Department of Sociology – University of Copenhagen

Department of Sociology

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Covid-19 clinical trials ignore gender differences

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Video portrait: Students develop solutions to companies’ tricky challenges

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Five types of passengers: How we respond to fines on the bus

Campus, DTU. Foto: DTU Compute

Big Brother isn’t always as clever as we think

Campus at UCPH. Foto: UCPH

Educational mobility on the decline in Denmark

Hospital - News Oresund/Johan Wessman

Every fifth Dane wants to put immigrants with Covid-19 back in the hospital queue

Microscope - Colourbox

Research literature increasingly dominated by a few 'elite researchers'

Child in classroom - Colourbox

Research unit to put focus on children and education

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Covid-19 clinical trials ignore gender differences

Although the coronavirus affects men and women differently, most clinical trials do not mention sex/gender, a new analysis of 4,420 studies concludes. Ultimately, it can influence the treatment negatively.

Bus stop. Photo: Colourbox

Ticket inspection

Five types of passengers: How we respond to fines on the bus

As passengers we respond very differently when caught without a valid ticket on the bus. Using video analysis, sociologists have identified five typical patterns of reaction.

Wind mills. Photo: Colourbox

Green network to strengthen cross-disciplinary research into green transition

A new research network, The Governance of Green Transition, under the Faculty of Social Sciences, will bring researchers across departments and faculties together to strengthen research into the green transition.

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1 Aug. - 31 Aug. 2022

Social theory as vocation?

Midterm conference of the European Sociology Association (ESA) research network 29 on social theory as a vocation, with keynote presentations from Richard Swedberg (Cornell University) and Angelika Poferl (Technische Universität Dortmund).

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