Air Quality 2022.09.07 Not all kinds of lockdown measures for COVID-19 subsequently improved air quality A newly published study by Jiawei Zhang and his colleagues, surprisingly showed that not all kinds of lockdown measures for COVID-19 subsequently improved air quality.
Appointment 2022.09.02 Katherine Richardson receives honorary doctorate For her years in research and her scientific contributions, Professor and Leader of Sustainability Science Centre, Katherine Richardson receives an honorary doctorate at the Arctic University of Norway.
Affiliate Professor 2022.09.02 George Bob-Milliar appointed Affiliate Professor in African Studies George Bob-Milliar of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana is appointed new Affiliate Professor in African Studies, effective 1 September 2022.
2022.09.01 Green transition called off: DR Congo’s new way to fight poverty and create development Associate Professor Stig Jensen at the Centre of African Studies has written a three-part article series for GlobalNyt highlighting some of the many paradoxes associated with DR Congo's decision to Congo put 30 oil and…
2022.08.16 Russia and the West hunt hearts and minds in Africa Associate Professor Stig Jensen has written a two-part article for GlobalNyt analysing Sergei Lavrov and Emmanuel Macron's tours in Africa.
2022.08.16 Call for abstracts: Climate Change Related Mobility in the Nordic Region The second workshop of the Nordic Network on Climate-Related Displacement and Mobility will take place on 8-9 December 2022 hosted at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in Lund Sweden. Abstracts are due 20 September. Read…
2022.08.16 Remembering former CAS student, Gavin David Shepherd CAS has been greatly saddened by news of the recent tragic loss of our former MA graduate, Gavin ‘Gavster’ David Shepherd. Gavin suffered a fatal cardiac arrest on 19 July while hillwalking in Scotland with his sister…
2022.08.09 CAS students collaborate with GlobalNyt on course-based articles Globalnyt has published a two-part article series with two CAS students, supported by the Center for African Studies, University of Copenhagen.
HIV 2022.07.13 Inadequate access to harm reduction services may cause higher HIV prevalence among women who use drugs in Tanzania People who use drugs are more affected by HIV compared to the general population in Tanzania. In the last few years, the prevalence of HIV among people who use drugs has decreased but women who use drugs are…
Innovation in global health 2022.07.12 Updated educational resources about innovation in global health Newly updated educational resources about innovation in global health. Freely available to anyone interested.
2022.06.24 2022 Autumn Call for ADI Funding The Asian Dynamics Initiative invites researchers employed at the University of Copenhagen to submit proposals for financial support for projects and activities with research focus on Asia.
Case challenge 2022.06.17 Student innovations to improve the health of indigenous peoples A team from University of Copenhagen participated in the Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition and developed a health action plan to improve the health of indigenous peoples.
2022.06.10 PRIVACY Postdoctoral researchers invited to teach at the Center of African Studies (CAS) methods course with a focus on digital Karen Lauterbach, Associate Professor and Director of the Center of African Studies, invited the two Privacy Scholars, Natacha Klein Käfer and Natália da Silva Perez, with a scholarly profile on Digital Humanities to…
2022.06.09 What does the EU want with Africa? Associate Professor Stig Jensen, CAS, is invited to participate in a panel by the Democracy in Europe Information Society on the bilateral relationship between the two unions. The panel will address the following…
2022.06.02 PhD Scholarship at the Faculty of Theology including Centre of African Studies Two PhD scholarships (three-year) will be available from 1 December 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Climate Change 2022.06.01 Climate Change made devastating early heat in India and Pakistan 30 times more likely Since the beginning of March, India and Pakistan and large parts of South Asia experienced prolonged heat, that at the time of writing, May 2022, still hasn’t subsided.
Launch event 2022.05.25 The crisis of unintended pregnancies and the shortcomings of modern contraception United Nation Population Fund’s (UNFPA) State of World Population Report 2022 confirms an alarming fact: almost half of all pregnancies - a total of 121 million pregnancies each year - are unintended.
2022.05.19 Mission and the Anthropology of Christianity: Africanist Perspectives Karen Lauterbach, Associate Professor and Director of CAS, contributes to the newly published Oxford Handbook of Mission Studies with a chapter on ‘Mission and the Anthropology of Christianity: Africanist Perspectives’.…
2022.05.17 The Centre of African Studies hosts new visiting PhD researcher, Francis Benyah Francis research focuses on Pentecostal/Charismatic theology and African Pentecostal Christianity with a special interest in how Pentecostal/Charismatic theology and African Pentecostal Christianity intersects and…
2022.05.03 Special issue Plastic Asia in The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies Special issue Plastic Asia in The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies edited by Trine Brox and Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko.