COPE - Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research

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Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research (COPE) is a platform for inter-disciplinary research, teaching and networking on disasters and climate change issues. COPE's aim is to facilitate multidisciplinary disaster research by: supporting and promoting collaborative studies, sharing results from this research and circulating the results of these projects, thus advancing knowledge in the field.

Events

The Quiet Encroachment of Law: Legal Pluralism and Everyday Resistance in Climate Adaptation

Climate Breakfast Seminar with Ana Maria Vargas Falla, Lund University.

Invitation to inaugural lecture by Professor of Digital Health and Society, Henriette Langstrup

What does it mean to be seen and heard as patients and citizens in digital healthcare?

Emerging Norms in International Law: Judicial Engagement in Climate Advisory Opinions

Climate Breakfast Seminar Series with Jed Odermatt.

Design of a Sustainable Management System for Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades in Peru

CLIMA Lunch Seminar with Lorena Arismendi.

XIX Interdisciplinary Seminar on Climate, Energy and Sustainability

The Center for Climate Change Law and Governance (CLIMA) is organising the XIX edition of the Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Climate, Energy and Sustainability.

News

Natural Hazards fellowship visit extends to COPE student supervision

Learn about Dr Gabi Mocatta’s fellowship visit to COPE in June 2026.

From classroom to startup: Moving menstrual health beyond fertility and blood

Meet BeLuna, a student start-up from the University of Copenhagen, which is trying to change the conversation around menstrual health.

Fossil fuel emissions have rapidly worsened European heatwaves in just a few decades

A new attribution study shows that the latest European heatwave was made much more intense by fossil-fuel-driven climate change and would have been far less likely in the past.