UCPH Global - selected news

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…

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?