South-North Research Partnership is Crucial, But Inequalities Remain
by The fundamental inequalities in research projects are still the same as they were 30 years ago and they are not likely to disappear. According to …
Author: Asger Roejle Christensen
The Health Sector Will Never Be Able to Solve the World’s Health Challenges on Its Own
We have to adopt an intersectoral approach to safeguarding health, says an experienced Danish researcher who has done that for all his professional life. To …
The Golden Moment of Any Science is When Your Ideas are Contradicted by Data
A veteran Danish anthropologist who received a doctorate in medicine for describing the effects of vaccination on reducing the rate of child deaths in the …
“A Strong Community of Development Researchers is Alive and Well in Denmark”
The community of development researchers has grown and been increasingly spread at several different environments in Denmark. Buzzwords change – but a clear focus on …
Industry, innovation and infrastructure / Partnerships for the goals / Responsible consumption and production / Social Sciences
Danish Researcher: Who Will Ever Be Reading Our Policy Briefs?
Research into trade patterns and global value chains gave the research team a hands-on understanding of what economic globalization is all about. Every time a …
Applied Sciences / Decent work and economic growth / Good health and well-being / News / Social Sciences
Mercury in Goldmines in Uganda Influence Pregnancies on the Faroe Islands
Our working environments have become truly global. Even though they are often invisible, harmful substances are traveling long distances between the South and the North. …
Many Years of South-North Cooperation Creates a Common Horizon of Ideas
A professor at Section for Global Development at University of Copenhagen moved his research on access to resources and land ownership from West Africa to …
They studied emerging epidemics – and then an epidemic emerged
A large research project in close cooperation between researchers from Denmark and Burkina Faso has focused on what happens to epidemics when they emerge in …
Civil Society Groups Keep Development Aid Closer to Human Beings
The history of Danish development assistance, and the role of civil society groups with a focus on vulnerable groups in this history, was discussed at …
Studying ”Development” in the SDG Era
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have redefined development as comprising a broad range of issues that are relevant for countries all over the world – …