Department of Anthropology – University of Copenhagen

Department of Anthropology

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

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Project to investigate the social and political impact of migrant deaths

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Mapping concerns about rising seawater

photo: Helle Samuelsen

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

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Project explores how flexible our eating habits are

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Global health crisis: Vietnam shows new ways to treat diabetes

Demonstrations at ved Capitol Hill, January 2021. Foto: Brett Davis (Flickr: CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED)

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What shapes and amplifies political anger across the world?

Photo: Karen Waltorp and EU/Olympia de Maismont

New anthropological projects explore African climate and energy challenges

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News

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

At the Department Day on 13 September, Associate Professor Helle Bundgaard was honoured as Teacher of the Year 2024.

Project to investigate the social and political impact of migrant deaths

Every year, thousands of migrants from Africa die on their way to Europe. A new anthropological project funded by the European Research Council will examine the impact of these deaths on the bereaved.

Mapping concerns about rising seawater

How do citizens living on the coasts of four countries in the North Sea region worry about future sea level rise and storm surges? This is the question Kristoffer Langkjær Albris will investigate in a project that DFF is supporting with a Sapere Aude Principal Investigator grant.

Improved counselling for young people to dispel the myth that opioids are harmless

A wide range of measures are needed to reduce the use of illegal opioids and benzodiazepines among young people. This is the conlcusion of the Criminological Observatory at UCPH in a new report.

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4 Oct. 2024, 11:00-12:30

SODAS Lecture with Hilke Schellmann

SODAS Lecture with investigative reporter and assistant professor of journalism at New York…

8 Oct. 2024, 14:00

Ida Vandsøe Madsen defends her PhD thesis at the Department of Anthropology

Candidate Ida Vandsøe Madsen, Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. Title Imaginal…

EE Multimodal Seminar Series: EE Birthday Bash

EE Birthday Bash w/Hans Lucht, Senior Researcher DIIS, recitation of poems from his collection…

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