https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/ News from 2020 en Sat, 16 May 2026 19:41:32 +0200 Sat, 16 May 2026 19:41:32 +0200 https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/gender-aspects-of-covid-19/ Using Denmark as case study, the Coordination for Gender Research has published a literature review that...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/gender-aspects-of-covid-19/" alt="Report calls for more attention to gender aspects of COVID-19 epidemic" title="Report calls for more attention to gender aspects of COVID-19 epidemic"><img src="https://www.soc.ku.dk/instituttet/nyheder_/behov-for-fokus-paa-coronaepidemiens-koensforskelle/Coved-test_CB_1100_600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/gender-aspects-of-covid-19/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 15:00:00 +0100 https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/new-project-will-support-inclusion-of-people-with-hearing-loss/ With support from THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS, a research project will investigate how to strengthen communities...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/new-project-will-support-inclusion-of-people-with-hearing-loss/" alt="New project will support inclusion of people with hearing loss" title="New project will support inclusion of people with hearing loss"><img src="https://www.soc.ku.dk/instituttet/nyheder_/nyt-projekt-vil-fremme-inklusionen-af-mennesker-med-hoeretab/Young_group_CB_1100_600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/new-project-will-support-inclusion-of-people-with-hearing-loss/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0100 https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/researchers-put-human-mobility-into-new-formula/ Researchers at DTU and the University of Copenhagen have developed a model that provides new knowledge...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/researchers-put-human-mobility-into-new-formula/" alt="Researchers put human mobility into new formula" title="Researchers put human mobility into new formula"><img src="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/researchers-put-human-mobility-into-new-formula/cars_in_dusk_cb_1100_600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/researchers-put-human-mobility-into-new-formula/ Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0100 https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/webinar-to-discuss-sociological-perspectives-on-the-corona-crisis/ What are the societal consequences on the corona epidemic on society, and how have three sociological...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/webinar-to-discuss-sociological-perspectives-on-the-corona-crisis/" alt="Webinar to discuss sociological perspectives on the corona crisis" title="Webinar to discuss sociological perspectives on the corona crisis"><img src="https://samf.ku.dk/nyheder/2020/samf-straksmidler-uddelt/woman-sitting-on-luggage-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/webinar-to-discuss-sociological-perspectives-on-the-corona-crisis/ Thu, 15 Oct 2020 15:00:00 +0200 https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/claire-maxwell-selected-to-anniversary-issue-of-the-british-journal-of-sociology-of-education/ Professor Claire Maxwell has contributed to a special issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/claire-maxwell-selected-to-anniversary-issue-of-the-british-journal-of-sociology-of-education/" alt="Claire Maxwell selected for anniversary issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education" title="Claire Maxwell selected for anniversary issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education"><img src="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/claire-maxwell-selected-to-anniversary-issue-of-the-british-journal-of-sociology-of-education/claire_maxwell_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/claire-maxwell-selected-to-anniversary-issue-of-the-british-journal-of-sociology-of-education/ Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:30:00 +0200 https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/merlin-schaeffer-receives-runner-up-prize-for-best-article/ Associate Professor Merlin Schaeffer has been awarded the second prize in the ‘ESR Prize for the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/merlin-schaeffer-receives-runner-up-prize-for-best-article/" alt="Merlin Schaeffer receives runner-up prize for best article" title="Merlin Schaeffer receives runner-up prize for best article"><img src="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/merlin-schaeffer-receives-runner-up-prize-for-best-article/Marlin_Schaeffer_55_55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/merlin-schaeffer-receives-runner-up-prize-for-best-article/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 11:45:00 +0200 https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/digital-climate-activism-in-a-scandinavian-corona-era/ A new research project, headed by Anders Blok, looks into how green NGOs in Denmark, Norway and Sweden...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/digital-climate-activism-in-a-scandinavian-corona-era/" alt="Digital climate-activism in a Scandinavian corona-era" title="Digital climate-activism in a Scandinavian corona-era"><img src="https://sodas.ku.dk/research/news-2020/digital-climate-activism-in-a-scandinavian-corona-era/there-are-no-jobs-55.