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A new DKK 11.9 million research project between UCPH and Roskilde University will examine antisemitism in Denmark. In three areas there is an »urgent need for new knowledge,« says the project leader.
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.
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.
Former University of Copenhagen professor Hans Bonde was found to have committed research misconduct after inserting AI-generated fictitious passages and references into a research manuscript. The ruling is the first of its kind and could influence how similar AI-related errors are assessed in the research community in the future.
A new legal opinion concludes that the Danish Board on Research Misconduct’s decision against the former University of Copenhagen professor is invalid. Hans Bonde’s lawyer now wants the board to reconsider the case.
The experience of injustice can trigger anger and protest when people feel that their status, identity and recognition are under threat, Séamus Anthony Power argues in a new book.
After 13 years with the Danish Security and Intelligence Service, Esbern Stig Møller will now protect UCPH’s research from espionage by foreign states. But he acknowledges that security may conflict with the University’s openness.
For 70 years, the University of Copenhagen’s living gene bank Pometet has preserved old fruit varieties, experimented with new cultivation methods, and fought to hold on to space in a surrounding world that has repeatedly tried to build over it.
After a year and a half of negotiations, the Royal Danish Library and Danish Universities have given up on reaching a new agreement with Oxford University Press. In the humanities, Associate Professor Christian Dahl fears that researchers and students will overlook important knowledge.
