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Fluctuating hormone levels throughout the menstrual cycle affect the effectiveness of ADHD medication in women. Research in this area is limited, but a group of students from the University of Copenhagen aims to change that.
Artificial intelligence makes it possible to keep talking to someone long after their death. The technology is already widespread in some parts of the world, and University of Copenhagen professor Anders Søgaard believes it could become common practice in Denmark too. But what does it mean for grief when we breathe digital life into the dead?
A new study from the Department of Computer Science shows that using language models to search for information risks leading to a collapse in knowledge diversity. AI answers are less diverse and less in-depth than a regular Google search — and it has consequences.
When Russia chose »the wrong side of history«, teaching associate professor Mads Büchert Eskildsen could no longer remain a spectator. He now spends his annual leave and his own money driving vehicles to Ukraine, where they help on the front lines – even though this means risking 15 years in prison in the country he has spent his entire working life studying.
UCPH will not achieve its ambition of halving its climate footprint by 2030. The university’s spokesperson highlights its thorough and transparent approach to climate accounting, but says everyone would have liked to see better progress.
Life on short-term contracts, marked by constant uncertainty, demands superhuman strength, say Jaime Caballer Revenga and Salvatore Paolo De Rosa. Through the network We Are The University, they want to bring colleagues together, put pressure on the unions and rediscover the strike as a tool.
The university will continue to have six faculties, but its academic disciplines will be organised differently. According to the Rector, the new structure should better »reflect reality«. Staff have responded to the plans with reservations and reform fatigue.
A new study shows that many researchers feel the conditions attached to research funding restrict their work. Movement for a Free Academia calls for a different balance and proposes a fixed annual sum that researchers can spend at their own discretion.
A new report recommends a pilot scheme to improve the Danish Parliament’s access to independent scientific advice. Newly elected Speaker Henrik Frandsen is willing to look into the proposal.
