https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/ News from The Faculty of Social Sciences - 2020 en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:49:04 +0200 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:49:04 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/the-2020-richard-musgrave-laureate/ When he is laudated The Richard Musgrave Visiting Professorship Claus joins the good company of peers...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/the-2020-richard-musgrave-laureate/" alt="Claus Thustrup Kreiner: The 2020 Richard Musgrave laureate " title="Claus Thustrup Kreiner: The 2020 Richard Musgrave laureate "><img src="https://www.econ.ku.dk/cebi/news/the-2020-richard-musgrave-laureate/claus-kreiner-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/the-2020-richard-musgrave-laureate/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 10:00:00 +0100 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/grant-for-research-religiosity-and-wealth/ Associate Professor Jeanet Sinding Bentzen from the Department of Economics has received the Independent...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/grant-for-research-religiosity-and-wealth/" alt="Sapere Aude Grant for research into the connection between religiosity and wealth" title="Sapere Aude Grant for research into the connection between religiosity and wealth"><img src="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/grant-for-research-religiosity-and-wealth/Jeanet-Bentzen-dff-2020-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/grant-for-research-religiosity-and-wealth/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 12:30:00 +0100 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/behavioural-research-impacted-corona-stricken-rome/ Two researchers from the Department of Economics have received a letter of thanks from the Mayor of Rome...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/behavioural-research-impacted-corona-stricken-rome/" alt="Behavioural research impacted corona-stricken Rome" title="Behavioural research impacted corona-stricken Rome"><img src="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/behavioural-research-impacted-corona-stricken-rome/rom-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/behavioural-research-impacted-corona-stricken-rome/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:45:00 +0100 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/using-your-smartphone-in-class-does-not-affect-your-learning/ A large-scale research project among university students reveals that using your mobile phone in the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/using-your-smartphone-in-class-does-not-affect-your-learning/" alt="Using Your Smartphone in Class Does Not Affect Your Learning" title="Using Your Smartphone in Class Does Not Affect Your Learning"><img src="https://samf.ku.dk/nyheder/2020/mobilbrug-i-undervisningen-skader-ikke-indlaering/mobilbrug-laering-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/using-your-smartphone-in-class-does-not-affect-your-learning/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 16:00:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/in-scandinavia-corona-restrictions-only-led-to-minor-drop-in-consumer-spending/ The authorities’ restrictions during the corona lockdown was not the main cause of the drop in...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/in-scandinavia-corona-restrictions-only-led-to-minor-drop-in-consumer-spending/" alt="In Scandinavia, corona restrictions only led to minor drop in consumer spending" title="In Scandinavia, corona restrictions only led to minor drop in consumer spending"><img src="https://www.economics.ku.dk/news/news/in-scandinavia-corona-restrictions-only-led-to-minor-drop-in-consumer-spending/forbruger-med-mundbind-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/in-scandinavia-corona-restrictions-only-led-to-minor-drop-in-consumer-spending/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:30:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/new-measures-to-prevent-the-spread-of-corona-virus/ Copenhagen is currently seeing an increase in infection rates, and once again it is time to show public... https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/new-measures-to-prevent-the-spread-of-corona-virus/ Tue, 08 Sep 2020 20:45:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/why-wearing-af-face-mask-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-should-be-mandatory/ Face masks have become a symbol of the current pandemic in many countries around the globe. Wearing a...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/why-wearing-af-face-mask-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-should-be-mandatory/" alt="Why wearing af face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic should be mandatory" title="Why wearing af face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic should be mandatory"><img src="https://psychology.ku.dk/news/2020/why-wearing-a-face-mask-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-should-be-mandatory/Mask_1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/why-wearing-af-face-mask-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-should-be-mandatory/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:45:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/welcome-back/ Dean Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen wishes all welcome back to campus.<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/welcome-back/" alt="Welcome back" title="Welcome back"><img src="https://samf.ku.dk/nyheder/2020/velkommen-tilbage/velkommen-tilbage-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/welcome-back/ Wed, 19 Aug 2020 08:45:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/welcome-all-new-students/ Welcome to the Faculty of Social Sciences https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/welcome-all-new-students/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:15:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/difficult-to-return-to-work-after-a-concussion/ People suffering from long-term effects of a concussion find it difficult to return to work shows research...