Department of Anthropology – University of Copenhagen

Department of Anthropology

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Ayo Wahlberg appointed to the Danish Council on Ethics

Atreyee Sen. Photo: Marie Myrhøj, UCPH

Atreyee Sen appointed professor

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Helle Bundgaard is Teacher of the Year at the Department of Anthropology

Photo: Anja Simonsen

Project to investigate the social and political impact of migrant deaths

Photo: Mads Bødker, Flickr

Mapping concerns about rising seawater

photo: Helle Samuelsen

Interview: Burkina Faso's health crisis has major implications for the rest of the world

Find a researcher and publications

Students in class. Photo: Jakob Dall

Link to current research projects

News

New grant for research project on cervical cancer among female migrant workers in the global south

Associate Professor Anja Simonsen and Professor Tine Gammeltoft from the Department of Anthropology have received a grant of approximately DKK 11,150,000 from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for the CARES research project.

Atreyee Sen is awarded the MSc in Global Development Teaching Prize

Congratulations to Professor Atreyee Sen for receiving the MSc in Global Development Teaching Prize for 2024/2025.

Screen time: Passive and solitary use makes us most dissatisfied

What lies behind our dissatisfaction with our screen use – and why does the dissatisfaction rarely lead to action? A new Danish study sheds light on this.

Anja Simonsen admitted to the Young Academy

Associate Professor Anja Simonsen has been admitted to the Young Academy under the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.

Selected publications

Calendar

24 Oct. 2025, 14:00-15:30

Peace in the Long Run: Trees, Rocks, and Other Traces of Trans-Pacific Citizen Diplomacy

Friday Research Seminar with Hirokazu Miyazaki (Kay Davis Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern…

31 Oct. 2025, 14:00-15:30

What care takes: ripple affects and more-than-human politics in a conservation frontier

Friday Research Seminar with Liana Chua (Cambridge, UK).

5 Dec. 2025, 14:00-15:30

Methods innovation across digitalization and energy research

Friday Research Seminar with Britt Ross Winthereik (DTU, DK).

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