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11 young UPCH scientists to share DKK 84m from Villum Fonden

The Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen has done well this year in terms of getting funding from the Villum Fonden's Young Investigator Programme. 10 out of the 18 young grant recipients are from this faculty.

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Campus

This is why the University of Copenhagen has agreed to a visit from Puigdemont

Arrest warrant or not, the exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont is welcome at UCPH so students can meet politics in all its real complexity. This is according to Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, Head of the Department of Political Science.

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Science

Research project to turn bioplastics into viable alternative

Plastics made from biomass are still too costly and too energy-intensive to be able to compete under normal market conditions. A UCPH scientist now wants to make this change.

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Science

Three UCPH scientists get DKK 60 million – each

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has granted a total of DKK 360 million from the foundation's Challenge Programme, divided into six different projects. Three of the recipients are UCPH researchers.

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Politics

DM union members bring their jobs back home

It is completely normal to check work mail or have your work phone open outside normal working hours. This is according to a survey among members of the union DM, the Danish Association of Masters and PhDs.

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International

Scientists from six countries to investigate threat messages

What constitutes a ‘threat’? International project led by a UCPH associate professor is to identify the key elements in threats.

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International

Researchers pressured to add authors to papers

Women and young researchers often write in co-authors who have not contributed significantly to their scientific articles. A new study reveals questionable conditions.

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Campus

Construction of Natural History Museum set to begin

Plans for a new, expanded Natural History Museum near the Botanical Gardens are ready to move ahead after the selection of Per Aarsleff as the building’s main contractor. If all goes according to schedule, the museum will open its doors in 2020

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Culture

When research is presented through works of art

If non-scientists or non-academics are to get interested in scientific research results, it can be a good idea to make a visual work of art out of it.

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Campus

Triple prize streak for Maersk Tower

The new Maersk Tower near Panum has been awarded three prizes, including the prize for the world’s best research building at the World Architecture Fair.

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