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AI, data and tech­no­logy lead­er Car­mine Gioia joins CBS as Pro­fess­or of Prac­tice

He has held senior leadership roles in data, AI and technology at organisations including Nordea, Saxo Bank and currently works with innovation in the Danish…

CBS re­search­er re­ceives pres­ti­gi­ous ERC grant to study how new act­ors are chal­len­ging es­tab­lished eco­nom­ic ideas

As economic narratives move beyond universities, central banks and government ministries and into YouTube, podcasts and online communities, the question of who…

New study: How power in the busi­ness com­munity has changed

The Danish business elite has become smaller. A new study from CBS reveals that power is concentrated in the hands of fewer and much larger companies, which…

Want people to eat more legumes?  Do not place them next to the meat

Danes only eat a fraction of the recommended amount of legumes. A new study from Copenhagen Business School shows that supermarkets can encourage more people…

Di­git­al­isa­tion does not cost jobs – it cre­ates them

A new study from CBS and the University of Oxford shows that companies investing in digital skills typically see higher productivity, increased revenue and more employees

Grant: CBS re­search­ers turn Copen­ha­gen streets into a story of Dan­ish cap­it­al­ism

A new public engagement project from CBS will transform decades of business history research into a free audio walk through the Danish capital. The project is…

New re­search aims to pre­vent al­gorithmic dis­crim­in­a­tion

Researchers from CBS and the University of Seville have developed a method that makes algorithms fairer without compromising their accuracy

AI la­bels re­duce so­cial me­dia en­gage­ment

We tend to engage less in posts when they are labelled as AI-generated. According to a new CBS study, the effect is strongest when the content appeals to people's emotions

More people than ever want to study at CBS

The interest in CBS has been historically high this year. Even so, the university has had to reject many qualified applicants

Re­cord num­bers ap­ply to CBS – but few­er will get in

Application deadline: 7463 applied for a bachelor programme at CBS as their first priority, making interest in studying at the Nordic region’s largest business…

Dis­count can make fest­ival­go­ers choose green­er food - but it takes a lot

A new study from CBS and DTU shows that festivalgoers who had already decided to buy a beef burger needed an average discount of almost 40 per cent to switch…

Former Ger­man Vice Chan­cel­lor Robert Habeck joins CBS as Pro­fess­or of Prac­tice

He stood at the centre of Europe’s energy crisis. Now he will bring his frontline political experience into CBS’ efforts to understand and respond to a new geopolitical reality

Green trans­ition could trig­ger a glob­al race for raw ma­ter­i­als

The green transition increasingly depends on access to mineral deposits that contain metals and are often buried deep underground in a few countries. A new…

Sapere Aude grant: Re­search­er to bring nu­ance to the de­bate on pop­u­lism

Mikkel Flohr has received a DKK 6.3 million Sapere Aude grant to build a research team at CBS and investigate how populism and anti-populism influence…

Green light: CBS launches two new pro­grammes in AI and fin­ance

A one-year master programme that combines business insight and AI and a flexible part-time master programme in strategic financial management. These two new…

CBS pro­fess­or re­ceives pres­ti­gi­ous ERC grant to ex­plore the para­dox of the green eco­nomy

Professor Stefano Ponte from Copenhagen Business School has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC)

New CBS chair: “Uni­ver­sit­ies can­not stand on the side­lines”

CBS will welcome a new chair of the board when Susanne Juhl takes up the role on 1 August 2026

“The fu­ture is loud”: The CBS An­nu­al Cel­eb­ra­tion brought to­geth­er busi­ness lead­ers, re­search­ers and stu­dents around AI

More than 400 guests gathered in Ovnhallen on Friday evening as Copenhagen Business School hosted its annual celebration with artificial intelligence as the theme

New col­lab­or­a­tion to en­gage stu­dents in the green trans­ition

CBS Green Office and the student-driven innovation hub Station are launching RELATE, a new project designed to enhance students' sustainability…

Ma­jor grant to boost stu­dents' green com­pet­ences across dis­cip­lines

With a grant of DKK 95 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, CBS joins forces with the other Danish universities and the University of the Faroe Islands in…

FIFA World Cup: Who will be the fin­an­cial win­ners and losers?

