Global Development News
Researchers and students at University of Copenhagen are welcome to forward news or events, that you would like to share with others at the Global Development Network portal, to development@adm.ku.dk.
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Ester Boserup Award Show 2024
2024.04.09 -
Global Health Researcher Spotlight: Magdalena Bogucewicz
2024.04.02 -
Borderland 2024 - Application Deadline: April 1st
2024.02.28 -
Global Health Researcher Spotlight: David Nogués Bravo
2024.02.19 -
University of Copenhagen's School of Global Health Celebrates 15 Years of Impact and Innovation
2024.02.06 -
Global Health Researcher Spotlight: Henrik Kløverpris
2024.01.31 -
Global Health Researcher Spotlight: Jacob Lind
2023.12.20 -
Unlocking solutions: Students shine in Global Health Case Challenge to combat infodemics
2023.12.18 -
Global Development Day 2023: Recap
2023.12.13 -
The patient is always right
2023.11.27 -
Global Health Researcher Spotlight: Lena Skovgaard Andersen
2023.11.27 -
Global Health Researcher Spotlight: Maansi Parpiani
2023.11.01 -
Borderland Field Course 2023
2023.10.10 -
A research agenda for continuity of chronic health care for forcibly displaced persons
2023.10.04 -
Global Health Researcher Spotlight: Vladimir Ariza-Montañez
2023.10.02 -
Call for young innovators: Urban Health Case Challenge in Warsaw, Poland
2023.09.19 -
Global Health Researcher Spotlight: Suchismita Goswami
2023.09.04 -
Do you want to organise Global Health Film Days 2024?
2023.09.01 -
Children born from mothers with malaria have a higher risk of developing diabetes
2023.08.08 -
Global Health Researcher Spotlight: Stefanie Harsch
2023.07.31 -
Research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings for the years to come
2023.06.20 -
Research achievements of the Building Stronger Universities programme at State University of Zanzibar
2023.06.08 -
New affiliated professor in arctic health at University of Copenhagen
2023.05.16 -
Did you miss Global Health Film Days? Watch the panels here
2023.04.25 -
From Danish to international and global health: 10-year anniversary of the MSc in Global Health
2023.04.25 -
Global Health Case Competition 2023 in Atlanta
2023.04.24 -
The global health sector depends on women but favours men
2023.04.14 -
Career Portal at the Global Development Network
2023.03.20 -
Lena Skovgaard Andersen is the new Director of University of Copenhagen’s School of Global Health
2023.03.17 -
Call for abstracts: Continuity of chronic health care among forcibly displaced persons
2023.03.17 -
Do rules at folk high schools make sense for young people - What we learned from COVID-19
2023.03.07 -
New global health research projects about climate change and health in 2023
2023.02.01 -
Risk and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic
2022.12.07 -
Obituary: Siri Tellier (2 April 1946 – 19 October 2022)
2022.11.30 -
Improving the efforts to support families in humanitarian crises
2022.11.29 -
New podcast about research capacity development and environmental health in Zanzibar
2022.11.21 -
Myths about antibiotics are a much bigger problem than you think
2022.10.13 -
Mexicans should consume less ultra-processed products – especially pregnant women
2022.10.03 -
Global health summer courses: 150 students are ready to tackle future global health challenges
2022.09.13 -
Not all kinds of lockdown measures for COVID-19 subsequently improved air quality
2022.09.07 -
Do you want to organise Global Health Film Days 2023?
