"PhD Summer School 2026";"Associate Professor Zuzanna Godzimirska, The Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts) and postdoc Sarah Scott Ford, Centre of Excellence on Global Mobility Law (MOBILE)";"2026-06-08";"";"2026-06-12";"";"The Faculty of Law: Njalsgade 76, 2300 Copenhagen S.";"iCourts and MOBILE are hosting a Summer School for ambitious PhD students working on International and European law in its social and political contexts.";"The Centre of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts) and Centre of Excellence on Global Mobility Law (MOBILE) are hosting a Summer School for ambitious PhD students working on International and European law in its social and political contexts. We particularly welcome applications from students adopting an interdisciplinary, empirical approach in their projects, and focus on the core research areas of iCourts and MOBILE, i.e., international courts and global mobility law. The idea The MOBILE / iCourts PhD Summer School is a celebration of intellectual curiosity, academic cooperation, and professional networking. Since its inception in 2013, the Summer School has challenged and assisted more than 200 PhD students from around the world. Students who sign up for the Summer School will meet an engaged group of both young and senior scholars who look forward to sharing their experience and knowledge with you. Registration Please use this form to apply for acceptance at iCourts / MOBILE PhD Summer School 2026. Contact SS_iCourts_and_MOBILE@jur.ku.dk The leaflet Download the PDF leaflet here. The participants The summer school will admit between 24-30 PhD students and is designed for students in the early stages of their research. To be admitted to the program, students must be enrolled in a doctoral program. As part of the application, PhD students are requested to submit a 300 word abstract describing their research project. Participants will be expected to take an active part in the scholarly discussions, to submit assignments, present their own work, and to give feedback to their co-participants. Students should be prepared to refine and change their projects in light of the feedback given during the Summer School; thus, the optimal time to participate in the summer school is after students have an approved project and after they have surveyed the relevant literature. Participants may have begun their research, but it is better to participate before any serious writing up of findings. The programme structure The 2026 Summer School will be held in person at the University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Law. The program will consist of morning lectures, afternoon working group sessions and a social program. The program will also include a keynote lecture by Neha Jain, Professor of Law at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and Deputy Director of Northwestern University’s Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. Jain is renowned for her groundbreaking research on international law, human rights law, and the law of citizenship and statelessness. Lectures Faculty members will teach a session related to their own research interests and methodological approaches. They will present some of their own work and discuss methodological issues related to researching a specified topic. Students will have assigned readings (approximately 200 pages). Working group sessions Small groups of 4-5 students will be formed based on similarity or complementarity of topics and/or methods. These groups of students will meet every day with researchers from MOBILE and iCourts to work on methodological issues related to their own projects. Social programme As an integrated part of the Summer School, MOBILE’s and iCourts’ PhD students will arrange sightseeing in the city of Copenhagen. Evenings Most evenings will involve homework — doing readings for the next morning’s lecture and preparing assignments for the working group session. Your host iCourts is a research center dedicated to the study of international courts, their role in a globalising legal order and their impact on politics and society. iCourts opened in March 2012 as a Centre of Excellence funded by a large grant from the Danish National Research Foundation. Since its founding, iCourts has contributed to transforming the scholarly and practical understanding of international courts (ICs) at both the global and regional level by developing and applying novel theoretical and methodological tools. Read more about iCourts' current research. MOBILE is a research center dedicated to the study of global mobility law. MOBILE was established in 2023 as a Centre of Excellence funded by a large grant from the Danish National Research Foundation. The center’s mission is to systematically study the legal infrastructures of human mobility across geographies, social divides, travel patterns and time. Read more about MOBILE's current research. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is among the oldest universities in Northern Europe. The Faculty of Law was among the four original faculties and about 4,500 students are enrolled in the legal programs. In 2017, the Faculty of Law moved to South Campus in completely new buildings with excellent facilities and green outdoor areas. Fee and scholarships The fee for attending the Summer School is 250 EUR. The organisers offers financial support for up to 6 PhD scholars. If successful, the grants will cover travel and accommodation during the Summer School, as well as the registration fee.If you wish to apply for a MOBILE / iCourts grant, please indicate so in the registration form. Please indicate also whether your participation is contingent on obtaining a MOBILE / iCourts grant. "
