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Major EU research project explores new robust public solutions in turbulent times

tt备用网址 Jacob Torfing is leading a major international project to explore how the public sector can find flexible and innovative solutions in times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than seeking to get back to normal.

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Young men have changed their views on flirting and boundaries after #MeToo

In a new book, gender researcher Kenneth Reinicke from Roskilde University explores how young men view harassment, masculinity and their own role in relation to women in the wake of #MeToo.

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Can the world��s youth unite across geopolitical divides to address the Sustainable Development Goals?

Young people who are committed to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and are combating climate change or tackling other global challenges, may have unequal opportunities to participate, depending on where they come from in the world. How do young people experience the discrepancy between expectations of equal, global partnerships and their very different life circumstances? This is what Associate tt备用网址 Mette Fog Olwig from Roskilde University will investigate in a new research project.

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New research project to provide solution for managing the green transition

The world needs a green transition, but we won't get there if we don't know how to manage and lead the interdisciplinary collaboration that will create the new green solutions. A major new international research project will lead the way.

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Public service entry examinations ward off unethical behaviour

28 May 2019 | T?t p? videnskaben

Decision makers want��ng to reduce unethical behaviour among employees in the state administrations of some of the world��s poorest countries ought to increase the focus on how employees are hired and dismissed. That is the conclusion from a researcher in HR administration in the public sector based on a new study.

White begpackers are also begging because they are in need

28 May 2019 | T?t p? videnskaben

Caucasian begpackers are described in South and East Asian media as privileged parasites on society. However, a new study reveals that the travellers are a heterogenous group that makes money on the street both because they want to and because they have to.

A Middle East researcher shows us the revolutionaries of the past

28 May 2019 | T?t p? videnskaben

Sune Haugb?lle is using new sources and a large number of interviews with key persons who have so far kept silent about their past to investigate the connections between the Danish and Arab left-wing parties in the 1960s and 70s. The research can help us better understand the contemporary political activists in the Middle East.