2022.09.05 -
Inadequate access to harm reduction services may cause higher HIV prevalence among women who use drugs in Tanzania
2022.07.13 -
Updated educational resources about innovation in global health
2022.07.12 -
Student innovations to improve the health of indigenous peoples
2022.06.17 -
The crisis of unintended pregnancies and the shortcomings of modern contraception
2022.05.25 -
Battle of the brains
2022.04.01 -
Improving delivery and care for mothers and newborns in Zanzibar
2022.02.10 -
Novo Nordisk Foundation hires Flemming Konradsen as Scientific Director of Global Health
2022.01.25 -
4,7 million EUR to new global health research projects
2021.12.28 -
New PhD project: Mental health and psychosocial support interventions in low resource settings
2021.12.09 -
Treating depression and improving adherence in people living with HIV in South Africa
2021.11.26 -
Mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies
2021.11.16 -
Prize papers for 2022 announced
2021.11.15 -
The risk of developing kidney disease among type 1 diabetes patients in Rwanda
2021.11.12 -
Researchers: WHO guidelines are unattainable in poor countries
2021.10.28 -
Global Development Day: Calling all UCPH students for activity ideas
2021.10.15 -
Submit your film to Global Health Film Days
2021.10.08 -
Video: Foodborne Infections and Outbreaks - in Denmark and beyond
2021.10.04 -
Video: Demographic challenges and opportunities in Asia and Africa
2021.10.04 -
Become a UCPH student organiser for Global Health Film Days 2022
2021.09.27 -
Become a Student Ambassador for 'Global Development Day'
2021.09.02 -
See the winning solutions of the Global Health Case Challenge 2021
2021.08.25 -
New online course: Chronically Ill in an Emergency - Why Mental Health Matters
2021.08.24 -
New online course: Urbanisation and Health – Promoting Sustainable Solutions
2021.08.12 -
New educational resources about innovation in global health
2021.08.06 -
A student solution for Brazil's mass vaccination problem
2021.04.07 -
New Global Health Case Challenge: Improving quality of care at birth in the wake of COVID-19
2021.03.24 -
The fight against diarrheal diseases in Bangladesh
2021.03.19 -
Failing to see the wood for the trees may be preventing better outcomes in cardiovascular disease
2021.03.08 -
New project looking to enhance young people’s climate crisis awareness, agency and action in Tanzania
2021.03.02 -
The winners of the first 4EU+ Urban Health Case Challenge
2020.12.02 -
Satellite images confirm: Climate change is globally skewed
2020.12.01 -
DDRN article: Farmer-herder conflicts in Ghana: repercussions on livelihoods and state-building
2020.11.09 -
How climate change affects poverty reduction and how technology can help
2020.10.28 -
Artificial intelligence reveals hundreds of millions of trees in the Sahara
2020.10.23 -
University of Copenhagen is increasing its efforts within global mental health
2020.10.20 -
Five decades and five milestones of sexual and reproductive health and rights
2020.09.18 -
UTokyo-PKU Joint Online Course “East Asia and the World under the Pandemic”
2020.09.09 -
New blog looks at social consequences of a cashless economy
2020.08.18 -
Danish soy and palm oil imports account for 7 million tonnes of CO2 emissions every year
2020.08.05 -
After hard working days she rested by the beautiful Ebola River
2020.07.22 -
Online course update: The impact of COVID-19 on tourism
2020.07.15 -
LEAP4FNSSA Dialogue for Action and Brokerage in West Africa Workshop - Call for Innovative Ideas
2020.07.15 -
Combatting COVID-19: Lessons learned from around the world
2020.07.01 -
Mapping COVID-19 government measures worldwide
2020.06.23 -
Evaluation of Danida Support to Development Research (2008-2018)
2020.06.18 -
Addressing capacities of local communities in a changing context in Nepal
2020.06.18 -
Mapping COVID-19 government measures worldwide
2020.06.17 -
COVID-19: How do you self-isolate in a refugee camp?
2020.06.11 -
The future is knocking: Global food production to be transformed using new technology
2020.05.26 -
Associate Professor Stig Jensen reflects on the consequences of COVID-19 in Africa
2020.05.19 -
COVID-19 in Sri Lanka: A unifying crisis?
2020.05.18 -
COVID-19: How do you self-isolate in a refugee camp?
2020.05.11 -
Antimicrobial Resistance and COVID-19
2020.05.05 -
How to cope with ever rising pharmaceutical prices?
