Faculty of Humanities

Religion, philosophy, and ethics

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

2015.12.16

A University of Copenhagen research project has managed to significantly strengthen the self-contro…
The Carlsberg Foundation funds Centre for Information and Bubble Studies

2015.03.02

The Carlsberg Foundation has awarded Professor Vincent F. Hendricks 1,92 million euros to establish…
Social media harm our ability to act rationally

2014.02.28

The Internet and social media provide easy and instant access to an abundance of information but do…
Research funding has become prone to bubble formation

2013.11.22

Fashions in research funding, reward structures in universities and streamlining of scientific…
The Danes do not abandon church Christianity

2013.10.21

New research shows that Danes are not abandoning their communal Protestant religion in favour of…
Researcher sets out to better understand social cohesion

2013.06.08

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have received 14 of the 27 Sapere Aude grants awarded…
Information technology amplifies irrational group behaviour

2013.04.11

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

2012.10.18

A sociologist of religion has interviewed 21 young patients diagnosed with a life-threatening cance…
Vampires give Danish teenagers taste for spirituality

2012.05.09

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

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