UCPH Global - selected news

South Africa

2023.08.24

Tiden|South Africa BRICS Summit

In the newest episode of the podcast Tiden, by DR, Associate Professor Stig Jensen discusses the role of South Africa, specifically President Cyril Ramaphosa in global peace keeping efforts as they host the BRICS Summi…

Niger Military Coup

2023.08.24

Niger's Freedom Struggle Challenges the West

In a new article written by Associate Professor, Stig Jensen focuses on the recent military coup and the increasing tensions in Niger as a whole. In a country that has previously been under French colonial rule their…

Malaria

2023.08.08

Children born from mothers with malaria have a higher risk of developing diabetes

New research from University of Copenhagen have found that babies born from mothers with malaria have a higher risk of developing diabetes as well as other cardio-metabolic diseases.

2023.08.01

The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation

The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation is pleased to announce a second round for applications to our grant for exchange with Japan - both for students and researchers this year.

Global Health Researcher Spotlight

2023.07.31

Stefanie Harsch: Improving cancer literacy in Kenya

Global Health Research Spotlight is a news story series for School of Global Health’s communication platforms.

2023.07.27

CERTIZENS PhD research stay at CAS

CERTIZENS PhDs from Ghana and Uganda visited CAS this Spring

New Podcast

2023.07.04

Orientering Udsyn: Towards a new European foreign policy in Africa?

On the recent episode of the Danish Radio podcast Orientering Udsyn, Associate Professor at CAS, Karen Lauterbach examines the latest European state visits to African countries and how these point to a shift in European…

2023.07.04

The Fight for Nature and Biodiversity

Associate Professor at CAS, Stig Jensen examines the recent trends in nature management and protection of biodiversity in Denmark and African states.

2023.06.30

New MSC-postdoc: Paulina Kolata

Dr Paulina (Paula) Kolata joined the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies (ToRS) and the Centre for Contemporary Buddhist Studies (CCBS) at the University of Copenhagen as Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action…

Mental health

2023.06.20

Research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings for the years to come

Wietse Anton Tol from the University of Copenhagen has developed a consensus-based research agenda that outlines the top 20 research questions that key stakeholders in the field feel should be answered in the current…

Award

2023.06.09

Florence Nightingale Medal awarded to Master of Disaster Management alumni

We are extremely proud of our disaster management alumni - Rikke Dalsted who was awarded The Florence Nightingale Medal. The Florence Nightingale Medal is awarded to individuals who have shown exceptional courage and…

Symposium

2023.06.08

Research achievements of the Building Stronger Universities programme at State University of Zanzibar

The partners in the Building Stronger Universities programme at The State University of Zanzibar celebrated a decade of fruitful collaboration with a two-day symposium at Zanzibar Beach Resort on 5-6 June 2023.

2023.05.30

Dr Vera Skvirskaja at Afterlives of Urban Muslim Asia international workshop

Dr Vera Skvirskaja from the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies gave a talk at the Afterlives of Urban Muslim Asia international workshop at Darwin College, University of Cambridge on Tuesday 23rd May.

New study

2023.05.26

Climate Change made heatwave in Asia 30 times more likely

Extreme humid heat in South Asia in April 2023, largely driven by climate change, detrimental to vulnerable and disadvantaged communities

Interview

2023.05.23

Kamissa Camara on the "politics of coups"

Speaking to the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Kamissa Camara lays out the topic of her research: the differing responses to military coups in West Africa by the African Union (AU) and The Economic…

2023.05.23

Conflict in Sudan: towards a multipolar world

In light of the recent outbreak of armed clashes in Sudan, Associate Professor Stig Jensen shared his worry over the ramifications of the increasingly multipolar world for the outcome of this conflict.

September 6, 2023

2023.05.19

Call for papers: Risky Business: Perspectives on Governance of South Asian Ecologies

Call for Papers Across South Asia, ecological risk mapping and mitigation is part of the vocabularies of local and national governments. Ecological management by governments is not new to South Asia and has long shaped…

Arctic health

2023.05.16

New affiliated professor in arctic health at University of Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen is appointing medical doctor Michael Lynge Pedersen as the new affiliated professor in artic health at the Department of Public Health.

2023.05.09

ADI Call for Applications: Funding for Master Students working on Asia

Are you planning to do fieldwork for your Master thesis on or in Asia but lacking resources to carry out the work you are so passionate about doing? Or perhaps you are thinking about doing a PhD and need some financial…

2023.05.01

The Centre of African Studies hosts new Marie Curie Postdoctoral fellow, Anna Mazzolini

Architect by initial training, and subsequently urban policy expert and researcher, Anna Mazzolini has been working at the interstices between practice and research in and for countries in transition in Sub-Saharan…