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The coronavirus crisis reveals blind spots in Nordic labour market data

New article: Labour market statistics used by government and academics have several blind spots whe…

Tripartite relations since the Great Recession – Three countries compared

New book analyzes corporatist (tripartite) arrangements since the Great Recession in 2008 in…

The digital economy at work – integration and segmentation in hybrid labour markets

A new research project aims to uncover the relationship between platform work and future employment…

Claire Maxwell selected for anniversary issue of the British Journal of Sociology of Education

Professor Claire Maxwell has contributed to a special issue of the British Journal of Sociology of…

Merlin Schaeffer receives runner-up prize for best article

Associate Professor Merlin Schaeffer has been awarded the second prize in the ‘ESR Prize for the…

Digital climate-activism in a Scandinavian corona-era

A new research project, headed by Anders Blok, looks into how green NGOs in Denmark, Norway and…

New research centre puts focus on political mobilisation and protest

A new research centre under the Department of Sociology will shed light on the growing numbers of…

Collective agreements for platforms and workers

Analysis of two Nordic cases of new collective agreements in the platform economy: the Hilfr…

Digital platforms at work. Champagne or cocktail of risks?

Digital platforms is an emerging phenomenon across the Western world and allow citizens to accrue…

Social partner responses in the Nordic platform economy

Responses of Nordic trade unions and employers’ organizations to the platform economy

Three out of four international students have experienced anxiety during the corona crisis

Many international students at the University of Copenhagen have struggled with isolation,…

The work-life balance directive: Towards a gender equalizing EU regulatory welfare state?

A new publication that researches if EU is developing towards a gender equalizing welfare state in…

Moving In and Out of the Shadow of European Case Law: the Dynamics of Public Procurement in the Post‐Post‐Rüffert Era

In a new article by the Journal of Common Market Studies researchers are looking at the use of…

Is the corona pandemic supporting or crowding out the attention towards green transition?

New grant: Researchers from Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS) will investigate how…

Why do well-integrated people of immigrant origin feel more discriminated?

Sociologist Merlin Schaeffer has received DKK 6 million from the German Research Council for a…