"Direct claims, forum and choice of law";"CEPRI, Centre for Private Governance (University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law) and UNIDROIT Nordic Law Centre";"2026-06-11";"";"2026-06-12";"";"South Campus, room 8A.0.57";"Nordic Private Law Conference.";"Nordic Private Law Conference. Direct claims have for long been recognised in Nordic law and also in other jurisdictions. The concept is complicated and raises the question of the qualification of the claim as either contractual or tortious. Today, chains of contracts are often transnational, triggering questions of choice of forum and choice of law and the relevance of the distinction between contract and tort in this regard. This conference explores these themes seen in the light of recent developments in national court cases, dealing with national law, the CISG and uniform law, in case law from the CJEU and in new EU regulatory frameworks introducing new types of direct claims related to the green transition. Programme Thursday 11 June Welcome to the conference 09:30 - 09:45 Vibe Ulfbeck, Professor, University of Copenhagen (Head of CEPRI) and Giuditta Cordero-Moss, Professor, University of Oslo (coordinator of the UNIDROIT Nordic Law Centre) PART I: General introduction to the concept of direct claims in sales law and insurance law (Chair: Ignacio Tirado, Professor, Secretary General, UNIDROIT) 09:45 - 09:55 Ignacio Tirado, Professor, Secretary General, UNIDROIT: Introduction 09:55 - 10:15 Stina Bratt, Associate Professor, Stockholm University 10:15 - 10:35 Olli Norros, Professor, University of Helsinki 10:35 - 10:55 Vibe Ulfbeck, Professor, University of Copenhagen 10:55 - 11:15 Coffee break 11:15 - 11:35 Jean-Sebastian Borghetti, Professor, Paris-Panthéon-Assas université 11:35 - 11:55 Tom Hick, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Law 11:55 -13:00 Discussion 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Part II: Direct claims and arbitration clauses (Chair: Clement Petersen) 14:00 - 14:10 Clement Petersen, Professor, CEPRI, University of Copenhagen: Introduction 14:10 - 14:30 Johan Tufte-Kristensen, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen 14:30 - 14:50 Eva Storskrubb, Associate Professor, Uppsala University 14:50 - 15:10 Gilles Cuniberti, Professor, University of Luxembourg 15:10 - 16:00 Discussion 17:00 - 18:30 Boat trip on the canals (for speakers) Pickup and get off: Kulturhuset, Islands Brygge 18, 2300 Copenhagen 19:00 - Dinner (for speakers) Restaurant Aristo, Islands Brygge 4, 2300 Copenhagen Friday 12 June Part III: Direct claims, choice of law and jurisdiction (Chair: Theodora Kostoula, Legal Consultant, UNIDROIT) 09:00 - 09:10 Theodora Kostoula, Legal Consultant, UNIDROIT: Introduction 09:10 - 09:30 Erik Sinander, Senior Lecturer, Stockholm University 09:30 - 09:50 Sylvie Cavaleri, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen 09:50 - 10:10 Giuditta Cordero-Moss, Professor, Oslo University 10:10 - 10:30 Coffee break 10:30 - 10:50 Jesper Windahl, Lawyer, WSCO, Copenhagen 10:50 - 11:10 Katarzyna Kryla-Cudna, Bristol University 11:10 - 11:30 Anatol Dutta, Professor, Ludwig Maxmiliansuniversität Munich 11:30 - 12:00 Discussion 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Part IV: New types of direct claims in the green and digital transition (Chair: Vibe Ulfbeck, Professor, CEPRI, University of Copenhagen) 13:00 - 13:10 Vibe Ulfbeck, Professor, CEPRI, University of Copenhagen: Introduction 13:10 - 13:30 Lena Sisula-Tulokas, Professor emerita, University of Helsinki 13:30 - 13:50 Evelyn Terryn, Professor KU Leuven, Belgium 13:50 - 14:10 Theodora Kostoula, Legal Consultant, UNIDROIT 14:10 - 14:30 Ignacio Tirado, Professor, Secretary General, UNIDROIT 14:30 - 15:00 Discussion 15:00-15:15 Wrap Up: Vibe Ulfbeck (CEPRI) and Giuditta Cordero-Moss (UNIDROIT Nordic Law Centre) 15:15 - Network and drinks on the terrasse Registration Please register for the conference here."
"The Impact of Climate Change on the International Protection of Human Rights";"Organizer: CLIMA - Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance";"2026-06-16";"13:00";"";"14:00";"South Campus, room 6B.4.04";"CLIMA lunch seminar with Irene Antonioli.";"CLIMA lunch seminar with Irene Antonioli. This seminar examines the growing ""humanization"" of climate change through the lens of international human rights law. It first explores how climate change has increasingly been framed as a human rights issue and then analyses three landmark climate cases that exemplify this trend: KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland, Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Others, and Carême v. France. Finally, it discusses some of the main challenges associated with climate litigation, including the role of courts in strategic climate litigation and the limits to the effectiveness of international environmental law. About the speaker Irene Antonioli graduated with honours in Law from the University of Naples Federico II in July 2025. Her master's thesis focused on the relationship between climate change and international human rights protection. Following her graduation, she completed an internship with an NGO in Spain, where she worked on European project development in the field of sustainability. Irene is currently an intern at the Climate Centre, where she contributes to research and projects related to climate governance and sustainability. Registration Sign up for the seminar."
