News from Department of Social Science and Business

Roskilde University is organising the conference ‘Transforming for Sustainability’ in collaboration with UN City Copenhagen. The conference will bring together researchers, business people and representatives from public and private organisations who will debate the issues and find solutions to some of the great problems of our time in relation to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Think tanks and special advisors have been increasingly influential in shaping Danish public opinion and politics, and this may be a democratic problem, according to an Associate Professor in management and organisation.

September 21 was the day of our annual celebration at Roskilde University. The celebration is a tradition where students and staff members celebrate the university and the values we stand for.

This year's enrolment reflects the fact that Roskilde University has received 6% more 1st priority applications than last year.

When politicians and city planners propose solutions to the challenges in the deprived neighbourhoods, they often draw on good experiences from other countries. But this can be problematic if you are unaware of differences between the countries, shows new research from Roskilde University.

Even before the #metoo movement began, Associate Professor Kenneth Reinicke from RUC was working on a research project to chart why men violate. The researcher believes that part of the solution could be better sexual education in primary school.

Professor Michelle Pace interviewed by Russia's radio station Sputnik on Denmark's harsh new laws for immigrant 'ghettos'.

In this podcast "How to set up an Israeli settlement" produced by Udposten, postdoc Somdeep Sen explains how statial planning and the physical environment affects our worldview and human perception.

Lindsay Whitfield, Professor (MSO) in Global Studies at Roskilde University and leader of the Center of African Economies, has a new book Economies after Colonialism: Ghana and the struggle for power, with Cambridge University Press.

Research from Professor Michelle Pace shows that integration of young refugees in Denmark should consist of more than just language training and access to the labour market. There should also be more informal activities with Danes of a similar age.