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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...

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.

We spoke to Kristian C. Lauta, Prorector for Education at #UCPH about the decision to close the retreat rooms:
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More on the retreat room closures:

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...

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.

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:
uniavisen.dk/en/innovatio...

Gramsci's Nightmare – AI, Platform Power and the Automation of Cultural Hegemony Online talk by Ethan Zuckerman.

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...

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...

A conference on openness in research at the University of Copenhagen #UCPH was framed around a historical document: Danish atomic physicist Niels Bohr’s open letter to world leaders from 1950.
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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!

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.

»A lot of things are still up in the air and remain unresolved — to put it mildly.« Administrator in #UCPH education unit takes stock:
uniavisen.dk/en/education...

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.

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:
uniavisen.dk/en/cutbacks-...

University of Copenhagen management shuts down all retreat rooms Retreat rooms are soon to be gone for good. Management is shutting down the controversial spaces so they can be incorporated into better facilities for students with disabilities.

Retreat rooms have been criticised for encouraging behavioural policing and gender segregation: Now #UCPH shuts them down, saying there will be new spaces for students with disabilities instead:
uniavisen.dk/en/universit...

Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard gets gold medal for her thesis SODAS PhD student Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard was awarded a KU gold medal for her master’s thesis. She completed her MSc in Social Data Science in January 2024. We talk to Sofie about the research behind h...

Current SODAS PhD Sofie Læbo Astrupgaard recently got a gold medal from the Univeristy of Copenhagen for her Master thesis. She wrote about working from home: which professions benefit, and how employers talk about it in job ads.

Learn more about Sofie's thesis here: sodas.ku.dk/research/sof...

Recorded maths lectures on video — now she’s lecturer of the year Elisenda Feliu teaches mathematics to biology students. Their initial resistance has been converted into results

One rainy morning recently, Elisenda Feliu stepped into an office after being summoned to a meeting. But instead of being greeted by the day’s agenda, colleagues surrounded her with cameras and congratulations. She had been awarded this year’s ‘Harald’:
uniavisen.dk/en/recorded-... #UCPH

CfP📢"Religious Embodiment and Conversion Practices in
Early Modern Europe and Beyond, 1500-1800", The Saxo Institute
📆23–24 April 2026 |🌍University of Copenhagen
⏰Application deadline: 26 November 2025

#Earlymodern #ReligiousHistory #CfP
More info 👇

Student Council speech at annual celebration: »Dear UCPH, when will you be worthy?« Full text of the Student Council chair speech at the University of Copenhagen's Commemoration 2025.

Full text of the Student Council chair speech at the University of Copenhagen's #UCPH Commemoration 2025:
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Honored to speak at Niels Bohr Institute event yesterday on nuclear threats. Great discussion with Frank von Hippel (image), @tongzhao.bsky.social, @russianforces.org, Rebecca Slayton.

A warm-up for the Open World Conference next 3 days at University of Copenhagen. openworld.ku.dk

Rector’s speech at the annual celebration: Europe’s future rests on its universities Full text of Rector David Dreyer Lassen's speech at the University of Copenhagen's Commemoration 2025.

Full text of Rector David Dreyer Lassen's speech at the University of Copenhagen's Commemoration 2025 #UCPH:
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Christina Gravert, PhD│CHIBE Research Seminar - Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) Dr. Christina Gravert will be speaking to the CHIBE community virtually via Zoom from noon to 1:00 EST on Nov. 26, 2025.

Join us for a seminar with Dr. Christina Gravert from the University of Copenhagen at noon ET on Nov. 26 via Zoom. Dr. Gravert will be speaking about “Can Attention Overcome Consumer Inertia? Experimental Evidence from a Liberalized Market.” @cgravert.bsky.social chibe.upenn.edu/event/christ...

IT support hit hard by UCPH administration shake-up Chaos in the org chart, pressure on support staff, and a management that seems keen to keep a lid on things. Report from staff working in the University of Copenhagen's IT unit.

Chaos in the org chart, pressure on support staff, and a management that seems keen to keep a lid on things:
uniavisen.dk/en/it-suppor...

@anaantic.bsky.social is taking part in the celebration of a 100 years of Frantz Fanon at @ucph.bsky.social on November 21st. Come and join us!

The students are also affected by layoffs at the Faculty of Science We fear cancelled courses and poorer quality of education, and we don't think the management acknowledges the gravity of the situation.

Cuts to the Faculty of Science will lead to poorer education programmes, write student reps on the Study Board of Biology:
uniavisen.dk/en/the-stude...

These University of Copenhagen profiles are running for office in local elections Danes and many internationals students and staff can vote in local elections 18 November. The University Post has compiled an overview of the UCPH candidates that are on the ballots.

Danes and many internationals students and staff can vote in local elections 18 November. The University Post has compiled an overview of the #UCPH candidates on the ballots:
uniavisen.dk/en/these-uni...

On 4–5 December 2025, the Danish EU Presidency, in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, will host the Copenhagen Conference on Democracy and the Rule of Law 🇪🇺 ⚖️

👉 Register here before 24 November conferencemanager.events/copenhagen-c...

130 researcher testimonies expose a culture of fear and silence at Danish universities Personal stories of managerial pressure, a culture of silence, and psychological violence in academic workplaces are at the core of a new campaign by the Movement for a Free Academia. Minister for Hig...

Researchers at Danish universities are increasingly finding that speaking out can have consequences:
uniavisen.dk/en/130-resea... @mariatoft.bsky.social

SODAS Lecture on November 21! 📆

In this lecture, Ruud Wouters will explore protest and politicization in the hybrid media arena, uncovering the dynamics of political contestation 📣

Event🔗: sodas.ku.dk/events/sodas...

University of Copenhagen rector and management salaries 2025 See what the top university management gets in 2025.

The University Post has obtained access to the University of Copenhagen #UCPH top management pay details for 2025:
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Danish student grant shuts internationals out of internships Master’s student Réka Joo wants to do an internship so she can get a foothold on the Danish labour market. But as an international student, she simply can’t make ends meet.

Student grant rules are keeping internationals off the Danish labour market: uniavisen.dk/en/danish-st...

Found this bird at the foot of the Copenhagen University BioCenter, and startled more than a few members of staff when I walked by carrying a dead Wood Pigeon.

Christian students carve out a sacred lunchtime space How strictly should we observe the Sabbath? And how do you best talk to God? Every Thursday, a new Christian lunch club meets up on central campus to read the Bible and pray. The University Post dropp...

A Christian club that offers a space for your packed sandwiches, prayers, and the Bible:
uniavisen.dk/en/christian...

Me presenting my thesis titled “Unravelling the resilience of Arctic marine mammals to future climate change using palaeo-archives” in the Geology Museum Auditorium in Copenhagen.

Yesterday I successfully defended my joint-PhD between the University of Copenhagen and the University of Adelaide! I am now officially Dr. Nick!

And I also received favorable reviews and minor revisions on my two in-review chapters the same day!

#phdone 🐋🐋