"Studies on Corporate Sustainability Reporting";"PhD School, Faculty of Law";"2026-06-16";"15:00";"2026-06-16";"18:00";"South Campus, room 6B.4.04";"Evaluation seminar for PhD student Måns Dunfjäll.";"Evaluation seminar for PhD student Måns Dunfjäll. All interested are invited to the evaluation seminar for Måns Dunfjäll who will present his PhD project. About the project Måns article-based thesis concerns the concept of corporate sustainability reporting, with a special focus on the so-called Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). His thesis treats the CSRD as an attempt to build a legal infrastructure for sustainability governance in the EU. A system meant to produce useful, comparable and publicly accountable information and to influence corporate behaviour, supervisory authorities, and capital allocation. The central argument is that the CSRD’s effectiveness depends less on any single provision than on the interaction between its main building blocks: how “material” sustainability information is defined and filtered, how binding standards are produced and controlled, how those standards function in a global reporting environment, how compliance is supervised and sanctioned in practice, how political “simplification” reforms reshape the underlying data set, and how these developments feed back into the evolving understanding of corporate purpose and board responsibilities. His thesis therefore consists of articles which each concern themselves with these topics. External commentator Affiliate Professor and Supreme Court judge Jan Schans Christensen Meeting leader Associate Dean for Research, Cand.jur., LL.M., PhD. Lone Wandahl Moyal Everyone is welcome. Please note that the seminar is in English but questions and feedback in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian are also welcome."
"The Legal Relationship Between States and Corporations in Large Infrastructure Projects: Beyond Treaties and Contracts";"iCourts";"2026-06-17";"12:15";"";"13:15";"South Campus, room 8A.0.57 (Flexrummet) and Zoom. Find link. Meeting ID: 618 3174 1607. Passcode: 155639";"iCourts lunch seminar with Yuan Fang.";"iCourts lunch seminar with Yuan Fang. Large infrastructure projects have become central to economic development, energy security, and the global energy transition. Whether involving renewable energy facilities, critical mineral extraction, pipelines, or transportation networks, these projects often require long-term cooperation between states and private corporations. However, the legal relationship between governments and corporate actors does not fit neatly within traditional categories of either international treaties or private contracts. Such arrangements frequently combine elements of public authority, commercial negotiation, and regulatory governance. This raises important questions regarding legal status, accountability, and dispute resolution. This seminar explores how the law conceptualizes state–corporate relationships in major infrastructure projects and whether existing legal frameworks adequately capture their unique nature."
"EU-Domstolens store domme siden sidst";"Dansk Forening for Europaret";"2026-06-22";"15:30";"";"18:30";"Poul Schmith/Kammeradvokaten, Kalvebod Brygge 32, 1560 København V";"Medlemsmøde i Dansk Forening for Europaret.";"Medlemsmøde i Dansk Forening for Europaret. Oplæg af kommitteret Nina Holst-Christensen, Justitsministeriet, og kontorchef Christel Ann-Sophie Maertens, Udenrigsministeriet. Tilmelding Tilmelding skal ske via foreningens hjemmeside senest tirsdag den 18. juni 2026, kl. 15.30."
"Big Tech: Too Big To Fail?";"CEPRI, Centre for Private Governance (University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law)";"2026-06-24";"08:00";"";"18:00";"Valencia Building in Vesterbro, 1620 Copenhagen V, Denmark";"The PROFIT International Conference is the final conference of the project of PROFIT: Gaps and Opportunities in the Corporate Governance of Big Tech Companies.";"The PROFIT International Conference is the final conference of the project of PROFIT: Gaps and Opportunities in the Corporate Governance of Big Tech Companies, supported by the Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond under the Inge Lehmann Programme. The PROFIT Conference brings together leading scholars, policymakers, regulators, and industry experts to examine whether Big Tech companies have become ""too big to fail"" and explore the governance challenges they pose to society. As the final conference of the PROFIT PROJECT, this event addresses critical questions about the balance of power between technology giants and governments, the effectiveness of current regulatory frameworks, and the future of corporate governance in the digital age. The conference takes place in the Valencia Building in Vesterbro, a venue kindly provided by DreyersFond. Sign up for the conference. Programme 8:00 - 8:30 Start & registrationThe Valencia building, Vesterbrogade 32, 1620 Copenhagen. 