UCPH Global - selected news

Influence in Africa

2024.02.06

Russia in Africa: Debate

Associate Professor, Stig Jensen, will be partaking in a panel debate about the Russia’s influence in Africa and the recent military coups in the Sahel region. The debate will also focus on the Wagner group’s activities…

Global Health

2024.02.06

School of Global Health Celebrates 15 Years of Impact and Innovation

The University of Copenhagen's School of Global Health recently marked a significant milestone with its 15th Anniversary Celebration.

International Court of Justice

2024.01.31

South Africa takes Israel to Court

Lately, there has been significant media coverage in connection with South Africa's court case against Israel before the International Court of Justice. Associate Professor Stig Jensen has been in the media with analysi…

Reproductive Health

2024.01.31

When a Hidden Abortion is better than a Visible Pregnancy

Hamida Massaquoi, a PhD student at CAS, has published an article in TEOL information at Copenhagen University. The article titled ‘When a secret abortion is better than a visible pregnancy’, delves into the complicated…

Global Health Researcher Spotlight

2024.01.31

Henrik Kløverpris: Mechanisms underlying gut immune reconstitution after HIV infection

Meet Henrik Kløverpris, an Associate Professor at University of Copenhagen researching the mechanisms underlying gut immune reconstitution following injury or damage after HIV infection.

Appointment

2024.01.23

Karen Lauterbach Appointed to Editorial Board

Director and Associate Professor Karen Lauterbach has been appointed to the advisory editorial board for the Journal of Modern African Studies published by Cambridge University Press. The journal offers a survey of…

Mauritus

2024.01.17

Islands in the Indian Ocean: Development and Biodiversity

In the latest news Associate Professor Stig Jensen, after a visit to the island state delves into the islands of the Indian Ocean focusing on their biodiversity, development, and the impact of colonization today. The…

Global Health Researcher Spotlight

2023.12.20

Jacob Lind: Everyday lives of migrants in vulnerable situations

The School of Global Health's Global Health Research Spotlight series focuses on global health researchers from the University of Copenhagen.

Case challenge

2023.12.18

Unlocking solutions: Students shine in Global Health Case Challenge to combat infodemics

60 students from 8 different universities and institutions gathered for the University of Copenhagen’s annual Global Health Case Challenge.

LINKS EU Project

2023.12.14

Leveraging Social Media and Crowdsourcing in Disaster Management Processes in Europe

From the report's executive summary: In a changing technological landscape to address disasters, and with increasing diversity of stakeholders in disaster risk management, we need to develop new pathways of using…

2023.12.13

Global Development Day 2023: Recap

Find out everything that happened in Global Development Day 2023

Preservation

2023.12.13

Fighting for Biodiversity in Africa

In an article published in Danish Journal Udenrigs, Associate Professor Stig Jensen, details the fight for biodiversity in Africa. With an increasing threat of extinction to multiple animal species on the continent,…

Climate Change in Africa

2023.12.12

COP28 - Africa

In a recent episode of Danish Radio P1 Orientering Udsyn, Associate Professor Stig Jensen talks about the first African Climate Summit and Africa’s position related to the COP 28 meeting. The African agenda focusing on…

Danish Climate Politics

2023.12.12

Critique of Denmark's Poor Listening Skills Towards Africa's Climate Goals

In an article for Altinget, Associate Professor Stig Jensen together with Rune Larsen, points out the hypocrisy of Denmark’s climate initiatives. Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Dan…

RESEARCH

2023.11.29

The influence of cash assistance on the localisation agenda in Kenya’s humanitarian sector

Pablo V. Holm-Nielsen, Peter Furu and Emmanuel Raju from COPE and the School of Global Health have published a paper in Jàmbá - Journal of Disaster Risk Studies titled: The influence of cash assistance on the…

Research

2023.11.29

Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar vulnerable to underreported extreme heat would not have occurred without climate change

Researchers Nick Baumgart and Emmanuel Raju from COPE and the School of Global Health join their peers in this new study (featured on the Guardian) titled "Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar highly vulnerable to…

Opinion editorial

2023.11.27

The patient is always right

You can easily convince the chatbot ChatGPT to agree with incorrect and garbled information. That can be a health threat, especially for vulnerable groups, according to researchers.

Global Health Researcher Spotlight

2023.11.27

Lena Skovgaard Andersen: Mental health challenges of people living with chronic illness

The School of Global Health's Global Health Research Spotlight series focuses on global health researchers from the University of Copenhagen.

Humanitarian Congress Berlin 2023

2023.11.23

Reflections on the Humanitarian Congress Berlin 2023

Three students studying Disaster Risk Management - Katharina Bucsits, Madeline Ewbank and Christos Tsampoulatidis - attended HC Berlin in-person and share their takeaways on key themes below.

Military Coups in Africa

2023.11.22

The Resilience of Africa's Democracies and the Their Military Coups

Associate Professor, Stig Jensen, has recently been in the media to discuss the ongoing military coups that many African counties are experiencing. He explains that many citizens in the countries in Africa that have…