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Today, Prof Antonio Calcara is at the Centre for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen, to discuss European security, tech and geopolitics. The seminar is moderated by Associate Professor Tobias Liebetrau.

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January 21, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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In memory of Peter Marcus Kristensen, Department of Political Science, #UCPH University of Copenhagen. Obituary:
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In Memoriam: Peter Marcus Kristensen (1983–2025)
Our dear colleague Peter Marcus Kristensen has passed away, the Department of Political Science writes.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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Final DKK 50 million cut postponed, say #UCPH managers, citing digitalisation timing:
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University of Copenhagen delays final phase of reform cuts
Final DKK 50 million cut postponed to 2029–2030 — equivalent to 150 full-time salaries. Management expects no major rounds of layoffs, but does not rule out unit-specific dismissals.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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Dome has been removed as part of the restoration of historic University of Copenhagen #UCPH science hub:
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Round Tower dome takes flight over old Copenhagen
The Round Tower’s three-tonne dome has been removed as part of the restoration of what used to be a University of Copenhagen science hub.
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January 13, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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When foreign policy goes off-script, things get complicated. This goes for politicians and diplomats. But it also goes for researchers. Two University of Copenhagen #UCPH researchers introduce the 'diplomatic extreme'.
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As Trump tears up the rulebook, academics use a new concept
Two University of Copenhagen researchers adopt the concept of the »diplomatic extreme« to make sense of the US president’s statements on Greenland.
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January 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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A total of 66 staff members were dismissed by the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen #UCPH in its just concluded round of layoffs. They come on top of 26 voluntary redundancies and 32 senior staff retirements:
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124 jobs lost at Faculty of Science — academics fear lasting damage
A recurring annual DKK 100 million deficit has led to widespread layoffs at the Faculty of Science. Critics decry both the impact on core tasks and the lack of budget oversight, which the Academic Cou...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM
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Today marks my first office day at the University of Copenhagen and Niels Bohr Archive! It feels surreal to be able to write this. I've got lots to look forward to over these next few months, let alone years 😁 but right now, I am immensely grateful for everyone who helped me get this far!
Corner-entrance of a 5 storey building, wrapped in a framework of glass and steel. A glass and steel footbridge leads out of frame. A brown goodies bag of chocolates on a desk in front of a window.
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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The mission to the Moon got the green light on 16 December from ESA @esa.int to proceed to the next phase. Interview @frydenvang.bsky.social :
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University of Copenhagen in command of Moon mission
One rock out of place could be fatal for a lunar lander. In 2029, the UCPH-led satellite Máni will map out safe landing sites.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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The UK will rejoin the Erasmus scheme for students from 2027, its government confirms, six years after ending its participation as part of Brexit:
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Erasmus live updates: Scheme to return for UK students from 2027
British students will be will be able to spend a year studying at EU universities without paying extra fees, and vice versa for European students.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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New PhD-course!

Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience - Understanding Cognition

Venue: University of Copenhagen
Length: 8 Wks, March 2-May 1st

Registration before 1 February 2026

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Organizers: Rasmus Herlo (@rasherlo.bsky.social) and Rune W. Berg

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December 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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10 staff members at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (IGN) at the University of Copenhagen #UCPH have been dismissed. A further 25 have accepted voluntary redundancy: uniavisen.dk/en/students-...
Students confront management: »Will my master’s be a joke degree?«
With more than 10 staff laid off, and 25 staff departing voluntarily, students of Landscape Architecture at the University of Copenhagen are concerned about the continued quality of their education pr...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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I’m back in Copenhagen this week for a seminar on “Old Texts, New Tools, Changing Questions: Computational Literary Studies in the AI Era” hosted by Jens Bjerring-Hansen and Alexander Conroy at the University of Copenhagen. We’re up in the new Maersk Tower today, and it’s beautiful.
A view looking down at Copenhagen, with fancy bicycle parking in the foreground. A photo of a room with a projected slide deck, with the title of the workshop and thanks to the sponsors, the Carlsberg Foundation and the University of Copenhagen. A photo of a meeting room in the Maersk Tower with a view of the city behind red chairs.
December 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Feeling very lucky to be able to give this talk at the University of Copenhagen tomorrow!