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/digital-climate-activism-in-a-scandinavian-corona-era/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 10:30:00 +0200 https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/new-research-centre-puts-focus-on-political-mobilisation-and-protest/ A new research centre under the Department of Sociology will shed light on the growing numbers of civic...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/new-research-centre-puts-focus-on-political-mobilisation-and-protest/" alt="New research centre puts focus on political mobilisation and protest" title="New research centre puts focus on political mobilisation and protest"><img src="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/new-research-centre-puts-focus-on-political-mobilisation-and-protest/International_Fridays_Roland_Geisheimer_attenzione_1100_600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/new-research-centre-puts-focus-on-political-mobilisation-and-protest/ Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:15:00 +0200 https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/three-out-of-four-international-students-have-experienced-anxiety-during-the-corona-crisis/ Many international students at the University of Copenhagen have struggled with isolation, loneliness...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/three-out-of-four-international-students-have-experienced-anxiety-during-the-corona-crisis/" alt="Three out of four international students have experienced anxiety during the corona crisis" title="Three out of four international students have experienced anxiety during the corona crisis"><img src="https://antropologi.ku.dk/Billeder/1100x600/studerende-paa-trappe-53917_1100_600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/three-out-of-four-international-students-have-experienced-anxiety-during-the-corona-crisis/ Thu, 28 May 2020 10:00:00 +0200 https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/is-the-corona-pandemic-supporting-or-crowding-out-the-attention-towards-green-transition/ New grant: Researchers from Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS) will investigate how the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/is-the-corona-pandemic-supporting-or-crowding-out-the-attention-towards-green-transition/" alt="Is the corona pandemic supporting or crowding out the attention towards green transition?" title="Is the corona pandemic supporting or crowding out the attention towards green transition?"><img src="https://www.soc.ku.dk/Billeder/1100x600/Socile_medier_2_Pexels_Omkar_Patyane.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/is-the-corona-pandemic-supporting-or-crowding-out-the-attention-towards-green-transition/ Wed, 13 May 2020 13:30:00 +0200 https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/study-of-actual-and-perceived-discrimination/ Sociologist Merlin Schaeffer has received DKK 6 million from the German Research Council for a research...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/study-of-actual-and-perceived-discrimination/" alt="Why do well-integrated people of immigrant origin feel more discriminated?" title="Why do well-integrated people of immigrant origin feel more discriminated?"><img src="https://www.soc.ku.dk/Billeder/1100x600/Rejection_CB_1100_600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/study-of-actual-and-perceived-discrimination/ Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:00:00 +0200 https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/sociologists-are-mapping-out-volunteer-work-and-community-spirit-during-the-covid-19-crisis/ In collaboration with the Danish Institute for Voluntary Effort, sociologists at the University of Copenhagen...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/sociologists-are-mapping-out-volunteer-work-and-community-spirit-during-the-covid-19-crisis/" alt="Sociologists are mapping out volunteer work and community spirit during the coronavirus outbreak" title="Sociologists are mapping out volunteer work and community spirit during the coronavirus outbreak"><img src="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/sociologists-are-mapping-out-volunteer-work-and-community-spirit-during-the-covid-19-crisis/Nabohjaelp_Colourbox_1100_600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/sociologists-are-mapping-out-volunteer-work-and-community-spirit-during-the-covid-19-crisis/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:45:00 +0200 https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/sociologists-participate-in-emergency-research-on-the-corona-epidemic/ Updated 30 March 2020: Sociologists from the Department of Sociology are contributing to several research...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/sociologists-participate-in-emergency-research-on-the-corona-epidemic/" alt="Sociologists participate in emergency research on the corona epidemic" title="Sociologists participate in emergency research on the corona epidemic"><img src="https://samf.ku.dk/nyheder/2020/samf-straksmidler-uddelt/woman-sitting-on-luggage-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/news/2020/sociologists-participate-in-emergency-research-on-the-corona-epidemic/ Tue, 24 Mar 2020 13:45:00 +0100