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/difficult-to-return-to-work-after-a-concussion/" alt="Difficult to Return to Work After a Concussion" title="Difficult to Return to Work After a Concussion"><img src="https://samf.ku.dk/nyheder/2020/svaert-at-vende-tilbage-til-job-efter-hjernerystelse/hjernerystelse-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/difficult-to-return-to-work-after-a-concussion/ Tue, 18 Aug 2020 10:15:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/the-corona-lockdown-has-changed-our-gaming-patterns/ A new study shows that our gaming patterns have changed during the lockdown and opens a discussion about...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/the-corona-lockdown-has-changed-our-gaming-patterns/" alt="The corona lockdown has changed our gaming patterns" title="The corona lockdown has changed our gaming patterns"><img src="https://sodas.ku.dk/dansk/forskningsnyt/2020/corona-nedlukningen-har-aendret-vores-spilmoenstre/gamer-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/the-corona-lockdown-has-changed-our-gaming-patterns/ Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:00:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/new-research-reveals-what-made-danes-stay-home-and-what-didnt/ In a new study at the Department of Economics, researchers have shown how recommendations to maintain...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/new-research-reveals-what-made-danes-stay-home-and-what-didnt/" alt="New research reveals what made Danes stay home, and what didn't" title="New research reveals what made Danes stay home, and what didn't"><img src="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/new-research-reveals-what-made-danes-stay-home-and-what-didnt/social-distancing-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/new-research-reveals-what-made-danes-stay-home-and-what-didnt/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 11:15:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/dkk-10.5-million-for-three-new-research-ideas/ The Independent Research Fund Denmark supports three new research projects at the Faculty of Social Sciences....<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/dkk-10.5-million-for-three-new-research-ideas/" alt="DKK 10.5 million for three new research ideas" title="DKK 10.5 million for three new research ideas"><img src="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/dkk-10.5-million-for-three-new-research-ideas/pengegris_1100x600.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/dkk-10.5-million-for-three-new-research-ideas/ Tue, 19 May 2020 09:30:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/deans-diary-29/ Todays guest writer is Vibeke Koushede, new head of the Department of Psychology from 1 May. Until today...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/deans-diary-29/" alt="Deans diary #29 - with future head of department of Psychology" title="Deans diary #29 - with future head of department of Psychology"><img src="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/deans-diary-29/vibeke-koushede-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/deans-diary-29/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:15:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/how-military-strategy-can-aid-the-response-to-covid-19/ Article by senior researcher and head of Centre for Military Studies Henrik Breitenbauch on World...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/how-military-strategy-can-aid-the-response-to-covid-19/" alt="How military strategy can aid the response to COVID-19" title="How military strategy can aid the response to COVID-19"><img src="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/how-military-strategy-can-aid-the-response-to-covid-19/WPR.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/how-military-strategy-can-aid-the-response-to-covid-19/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 09:00:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/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://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/study-of-actual-and-perceived-discrimination/" alt="Study of actual and perceived discrimination" title="Study of actual and perceived discrimination"><img src="https://www.soc.ku.dk/Billeder/1100x600/Rejection_CB_1100_600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/study-of-actual-and-perceived-discrimination/ Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:00:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/sociologists-are-mapping-out-volunteer-work-and-community-spirit-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/ In collaboration with the Danish Institute for Voluntary Effort, sociologists at the University of Copenhagen...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/sociologists-are-mapping-out-volunteer-work-and-community-spirit-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/" 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://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/sociologists-are-mapping-out-volunteer-work-and-community-spirit-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:45:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/what-catches-the-attention-of-twitter-denmark-during-the-corona-pandemic/ At Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science, a group of researchers are collaborating to analyze Corona-related...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/what-catches-the-attention-of-twitter-denmark-during-the-corona-pandemic/" alt="What catches the attention of Twitter-Denmark during the Corona-pandemic" title="What catches the attention of Twitter-Denmark during the Corona-pandemic"><img src="https://sodas.ku.dk/dansk/forskningsnyt/2020/hvad-optager-twitter-danmark-under-corona-krisen/twitter-logo-1100x600.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/what-catches-the-attention-of-twitter-denmark-during-the-corona-pandemic/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 12:30:00 +0200 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/faculty-emergency-grants-volume-2/ Do civil society initiatives match the needs of their target groups? How are atypical workers’...