Two financial winners. Three losers. A new sporting structure and a new mixing of sport and politics. A sports economist at CBS takes stock ahead of the World Cup kick-off.

When com­pan­ies ad­opt ro­bots, they of­ten grow and hire more people

Many people associate robots with layoffs, but a new study from CBS shows that Danish companies that automate often hire more people

New grant: CBS re­search­ers to study emer­ging trend in pub­lic sec­tor work­places

The Independent Research Fund Denmark has just awarded more than DKK 6.3 million to Kirstine Zinck Pedersen and Trine Pallesen to investigate the consequences…

Open the fridge: Two con­tain­ers lock up the EU’s bil­lion-euro budget

The EU’s long-term budget has looked much the same for more than 30 years. According to new research from CBS, that is largely because two major spending…

When lead­er­ship qual­ity de­clines, em­ploy­ees’ de­press­ive symp­toms in­crease

A new Danish study shows that employees’ depressive symptoms rise when the quality of leadership falls – and vice versa

Con­firm­a­tion gifts help young Danes start in­vest­ing

Confirmation gifts and payouts from children’s savings accounts open the door to the stock market for young people, and they typically stay there for years…

Chinese EV gi­ants chal­lenge the glob­al car in­dustry

A new study shows how Chinese companies like BYD and battery maker CATL have leapt ahead in key electric vehicle technologies, challenging established…

6 May 2026

CBS learn­ing plat­form pro­vider af­fected by data breach

Canvas, which CBS uses through the provider Instructure, has been affected by a cyberattack, which means that students’ and employees’ personal data may have…

AI im­proves stu­dent learn­ing, mo­tiv­a­tion and en­gage­ment if used cor­rectly

New research shows that generative AI can enhance student learning, but students need to use it as a study partner and not as a shortcut to answers

New study: One in three wo­men leaves aca­demia after be­com­ing a moth­er

Women’s research careers develop markedly differently from men’s once they have their first child. A new study shows that mothers are more likely to leave…

Em­ploy­ees struggle with IT sys­tems from four dec­ades

Like a house without blueprints: A new study shows that employees in two of Denmark’s most digitalised agencies experience frequent IT breakdowns and complex…

The elec­tion is de­cided. Now power(less­ness) awaits at Chris­ti­ans­borg

The general election in Denmark is over, and the scramble for seats and spokesperson roles has only just begun. According to CBS researcher Emil Husted,…

Entrepreneur­ship: Large gap between re­search and prac­tic­al ad­vice

A new international study involving CBS shows that only 60 out of more than 4,000 research articles include specific recommendations for policymakers

AI is lag­ging be­hind at work: New CBS stud­ies point to a lack of strategy, train­ing and shared dir­ec­tion

Two new CBS studies show that Danish companies not only lack skills and clear frameworks for AI, they also often overlook that AI tools come with their own strategic logics.

She built trust in the di­git­al eco­nomy

Professor Sirkka L. Jarvenpaa (PhD, MBA) was among the researchers who early on showed why trust is crucial when collaboration, commerce, and data sharing move…

Ukrain­i­an stu­dents in­vited to entrepreneur­ship course

More Ukrainian students than before will get the chance this summer to travel to Copenhagen for free and take part in short-term study programmes at CBS Summer University

CBS re­search­er: “The cli­mate de­bate is stuck in a fake fight over growth”

The supposed conflict between green growth and zero growth is often artificial, and it can get in the way of effective climate policy, a recently published study from CBS shows

Four day work­ing week gives more ‘me time’ – es­pe­cially for men

A new qualitative study from Copenhagen Business School indicates that men more often than women spend the extra day off on their own interests, while women…