8:30 - 9:00 Is Big Tech Too Big To Fail? / Opening By Alexandra Andhov, Professor and Chair of Law & Technology, University of Auckland, and Affiliated Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen 9:00 - 9:45 Big Tech vs. Government / Morning KeynoteBy Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science; Director, Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania 9:45 - 10:15 Coffee break 10:15 - 11:45 PANEL 1: A follow-up deep dive session: Big Tech vs. Government Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science; Director, Penn Program on Regulation, University of Pennsylvania Marta Andhov, Associate Professor, University of Auckland & Affiliated Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen Diana Bowman, Professor and Dean of the School of Law, RMIT Thomas Eriksson, CEO & Founder of SASHA- Safe Share Moderator Berdien van der Donk 11:45 - 12:45 Lunch break 12:45 - 13:15 Decentralisation as Key / Inspiration talkBy Roman Beck, Slade Professor, Computer Information Systems, Bentley U. 13:15 - 14:15 PANEL 2: Privacy, Encryption, Trust and Decentralisation / Moderated dis. Roman Beck, Slade Professor, Computer Information Systems, Bentley University Stine Mangor Tornmark, Founder & CEO, Openli Boel Nelson, Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen Pernille Korzon Dünweber, CEO & Founder, OMG! Due Diligence Moderated by Helen Yu, Associate Professor, Swansea University 14:15 - 15:15 PANEL 3: Business Models of Big Tech & Future of Enterprise Foundations Olga Kokoulina, Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen Alexandra Andhov, Professor and Chair of Law & Technology, University of Auckland, and Affiliated Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen Lusina Ho, Harold Hsiao-Wo Lee Professor in Trust and Equity, the University of Hong Kong 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee break 15:45 - 16:15 Who is Really Governing Big Tech? / Afternoon keynote By Elizabeth Pollman, Perry Golkin Professor of Law, Penn Carey Law, University of Pennsylvania 16:15 - 17:00 A FIRESIDE CHAT Elizabeth Pollman, Perry Golkin Professor of Law, Penn Carey Law, University of Pennsylvania Mikkel Brun Naesager, Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer, Exit Moderated by Ayanna Coleman 17:00 - 17:15 Closing Remarks and Book LaunchAlexandra Andhov 17:15 - 18:00 Drinks & networking "
"Tales from Latin American States in Advisory Proceedings before the International Court of Justice (LATIN TALES)";"iCourts";"2026-06-24";"12:15";"";"13:15";"South Campus, Flexroom 8A.0.57 and Zoom. Meeting ID: 674 6849 0368. Passcode: 864476.";"iCourts invite to a lecture with Paula Sant'Ana Strogoff.";"A Mixed-Method Approach for Grasping State Motivations and Strategy before ICTs iCourts invite to a lecture with Paula Sant'Ana Strogoff. The LATIN TALES project is designed to provide a comprehensive analysis of the narratives and strategies employed by Latin American states within the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’). Moving beyond traditional doctrinal approaches, the research seeks to uncover the rationale and political motivations that drive these states to participate in advisory proceedings, particularly those concerning community interests. By recognizing international law not merely as a set of static rules but as a dynamic framework for political positioning, this study examines how Latin American states shape their strategies through narratives advanced before the International Court of Justice. By examining the engagement of Latin American states with the advisory jurisdiction of the ICJ, this research investigates how these actors strategically utilize legal argumentation to shape the interpretation of international law regarding community interests. The study focuses on Latin American participation in selected advisory proceedings, namely the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and the Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965. The study frames international courts and tribunals as multifunctional actors while adopting Latin America as its primary unit of analysis. In addition, the research employs a socio-political conception of narratives, which encompasses not only what is explicitly articulated in written and oral pleadings, but also the embodied agency of actors who produce them and the underlying structures that both enable and constrain their expression. This socio-legal framework incorporates concepts of capital and habitus, alongside political context, to interrogate how states actively instrumentalize legal language and storytelling. The sociopolitical dimension of this narrative strategy fills a significant gap in the existing literature on international law. The project illuminates the strategic rationale driving Latin American states by analyzing written and oral statements alongside state delegation structures, while incorporating both semi-structured interviews with key state representatives and a systematic examination of the political contexts in which their legal argumentation was formulated. Ultimately, this research demonstrates how international courts serve as platforms where legal positions are mobilized to provide clarity on complex legal questions and address matters of global concern, such as climate change, self-determination, and human rights. Bio Paula Sant'Ana Strogoff is qualified as a Brazilian lawyer, holding an Advanced LL.M in Public International Law from Leiden University (2023) and a Bachelor's degree in Law from FGV Rio Law (2021). She previously worked at the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court and with a defence team at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers. She is a researcher at FGV Rio Law's Centre for Global Law and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on EU-Latin America Global Challenges."
