UCPH Global - selected news

2022.03.25

The Epic Fairy-Tale Narrative of the Communist Party of China

Narratives are an integrated part of society. This blogpost explains how the newest resolution of the Communist Party of China narrates China’s contemporary history with the CPC as the main protagonist in a fairy-tale…

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…

2022.03.09

Documentary: Outcry and Whisper: Kvinder og Frihed

Mød filminstruktøren Zeng Jinyan der har instueret dokumentarfilmen Outcry and Whisper.

2022.03.07

New Analysis: Privacy Lost; Appropriating Surveillance Technology in China’s Fight Against COVID-19

Jun Liu and Hui Zhao analyze the lack of domestic public resistance in China about technology-related privacy risks during the pandemic.

2022.03.03

New ADI Steering Committee

We are pleased to inform you that a new committee (2022-2024) is taking the baton to steer ADI forward.

2022.03.02

Seminar: Krigen i Ukraine – set fra Rusland, Østeuropa og verden

Ruslands invasion i Ukraine og krigens dramatiske begivenheder følges tæt i hele verden, men er der mon enighed om, hvordan krigen bedst kan forstås, og hvad den betyder for verdens lande og befolkninger?

2022.03.02

Seminar: Krigen i Ukraine – set fra Rusland, Østeuropa og verden

Ruslands invasion i Ukraine og krigens dramatiske begivenheder følges tæt i hele verden, men er der mon enighed om, hvordan krigen bedst kan forstås, og hvad den betyder for verdens lande og befolkninger?

PhD Project

2022.03.01

‘We feel like one big village’: A study on social relations among social housing residents in Denmark

With her PhD, Abirami Srivarathan has researched the social relations and neighbourhood environment among middle-aged and older residents in a social housing area in Denmark.

2022.03.01

Russia's invasion of Ukraine also affects Africa

Assistant professor Toke Møldrup Wolff has written an article in GlobalNyt explaining that the consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine extend beyond Europe's borders. Africa, where many countries are already…

2022.02.28

New Policy Brief: US-Chinese strategic competition and the consequences for Europe

In this ThinkChina Policy Brief, Liselotte Odgaard investigates the strategic competition between the United States and China and analyses the implications for Europe.

2022.02.25

COPE Annual Highlights 2021

Now available the 2021 COPE Annual Highlights with an overview of last year's COPE research and activities. Read or download the report below.

2022.02.24

New Analysis: The Rise of Smart Courts in China; Opportunities and Challenges to the Judiciary in a Digital Age

Associate Professor Wen Xiang, UCPH, and Junlin Peng investigates the progress made so far with regard to digitalization of courts in China, and analyzes the opportunities and challenges during the digitalized process o…

2022.02.21

Call for applicants: A postdoctoral researcher focusing on qualitative methods

The ‘Young People’s Climate Change Engagement in Tanzania’ (Y-ENGAGE) project is looking for an experienced postdoctoral research candidate based at Ardhi University in Dar es Salaam. The postdoc will co-lead a…

COVID-19

2022.02.18

The Nordic Pandemic Network gathered to discuss inequity and vulnerability in relation to COVID-19

Over the course of two half-days students, researchers, & implementers from a range of disciplines gathered online to examine matters of inequity and vulnerability in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Nordic…

2022.02.17

Africa's big football dreams

Associate Professor Stig Jensen has written article for 'Vid&Sans'. He explains that despite a fatal accident, a corona crisis and threats of terrorist attacks, Cameroon managed to stage a successful Africa Cup of…

2022.02.17

Africa, climate and the environment - Africa's green wall under the microscope

AFRICA // CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT - Donors are lining up to support a 7000km forest belt across Africa. But can it be done? Stig Jensen has been following Africa's green wall since its infancy. Inspired by several visit…

2022.02.17

Upcoming ChinaTalks lecture: US-Chinese Strategic Competition

This lecture will look at the economic and security dilemmas which Europe face under US-China strategic competition and if these dilemmas engender more or less unity within the European Union.

COPE Socials

2022.02.16

Climate Change Resilience in Small Communities in the Nordic Countries

Rico Kongsager, University College Copenhagen, talks about the new project Climate Change Resilience in Small Communities in the Nordic Countries (CliCNord) which focuses on how to increase capacities in small…

2022.02.16

Traditions and adaptation in Tibesti – A three-part article series about the Tibesti region and northern Chad

Tibesti and northern Chad came on the media map when President Idriss Déby died under mysterious circumstances in April 2021 just after his re-election. For perhaps that was where he was killed. In a three-part article…

2022.02.16

Upcoming ChinaTalks lecture: New Danish Foreign Investment Screening Regime

This ChinaTalks lecture will cover what kind of transactions that are now restricted, who will be considered foreigners under the Danish legislation, on foreign investment screening.