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/faculty-emergency-grants-volume-2/" alt="New faculty emergency grants for research on how the Corona Crisis affects specific societal groups" title="New faculty emergency grants for research on how the Corona Crisis affects specific societal groups"><img src="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/faculty-emergency-grants-volume-2/helping-elderly-people-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/faculty-emergency-grants-volume-2/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0100 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/deans-diary-8/ One of the attractions for international staff and students at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/deans-diary-8/" alt="Dean's diary #8" title="Dean's diary #8"><img src="https://samf.ku.dk/nyheder/2020/deans-diary-8/dagbog8-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/deans-diary-8/ Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:30:00 +0100 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/sodas-project-to-study-social-networks-by-using-data-from-mobile-payment-transactions/ SODAS researchers David Dreyer Lassen and Sune Lehmann have received DKK 19.7 million from VILLUM FONDEN...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/sodas-project-to-study-social-networks-by-using-data-from-mobile-payment-transactions/" alt="SODAS-project to study social networks by using data from mobile payment transactions" title="SODAS-project to study social networks by using data from mobile payment transactions"><img src="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/sodas-project-to-study-social-networks-by-using-data-from-mobile-payment-transactions/mobile-payment-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/sodas-project-to-study-social-networks-by-using-data-from-mobile-payment-transactions/ Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:00:00 +0100 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/4-projects-receive-funds-for-research-on-societal-aspects-of-covid-19/ How does social distancing affect us as human beings? What do Danes think about Covid-19 and authority...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/4-projects-receive-funds-for-research-on-societal-aspects-of-covid-19/" alt="4 projects receive funds for research on societal aspects of Covid-19" title="4 projects receive funds for research on societal aspects of Covid-19"><img src="https://samf.ku.dk/nyheder/2020/samf-straksmidler-uddelt/woman-sitting-on-luggage-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/4-projects-receive-funds-for-research-on-societal-aspects-of-covid-19/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0100 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/researching-social-behavior-during-the-covid-19-epidemic/ As a direct result of the spread of the Corona virus and the acute health crisis in Denmark and the rest...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/researching-social-behavior-during-the-covid-19-epidemic/" alt="SODAS researchers to be part of team studying our social behavior during the Covid-19 epidemic" title="SODAS researchers to be part of team studying our social behavior during the Covid-19 epidemic"><img src="https://samf.ku.dk/nyheder/2020/forskning-i-social-adfaerd-under-covid-19-epidemien/tomme-hylder-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/researching-social-behavior-during-the-covid-19-epidemic/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 10:45:00 +0100 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/the-faculty-of-social-sciences-allocates-funding-for-emergency-research-on-covid-19/ The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Copenhagen allocates funding for researchers interested...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/the-faculty-of-social-sciences-allocates-funding-for-emergency-research-on-covid-19/" alt="The Faculty of Social Sciences allocates funding for emergency research on COVID-19" title="The Faculty of Social Sciences allocates funding for emergency research on COVID-19"><img src="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/the-faculty-of-social-sciences-allocates-funding-for-emergency-research-on-covid-19/corona_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/the-faculty-of-social-sciences-allocates-funding-for-emergency-research-on-covid-19/ Tue, 17 Mar 2020 12:30:00 +0100 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/covid-19/ The University of Copenhagen has decided to take a number of precautions. Naturally, these also apply...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/covid-19/" alt="Coronavirus: Measures for students, staff and visitors to the Faculty of Social Sciences" title="Coronavirus: Measures for students, staff and visitors to the Faculty of Social Sciences"><img src="https://samf.ku.dk/nyheder/2020/coronavirus/virus_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/covid-19/ Wed, 11 Mar 2020 13:45:00 +0100 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/elite-research-travel-grant-kelton-ray-minor/ PhD Fellow Kelton Ray Minor, SODAS and Department of Economics, receives the Elite Research travel grant...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/elite-research-travel-grant-kelton-ray-minor/" alt="Elite Research travel grant to Kelton Ray Minor" title="Elite Research travel grant to Kelton Ray Minor"><img src="https://samf.ku.dk/nyheder/2020/kelton-minor-rejsestipendium/kelton-minor-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/elite-research-travel-grant-kelton-ray-minor/ Thu, 27 Feb 2020 11:00:00 +0100 https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/elite-research-prize-to-mads-meier-jaeger/ Professor Mads Meier Jæger, Department of Sociology, receives the Elite Research Prize of DKK 1.2...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/elite-research-prize-to-mads-meier-jaeger/" alt="Elite Research Prize to Mads Meier Jæger" title="Elite Research Prize to Mads Meier Jæger"><img src="https://samf.ku.dk/nyheder/2020/mads-meier-jaeger-eliteforsker/mads_meier_jaeger-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://socialsciences.ku.dk/news/2020/elite-research-prize-to-mads-meier-jaeger/ Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:45:00 +0100