"Legal and Forensic Barriers in Cases of Child Abuse – from a child rights perspective";"Copenhagen Centre for Criminology (CCC), Mikkel Jarle Christensen";"2026-06-25";"12:00";"2026-06-25";"13:00";"South Campus, room 6B-4-04";"Talk by postdoc Martine Stagelund Hvidt, University of Copenhagen.";"Talk by postdoc Martine Stagelund Hvidt, University of Copenhagen. In this presentation, I explore key legal and forensic challenges that hinder the protection of children exposed to physical violence. My research shows that Danish law sets significant procedural barriers. Children aged 15–17 can only be video‑interviewed under exceptional circumstances, meaning that video interviews are rarely used in practice, even though 13–17‑year‑olds constitute the largest group of children affected by violence. Another barrier arises when conducting forensic medical examinations, which require parental consent. If consent is refused, authorities must obtain a court order or appoint an ad hoc guardian, which can cause delays. Because children heal quickly, time is critical, and such delays can jeopardize the documentation of fresh injuries. This presentation highlights how legal frameworks and forensic realities intersect and where the system may fall short in safeguarding vulnerable children. Registration Register for the event."
"Aristotle’s Prison: A Search for Humanity in Tragic Places";"Copenhagen Centre for Criminology (CCC)";"2026-08-13";"14:00";"";"17:00";"South Campus, Auditorium 4A-0-69";"In this lecture, Professor Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge, will describe how doing research in prisons over a long period of time led me to the two poles of human experience: the 'desert' and the 'oasis'.";"Lecture by Professor Alison Liebling, University of Cambridge. Abstract In this lecture, I will talk about my new book, Aristotle’s Prison: A Search for Humanity in Tragic Places. I describe how doing research in prisons over a long period of time led me to the two poles of human experience: the desert (which is morally unbearable) and the oasis (where the life force is affirmed). I show how these qualitatively different poles of human experience shape outcomes, such as violence, versus survival and moral growth. Staff in outstanding prisons have different dispositions, practices and intentions from staff in lower threshold prisons. They operate with clear attention to security, order, and the use of authority, but hold these values in tension with positive underlying assumptions about prisoners, punishment and rehabilitation. They know when to use ‘intelligent trust’ or ‘intelligent doubt’. Aristotle called this kind of value-balancing ‘practical wisdom’. I found a striking fit between my research findings over a professional lifetime, which effectively consist of the careful organisation of what prisoners and staff have to say, and the insights of traditional, religious, spiritual or indigenous wisdom, as well as recent social theory. Human beings need presence, connection, and resonance. These ingredients of the good life are literally a matter of life and death, and yet they are being undone in prisons and in our lives outside as both harden into a world of It. What can we do about a harshening criminal justice system and a hardening world? Registration Please register for the event here."
"Call for abstracts: PhD Symposium on Law and Security";"Anja Møller Pedersen and Cornelius Wiesener, Faculty of Law";"2026-08-27";"09:00";"2026-08-27";"13:00";"South Campus, room 8A.0.57 (the Flex Room)";"Hosted by CERES, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen.";"Hosted by CERES, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. The Centre for Law and Security (CERES) invites PhD candidates and doctoral students from all disciplines with an interest in law and security to a half-day PhD symposium. The symposium takes place in connection with the Conference on Law and Security, held at the University of Copenhagen. Call If you wish to participate in the PhD symposium, you must submit an abstract of approximately two standard pages (4,800 characters including spaces) containing the following: A brief account of your research project, including topic, research questions, methodology, and structure. The formulation of 1-3 theses framing your (expected) research contribution. These theses should be concise statements indicating what you expect – on the basis of your project – to be able to conclude with relevance for legal scholarship. Brief reflections on security perspectives relevant to your project. At the symposium, participants will present their research project, theses, and security perspectives based on their abstract. Each participant will also serve as discussant on one of the other contributions and will be asked to formulate constructive critical questions and counter‑theses on the abstract and presentation. Additionally, a faculty member will steer the sessions and provide feedback on methodological issues of the projects. Abstracts must be submitted to Anja Møller Pedersen and Cornelius Wiesener no later than 1 June 2026. Abstracts and presentations must be in English. Practical details The detailed programme and further instructions for preparation will follow once all applications have been reviewed by the organisers. Participation in the symposium is free of charge. Lunch and refreshments will be provided by the PhD School at the Faculty of Law. The PhD symposium (active participation in the symposium + participation in the main conference) corresponds to a workload of 1 ECTS credit, and a course certificate will be issued. Registration You are only allowed to register if you have submitted an abstract. Sign up for PhD Symposium on Law and Security. Contact For questions, please contact organisers: Anja Møller Pedersen, Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Human Rights, Technology and Data Protection Law, anja.moeller.pedersen@jur.ku.dk Cornelius Wiesener, Tenure Track Assistant Professor of International Law and Human Rights, cornelius.wiesener@jur.ku.dk "
