Dhaka. Read her story here.

2021.03.19

Asian Futures: Rethinking the Asian Century

This seminar open a series of talks on the question of Asian Futures in the 21st century.

Cardiovascular disease

2021.03.08

Failing to see the wood for the trees may be preventing better outcomes in cardiovascular disease

Managing single risk factors like blood pressure rather than looking at overall risk may be wasting scarce resources in countries where cardiovascular disease (CVD) is on the rise, according to a new study.

2021.03.08

New public seminar series: Asian Futures

Drawing on fresh scholarly work by researchers around the world, Asian Futures will begin a series of conversations on the shifting dynamics of Asian politics and the economy.

2021.03.02

New project looking to enhance young people’s climate crisis awareness, agency and action in Tanzania

A multidisciplinary group of researchers from the sections of Global Health and Health Services Research has been awarded DKK 12 million from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to study young people’s engagement…

2021.03.01

Video: Making Sense of Myanmar's 1.2.21 Military Coup

The recording of the discussion on 4 February of the unfolding crisis in Myanmar is now available.

2021.02.26

Upcoming external event: New Type of Great Power Relations

China’s global economic and political power has expanded. How will China use its new position to change the world? How does the country’s rise change its self-perception?

2021.02.17

4 articles about CAS students' thesis projects

Globalnyt has published a series of articles about CAS students and their exciting, creative and relevant thesis projects. This can give insight into some of the possibilities studying at CAS, and what type of research…

2021.02.11

The Guilty Victim - Podcast with associate professor Stig Jensen

For the first time ever, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, has found a child soldier guilty of crimes against humanity. Dominic Ongwen was abducted and brainwashed by a Christian rebellion army and…

2021.02.09

CAS welcomes PhD fellow Hamida Massaquoi

CAS welcomes Hamida Massaquoi, our new PhD fellow at the faculty.

2021.02.07

Special issue: Calcutta characters

Associate Professor Atreyee Sen is the co-editor of a new special issue titled ‘Calcutta characters’ published by the quarterly journal ‘Contemporary South Asia’. The special issue is an experiment in alternative…

Article

2021.02.02

Critical infrastructure vulnerability: a research note on adaptation to climate change in the Nordic countries

New paper published on the vulnerability of critical infrastructures caused by climate change, by one of our members Rico Kongsager. Please click the image below or follow this link.

2021.01.29

Upcoming event: Asian Futures - Seminar in honor of Jørgen Delman

Jørgen Delman is retiring from his position as Professor of China Studies at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies. With this seminar we wish to honor Jørgen and his journey through Asian Studies.

2021.01.29

Upcoming event: Shenzhen as a New Global Development Model?

Shenzhen was declared China’s first special economic zone 40 years ago. Which path does the city take? What is its role as a development model today?

2021.01.28

New Analysis: Drop pessimismen - USA vinder over Kina [Danish]

I denne analyse undersøger Professor Bertel Heurlin hvad vi ser udspille sig mellem de to supermagter, USA og Kina.

2021.01.28

New China Study Project Policy Brief: Approaching Svalbard - An Examination of Chinese Interests in the Far North

How increased Chinese interests in the Arctic region affects the governance of Svalbard and how Chinese conduct can help us better understand Chinese motives within the Arctic realm.