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Merlin Schaeffer

Who gets to define discrimination?

Professor Merlin Schaeffer has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant

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Evidence of discrimination does not sway public support for policies addressing the problem

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Boys ditch books when schools close – girls keep reading

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2026.08.17

Who gets to define discrimination?

Professor Merlin Schaeffer from the Department of Sociology has been awarded a prestigious European…
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2026.04.16

Sociology and anthropology to be merged into a single department

The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences has decided to initiate a process to merge the Departmen…
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2026.03.24

Boys ditch books when schools close – girls keep reading

When holidays or pandemics shut down schools, gender differences in children’s reading habits widen…

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  • Nationalism and Education in the Arctic: A Study of Greenland in the Context of the Kingdom of Denmark

    2026.08.27
    Benedikte Brincker, Department of Sociology, UCPH, and Mitdlarak Lennert, Institute of Society,…
  • Demand Networks and Informal Volunteering

    2026.08.10
    Hjalmar Bang Carlsen, SODAS, and Jonas Toubøl, Department of Sociology have co-authored an article…
  • Trading Beyond Understanding: Machine Learning, Risk, and Markets

    2026.06.17
    Machine learning is fundamentally transforming financial markets. Where trading strategies were onc…

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  • 8 Sept. 2026, 12:30-14:00

    Private Museums and the Cultural Legitimation of Wealth

    Seminar with Kristina Kolbe, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
  • 15 Sept. 2026, 12:30-14:00

    Interaction Rituals at Odds Yet in Concert: Sketches of a Research Program

    Seminar with professor Anders Vassenden, University of Stavanger.

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DK-1353 Copenhagen K
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Tel: +45 35 32 10 00

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