2020.05.04 -
Video blog from Brazil: COVID-19 exposes Brazilian health inequalities and cracks in the democracy
2020.04.27 -
Fighting COVID-19 in the Middle East, North Africa and the Philippines
2020.04.21 -
Student essays: Corona seen from a health perspective
2020.04.21 -
How a PhD Became a Documentary
2020.04.03 -
Building the car while driving it: South Africa’s response to COVID-19
2020.04.03 -
Call for Identities Virtual Symposium: The Viral Condition
2020.04.02 -
What African scholars think of studying in Denmark
2020.04.01 -
Podcast: Paradise Under Pressure
2020.03.18 -
Paradise Under Pressure
2020.03.09 -
Community-directed interventions against schistosomiasis in Malawi
2020.03.03 -
Most of Danish soybean imports still threaten the rainforest
2020.02.21 -
Call for Proposals: Asia and Africa in Transition
2020.02.21 -
Global Public Health in Mexico: Danish medical students’ meeting with the Mexican health system
2020.02.14 -
Professor Ida Theilade is the chairperson for IWGIA
2020.02.03 -
Historical inequalities and uncertain land tenure systems create problems in protected areas of Patagonia
2020.01.29 -
Mitigating the burden of type 2 diabetes in a low income setting in Nepal
2020.01.16 -
Registration is now open for Borderland 2020 summer course
2019.12.18 -
Maasai men develop lifestyle diseases during calorie-saturated health refuge
2019.11.11 -
Blog of student experiences at the Borderland Field Course 2019
2019.10.31 -
Global Health Case Challenge 2019: And the winners are...
2019.10.15 -
DDRN Essay Competition for University Students 2019: Communicate a piece of your own research relevant to one or more of the global challenges
2019.09.26 -
Innovation Competition is the Breeding Ground for New Initiatives
2019.09.17 -
From Thule Air Base to Gala Dinner at D’Angleterre
2019.08.19 -
Bend the Curve of Obesity! Register for the Global Health Case Challenge 2019
2019.06.20 -
Podcast: Unveiling diseases in quinoa and reviving lost Bolivian identity
2019.06.13 -
Podcast: On the road towards the perfectly climate adapted wheat
2019.05.31 -
Cool Coalition for clean and efficient cooling
2019.04.08 -
David Malpass elected to become the next President of the World Bank Group
2019.04.08 -
Application Round is Open for the Danida Market Development Programme
2019.04.03 -
Call for nominations: 2019 GCHERA World Agriculture Prize
2019.04.03 -
DIIS' new research programme on climate, mobility and governance
2019.04.01 -
Do you want to join UNLEASH Innovation Lab in China in November?
2019.04.01 -
Student Blog on COP4 Borderland
2018.11.27 -
Frontiers of Accumulation
2018.11.26 -
Publication: Southern Futures
2018.11.26 -
Call for proposals: Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education for Agri-Food System Transformation in Africa (SHAEA)
2018.09.17 -
University of Copenhagen is #10 in the world for development studies
2018.03.07 -
Call for volunteer presenters to the Seventh Africanist Forum
2018.02.23 -
Food, Health and Philosophy in East and West
2017.12.01 -
Global Health Case Challenge 2017 - The Winning Solution
2017.12.01 -
Call for papers: Researching Africa Day 2018
2017.11.27 -
Professor Anders Dalsgaard awarded Medal for the People's Health
2017.11.17 -
New research to treat acute malnutrition
2017.10.10 -
The Civil Society Fund (CISU): Call for Candidates (in Danish)
2017.09.21 -
WHO Director-General the first to receive new Danida Alumni Prize
2017.09.21 -
Call For Papers: “Celebrity and Protest in Africa and in the Anti-Apartheid Struggle”
2017.09.21 -
Professor Helle Porsdam awarded UNESCO Chair in ’Cultural Rights’
2017.09.04 -
The University of Copenhagen contributes to the largest global restoration of forests and forest landscapes in history
2017.09.04 -
Spying on malaria parasites at -196 Celsius
2017.09.04 -
Danida Market Development Partnerships Launch of 2017 call for proposals
2017.05.31 -
Andreas de Neergaard becomes Associate Dean
2017.05.31 -
Seed money for Global Development Network at Faculty of Social Sciences
2017.05.22 -
University of Copenhagen ranked # 14th in the world for Development Studies
2017.05.11 -
New research collaboration about teaching of school children from Cape Town and Copenhagen
2017.04.19 -
'2030 Hive Mind' - a Sustainable Development Goals game
