Appointment 2024.01.23 Karen Lauterbach Appointed to Editorial Board Director and Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach has been appointed to the advisory editorial board for the Journal of Modern African Studies published by Cambridge University Press. The journal offers a survey of…
Mauritus 2024.01.17 Islands in the Indian Ocean: Development and Biodiversity In the latest news Associate Professor Stig Jensen, after a visit to the island state delves into the islands of the Indian Ocean focusing on their biodiversity, development, and the impact of colonization today. The…
Global Health Research 2023.12.20 Global Health Researcher Spotlight: Jacob Lind The School of Global Health's Global Health Research Spotlight series focuses on global health researchers from the University of Copenhagen.
Case challenge 2023.12.18 Unlocking solutions: Students shine in Global Health Case Challenge to combat infodemics 60 students from 8 different universities and institutions gathered for the University of Copenhagen’s annual Global Health Case Challenge.
LINKS EU Project 2023.12.14 Leveraging Social Media and Crowdsourcing in Disaster Management Processes in Europe From the report's executive summary: In a changing technological landscape to address disasters, and with increasing diversity of stakeholders in disaster risk management, we need to develop new pathways of using…
2023.12.13 Global Development Day 2023: Recap Find out everything that happened in Global Development Day 2023
Preservation 2023.12.13 Fighting for Biodiversity in Africa In an article published in Danish Journal Udenrigs, Associate Professor Stig Jensen, details the fight for biodiversity in Africa. With an increasing threat of extinction to multiple animal species on the continent,…
Climate Change in Africa 2023.12.12 COP28 - Africa In a recent episode of Danish Radio P1 Orientering Udsyn, Associate Professor Stig Jensen talks about the first African Climate Summit and Africa’s position related to the COP 28 meeting. The African agenda focusing on…
Danish Climate Politics 2023.12.12 Critique of Denmark's Poor Listening Skills Towards Africa's Climate Goals In an article for Altinget, Associate Professor Stig Jensen together with Rune Larsen, points out the hypocrisy of Denmark’s climate initiatives. Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Dan…
RESEARCH 2023.11.29 The influence of cash assistance on the localisation agenda in Kenya’s humanitarian sector Pablo V. Holm-Nielsen, Peter Furu and Emmanuel Raju from COPE and the School of Global Health have published a paper in Jàmbá - Journal of Disaster Risk Studies titled: The influence of cash assistance on the…
Research 2023.11.29 Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar vulnerable to underreported extreme heat would not have occurred without climate change Researchers Nick Baumgard and Emmanuel Raju from COPE and the School of Global Health join their peers in this new study (featured on the Guardian) titled "Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar highly vulnerable to…
Opinion editorial 2023.11.27 The patient is always right You can easily convince the chatbot ChatGPT to agree with incorrect and garbled information. That can be a health threat, especially for vulnerable groups, according to researchers.
Global Health Research 2023.11.27 Global Health Researcher Spotlight: Lena Skovgaard Andersen The School of Global Health's Global Health Research Spotlight series focuses on global health researchers from the University of Copenhagen.
Humanitarian Congress Berlin 2023 2023.11.23 Reflections on the Humanitarian Congress Berlin 2023 Three students studying Disaster Risk Management - Katharina Bucsits, Madeline Ewbank and Christos Tsampoulatidis - attended HC Berlin in-person and share their takeaways on key themes below.
Military Coups in Africa 2023.11.22 The Resilience of Africa's Democracies and the Their Military Coups Associate Professor, Stig Jensen, has recently been in the media to discuss the ongoing military coups that many African counties are experiencing. He explains that many citizens in the countries in Africa that have…
Research 2023.11.22 Call for Papers: Special Issue of the Nordic Journal of African Studies There is an increase in technological consent forms, in research institutions in both Africa and the Nordics. It is often explained in complex legal terms and presented in written form. This increase in informed consent…
Pastoral Influence 2023.11.01 Book Symposium: Pentecostalism and Politics Director and Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach contributes to Contending Modernities’ book symposium (Symposium on Pastoral Power Clerical State Archives | Contending Modernities) on Ebenezer Obadare’s book Pastoral…
Global Health Research 2023.11.01 Global Health Researcher Spotlight: Maansi Parpiani The School of Global Health's Global Health Research Spotlight series focuses on global health researchers from the University of Copenhagen.
Open Urban Space 2023.10.31 Photo exhibition – ‘Old Parks, New Futures' In September 2023, Director and Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach, participated in the final event and photo exhibition of the British Academy funded project ‘Old Parks, New Futures’. The project has run for over two…
Visiting Researcher 2023.10.31 Visiting Researcher Leonie Jegen Leonie Jegen is a visiting researcher at CAS in October and November 2023, linked to the CERTIZENS Research Project (https://teol.ku.dk/english/dept/certizens-certifications-of-citizenship-in-africa/). She is a doctoral…