About Center for Applied Ecological Thinking (CApE)

Center for Applied Ecological Thinking (CApE) is a humanistic research center located in the green community 'Læderstræde 20'. CApE was established to bring humanistic climate and environmental research into play in current debates and concrete transition challenges.

Through partnerships and cross-sectoral engagements, the center focuses on bringing humanistic perspectives into public conversations and thereby nuancing the common knowledge base about the ecological crises, climate-changing living conditions and how we create meaningful futures. CApE is affiliated with the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen, contributing research in fields such as philosophy, literature, history, aesthetics, and ethnography.

We are committed to making humanistic environmental and climate research widely accessible to the public. Our profile is therefore focused on talks, workshops, seminars, laboratories, and debates. We also produce the podcast, Eco Thoughts, and publish both classic and innovative written research-based products.

Funding

The Center for Applied Ecological Thinking is based on an anniversary grant of DKK 34.4 million from the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation.

Organisation

The center was established in 2021 and is part of the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, with research, collaborations, and activities across the entire Faculty of Humanities.

The Head of Center, Associate Professor Stefan Gaarsmand Jacobsen, reports to a steering committee, which has representatives from the Dean's Office and research at the Faculty of Humanities and is headed by Head of Department Annika Hvithamar (Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies).