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Board game about sustainability designed by a research project wins award

2019.11.26

Savanna Life was designed by an interdisciplinary team working with a game designer to facilitate involvement and discussion about natural resource management and sustainable futures in the cross-boundary Greater … »
Star communicator: "A Facebook thread spawned one of my best research articles"

2019.11.22

Somewhat unconventionally, the SCIENCE Dissemination Award 2019 goes to a researcher with a sizeable social media footprint. Thousands of LinkedIn and Twitter followers provide Professor Marcel Bogers with access to … »
8 out of 10 Danes not ready to do completely without meat on the plate

2019.11.19

A new University of Copenhagen study reports that the vast majority of Danes prefer a combination of meat and vegetables on their plates and that few are ready to do away with the meat portion. The research results … »
New Centre for Research into Welfare Problems in Companion Animals

2019.11.08

Today, the future Head of the new Centre, Professor Peter Sandøe, will receive a grant of DKK 1 million from ‘Skibsreder Per Henriksen, R. and Hustrus Fond’ at an award ceremony at ‘Det Kgl. Vajsenhus’ (the Royal … »
Overweight Danes are more likely to have overweight dogs according to new research

2019.09.18

A new study from the University of Copenhagen reports that the prevalence of overweight dogs is markedly larger among overweight owners than among normal weight owners. Part of the explanation lies in whether treats are … »
Video: How to make the African food sector more profitable

2019.09.12

Ghanaian shea butter, Kenyan honey and Tanzanian Aloe Vera are among the products, which local farmers can improve their profit from, according to the recently finished UCPH project VALOR. … »
Another prestigious award for the UCPH project ‘It’s Our Forest Too’

2019.08.02

The Prey Lang Community Network in Cambodia has with help from UCPH researchers started protecting their forest using a new innovative app. The solution has been awarded the ‘Energy Globe Award’ 2019, and thereby the … »
Beyond Anarchy: Property, Precarity and Land Governance in Urban Congo

2019.07.01

Land is a key resource and its attribution is of vital economic and political concern across societal groups in urban eastern Congo. In a recent Congo Research Brief, researchers analyse the nexus between property … »
Defaunation – overlooked in international forest governance - jeopardises forest carbon storage and climate change mitigation efforts

2019.05.06

New study finds that the role of fauna in forest ecology and unsustainable hunting have important consequences that are left out in contemporary forest governance discussions, including REDD+. Forest fauna perform many … »
Paying consumers to increase their consumption can reduce the cost of integrating wind and solar electricity production into the grid

2019.04.29

Increased reliance on solar and wind power has changed the approach to managing peak demand. The column details the results of a Danish experiment designed to flatten demand in which customers were randomly assigned to … »
An economist’s perspective on Valuing Marine Ecosystems

2019.04.25

Peder Andersen presented at the launch of the EMB Future Science Brief 'Valuing marine ecosystem services' at the European Parliament 3 April 2019. … »
Key role for Denmark in major European project on responsible conduct of studies and research

2019.04.03

A lack of awareness among youth and increasing pressure on the individual researcher in the world of science demands training in responsible study and research practices. University of Copenhagen researchers will … »
A new economic report: Danish fisheries after BREXIT

2019.03.29

A new report from IFRO on the economic importance of the Danish fishery in the exclusive economic zones of the UK, Norway and the Faroe Islands has been published. … »
Aquaculture Economics & Management's 2018 Best Paper Award

2019.03.22

Tenaw Gedefaw Abate, Rasmus Nielsen and Max Nielsen received the 2018 Best paper Award. … »
Report: Despite being skilled producers, Danish farmers face poorer conditions than their European counterparts

2019.03.13

Danish farmers are good at exploiting their productive potential, but higher production costs make it difficult for them to compete with other EU nations. This, according to a number of conclusions in a University of … »

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