Sociologisk Institut

All are welcome when professor Julian Go from the University of Chicago visits the Department of Sociology, KU.
Under the title "Militarized Policing and the Imperial Boomerang in the US and Britain", Julian Go will give a talk based on his book “Policing Empires” (OUP, 2024). The talk will bridge criminology, historical sociology, and postcolonial analysis by demonstrating how policing in Britain and the US evolved such that militarized practices from imperial rule were introduced back home in response to perceived domestic threats.

Date: Wednesday, 6th of May
Time: 13:00 - 15:00
Location: Auditorium 35-01-44, building 35 at the City Campus, KU.
Gammeltoftsgade 15, 1355 Copenhagen K.

To find more information about the talk:
https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/calendar/2026/policing-empires/

Vær med, når Hartmut Rosa gæster Sociologisk Institut, fredag den 17. april 2026. Lokation: KU, City Campus, bygning 35, lokale 35-01-05. Tidspunkt: 14:00 - 16:00.
Alle er velkomne. For mere information, se linket nedenfor.

The Atrophy of Discretion: A Plea for Human Agency Talk by Professor Hartmut Rosa, University of Jena.

Har aktiv dødshjælp egentlig værdi som en politisk løsning på de problemer, alvorligt syge og døende mennesker oplever i Danmark?

Det er et spørgsmål, som sociologerne Viktoria Uhrskov og Mathilde Top stiller, efter de har talt med patienter på danske hospicer i forbindelse med deres afsluttende speciale ved Sociologisk Institut på KU.

For selv når patienterne i princippet gik ind for dødshjælp, var det sjældent dem selv, de tænkte på.

Læs artikel i Kristeligt Dagblad i dag (bag betalingsvæg): https://lnkd.in/eiAYSijw

Specialets hovedpointer - de to sociologer viser, at:

Patienterne ikke efterspørger dødshjælp som løsning på deres egne problemer. De efterspørger omsorg, nærvær, ressourcer og tryghed.
Selv dem, der principielt støtter dødshjælp, tænker ofte på andre – den abstrakte “lidende anden” – ikke på sig selv, hvilket er et ret markant fund, fordi det udfordrer den politiske fortælling om, at dødshjælp er et svar på patienternes behov.

VÆR MED Fredag den 13. marts, kl. 14-17, når Jonatan Mizrahi-Werner forsvarer sin ph.d.-afhandling på Sociologisk Institut. På linket herunder kan I læse abstract om afhandlingens emne og mere om arrangementet.
https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/calendar/2026/hateful-playful-norms/

Tillykke Margaretha - så velfortjent 😊

Sociologist of the Month, February 2026
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Please welcome our Sociologist of the Month for February 2026, Margaretha Järvinen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark). Her article for Current Sociology Giving and receiving: Gendered service work in academia, co-authored with Nanna Mik Meyer is Free Access this month.

@ https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00113921231224754

Join our next Department Seminar, Tuesday 24th of February, with the title: Fading Advantage in the Life Course.
We welcome guest speaker, Professor Arnout van der Rijt from European University Institute in Florence to talk about research about cumulative advantage. The idea that early advances or setbacks compound into enduring inequality, which has become a central framework in life course research. However, it is argued that many life events are largely independent of prior outcomes, permitting advantages to offset earlier disadvantages, and vice versa. Such countervailing sequences of events give rise to self-correcting dynamics, in which early (dis)advantages gradually fade, leaving no lasting imprint on long-term outcomes.
The seminar takes place 24 February, from 13-14. Location: City Campus, KU. Room number 4-1-18 building 4.
To read the full abstract of the talk, and to find more details, please go to the website: https://lnkd.in/eXBz7tg9

The Department of Sociology will host a Talk and panel discussion with professor Wendy Brown, from the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University. It is Tuesday 3rd of February from 15-17, at City Campus, KU. In the link below, you will se more details about location, room number, program and details.
The title of the talk is: Liberalism can not save us now. Liberal democracy is in crisis, but such crises are always the scene for the emergence of new forms. Discussion Panel consist of Eva von Redecker (Humboldt-University, Department of Philosophy) and Lars Tønder (Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark. All are welcome, location is City Campus, Øster Farimagsgade 5. Building 35. Please find below program and more information.
https://www.sociology.ku.dk/about/calendar/2026/liberalism-cannot-save-us-now/

Join us for the opening of the new centre: Copenhagen Centre for Criminology (CCC) which is a cooperation between The Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social Sciences who invite you to the opening of their new joint research centre. The Copenhagen Centre for Criminology brings together researchers from academic different disciplines to study crime and criminal justice in domestic and global settings. To read more and to sign up for the event, please click the link below 👇

Centre launch: Copenhagen Centre for Criminology (CCC) Join us for the opening of the new centre.

Stort tillykke til professor Benedikte Brincker. Fra 2026 og fire år frem leder Benedikte fra Sociologisk Institut et forskningsprojekt, der undersøger grønlandske unges erfaringer med og opfattelse af klimaforandringer. Projektet har netop modtaget en DFF‑Forskningsprojekt 2‑bevilling på 7,15 mio. kr. fra Danmarks Frie Forskningsfonds Arktis‑satsning. Læs mere herunder.

Professor Benedikte Brincker modtager DFF-bevilling til Arktis-projekt om grønlandske unges syn på klimaforandringer Fra 2026 og fire år frem leder professor Benedikte Brincker fra Sociologisk Institut et forskningsprojekt, der undersøger grønlandske unges erfaringer med og opfattelse af klimaforandringer. Projektet har netop modtaget en DFF‑Forskningsprojekt 2‑bevilling på 7,15 mio. kr. fra Danmarks Frie ...

UDNÆVNELSE - Stort tillykke til Professor Kristian Bernt Karlson fra Sociologisk Institut, der er valgt som Fellow af European Academy of Sociology (EAS) – en sammenslutning af fremtrædende forskere, der arbejder for at fremme høje metodiske og teoretiske standarder i sociologien på tværs af Europa. Læs mere i artiklen herunder.

Professor Kristian Bernt Karlson udnævnt til Fellow ved European Academy of Sociology Professor Kristian Bernt Karlson fra Sociologisk Institut er blevet valgt som Fellow af European Academy of Sociology (EAS)