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Nicola Witcombe

Nicola Witcombe is Web Manager and Editor at nordics.info, Aarhus University. Areas of research interest include comparative legal studies between Denmark and the UK, particularly in the area of labour law and immigration. For more information about Nicola Witcombe click here.

Contributions to nordics.info

Monitoring digital data for mental health

- Nicola Witcombe

There are pros and cons of using data to monitor and predict mental health problems - in the Nordics as well as elsewhere.

Children’s Broadcasting in the Nordic Region, 1960-1990

- Helle Strandgaard Jensen

A comparison between the Nordic countries’ and the USA’s approach to the TV programme Sesame Street from 1960-1990.

Racial Colorblindness in the Nordic Region

- Nicola Witcombe

Ethnic and racial studies shed light on race in the Nordics, with a focus on Sweden.

The Nordic Model at Risk?: Conversations on Regulation

A black and white smashed window.
- Anne Ilsøe

Podcast: The Nordics and Identity

Stock photo of Helsingør, Denmark
- Anders Ravn Sørensen

From the outside, it is assumed that the populations of the Nordic countries are fairly homogeneous and that there is a relatively high level of…

The 1878 Fireburn uprising in the Danish West Indies

an old map of the danish colonies
- Nicola Witcombe

Even after the abolition of slavery in 1848, conditions for workers in the plantations of the Danish West Indies were not much improved. This led to…

Film: Why talk about the Nordics as a region?

Picture of presenter of film about Nordics
- Nicola Witcombe

Are the Nordic countries really that similar to one another? - Or different from the rest of the world? Is discussion of 'the Nordics' simply a…

The European Convention on Human Rights: Copenhagen Declaration 2018

Black and white photo of Copenhagen city's skyline
- Nicola Witcombe

The Copenhagen Declaration 2018 is a non-binding road map for the Council of Europe with respect to the European Convention on Human Rights. It was…

Compulsory childcare in socially marginalised areas in Denmark

Black and white photo of several women holding a banner reading "vores hjem" (our home). The photo is from a demonstration against the so called 'ghetto list', Copenhagen September 2018.
- Nicola Witcombe

In Denmark, according to a law passed in December 2018, parents who live in certain designated areas (dubbed 'ghettos') have to send their children…
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