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Scientists do NOT have time to do science

Professors and associate professors only use about one third of their time on research. Administration and the search for funding is eating up a growing portion of their time.

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UCPH scientists get DKK 120m for pioneering research

Three scientists from the University of Copenhagen have each received nearly DKK 40 million for their technical and scientific research.

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“The existence of gravity should not be open to political debate”

On 22 April, scientists all over the globe will march in co-ordinated protests in 394 cities. Ian Bearden, a physicist and professor at UCPH, is organising the march in Copenhagen because he wants his children to inherit a liveable planet.

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Philosophy at UCPH jumps into the world elite

Philosophy at the University of Copenhagen has jumped up 17 places to a 29th spot on the QS World University Rankings 2017. Section head says a long-term strategic commitment has made the department more visible in international research environments

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Hacking and cyber espionage - just a normal day at UCPH

Center for Cyber ​​Security concludes that Danish research is an easy target for hackers

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Climate expert John R. Porter has never stopped being curious

John R. Porter retires after 35 years of crop science. The 67-year-old professor emeritus is now France's oldest postdoc

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Recognised climate expert a new professor at Niels Bohr

Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen is an expert in using climate modelling to predict the climate of the future. Now the Niels Bohr Institute is hiring him as professor

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Gamma-ray burst triumph gets largest Danish individual research award

Great ideas and scientific advances in cosmology have secured the University of Copenhagen’s annual Villum Kann Rasmussen award to Professor Jens Hjorth from UCPH. His work is in understand dark matter and dark energy, which make up 95 per cent of the universe

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Researchers: Denmark has been an activist nation for a long time

Two UCPH researchers have been tasked by the Danish parliament to find out what we can learn from Denmark’s violent recent history. Perhaps we can learn that there is a surprising continuity in the Danish conduct of foreign policy, even if the methods change

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The forgotten collection

In the basement of the old Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University deformed animals are kept in formalin. The veterinary collection of deformities has lost its scientific value, but it is a cultural treasure that is in danger of disappearing

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