UCPH Environmental Humanities

Green researcher portraits

Frederik Appel Olsen

Bridging the rhetoric of science and activism in environmental crises

What is scientist activism? Frederik Appel Olsen who defended his PhD thesis in December 2023, conducted at the Section for Rhetoric at the Department of Communication, is deeply interested in how scientists navigate…

Literature offers a different kind of witnessing to environmental catastrophe

The human implications of environmental disasters Martyn Bone has for most of his professional career immersed himself in the richness of U.S. southern literature. Through this literary lens, he explores how social and…

Understanding waste and value

Collaboration is key Trine Brox has, over three decades, built up a deep understanding of the cultures and societies in the Tibetan world through her studies and stays in Tibetan communities in India, China, and Nepal.…

Let the sea in - coastal protection and urban development

Smart cities are not so smart after all Ulrik Ekman's research covers a wide range of disciplines. He is drawn to complex adaptive systems, transitional relationships and network thinking. With a background in computer…

Andrea Veggerby Lind

Bridging climate science with humanities

A complex interplay between facts and emotions Do identity and political attitudes affect our perception of climate change and our incentive to act? According to PhD Andrea Veggerby Lind, the answer is a resounding YES…