2017.04.07 -
A predictive risk map for the nematode parasite Mansonella perstans in Uganda
2016.01.25 -
Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Kristian Jensen
2016.01.25 -
Invitation for Danish Development Research Networks General Assembly
2016.01.22 -
Essays in Ethiopian Manuscript Studies
2016.01.20 -
Researchers look into how tax and political priorities are related
2016.01.20 -
Cuts on development research are expensive
2016.01.15 -
Violent potentials: exploring the intersection of violence and masculinity among the Bugkalot
2016.01.11 -
New publication by Karen Lauterbach, Associate Professor at CAS
2016.01.11 -
ADRA Denmark cooperates with a Nigerian University on the development of the agricultural sector
2016.01.07 -
Open for applications to the Childrens Development Christmas Calender 2017
2016.01.07 -
Seeing Ebola from a distance: health workers, risk, and uncertainty in rural Burkina Faso
2016.01.04 -
New publication by two of the Associate Professors at CAS, Karen Lauterbach and Niels Kastfelt
2016.01.04 -
More private money to end the climate changes in developing countries
2015.12.09 -
Donors donate billions to Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI)
2015.12.09 -
Honours for Susan Whyte's book Second Chances
2015.12.09 -
Research opportunity for MSc-level student on the topic of suicide and alcohol use in Sri Lanka
2015.12.07 -
New book co-edited by Lene Møller Madsen, Associate Professor at Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen
2015.12.03 -
Huge trade corridors in Africa could cause “irrevocable” environmental damage
2015.12.01 -
New research: A fourth of all tree species in Amazonas are threatened
2015.12.01 -
The International Drivers of Legal Reform: a Critical Assessment of the Experiences in Southeast Asia and Latin America
2015.12.01 -
Dissertation: Bangalore Beginnings - An Ethnography of Return Migration among Highly Skilled Indians
2015.12.01 -
New book co-edited by Stig Jensen, Associate Professor at Centre of African Studies
2015.12.01 -
Join the Openhack: Coding for humanity
2015.12.01 -
Publication: Impact of EU agricultural policy on developing countries: a Uganda case study
2015.12.01 -
Maternal healthcare in context: A qualitative study of women's tactics to improve their experience of public healthcare in rural Burkina Faso
2015.12.01 -
New publication by Amanda Hammar, Director of CAS and MSO Professor in African Studies
2015.11.19 -
New Publication: Multiple Origins of Mutations in the mdr1 Gene - A Putative Marker of Chloroquine Resistance in P. vivax
2015.11.19 -
Parasites examined by UCPH student in Africa
2015.11.19 -
Scientists find key to malaria growth
2015.11.17 -
Danish food research lift the developing countries
2015.11.17 -
New Urban African Risk Knowledge website launched
2015.11.13 -
A European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa
2015.11.13 -
Internship in Sierre Leone/Denmark with DIGNITY
2015.11.13 -
Call for Workshop Proposals: The 18th Nordic Migration Conference
2015.11.13 -
Nordic energy mission in the Ivory Coast
2015.11.13 -
The role of plant science in food security
2015.11.13 -
The most vulnerable countries miss out on climate change knowledge
2015.11.13 -
Sam Jones and Finn Tarp get study entitled "Does foreign aid harm political institutions?" accepted by Journal of Development Economics
2015.10.28 -
New partnership between DERG (UCPH) and Department of Economics at University of Dar Es Salaam
2015.10.28 -
New Policy Brief from Copenhagen Centre for Development Research (CCDR)
2015.10.19 -
Call for nominations for the Ester Boserup Prizes 2016
2015.10.19 -
Book Launch: Disaster Research
2015.10.19 -
New report: Countries cross borders to find cultivable land
2015.10.09 -
The FFU application cycle is suspended
2015.10.05 -
Two new PhD positions are open for research on Africa at the University of Copenhagen
2015.10.05 -
The Danish government has the key to the African market
2015.09.28 -
New publication: Consumer acceptance and willingness to pay for edible insects as food in Kenya: the case of white winged termites
2015.09.28 -
Publication: Reconceptualizing the social contributions of community forestry as citizenship
2015.09.25 -
