UCPH Global - selected news

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…

2022.02.16

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…

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.

2022.02.03

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.

2022.01.18

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

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.

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…

Mental health & HIV

2021.11.26

Treating depression and improving adherence in people living with HIV in South Africa

A recent study published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society shows that it is possible to treat depression and improve adherence in HIV care, through culturally appropriate psychological interventions.

2021.11.23

Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation

Nu åben for ansøgninger. Ansøgningsfrist 31. januar 2022

Interview

2021.11.17

New Learnings for New Horizons: Internship Stories from COPE

Juliette Nicolaï is a recent graduate with a master’s degree in Global Health from the University of Copenhagen with a keen interest in the humanitarian field which motivated her to pursue a specialisation in Disaster…

Publication

2021.11.16

Exploring the use of social media and crowdsourcing technology in disaster risk governance

LINKS “Strengthening links between technologies and society for European disaster resilience” is a comprehensive research project on information and communication technology and disaster governance in Europe. A new…