School of Global Health - University of Copenhagen

11/02/2026

Career Opportunities for February 2026 💼

Looking to gain experience working in global health? 🌏 We are happy to present new, exciting career opportunities.
To apply, check out the School of Global Health's Career Portal by clicking the link in our bio. 🔗

10/02/2026

How do efforts to tackle plastic pollution reshape the lives of those who depend on waste work?
Over the next five years, the PlastiCITIES project will explore how circular economy policies are transforming plastic waste work in Nairobi, Mombasa, and Busia.

Led by researchers at the Centre of African Studies (University of Copenhagen) in partnership with Kenyatta University and Busara, the project combines ethnography, surveys, and policy analysis to understand who benefits, who is excluded, and how waste workers can be meaningfully included in the green transition.

Funded by a DANIDA research grant, PlastiCITIES aims to strengthen evidence-based and inclusive waste governance.

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Read more here: https://buff.ly/cZCM2u6

06/02/2026

🌍 Are you interested in health, innovation, and real-world impact? Let’s create sustainable change together! Join Open Innovation and work in interdisciplinary teams with students from across universities to solve real healthcare challenges alongside Kræftens Bekæmpelse, Lundbeck, Nordic Women’s Health Hub, and Region Hovedstaden.

✔ Boost your CV
✔ Meet inspiring people
✔ Gain contacts for internships & student jobs
✔ Free event — food & drinks included

🗓 Feb 20–22 & 26, 2026
🎓 Open to all students — no prior experience needed
⏰ Registration deadline: 15 February

👉 Learn more & sign up: https://open-innovation.dk/

05/02/2026

🌍 Curious about starting a career in global health?

Join us on 5 March for A Career in Global Health, a panel session at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Career Day.

Hear from professionals working across UN organisations, government, funding bodies, and the private sector, sharing real career paths and practical advice.
🕒 12:30–13:50
📍 Holst Auditorium, Mærsk Tower
🎤 Panelists from:

Danish Alliance for Global Health · UNFPA Nordic Representation Office · World Diabetes Foundation · Novo Nordisk Foundation · Danish Health Authority
✨ Career Day continues 12:30–16:00 with organisation stands and networking opportunities.

🔗 More info and full programme here: https://buff.ly/ahaIhad

02/02/2026

Upcoming Global Health Events in January💡

For further information on each event, click the link here. 🔗 https://buff.ly/lOcry5d

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Do you have a global health related event you want us to share? Email us (sgh@sund.ku.dk) 📧

29/01/2026

Turning research into real-world impact 🫁📱

UCPH researchers, engineers and data scientists have developed a new dry powder inhaler through the spin-out Sonohaler – combining high-dose delivery with app-based inhalation feedback. A great example of interdisciplinary innovation in health.

🔗 Do you want to know more? Click here:

SUND researchers have co- developed a new dry powder inhaler for respiratory patients, where the patients can more easily take high-dose medication and monitor the effectiveness of their inhalation via an app.

24/01/2026

📚 Today 24 January is the International Day of Education. What is the role of education in health equity?

Read more here: Zanobini, P., Del Riccio, M., Lorini, C., & Bonaccorsi, G. (2024). Empowering Sustainable Healthcare: The Role of Health Literacy. Sustainability, 16(10), 3964. https://buff.ly/aKYid0w

23/01/2026

From data collection in Kibera to innovation 🌍

15 UCPH students turned fieldwork into community-driven health innovations, tackling menstrual health, WASH, clean energy and inclusive SRHR – all through partnership, ethics and local ownership. The Pitch Event was hosted at KU Lighthouse. Global health starts with listening.

The Pitch Event was hosted at KU Lighthouse.

🔗 Read more here: https://buff.ly/wA7KUGX

22/01/2026

New Novo Nordisk Foundation-funded project. 🌍

Led by Maria Martí Castaner, INTERGEN will examine how different policy environments, healthcare systems, and social conditions shape the health and well-being of forcibly displaced migrant pregnant women, mothers, and their young children, as well as their engagement with services, in overlooked migration hubs across Colombia, Spain & Tunisia. 🤱

Read more here: https://publichealth.ku.dk/news/2025/mothering-on-the-move-new-nnf-grant-for-maria-marti-castaner/

20/01/2026

Interested in global health, social justice, or arts-based research?
✨ Don’t miss Selling Healing with Ama de-Graft Aikins (University of Ghana and LSE)—an exploration of art, power, and participation in global health communication.

📅 February 4
⏰ 2:00–3:30 PM
📍 Room 5.0.22
🎤 Interviewed by Professor Morten Skovdal

15/01/2026

OPEN INNOVATION 2026: HEALTH
Copenhagen’s flagship student innovation challenge is back! 🌍💡

🩺 Real-life health challenges. Real impact.
📅 20, 21, 22 & 26 February 2026
👥 120 students collaborating with industry experts
🤝 In collaboration with healthcare institutions, public bodies, startups, NGOs, and industry leaders, submitting challenges and co-creating solutions with interdisciplinary student teams.

🔔 Pre-sign up now to be the first to know when registration opens:

OpenInnovation is Copenhagen’s flagship student innovation challenge, bringing over 120 students, researchers, and sustainable innovation enthusiasts together with innovation experts and key actors in the Danish ecosystems.

14/01/2026

Upcoming Global Health Events in January💡

For further information on each event, click the link in bio. 🔗

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Do you have a global health related event you want us to share? Email us (sgh@sund.ku.dk) 📧