Publication: Determinants of participation in community forestry in Nepal
2015.09.25 -
New study: More people die from air pollution than Malaria and HIV/Aids
2015.09.18 -
Millennium Development Goal reached: Malaria death rates have plunged by 60 percent since 2000
2015.09.18 -
Helfer Teaches Open Online Course On International Human Rights
2015.09.18 -
Policy Brief: The logic of professionalization in participatory forestry
2015.09.15 -
New EU fund established to create development in Africa
2015.09.15 -
FAO report: Deforestation is on return
2015.09.15 -
Disappointing that Sustainable Development Goals lack migration goal
2015.09.15 -
Danish conference about the Millennium Development Goals
2015.09.11 -
Sam Jones and Finn Tarp publish article in World Bank Economic Review (WBER) with Channing Arndt
2015.09.04 -
The World Bank presents a free course: Financing for Development
2015.08.31 -
FAO will use satellite imagery to help water-scarce countries
2015.08.25 -
The Sumatran rhino is extinct in the wild in Malaysia
2015.08.25 -
Call for Applications for ph.d. positions at The Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS)
2015.08.19 -
Sam Jones has an article published in the Africa Education Review
2015.08.19 -
Danish Shipowner's Association: Maintain foreign policies on Africa
2015.08.13 -
New Associate Professor at the Centre of African Studies
2015.08.13 -
Call for contributions: PhD workshop on migration
2015.08.06 -
”Sustainable Value Chains & Vocational Training” (vindue II) is put on hold
2015.08.03 -
Released UN Agenda: Transforming Our World - The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
2015.08.03 -
New publication: Redefining shared sanitation
2015.08.03 -
New publication: Human and planetary health - towards a common language
2015.08.03 -
New publication: Causes of Fever in Rural Southern Laos
2015.08.03 -
Water and Governance internships with development consulting company
2015.06.29 -
Lise Kingo to lead the UN Global Compact
2015.06.29 -
Combating climate dangers is seen as medical emergency
2015.06.29 -
The 5th African Higher Education Week:
2015.06.25 -
A Plea for Action against Pollution in Nigeria
2015.06.25 -
CARE Denmark and Arla leads the way to sustainable partnership
2015.06.25 -
Prestigeous ERC grant to IFRO: State formation through the local production of property and citizenship
2015.06.25 -
12 million DKK Sapere Aude grant for Professor Oscar Salemink
2015.06.25 -
Multilateral Development Banks Provided $28 billion in Climate Finance in 2014
2015.06.22 -
FAO: Climate Change and Food Systems - Global assessments and implications for food security and trade
2015.06.22 -
Surprising citizens’ views on climate change: Close to three quarters say action will boost quality of life
2015.06.11 -
Policy Brief: Environmental resource income is important for eathquarke-hit rural households
2015.06.11 -
The new sustainable development goals and Denmark
2015.06.08 -
New Development Goal: All policies within EU shall be in accordance with sustainable development
2015.06.08 -
Call for papers for the international workshop 'New actors in development cooperation: Contested hegemonies and heterogeneous agendas'
2015.06.04 -
The commitee for sustainable palm oil lacks credibility
2015.06.04 -
CGIAR Strategy and Results Framework 2016-2030
2015.05.27 -
Call for papers for the international workshop: New actors in development cooperation: Contested hegemonies and heterogeneous agendas
2015.05.27 -
Savannas affect the level of CO2 in the atmosphere
2015.05.27 -
Tseday Mekasha and Finn Tarp publish article in World Development
2015.05.20 -
Sam Jones and Finn Tarp publish article in World Development
2015.05.20 -
Finn Tarp publishes article in Land Economics
2015.05.20 -
New professor in socio-economic structures and living conditions in development countries
2015.05.15 -
'The World's Best News' as a part of EUs 'Year for Development - 2015'
2015.05.12 -
Danida platform for Danish private sector participation in Danish development cooperation
2015.05.12 -
The 2014 CCAFS Annual Report: Acting locally, informing globally
2015.05.12 -
New Danida fund to support "Sustainable Value Chains and Vocational Training"
2015.05.12 -
Research on land and soils: Are the Sustainable Development Goals Sustainable?