"Call for papers: Law and Security ";"Centre for Law and Security (CERES)";"2026-08-27";"13:00";"2026-08-28";"17:00";"South Campus, room TBA";"Conference organised by Centre for Law and Security (CERES).";"Conference organised by Centre for Law and Security (CERES). Photo: Brian Djurslev, Danish Defence In these turbulent times, Danish, Nordic, and European authorities often operate in a grey zone between war and peace and must be able to handle a range of different security‑policy scenarios. This places significant demands on emergency preparedness – and on the legal framework. How do we in Denmark, the Nordic region, and Europe address the many diverse and current threats without compromising fundamental principles of the rule of law, including human rights and international legal obligations? Under the theme Law and Security, the conference will bring together researchers, politicians, civil servants, the business community, and civil society from Denmark, the Nordic countries, and Europe to focus on, among others, the following topics: International institutions under pressure Transatlantic defence cooperation European security infrastructure Security in the Arctic The conference spans 1½ days and is divided into a research part and a practitioner part. The research part will be conducted in English, while the practitioner part will be in Danish (with the option to ask questions in English). Everyone is welcome to attend the entire conference, but it is also possible to register for individual parts. PhD students should note that a ½ day PhD course will be organized in the morning of Day 1. Confirmed speakers Marko Milanovic, Professor, University of Reading Mette Lyster Knudsen, Judge at High Court of Eastern Denmark, Nordic candidate to 2027-2036 Frank Hoffmeister, Director, Head of the Legal Department, European External Action Service (EEAS) Janina Dill, Professor at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford Russell Buchan, Professor, University of Reading Yoshifumi Tanaka, Professor, University of Copenhagen Louise Halleskov, Professor, Aarhus University Graham Butler, Professor, University of Southern Denmark Registration Sign up for the conference on Law and Security. Programme (tentative) Thursday 27 August Day 1 will be held in English. 9:00 - 13:00 PhD Symposium (PhD students only, approx. 1 ECTS point depending on preparation) 13:00 - 13:30 Registration and welcome to researcher track 13:30 - 14:15 Keynote speech 14:15 - 14:45 Coffee and cake 14:45 - 16:15 Panel I: Three presentations (15 minutes each) followed by Q&A/discussion. 16:15 - 16:30 Break 16:30 - 18:00 Panel II: Three presentations (15 minutes each) followed by Q&A/discussion. 18:00 - 19:00 Reception 19:00 Informal dinner for all speakers and chairs Friday 28 August Day 2 will be held in English and Danish. 9:00 - 10:30 Panel III: Three presentations (15 minutes each) followed by Q&A/discussion. 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee and croissants 11:00 - 12:30 Panel IV: Three presentations (15 minutes each) followed by Q&A/discussion. 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 14:00 Registration and welcome to the practitioner track (in Danish) 14:00 - 14:15 Opening speech 14:15 - 15:15 Panel debate on international institutions under pressure: Four short presentations (5 minutes each) followed by Q&A/discussion. 15:15 - 15:45 Coffee and cake 15:45 - 16:45 Panel debate on the state of the European security architecture: Four short presentations (5 minutes each) followed by Q&A/discussion. 16:45 - 17:00 Closing remarks 17:00 - Friday Bar with draft CERES beer, snacks and live music Call for papers We invite paper proposals addressing legal challenges – including international law, EU law, constitutional law, and human rights law – in relation to current security threats facing Denmark, the Nordics and Europe. We welcome contributions on a broad array of topical issues, including for example: Emergency law regimes The role of the police and armed forces in responding to terrorist attacks and similar incidents The work, tasks, and oversight of intelligence services Issues of confidentiality, national security, and prosecution Special national security procedures and regulations related to, inter alia, foreigners and criminal procedural interventions Defence agreements, status of forces agreements, host nation support-frameworks, and similar types of regulation covering the presence of foreign military forces in Denmark, the Nordics, and Europe. We will aim to include both senior scholars and PhD students in the conference panels. Speakers are expected to cover their own travel expenses. The organizers will provide accommodation. Submit your paper proposal by 1 May 2026. Please submit an abstract of no more that 400 words and a short bio to CERES-student@jur.ku.dk Social events: All registered participants are invited to a reception on 27 August at well as to the “CERES Friday Bar” on 28 August 2026. In addition, all speakers and chairs will be invited to join an informal conference dinner on 27 August 2026. Conference publication: Depending on the submissions, we aim to publish conference papers in an edited volume or in a special issue of e.g. the Nordic Journal of International Law (subject to peer-review). Course certificate For Danish legal practitioners: A course certificate may be issued upon participation in the conference (In Danish: kursuspoint til obligatorisk efteruddannelse). Please contact us upon registration. "
"Can Animal Welfare Serve as a Climate Adaptation Tool? The EU Law Barriers to Integrated Regulation";"CLIMA - Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance";"2026-09-03";"12:00";"";"13:00";"South Campus, room 6A-1-38 (meeting room 2) and online";"CLIMA lunch seminar with Lucie Nersesjan.";"CLIMA lunch seminar with Lucie Nersesjan. The seminar examines whether animal welfare measures can operate as instruments of climate adaptation within EU regulation of intensive livestock farming. It takes as its starting point the observation that welfare-related requirements may also influence the capacity of livestock systems to withstand heat stress, disease pressure and other climate-related risks. It then explores why this adaptive function remains insufficiently recognised in EU law, focusing on the separation between animal welfare law and environmental law, the asymmetrical design of Articles 11 and 13 TFEU, and the reproduction of this divide in secondary legislation, including the animal welfare acquis, environmental permitting and the Common Agricultural Policy. The seminar thereby highlights broader limits of integrated regulation in addressing climate risks in livestock systems. About the speaker Lucie Nersesjan is a PhD candidate and research assistant at the Department of Environmental and Land Law, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, where she also teaches and assists in environmental law courses. Her research focuses on the legal requirements for climate protection in intensive livestock farming, with particular emphasis on environmental impact assessment, integrated pollution prevention and control, and the intersection of environmental protection and animal welfare. Her broader academic interests include environmental law, agricultural law, and food law, particularly the legal regulation of livestock farming and sustainability in agriculture. Registration Sign up for the seminar."
