Climate and sustainability

Faculty of Social Sciences

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Climate politics
Sustainability behaviour
Climate conflicts and refugees
Climate anxiety

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ECONOMY

2023.01.27

Green breakthrough: New models calculate our impact on nature and climate

Economists from the University of Copenhagen have developed green models to calculate environmental and climate effects in Denmark's entire economy.

In the autumn of 2023, the Faculty of Social Sciences conducted a professionally facilitated climate assembly for students and staff, who was tasked with delivering innovative recommendations for future sustainability work at the Faculty of Social Sciences. READ MORE HERE

Climate portraits

behavior

Psychology professor: Experiences in Virtual Reality can motivate us to climate action

Most people see the need for a green transition, but our actions do not always follow suit, says professor in psychology Guido Makransky.

food habits

Green and sustainable food should become the automatic choice

One of the main obstacles to introducing a more climate-friendly food culture in Denmark is the many everyday barriers. So says Professor Bente Halkier, who researches everyday life.

transportation economics

Large, economic wheels must be turned to make way for green cars

Which economic levers do the politicians have to pull to move people from fossil driven cars to electrified cars? That is the main question for the GREENCAR research team at the Department of Economics.

corporations and ngos

Green political scientist: Non-state actors are now driving the green transition

The climate scientists: Portrait of political scientist Michele Betsill and her research in the non-state actors' influence on green agendas.

economics

Economics of climate change: One per cent makes a world of difference

Frikk Nesje and his colleagues have created international awareness by building bridges in the political debate as to how much we should invest in the climate.

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Groups and centres

Joint centre at the Faculty of Social Sciences focusing on research and education in climate and sustainability

UCPH theme site focusing on research and education that contribute to solutions addressing sustainability and global challenges.

Research in the streets

Is an economist equipped with yellow duct tape and images of politicians' heads able to make drunk people at Distortion (Danish street festival, red.) dump their waste in the garbage can in stead of in the street? Behavioral economist at the University of Copenhagen, Christina Gravert, shows the Danish TV2 ECHO how nudging works.

Latest climate-related projects and research

An interdisciplinary research collaboration that will use techniques and methods from social data science to answer questions regarding the green transition

Carcoal, Uganda. Photo: Trust for Africas Orphans, Flickr

Mapping Storm Surge Protection Disagreements and Solutions in Denmark
PI: Kristoffer Langkjær Albris, Department of Anthropology

Democratic Innovations in a Green Transition
PI: Lars Tønder, Department of Political Science

Designs for Life-Enhancing Economies in Anthropological Perspective
PI: Kasper Tang Vangkilde, Department of Anthroplogy

How are Ghanaian minerals irregularly mined, smuggled and dumped and how does this challenge green transition initiatives?
PI: Henrik Vigh, Department of Anthropology

Green Transition of the Car Fleet
PI: Mogens Fosgerau, Department of Economics

Has technical change in agriculture mitigated negative effects of climate change in the last 50 years?
PI: Casper Worm Hansen, Department of Economics

Municipalities activate citizen communities in the climate fight

Children got better air in the classrooms

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