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To ensure that science underpins decision-making in society, DTU offers scientific advice to public sector authorities, industries, and international institutions.

National scientific advice

At DTU, scientific advice is firmly based on synergies between university research and applied research, as well as an in-depth understanding of sectorspecific challenges, acquired through extensive collaborations with our strategic partners.

DTU has strategic partnerships with Danish authorities on nutrition and food safety, toxicology, aquatic resources, waste management, geodesy, transportation, and radioactivity.

Our advisory services include complex problemsolving, risk characterization for informed standard setting, development of surveillance systems for ongoing risk assessments, and diagnostic capacity for contingency planning and crisis resolution.

DTU offers scientific advice on a wide range of topics ranging from advice on chemical and microbiological food safety to advice on sustainable utilization of living aquatic resources and the impact of human activities on the aquatic environment.

Another example is the scientific advice that DTU gives to the Danish Ministry of Transport covering areas such as transportation modelling, behavioral psychology, tariffs, and bicycle research.

International scientific advice

In addition to DTU’s national advisory activities, the University provides scientific advice to international authorities and organizations, such as the European Food Safety Authority, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, and the European Commission’s Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries.

DTU is proud to serve also as EU reference laboratory for pesticides in cereals and feedstuffs; food processing contaminants; metals and nitrogenous substances in feed and food; antimicrobial resistance; and fish and crustacean diseases. Moreover, DTU serves as the FAO Reference Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance in Foodborne Pathogens and Genomics.

A climate friendly diet might include protein from sources that humans have not commonly consumed e.g., lucerne or insects. Knowing whether they contain harmful substances or can cause allergies is crucial before authorities can approve them for human consumption.

Entrepreneurs with disabilities and DTU students develop new technology at an innovation bootcamp in DTU Skylab. The project is part of DTU’s efforts to make inclusion and accessibility a natural part of the development of new technology solutions.