UCPH Sustainability Science

2013-2025

Due to structural changes at the University of Copenhagen, the University has decided to close the Sustainability Science Centre (SSC) as of 2025 and reallocate its resources.

For information regarding sustainability related activities and intiatives at UCPH, please visit www.oneplanet.ku.dk/en.

All faculties at the University of Copenhagen embrace the University's responsibility to support a more sustainable development of societies. They do so not only by focusing on reducing the environmental impacts of all of their activities but also by incorporating sustainability considerations into their research, teaching, and innovation initiatives. UCPH is committed to ensuring that the right people are connected, so that both scientists, students and the public at large become a part of the process to reshape our common future.

All life depends on Earth's resources for its survival.

Professor Katherine Richardson

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Sustainability Science at UCPH

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Course catalogue

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News

Reimagining nature is a dance with people

Carlsberg Foundation awards DKK 50 million to an interdisciplinary research centre that will investigate how natural processes can be restored while improving people's lives.

From brain function to child health: Two new honorary doctors at the Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor Marlene Behrmann of the University of Pittsburgh and Professor Janet Currie of Yale University have been appointed honorary doctors of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Unresolved jar mystery becomes a 2,000-year natural experiment

More than 2,000 years ago, massive stone jars were carved from bedrock and placed on a highland plateau in northern Laos.

Focus on sustainability

The University of Copenhagen has since 1479 fostered intellectual creativity and critical thinking. The shift to sustainability requires major societal changes. With evolving geopolitical landscapes and the digital transformation, new knowledge and skills are essential. The University is committed to societal development through research, education, and innovation. Sustainability is central to the University’s strategy and its environmental targets.