University of Copenhagen
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Campus
Nearly two years ago, five University of Copenhagen students and Greta Thunberg were arrested during an attempt to blockade and occupy Rector's administration building. Now, they are facing trial in a case they fear will have consequences reaching far beyond themselves.
Working environment
12 percent of the technical-administrative staff covered by the University of Copenhagen’s administrative reform report sickness absence due to work pressure and stress. University Director Søren Munk Skydsgaard calls the figure »too high« and links it to new managers, new tasks, and an administration where not everything has yet fallen into place.
Science
We talk about the era of colonialism as something that is over. But we forget to ask — over for whom? In a new book, Professor Mathias Danbolt dwells on some of the most iconic and familiar images from the colonial period, and he asks us stay with the discomfort.
Politics
Researchers call for clearer direction, greater autonomy, and a break with detailed political control of universities
Politics
The Liberal Party wants to double the number of young conscripts to 13,000 by 2035. But according to a University of Copenhagen researcher, the impact depends entirely on what the soldiers will be used for — and whether the armed forces can handle them.
Science
Research team at the Niels Bohr Institute cracked the enigma of red light sources in the early universe. We talked to the astrophysicists who were first to unravel the mystery.
