University Post

Campus puzzle falls into place — except for one piece The University of Copenhagen wants to balance the property budget and reduce its climate footprint. The Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management has to move: But where?

The Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management #IGN at #UCPH University of Copenhagen has to move: But where?
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SODAS Lecture on March 13! 📅

Join us for this fascinating lecture, where @marioluissmall.bsky.social will discuss the availability of large-scale data and the spread of computational social science 💻

Event🔗: sodas.ku.dk/events/sodas...

The overlooked genius of geophysics In 1936, seismologist Inge Lehmann was the first in the world to prove that the Earth has a solid inner core. She earned widespread international acclaim — but in Denmark, she received neither the tit...

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Formalin and cancer at the University of Copenhagen: Facts and unanswered questions TV documentary asks whether students may have developed cancer after exposure to formalin in a dissection basement at the Faculty of Health and Medicine.

Why have four young students and dissection instructors who worked between 2006 and 2012 developed cancer? Danish TV documentary and podcast raises concerns. These are the unanswered questions:
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What does it take to integrate quickly, stay productive, and make the most of short windows in top research environments? CERGE-EI PhD student Ilisa Goenka spent spring 2025 at the University of Copenhagen and fall 2025 at the University of Chicago.

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Greenland leads, University of Copenhagen follows in biology partnership The University of Greenland in Nuuk has set up a bachelor’s degree in biology that has hunting, sled dogs, and local narratives as its organising principle.

The name of the biology programme in Nuuk, Greenland, is SILA, meaning both ‘weather’ and ‘consciousness’ — and, in a wider sense — the world or the universe.
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Walter Dellisanti

Read our interview with author Walter Dellisanti, a postdoc in Michael Kühl's lab at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, investigating the metabolic performance of corals under current & future environmental changes through an interdisciplinary & multi-scale approach.
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For student jobs, five to ten hours a week hits the sweet spot Fewer hours in a student job may reduce the risk of dropping out of university. But other factors also play a role, says expert.

The Danish Ministry for Higher Education and Science offers an indication of what the balance between job and studying should look like for students:
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Join us for a day of talks, posters, and discussions, featuring a morning joint lecture with Nobel Laureates Eric F. Wieschaus and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard!
Date: Monday, May 4th, 2026
Location: University of Copenhagen, Mærsk Tower
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Free to participate

Living on DKK 50 a day: My spreadsheet is disappointed. I’m not My financial experiment has entered a new phase. I’ve cracked the code of saving — but is that enough for a good life? And are you doomed to fail as a partner if you’re poor?

Are you doomed to fail as a partner if you’re poor? Student reporter is concerned halfway through his attempt to live on DKK 50 a day in Copenhagen:
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Environmental economics students push back against economics orthodoxy in open letter Students of environmental economics say they are not being prepared for the real world and that they are only being offered one perspective on economics. Department management is prepared to make conc...

It sounds like where you can learn about the interplay between money and the planet’s resources: But it's not. 177 students sign critical open letter to the management of the Department of Food and Resource Economics #IFRO at the University of Copenhagen #UCPH:
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What do PhD students and ICE agents have in common? Career pressure People who are under pressure in their professional lives are willing to act brutally to climb the career ladder. And this can be exploited, new Copenhagen study shows.

Together with his colleague Christian Gläßel from Hertie School, @ascharpf.bsky.social #UCPH has set out to investigate what it is that has ordinary people committing atrocities: uniavisen.dk/en/what-do-p...

Thanks @sorentsvendsen.bsky.social for correcting the tag!

The one and only @robinjames.bsky.social at the University of Copenhagen on April 28th, a talk co-sponsored by the Musicology division, and the Digital Culture and Art & Health research clusters! Wine and beer reception to follow. Not to be missed! ✨

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Interessen for udveksling i USA styrtdykker Læs mere her

Recently, the percentage of Danish exchange students choosing to study in the US has dropped significantly (example: by 30% at the University of Copenhagen)
Reasons for the decline given are Greenland, ICE, and Trump's attacks on US-universities.
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Pay boost and flexible benefits in new agreement for staff State employees — including university staff — can now look forward to more pay, better parental leave terms, and more flexibility. This is after an agreement that also focusses on stress-related illn...

Staff get pay increase of 6.37 per cent in collective agreement:
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The Lundbeck Foundation Professorship Lectures:
Join us on 19 February 2026 for the Lundbeck Foundation Professorship Lectures, at the University of Copenhagen.

Find the Programme and sign up: https://lundbeckfonden.com/en/events/the-lundbeck-foundation-professorship-lectures
#neuroscience #dkvid

Peas in your dessert? It’s happening The soya bean is set to be replaced by the Danish pea in plant-based food. University of Copenhagen associate professor explains the sustainable food initiative.

The Danish food industry is looking for an alternative to soya beans. Enter the humble pea.
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Crackdown on textbook piracy: Students could face legal action After years of relying on awareness campaigns, a copyright enforcement group is now stepping up its efforts to combat illegal textbook copying by students at Danish universities.

Years of information campaigns have done nothing to stop copying digital textbooks among students in Denmark. Now the copyright enforcer says it will take students to court:
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Looking back, University of Copenhagen was really quite hardcore/cool.

And here is a link to the article: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Inaugural Lecture: How Democracies Know: Personhood, Population, and the Politics of Numbers in Ghana w. Alena Thiel #UCPH University of Copenhagen 4 February:
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Can you live on DKK 50 a day in Copenhagen? A student experiment According to a study, one in four students in Denmark live on less than DKK 1,500 a month after expenses. So now I will test this on my own body: Can I live on that for the month of February?

Will the University Post student live to tell the tale? Surviving on DKK 50 a day in Copenhagen:
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First friends, first phrases: Soft landing at the University of Copenhagen Before the semester starts, exchange students can take a course to get to know their new city — and have a go at the tricky Danish language.

First friends, first phrases :)
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Proud parents! Daughter Tessa Canoy defended her PhD thesis in stunning fashion at the University of Copenhagen. Title too long (fermentation and more stuff that is too complicated for me)

Their bachelor’s thesis made it into the top-tier journal ‘The Lancet’ An internship in Australia set off a research project on functional disorders. Now, two Danish students have published their results in one of the world’s leading medical journals.

Two Danish students have published their bachelor's results in one of the world’s leading medical journals @thelancet.com:
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Meet our users, interview with Trine Schonfeldt YouTube video by Danish BioImaging - DBI

🔴Meet the DBI users
🎥 Interview with Trine Schønfeldt, Ph.d. University of Copenhagen – LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center, featured in this issue as a user of CFIB (Core Facility of Integrated BioImaging) and DBI INFRA Image Analysis core Facility.

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Layoffs shake trust in University of Copenhagen — researcher warns international colleagues Sergey Rosbakh left the Faculty of Science in December 2025 and now says that the credibility of UCPH as an employer has been undermined. According to the dean at the faculty the risk of reputational ...

Trust in the University of Copenhagen #UCPH as an employer has been undermined, says Sergey Rosbakh @srosbakh.bsky.social after mass layoffs at the Faculty of Science: »I’m almost ashamed to admit it, but I felt relieved to be on my way out«.
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Today, Prof Antonio Calcara is at the Centre for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen, to discuss European security, tech and geopolitics. The seminar is moderated by Associate Professor Tobias Liebetrau.

More info
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In Memoriam: Peter Marcus Kristensen (1983–2025) Our dear colleague Peter Marcus Kristensen has passed away, the Department of Political Science writes.

In memory of Peter Marcus Kristensen, Department of Political Science, #UCPH University of Copenhagen. Obituary:
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