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Impact

Law professor secures Danish political influence in the EU

Helle Krunke is a member of the EU reform group under the Danish Parliament’s European Affairs Committee, and helps to ensure that Danish politicians have real influence on EU legislation.

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Join the doctor in a corona intensive care unit

Ulf Gøttrup Pedersen is chief medical officer in the intensive care unit at Zealand University Hospital in Køge and has been on the front line in the treatment of the critically ill corona patients.

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The science of ice cream

Cathrine Østerberg is the owner of Østerberg Ice Cream. She has studied food science, and her education provides the framework for the knowledge she uses every day when trying to make the perfect ice cream.

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Over two billion people thirst for drinking water

Jiwoong Lee turns sea water into drinking water. That usually requires large amounts of energy, but a new method can desalt the water by the use of CO2.

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Upper secondary school teachers educate and shape the next generation

Watch how Niels Bendiksen Green in three years transforms children into young adults ready to step into the world.

Green research and green solutions

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Research with an impact

astrophysics

Six distant galaxies have mysteriously died

Astronomers from the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), among others, have peered back 10-12 billion years into the universe and found six galaxies that mysteriously ran out of gas and suffered an unusually early death. The discovery was made possible by an astonishing cosmic phenomenon that gave the astronomers insight into these distant galaxies at an unprecedented level of detail.

Arctic

Denmark has got a new island – and has become slightly larger

The newly discovered island is situated 780 metres further north than the island which was previously regarded as the most northerly island on Earth. The new island is about 30-by-60 metres large and rises 3-4 metres above sea level.

MASS SURVEILLANCE

The unlawful law: Mass surveillance of the Danish people

Since 2006 Denmark has, as part of our fight against terrorism, saved many thousand billion pieces of data about the Danes' communication. But nobody knows if this has any effect, and the European Court of Justice has repeatedly established that it is illegal. So why are we still doing it?

A world-class
research university

Driven by intellectual creativity and critical thinking since 1479, researchers and students at the University of Copenhagen have expanded horizons and contributed to moving the world forward. With its 5,000 researchers and 37,500 students, the University boasts an international research and study environment and is highly ranked among the world's best universities.