"Crime Trends in Borderlands: Similarities and Differences Across Nordic Border Regions";"Copenhagen Centre for Criminology (CCC)";"2026-09-03";"12:00";"2026-09-03";"13:00";"South Campus, room 6B-4-04";"Talk by Professor Peter Lindström, Linnaeus University. ";"Talk by Professor Peter Lindström, Linnaeus University. Part of CCC Lunch Seminars. The five Nordic countries (Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland) share a long-standing tradition of cooperation in criminal justice policy in general and policing in particular. Cross-national comparative analyses of criminal justice statistics, including police-recorded offences, are well established within Nordic criminological research. However, comparative studies of crime trends across major Nordic cities have been less common, while research focusing specifically on border areas remains largely absent, both in Nordic scholarship and in the broader international literature. In addition, previous research has made limited use of advanced statistical measures to assess similarities and differences in crime trends over time. The aim of this article is to analyse trends in police-recorded crime across three levels of analysis: (i) the national level, (ii) the city level, and (iii) borderlands. Particular attention is given to three distinct border regions: the urban Øresund region, encompassing the cities of Malmö and Copenhagen; the Tornio Valley, including the medium-sized twin towns of Haparanda and Tornio on either side of the Swedish–Finnish border; and rural municipalities along the Swedish–Norwegian border, where a joint police station was inaugurated in 2025. These border regions are currently included in an ongoing research project on police cooperation in borderlands. The study combines graphical visualisations with distance measures generated through Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) algorithms and additional statistical measures to assess similarities and differences in crime trends over time. Preliminary findings indicate that crime trends within borderlands are more similar to one another than those observed among major cities or at the national level. The results suggest that enhanced cross-border police cooperation – including intelligence sharing on volume crime, joint police patrols and operations, and joint investigation teams – may play an increasingly important role in future borderland policing and crime prevention. Registration Please register here for the event."
"The Quiet Encroachment of Law: Legal Pluralism and Everyday Resistance in Climate Adaptation";"CLIMA - Centre for Climate Change Law and Governance";"2026-09-14";"09:00";"";"10:00";"South Campus, room 7A-0-16 (Pejsestuen)";"Climate breakfast seminar with Ana Maria Vargas Falla, Lund University.";"Climate breakfast seminar with Ana Maria Vargas Falla, Lund University. This presentation brings together three articles I recently published – on quiet resistance, the “law of the four poles,” and climate adaptation by dispossession – to examine how law is lived, negotiated, and subtly transformed in everyday contexts of climate change. Rather than approaching law as a stable framework governing adaptation, I explore what might be called the quiet encroachment of the law: how ordinary actors engage, reinterpret, and at times subvert legal and regulatory structures through everyday practices of survival. These practices, ranging from what I conceptualise as “quiet resistance” to forms of “quiet sabotage”, do not openly confront legal authority, yet they reshape how climate governance operates on the ground. Building on insights from legal pluralism, the presentation argues that climate adaptation unfolds within a multiplicity of normative orders, where formal law intersects with informal, lived, and often invisible practices. The “law of the four poles” is introduced to understand how authority, legitimacy, necessity, and resistance interact in these contexts, particularly under conditions of dispossession. By foregrounding the power of the ordinary, the paper challenges dominant legal narratives around compliance, enforcement, and institutional design. Instead, it highlights how adaptation is co-produced through everyday engagements with law, where marginalised actors are not merely subjects of regulation but active participants in the ongoing making and unmaking of legal order. In doing so, the presentation invites a rethinking of climate law beyond formal frameworks, toward a more grounded understanding of how law operates in practice and how it is quietly transformed from below. About the speaker Ana Maria Vargas Falla is a Colombian lawyer and sociologist of law studying quiet forms of resistance to the law. From indigenous communities to informal settlements, she listens to how people reimagine law in their everyday lives. Her work challenges dominant narratives and uplifts voices from the margins, showing how climate and legal futures are being shaped from below. Her academic background includes a PhD in sociology of law from Lund University and the University of Milan. Her thesis was awarded the prize for Best Dissertation in Sweden in the field of working environment by the Forum for Working Life Research in 2016. Her research was highlighted as one of the 10 Insights in Climate Science in 2024-2025 for her contribution to understanding popular resistance and opposition to climate policies. She has written several articles about the role of law in climate adaptation. Registration Register for the event"