2015.05.08 -
UNICEF launches a Global Innovation Centre and Innovation Fund
2015.05.08 -
From Home and Exile: A Negotiation of Ideas about Home in Malawian Poetry
2015.05.08 -
Call for applications: ADI funding - June 2015
2015.05.08 -
IFU have doubled its surpluses and wants to double the investsments
2015.05.06 -
20 million DKK Approved to Strengthen Free Media in Developing Countries
2015.05.06 -
Finn Tarp publishes article in Natural Resources Forum
2015.05.06 -
UCPH ranked #13 in the world for development studies
2015.05.06 -
Finn Tarp publishes article in Journal of Economic Integration
2015.05.06 -
Book release: Second Chances by Susan Whyte
2015.05.06 -
Cross-faculty collaboration in Case Competition for Global Health
2015.04.30 -
AMIS Post Doc Martin Lemberg-Pedersen publishes working paper on the ERPUM-project for Refugee Studies Centre
2015.04.27 -
Building Noah's Ark for Migrants, Refugees, and Religious Communities
2015.04.27 -
Interdisciplinary paper on Resilience
2015.04.23 -
Danish tax plan to promote growth in developing countries
2015.04.20 -
DERG: César Salazar-Espinoza, Sam Jones and Finn Tarp have published an article in Food Policy
2015.04.16 -
Minister for the Environment: Danish technology can solve the water issues in the world
2015.04.13 -
Fully Funded PhD Scholarship on National Human Rights Systems in Developing Countries
2015.04.13 -
Danida publishes report on support to development research 2014
2015.04.09 -
New development finance opportunities coming soon
2015.04.09 -
Danish Development Aid in 2014
2015.04.09 -
Sam Jones publishes a paper in the Journal of Economic Inequality
2015.04.09 -
New research project on human trafficking in the Global South
2015.03.30 -
African milk producers risks to drown in European milk
2015.03.23 -
New insight into tackling poor oral health in children around the globe
2015.03.23 -
DIIS article on street level bureaucrats
2015.03.19 -
DDRN is looking for South professionals who have studied in Denmark and now are working in their country of origin
2015.03.19 -
Development Researchers’ Lunch: Engaging with international counter-piracy off the coast of Somalia
2015.03.19 -
Chemistry at the heart of new Danish-Qatari partnership
2015.03.13 -
New Nordic journal on Asia: Asia in Focus
2015.03.13 -
Poorly preserved DNA from African slaves reveals their origins
2015.03.13 -
Afton Halloran attends the Global Food Security Symposium 2015
2015.03.13 -
Call for abstracts: GCHERA 2015
2015.03.13 -
New graduate-programme on development aid
2015.03.09 -
Danish vocational educations are expected to be sold in Vietnam
2015.03.09 -
Development Law, Corruption & Terrorism
2015.03.04 -
Online course on international development
2015.03.02 -
New handbook of security and development
2015.02.26 -
Join the network for Young Professionals for Agricultural Development
2015.02.26 -
PhD thesis receive the Ester Boserup Prize for the first time
2015.02.16 -
Towards a 'Global Political Ethnography'
2015.01.29 -
Beekeeping is adding to the income in Zanzibar
2015.01.29 -
The World's Best News proclaims 2015 as "The World's Most Important Year"
2015.01.29 -
AMIS professor Simon Turner contributes to new publication on "Ethnographies of Uncertainty in Africa"
2015.01.21 -
The frontier between 'high' and 'low' politics of migration in Burkina Faso
2015.01.19 -
Securing Sierra Leone
2015.01.15
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