Faculty of Humanities

Religion, philosophy, and ethics

An open science project gives persons with cerebral palsy more self-control

A University of Copenhagen research project has managed to significantly strengthen the self-contro…

information and bubbles

The Carlsberg Foundation funds Centre for Information and Bubble Studies

The Carlsberg Foundation has awarded Professor Vincent F. Hendricks 1,92 million euros to establish…

Social media harm our ability to act rationally

The Internet and social media provide easy and instant access to an abundance of information but do…

science bubbles

Research funding has become prone to bubble formation

Fashions in research funding, reward structures in universities and streamlining of scientific…

The Danes do not abandon church Christianity

New research shows that Danes are not abandoning their communal Protestant religion in favour of…

SAPERE AUDE GRANTS

Researcher sets out to better understand social cohesion

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have received 14 of the 27 Sapere Aude grants awarded…

Information technology

Information technology amplifies irrational group behaviour

Web tools and social media are our key sources of information when we make decisions as citizens an…

A cancer diagnosis does not make young people religious

A sociologist of religion has interviewed 21 young patients diagnosed with a life-threatening cance…

Vampires give Danish teenagers taste for spirituality

A new PhD thesis shows that a film series like Twilight replaces traditional religion and enhances…