"Youth between punishment and welfare";" The Copenhagen Centre for Criminology (CCC)";"2026-09-17";"12:00";"";"13:00";"South Campus, room 6B.4.04";"Talk by PhD fellow Lea Brinkgaard, University of Copenhagen.";"Talk by PhD fellow Lea Brinkgaard, University of Copenhagen. In Denmark, young lawbreakers above the age of criminal responsibility (15+) have historically been processed through the criminal justice system, the social welfare system, or– most often – a combination of both. Yet, the interinstitutional dynamics shaping youth crime measures between these spheres have been limitedly explored and rarely historicized. Drawing on my PhD research, this presentation examines decisive developments in youth crime control in the Danish welfare state, focusing on youth as a borderline category situated within a distinct interinstitutional space between punishment and welfare. Through archival and published sources, it traces how interactions between institutions, practices, and actors across criminal justice and social welfare spheres have translated into concrete, and at times burdensome, measures, such as the Youth Prison (1933–1973) and the Youth Contract (1991–). By bringing the sociology of punishment, welfare historiography, and youth history into dialogue, the presentation explores how Danish youth crime control has been shaped and reshaped through a mutually constitutive interplay between penal-welfare trajectories and historically contingent conceptions of youth. Read more about Lea Brinkgaard."
"Judges too wise for own good?";"iCourts";"2026-09-18";"13:00";"";"14:00";"South Campus, meeting room 6B.4.04 and Zoom. Meeting ID: 632 7042 7237. Passcode: 391952.";"iCourts invite to a lecture with Antoine Vauchez.";"iCourts invite to a lecture with Antoine Vauchez. At a time when European democracies are going through an unprecedented crisis and far-right parties are progressively coming to power, the courts are more than ever in a position to be the first safeguards and guarantors of our rights and freedoms. But are our judges really protecting us? Are they truly ready and equipped to assume such a role? What is their understanding of the current democratic emergency? Drawing on extensive legal and sociological research and scholarship, Hennette-Vauchez & Vauchez’s book undertakes an investigation into those French courts who judge of the State and its public policies: the Council of State (Conseil d’Etat) and the Constitutional Council (Conseil constitutionnel). By taking a historical detour that shows their embeddedness at the heart of a Fifth Republic primarily concerned with guaranteeing the power to executive branch, the book shows how these two courts – both of which sit at the Palais-Royal – have let their guard down as they let themselves be enlisted in the major turning points of public policies – from the great European market to the security turn. Have they not, indeed, accompanied rather than limited the implementation of the two (anti-terrorist and sanitary) lengthy states of emergency proclaimed and applied in France since 2015? Do they not play a decisive role in keeping anti-discrimination law at bay and in ratifying the rise of economic freedoms? By examining the legal policies of the two supreme courts on the most pressing challenges of our democratic societies – the ecological emergency, demands for equality within a pluralistic society, and the preservation of spaces for contestation and dissent – the book shows that they diminish, even obscure, the dynamics of rights and thereby participate in the crisis of confidence and legitimacy in our democracies. Find the book. "
"Meta-analysis of psychological interventions aimed at reducing corruption tolerance";"Copenhagen Centre for Criminology (CCC)";"2026-10-22";"12:00";"2026-10-22";"13:00";"South Campus, room 6B-4-04";"Talk by PhD student Ardian R. Afandi, University of Copenhagen.";"Talk by PhD student Ardian R. Afandi, University of Copenhagen. Corruption tolerance - the degree to which individuals accept or normalize corrupt conduct - poses a critical psychological barrier to anti-corruption efforts, yet no meta-analysis has systematically evaluated interventions targeting it. This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesizes empirical evidence on psychological interventions aimed at reducing corruption tolerance across five outcome types: attitudinal, normative, practical, intentional, and behavioral. Primary searches in Scopus, Web of Science, and APA PsycINFO, supplemented by grey literature screening, yielded 2,430 deduplicated records screened using machine-learning-assisted screening in ASReview. Effect sizes are synthesized using a four-level meta-analytic model (effects nested within studies nested within countries) expressed as Hedges' g, with confirmatory moderator analyses examining intervention type, tolerance type, and country-level corruption scores. This study provides the first quantitative synthesis of this literature, offering effect size estimates and evidence-based result for research and policy. Registration Sign up for the event."