PERSPECTIVE 2024.06.11 Unravelling Water Scarcity and Pathogen Transmission: PhD Research Stay in Bangladesh Sara Almeida is a PhD fellow at COPE and her research is part of the DANIDA funded WatScarce project, a multidisciplinary project studying the influence of water scarcity on pathogen transmission in low-income urban…
INTERVIEW 2024.06.11 Interview with Kristoffer Langkjær Albris COPE interviews Kristoffer Albris, Associate Professor at Anthropology and SODAS, University of Copenhagen, Head of Studies for M.Sc. in Social Data Science. What do you do at COPE and how does your anthropological…
WORKSHOP 2024.06.05 "Translating climate science for international law": COPE hosts the second multidisciplinary workshop in Copenhagen After kicking off their collaboration in Amsterdam in June 2023, a multidisciplinary group of scholars working in the fields of Climate Science and International Law got together in Copenhagen on 23 and 24 May 2024 to…
Study Environment 2024.06.03 Strong Social Ties at Centre of African Studies A New Report from University of Copenhagen Reveals Strong Social Cohesion and Supportive Study Environment at the Centre of African Studies.
GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCHER SPOTLIGHT 2024.05.29 Bolette Frydendahl Larsen: The everyday life of people living with HIV/AIDS in Denmark Meet Bolette Frydendahl Larsen, a postdoc at the Centre for Gender, Sexuality and Difference, University of Copenhagen.
REPORT 2024.05.24 Borgernes forståelser af skybrud og andre beredskabshændelser samt forventninger til kommunikation i Frederiksberg Kommune Nina Blom Andersen and Louise Hill have published a report (in Danish) presenting the findings from the Danish LINKS case study on cloud bursts in the city of Frederiksberg. Based on a comprehensive study involving both…
in memory of 2024.05.23 Remembering Ole Justesen // Mindeord om Ole Justesen It is with sadness that we have received the message of the passing of Ole Justesen, co-founder and former Director at the Centre of African Studies, University of Copenhagen.
STUDENTS 2024.05.13 Student experience in the Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Methods course, Chennai 2024 As part of the Master of Disaster Management programme, this year’s Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Methods (VRAM) elective was hosted in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India in partnership with the Indian Institute of…
Care Drain 2024.05.01 Researchers warn: Denmark will drain the Philippines and India of the health care workers they themselves need Denmark has far better coverage of healthcare professionals than India and the Philippines, which report a shortage of nurses. "Ethically worrying" that Denmark wants to recruit from there, say three researchers.
Global Health Researcher Spotlight 2024.05.01 Helle Samuelsen: How civil servants promote climate change adaptation in Burkina Faso The School of Global Health's Global Health Research Spotlight series focuses on global health researchers from the University of Copenhagen.
RESEARCHER SPOTLIGHT 2024.04.30 Healthy Future exhibition features Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen COPE member and associate professor at the University of Copenhagen, Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen is featured in a new exhibition inaugurated by the Dean of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Bente Merete…
Diplomacy in Africa 2024.04.30 Dag Hammarskjöld - UN Hero? In a recent podcast produced by Radio4 titled ‘Verden Kalder’, Associate Professor Stig Jensen delves into the history surrounding Dag Hammarskjöld, in light of the recently released movie about his life. Stig speaks…
RESEARCH 2024.04.25 Social media and crowdsourcing in disaster risk management: Trends, gaps, and insights from the current state of research Social media and crowdsourcing (SMCS) are increasingly used as tools to govern disasters. Nevertheless, we have a limited understanding of how these technologies support disaster risk management (DRM). Based on a…
Grassroots healthcare 2024.04.24 Global health crisis: Vietnam shows new ways to treat diabetes Med øget fokus på uformel omsorg er det muligt at forbedre diabetespatienters liv markant. Det viser forskningsprojektet VALID, der netop har afsluttet sin første fase i Vietnam og kan få betydning andre steder.
South Africa 2024.04.24 Mandela's vision is the guiding star for post-apartheid South Africa In an article published by ‘Baggrund’, Associate Professor Stig Jensen details how the spirit of Mandela and his efforts to fighting apartheid and create a more equal world still lives on. South Africa has grown their…
2024.04.23 Rethinking Vulnerability in the Nordic countries: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic Researchers Emmanuel Raju, Claudia Morsut, Olivier Rubin, Gyöngyi Kovács, Johan von Schreeb, Carina King and Anne Bach Nielsen have published their new study in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction titled…
PERSPECTIVE 2024.04.23 Living and Working through Heatwaves in Urban Chennai- Field Reflections Globally heat is becoming an urgent disaster that needs to be acted upon. Heatwaves are progressively becoming more severe with increasing frequency.
INTERVIEW 2024.04.23 Interview with Marianne Bach Mosebo Meet Marianne Bach Mosebo, Assistant Professor at the University College Copenhagen. She is currently working on the project ‘Scope of drones and AI usage in disaster management and humanitarian aid’, in cooperation wit…
PERSPECTIVE 2024.04.23 Climate Change Resilience in Small Communities in the Nordic Countries (CliCNord) Climate change is also affecting the Nordic countries, and there are vulnerable geographical areas that will be particularly affected by an increasing number of devastating natural events.
CERTIZENS 2024.04.16 CERTIZENS Regional Workshop on Changing ID Systems in East Africa In January, CERTIZENS Research Project convened a three-day workshop in Kampala with the title 'Changing ID Systems in East Africa: Histories, Policies and Practices and the Reshaping of States and Citizens'. In five…