Research Collaboration Index · 2026
Europe · Platinum standing
Strongest in Veterinary, at #2 in the world.
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Collaboration and Funding Blueprint
A decision document for research leadership and partnership offices: the universities to partner with next, the field that justifies each one, and the route that would fund it, read across all 1,195 ranked universities. It cannot move a position: the index is free, public and closed to money.
Featured academics
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Olesen heads Aarhus University's Department of Agroecology and is one of Europe's most cited voices on climate change and agriculture, contributing to IPCC assessments. His interdisciplinary projects span greenhouse gas mitigation, nitrogen management and organic farming, giving Danish and EU policymakers the evidence base for reducing agriculture's climate footprint while sustaining yields.
Lauridsen leads the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences. Her work on vitamins, fats and gut health in pigs shows how targeted nutrition can cut antibiotic use in livestock, informing Danish ministry advice and European efforts against antimicrobial resistance in food production systems.
Jacobsen heads a department of around 130 staff whose environmental research directly serves Danish ministries alongside its academic mission. A soil microbiologist, he studies how microbial communities respond to warming and land use change, and his international collaborations on soil carbon and microbiome science connect Aarhus to global climate research networks.
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