News from Roskilde University

Centre for Big Data is to conduct research into and use big data in a variety of areas.

Pupils at elementary and high schools throughout Denmark will as part of this year’s Mass Experiment carry out the world’s first national scientific mapping of plastic pollution. The results will provide crucial new data about the extent and type of plastic pollution in Denmark.

Fatima AlZahra’a Alatraktchi has been hired as new assistant professor at the Department of Science and Environment at Roskilde University. During her short career as a researcher, she has received several prestigious awards for her work.

Associate Professor Annika Agger and Professor Eva Sørensen from the Department of Social Sciences and Business have won the “AESOP Best Published Paper Award 2019”. The award is given by European university network Association of European Schools of Planning.

Professor Niels Heine Kristensen from Roskilde University is managing the work of mapping and analysing competences for a sustainable transition in the agriculture and food sector.