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Rebooting: “Many students have not experienced what studying at CBS is actually like”
Bowling, picnics, canoe and Tivoli trips are some of the social activities bachelor’s and master’s students can look forward to when returning to CBS. The activities are part of a rebooting campaign for current students – and CBS is paying. “There’s a social vacuum, we need to deal with,” says the Academic Director of an MSc Program.
19 Aug 2021
Regionalization puts epic campus plans on hold – but CBS solves “urgent” space problem with 6,000 new square meters
Political decisions, pandemics, digitalization, and climate changes are impacting CBS’ current and future campus development plans, explains University Director, Kirsten Winther Jørgensen. “At the moment, it is really hard to determine what CBS’ future needs will be,” she says.
19 Aug 2021
Is your working life blighted by your inner judge and bad conscience? Talk it out, says a CBS researcher
In the months ahead, it will be crucial for managers and employees to talk together. Not on Teams or Zoom, but at the workplace, explains Pernille Steen Pedersen, Assistant Professor at CBS. In her view, we must talk about our lockdown experiences, but more importantly discuss how inner judges and bad consciences can haunt us.
18 Aug 2021
That’s interesting: “Good research always has an element of a good cock-and-bull story”
Postdoc Jannick Friis Christensen and PhD Thomas Burø from CBS have created the concept ‘That’s interesting’. A kind of science club where researchers and everyone else can hang out and listen to new research being presented. The first event explores how DKK 2,500 million disappears into tax havens every year, and how the oldest building material, wood, is enjoying a revival.
17 Aug 2021
Jesper Petersen is the new Minister for Higher Education and Science
Following a lightning government reshuffle, a new Minister for Higher Education and Science, Jesper Petersen, political spokesperson for the Social Democrats, is taking over the post from Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen, who will become the new Minister for Culture.
16 Aug 2021
Remote work: “It will be extremely difficult and challenging – managers will be put through the hoops”
As all staff members return to campus, a balancing act will begin to unite individual and organizational expectations for remote work, point out two managers and a researcher at CBS. They all agree that remote work is a good opportunity, to some extent, but it requires flexibility at both ends.
11 Aug 2021
Flying pans and French military theory: CBS students investigate the restaurant industry to help it transform
CBS students have interviewed some of Copenhagen’s top restaurateurs about leadership, crisis management, innovation and gender issues for their master’s theses. The students hope they can help develop the industry, which is currently characterized by a harsh tone and military hierarchy.
10 Aug 2021
Six new cafes and restaurants in Copenhagen you must try
While it’s been a bad year for a lot of restaurants that have been forced to close for months, it’s not entirely the story for the whole industry. Plenty of new cafes and restaurants are popping up in Copenhagen, and here are six of them that you need to try.
06 Aug 2021
No going back to ‘business as usual’: CBS introduces a new policy on remote work
CBS’ new ‘work from home’ policy encapsulates how the pandemic has affected our understanding of how we work: Work can be done anywhere, not just at a workplace. But what does this mean to individual staff members, and can it undermine our sense of team spirit?
05 Aug 2021
CBS welcomes 3,230 new bachelor students – with close to a third of them selected through quota 2
This year, 953 of the 3,230 study places have been allocated to students admitted through quota 2. In two years, CBS has created 111 study places through quota 2. In total, 7,761 have applied for study places at CBS, which is 600 more than last year.
03 Aug 2021
Finn and Fabio’s master’s thesis is accepted for the world’s largest management conference
Fabio Galletta and Finn Johansson knew they were onto something when they started writing their CBS master’s thesis on project management. In August, they will present their work alongside some of the world’s top-researchers within management at the Academy of Management conference.
02 Aug 2021
The hipster’s guide to Berlin
The very best of Berlin? Our student writer Caroline Sølver can help! She moved to Berlin when she was 18 years old. She planned to stay for a gap year, but one year turned into three. Now her favorite experiences have been turned into a guidebook in Danish that shares a more contemporary, hip take on Berlin than the traditional guides offer. In this CBS Wire guide, she shares six of her favorite Berlin spots.
30 Jun 2021
Cristiana Parisi has made Amsterdam, Berlin, Vejle, Paris, Milan and Cluj-Napoca flow better – and she believes that other cities can do the same
Nearly two years ago, the CBS Associate Professor received EUR 10 million to conduct research aiming to demonstrate how European cities can transition into circular and regenerative cities where waste ultimately becomes a resource that helps build capital.
30 Jun 2021
CBS’ new chatbot answers questions about admission to CBS’ bachelor’s programs and the meaning of life
The chatbot, Coby, has been fed with no less than 10,000 formulations of questions and answers and is ready to reply 24/7 when new bachelor’s students reach out for help. Student Affairs is considering introducing Coby to other parts of CBS.dk.
30 Jun 2021
The President of CBS: Cutting the intake by between 5% and 10% is neither an amusing nor easy task
Nikolaj Malchow-Møller sees pitfalls and possibilities in the government’s agreement on more and better educations in Denmark. Already, CBS is in dialogue with Business Academy Zealand and Roskilde University about solutions, but he is also concerned about the risk of creating A and B teams among students. And then there is good news about the international students.
29 Jun 2021
When strategies leave behind ghosts in the organization
Reforms and strategies can – if not well implemented – create destructive ghosts that haunt organizations, explains Associate Professor Justine Grønbæk Pors. She draws parallels from her own research to the implementation of CBS’ new strategy and warns that strategies should not become ideologies.
28 Jun 2021
Sustainable Startuppers: Eat Grim beats food waste with wonky fruit and vegetables
CBS alumni and founders of Eat Grim, Petra Kauka and Carolin Schiemer, found each other through a mutual love of techno music and a great passion for food. Since then, they have saved 700 tons of unattractive crops from going to waste, but their anger still keeps them fired up.
23 Jun 2021