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Supermarkets can save money by giving surplus food away

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Most Danes prefer forests with wild animals

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Soy field in Brazil

New report on Danish soy imports and EU deforestation regulation

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Kirstine Lund Christiansen

Kirstine Lund Christiansen wins the SCIENCE PhD Award

Wusheng, Mette, Francesco, Zhan

International Consortium to transform CO₂ into food

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Dangerous variant of salmonella still not eradicated

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New Head of Department at IFRO: “Professionalism and community go hand in hand”

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  • The shift to plant-rich diets in Denmark: a discussion on what we know, do not know, and what comes next
  • Costs of reducing ammonia emissions from the production of finisher pigs using Best Available Techniques in Denmark
  • Dynamics of transition towards sustainable public food procurement: The case of Copenhagen
  • The Transformative Capacity of Green Industrial Policy
  • Multi-System Dynamics, Industrial Transformation, and Transition Policy: Future Research Priorities
  • The Multi-Sectoral Interactions of Electrification in Norwegian Coastal Shipping
  • Enduring cultural legacies affect Euro-American wildlife values
  • Management practices and biosecurity in hobby and companion pig holdings: A cross-sectional study in Denmark
  • Drivers of prawn (Macrobrachium Rosenbergii) purchase intention in Bangladesh mediated by consumer attitude
  • Sustainable taste: a conceptual integration of sensory, sociocultural, and structural dimensions for interdisciplinary research and practice
  • Identifying conservation gaps: A framework for evaluating national contributions to the 30 × 30 target
  • Beyond the rights of nature

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food
2026.04.21

Less food waste: Supermarkets can save money by giving surplus food away

When supermarkets choose the right strategy for surplus food, they can both reduce food waste and…
Rewilding
2025.11.12

Wild animals divide Danes – but most say “yes” to red deer and fences

A new nationwide survey from the University of Copenhagen shows that most Danes would like to see…
GEOPOLITICS
2025.11.11

UCPH combines forces to enhance the understanding of world crises

The initiative aims to contribute to a more informed public conversation about a rapidly changing…
CLIMATE
2025.09.29

New report on Danish soy imports and EU deforestation regulation

Researchers from the Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) highlights key challenges in…

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SEAL: Mapping and Understanding Targets and Policies for a Sustainable European Agri-Food and Land Use System

Open online seminar with Nina Zoe Valin, Department of Food and Resource Economics.

Environmental Reliance and Vulnerability in Greenland

Open online seminar with Martin Reinhardt Nielsen, Department of Food and Resource Economics.

Forordninger og Forrådnelse – Døde Dyr i Dansk Naturforvaltning og EU’s Reguleringsjungle

Åbent online seminar med Lasse Baaner, Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi.

Temperature Shocks and Dietary Quality

Open online seminar with Bezawit Bahru, University of Hohenheim.

Equality Until Scarcity: How Needs Shape Water Allocation Decisions - Experimental Evidence from La Guajira, Colombia

Open seminar with Juliane Koch, Lund University.

Biodiversity Finance Preferences Require a Strong State

Open online seminar with Nils Droste, Department of Food and Resource Economics.

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Department of Food and Resource Economics
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