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PhD Project

2022.02.10

Improving delivery and care for mothers and newborns in Zanzibar

Rashid Saleh Khamis is writing his PhD at the PartoMa project. The research aims to improve the knowledge and skills of birth attendants, care during delivery, and outcomes for mothers and newborn babies in Zanzibar.

2022.02.09

External Podcast: Hvordan kolliderer sport, politik og covid-19 ved vinter-OL i Beijing?

Mikkel Bunkenborg, lektor i Kinastudier på Københavns Universitet, gæstede i fredags 4. Division på P1, hvor han gav sit besyv på hvordan sport, politik og covid-19 interagerer ved vinter-OL i Beijing.

2022.02.09

Presset på kinesiske atleter under vinter-OL er enormt

’Zhu Yi has fallen’ – sådan lød et af de mest brugte hashtags på det kinesiske sociale medie Weibo efter at den kinesiske skøjteløber Zhu Yi faldt under sit skøjteløb til vinter-OL.

2022.02.03

Get to know Africa and us in Africa - a review of “På kanten af asfalten – Fra Kampala til Niamey og retur “

Associate Professor Stig Jensen has written a review in GlobalNyt about former CAS student Lars Zbinden Hansen’s newly published book “På kanten af asfalten – Fra Kampala til Niamey og retur”. Associate Professor Stig…

2022.02.01

Corona-egocentrism: maladaptive solutions only create problems in Africa

Associate Professor Stig Jensen has written an opinion piece based on his experience at the front line of the COVID-19 Omicron closure in southern Africa in connection with fieldwork related travel in Zambia and…

2022.01.30

Summer programme - Nordic Centre India

A four-week-long intensive summer course on “Gender and Society in Contemporary India” at University of Hyderabad.

2022.01.27

New research project: The Afterlives of Urban Muslim Asia

AHRC funded project (2022-2024) with Dr. Vera Skvirskaja from the Dept. of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies as a Co-PI.

2022.01.25

AFCON: COVID, empty stadiums and high interest

Associate Professor Stig Jensen has written two article discussing AFCON, COVID-19, low turnout and high interest

2022.01.25

The Generation of Trust in Political Parties in Ghana

CAS Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach has co-authored an article with George Bob-Milliar (Senior Lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) published in the scientific journal Africa…

New position

2022.01.25

Novo Nordisk Foundation hires Flemming Konradsen as Scientific Director of Global Health

Professor Flemming Konradsen has been appointed to a newly established position as Scientific Director of Global Health in the Social & Humanitarian department of the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

2022.01.25

New video: Paneldebat Dansk Industri om Kinas nye Norm

Daglig leder af ThinkChina, Casper Wichmann, deltog i en paneldebat hos Dansk Industri om Danmarks fortsatte samarbejde med Kina.

2022.01.19

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2022.01.18

KJ Chen receives SHAFR Grant

Dr Kuan-Jen Chen has been awarded a SHAFR William Appleman Williams Junior Faculty Research Grant.

2022.01.14

CfP: Categories, Digital Reconfiguration and Mobility in China

The conference is a joint opening conference for the Network Categorizing People and Resources in Contemporary China (CatCh) and the Moving Data - Moving People (MDMP) project. Deadline: 15 Feb

COPE Socials

2022.01.03

Maladaptation: When Adaptation to Climate Change Goes Very Wrong

What is maladaptation, and why aren’t we better at detecting it before it happens? In this talk, Dr Lisa Schipper, University of Oxford, blends the policy context with on-the-ground experiences to try to unpack whether…

GLOBAL HEALTH RESEARCH

2021.12.28

4,7 million EUR to new global health research projects

University of Copenhagen has received 4,7 million EUR for three new global health research projects.

COPE Socials

2021.12.21

The Bounded Agencies of Young People's Everyday Climate Crisis Activism

In this COPE-social Morten Skovdal, University of Copenhagen, elaborates on the bounded agency of young people’s everyday climate crisis activisms, drawing on a recently published special issue in Children’s Geographies…

Global Mental Health

2021.12.09

New PhD project: Mental health and psychosocial support interventions in low resource settings

A new PhD project aims to bridge the gaps and barriers in effective mental health and psychosocial support interventions in conflict-affected low resource settings.

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2021.12.08

MA in African Studies: Application deadline for international students

Are you a non EU/EAA/Swiss applicant interested in studying the MA in African Studies at the University of Copenhagen?

Prestigious award goes to ADI/NIAS researcher

2021.12.07

Postdoc Kuan-Jen Chen wins translation prize!

We are happy to announce that Dr. Kuan-Jen Chen's Chinese co-translation of Professor Barak Kushner’s book; Men to Devils, Devils to Men: Japanese War Crimes and Chinese Justice has been named "Best Translation of the…