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December 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Somali student refused entry to Denmark — University of Copenhagen #UCPH classmates take action:
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Somali student refused entry to Denmark — classmates take action
Mustaf Mohamed Takoy was denied entry to Denmark this summer, despite holding an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for study at UCPH. His fellow students have taken matters into their own hands and appealed the decision.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Documents from the University of Copenhagen #UCPH show that the layoffs at the Faculty of Science were just the first visible sign of a potentially much larger financial issue in the university’s property management:
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University of Copenhagen needs 75,000 m² cut to offset financing shortfall
The University has yet to find funding to balance the books on campus infrastructure from 2028 onwards. Its savings will only stretch as far as 2026.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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❄️ We’re hiring! The Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen seeks a **Daily Research Coordinator** at Arctic Station, Qeqertarsuaq, W. Greenland to coordinate research activities, support visitors and assist the station management. Deadline 17 Dec.
👉 Apply: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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We spoke to Kristian C. Lauta, Prorector for Education at #UCPH about the decision to close the retreat rooms:
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Prorector defends decision to close retreat rooms: They failed their purpose
Retreat rooms at the University of Copenhagen are history, and they will not return in their previous form, says Prorector for Education Kristian C. Lauta in this interview with the University Post.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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More on the retreat room closures:
nordiskpost.bsky.social NordiskPost @nordiskpost.bsky.social · Dec 2
University of Copenhagen closes its quiet rooms after controversy over Muslim prayer spaces, gender segregation and student protests.

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Why the University of Copenhagen is closing its quiet rooms
The University of Copenhagen quiet rooms will be permanently closed on 1 December, after months of controversy over their use as Muslim prayer rooms, allegations of gender segregation and a heated student election campaign that has turned the facilities into a symbol of wider debates on religion, social control and inclusion on Danish campuses. From quiet rooms to contested Muslim prayer spaces The quiet rooms (stillerum) at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH) were originally created as multi-faith or secular spaces where students could withdraw for silence, reflection or a short personal prayer.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Join us for a public talk by Prof. Anandi Hattiangadi (Stockholm University) Center for Philosophy of AI (University of Copenhagen).

Artificial General Intelligence: A Philosopher’s Manifesto

📅 Dec 10, 18:30-20:00
📍HUSET, Rådhusstræde 13, 1466 Copenhagen.

Register: cpai.ku.dk/events/artif...
Artificial General Intelligence: A Philosopher’s Manifesto
Public talk by Anandi Hattiangadi, Professor of Philosophy at Stockholm University.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Staff we talked to at the #UCPH University of Copenhagen unit for Innovation and Business Collaboration are positive about the university's reform to its administration:
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Innovation unit after the reform: New colleagues, better ideas
The administration reform has made a less fragmented University of Copenhagen, according to two employees. But the implementation of it is still ongoing.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Giving a somewhat unusual talk for me tomorrow - it's on what Antonio Gramsci might have thought about large language models, leading off a new series at University of Copenhagen on AI and Democracy. On zoom at 9am Boston time: cpai.ku.dk/events/grams...
Gramsci's Nightmare – AI, Platform Power and the Automation of Cultural Hegemony
Online talk by Ethan Zuckerman.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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A conference on openness in research at the University of Copenhagen #UCPH was framed around a historical document: Danish atomic physicist Niels Bohr’s open letter to world leaders from 1950.
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Can openness save us? University of Copenhagen revives a message from the nuclear age
75 years after Niels Bohr’s open letter to the United Nations, researchers warn that science — once again — is caught up in a collaboration and security dilemma. New geopolitics initiative wants to he...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Looking for a postdoc in a beautiful city, with nice colleagues, a supportive environment and fun research on #EvolutionofSymbioses #Mosses #Cyanobacteria? This may be for you: employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie... Deadline is Monday 1st December!
November 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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»A lot of things are still up in the air and remain unresolved — to put it mildly.« Administrator in #UCPH education unit takes stock:
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Education unit after the reform: »Uncertainty is still the order of the day«
With the new administration at UCPH, union representative Anders Hartvig Hartzen has seen colleagues go on sick leave due to stress.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Sweeping cutbacks at the University of Copenhagen’s #UCPH Faculty of Science are now hitting home. A large number of staff — both academic and technical-administrative staff — were laid off Thursday 20 November:
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Cutbacks begin: Layoffs hit the Faculty of Science
The round of cuts at the Faculty of Science lets go of more than 100 staff members in total. Union representative wonders why management didn’t act sooner.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM