Department of Anthropology – University of Copenhagen

Department of Anthropology

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How do we ensure local support for green energy production?

Photo: NASA

Wildfires in Amazon: When nature strikes back politically

Photo: Tine Gammeltoft

New intervention to strengthen efforts against diabetes in Vietnam

Foto: Foto: Anette Høite Hansen

Research project will crack the code behind green neighbourhood communities

Hanne Mogensen

Thomas Hylland Eriksen: We are living in an overheated world

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News

International journal to strengthen the dialogue between research and business

The international Journal of Business Anthropology relocates to the Department of Anthropology at UCPH.

How do we ensure local support for green energy production?

Huge Power-to-X investments in new hydrogen-based fuels shall propel the green transition in Denmark towards 2050. But how do we prevent local conflicts over new production plants?

Wildfires: When nature strikes back politically

With support from the Independent Research Fund Denmark, anthropologists will investigate how the extensive rainforest wildfires in 2019 in Amazon politically affected Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru.

Selected publications