Social Sciences and Psychology - Social Sciences
When Crisis Strikes, Denmark’s Volunteers Step Forward
Crisis volunteering A portion of the population is ready to take action when crisis hits and others need help. According to researchers from the Department of Sociology at the University of Copenhagen, these individuals make up a civilian emergency corps of volunteers. But they are not necessarily the same volunteers you know from traditional associations such as your local sports club.
Banal but brutal: Career anxiety is a driving force behind authoritarianism
Politics Career pressure - not ideology - causes military officers to protect or overthrow dictators. New research from the Department of Political Science shows that ambition and anxiety can transform 'ordinary men' into the regime's ruthless henchmen - or into those who bury the regime.
DTU President: ’Young women should be able to see that DTU is for everyone who can and will - regardless of gender’
Diversity Evidence suggests that role models can help attract more women to fields where men are the majority.
Selected Jobs
Three postdoctoral positions on the public engagement with The Agreement on a Green Denmark, University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen


