UCPH Global - selected news

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.

2022.04.19

The (Spiritual) Revolution, Pentecostal Belonging, and the Past in Zanzibar

Hans Olsson, Marie Curie Fellow at CAS has contributed with a chapter in the recently published book Across the Waves Strategies of Belonging in Indian Ocean Island Societies edited by Iain Walker & Marie-Aude Fouéré…

2022.04.12

Dr. Primus M. Tazanu gives keynote at 4th Biennial Conference of African Studies Association of Africa

CAS guest researcher Dr. Primus M. Tazanu delivered a keynote at the 4th Biennial Conference of African Studies Association of Africa hosted by the Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA), University of Cape Town,…

2022.04.12

Karen Lauterbach gives keynote at 13th GloPent conference

CAS Director and Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach has given one of three keynotes at the 13th GloPent conference on 1-2 April 2022. The international and interdisciplinary conference is organized by the European…

EAST AFRICA CASE CHALLENGE 2022

2022.04.01

Battle of the brains

50 international students united under the slogan “Battle of the brains” in Zanzibar to come up with innovative solutions to East Africa’s challenges with food security and nutrition.

2022.03.31

Russia has many friends in Africa, but can they stand to be beaten yellow and blue?

Associate Professor Stig Jensen has written article for GlobalNyt explaining that several countries in Africa see Russia as an attractive partner because they are fed up with what they perceive as the West's know-it-all…

INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

2022.03.25

Combined Internship 2022

Nordic Africa Research Network (NARN) and Centre of African Studies (CAS), University of Copenhagen.

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…

2022.03.03

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?

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…

2022.02.25

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.

2022.02.21

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…