News from the foundation

Professor Jens Hjorth joins the Board of Directors of the Carlsberg Foundation

On 1 January 2022, a new member will join the Board of Directors of the Carlsberg Foundation. Professor Jens Hjorth from the University of Copenhagen has been appointed for a term expiring at the end of 2026. He will be replacing Professor Lars Stemmerik.

Carlsberg Foundation and Research

Large heterogeneous gatherings cause most COVID-19 spread

12/04/2021

New research supported by the Carlsberg Foundation shows that we can reduce general infection transmission far more by limiting contacts between people who do not regularly meet than by limiting contacts in well-defined social groups consisting of people who often meet. The study has just been published in the journal PNAS – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

News from the Carlsberg family

Historic enlargement of the New Carlsberg Foundation's Board of Directors

25/02/2021

The Carlsberg Foundation has appointed two new members to the Board of Directors of the New Carlsberg Foundation. Lisette Vind Ebbesen, director of Art Museums of Skagen, and Toke Lykkeberg, director of the exhibition space Tranen, will join the board of Brewer Carl Jacobsen’s old foundation on 1 April. The historic enlargement of the Board from three to five members is part of the ongoing remodelling of the New Carlsberg Foundation with an eye to embracing an increasingly diverse and dynamic Danish art scene.

Carlsberg Foundation and Research

Crops for the future

12/01/2021

Climate change and increased population growth are challenging sustainable food production. The Carlsberg Foundation now grants DKK 19.5 million to a new Semper Ardens research project anchored by Carlsberg Research Laboratory, which together with several partners will develop climate-tolerant plants with higher yields and better nutritional value.