IBP Magazine Issue 5

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IBP MAGAZINE BSc INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & POLITICS NO. 5 – JULY 2021

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Student Societies CBS POLITICAL OPINION Summer Break SUMMER IN COPENHAGEN International INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AT IBP

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EDITORS LETTER from IBP Communications IBP of the Issue MEET MARIA about IBP and her job in the US The Professor’s Page MEET LEN from Leonard Seabrooke

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IBP Union KEEPING UP WITH THE UNION

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IBP International INTERNATIONAL VIEWPOINT ON IBP from global IBP’ers

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Social SOCIAL LIFE AT IBP summary of recent events

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IBP Study Board AN UPDATE FROM THE STUDY BOARD

Summer Break!

SUMMER IN COPENHAGEN the best tips for a cph summer

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Communications introduces IBP PODCAST the latest IBP project

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Student Societies CBS POLITICAL OPINION introduction

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Student Societies CBS SUSTAINABLE FINANCE CLUB introduction

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Stories behind IBP IBP’ERS SUMMER PLANS summer

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E D I TO R ’ S L E T T E R Dear IBP’ers,

First and foremost, I want to congratulate all of you - you made it! Another school year has passed and I am sure that it has brought you a lot of memories, experience and knowledge, no matter how unusual it has been.

First years, starting university under these conditions have not been a walk in the park, and I want to amplify how amazed I am over how you have handled the situation. You have helped each other through both academic confusion and uncertain social times, and I truly hope this spirit will shape the rest of your years at IBP. Second years, experiencing the trial-error period of online teaching and being responsible for introducing the new freshies to a school you haven’t been to for the last six months could not have been easy.

However, you still managed to bring the first years into the amazing IBP spirit. I can only imagine how bored you are of distancing, and I hope that the next semester brings you a lot of new adventures on your exchanges, internships or electives. And lastly, Third years, you have my greatest respect and I sincerely congratulate you all. You have now finished your Bachelors of Science in International Business

and Politics! To have completed half of your bachelors during a global pandemic is truly admirable.

I can only imagine how disappointing and unusual this past year has been for you, but I hope that at the end of the day it has brought you closer together. Someday you might realize that the silver lining is that you have shared this experience with your fellow IBP’ers.

Anyway - congratulations!

Moving on, I think we are all very done with this past year and that is why this issue is filled with optimism and is aimed at looking forward into a, possibly, pandemic free future. We want to bring everything that we have learned during this past year with us, in order to enjoy our summers and whatever may lie ahead of us during next fall. In this issue we get to meet the wonderful Maria Hatzisavva Damsgaard, as the IBP of the Issue, and we will present the first ever Professor’s Page written by our new Programme Director - Len Seabrooke. As always, this issue will feature everything from Alumni Profiles and an Update from the Study board, to Student Societies Introductions and a Summary of the Past Semester’s Social Events. As summer is more or less here, we have prepared the

ultimate guide to a summer in Copenhagen. Also, you will get an insight into what some IBP’ers will spend their summer doing.

Our aim with this issue is to spread optimism and hope for the upcoming months, and we hope that all of you will get sucked in by the amazing stories in this issue.

It has been an honor to get the opportunity to be your Head of Communications for the last months, and I am very excited to see what this next semester will bring us, and let me reassure you, the Board is overflowing with ideas for a (hopefully) restriction-free semester! With this issue, Communications would like to thank you for the past year and wish you all an incredible summer! Enjoy, relax and see you soon again.

Best, Moa Stierna Head of Communications

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MSc IBP Student

In this edition of IBP of the Issue we want to introduce Maria Hatzisavva Damsgaard, a “thorough, unconventional thinker”. An IBP’er who is now taking her master’s degree, MSc in International Business and Politics, online whilst working full time for the Danish Foreign Ministry of Affairs in their department in Washington DC. Maria shares her academic journey with us, gives advice on how to manage the challenges of university life, and shares her experiences from living in the US. Just a kid from Rhodes Maria Hatzisavva Damsgaard did not grow up in a family where academia was thought to be the highest form of achievement. As she is half Danish, half Greek, she grew up on the Greek island Rhodes, a place she remembers fondly with its warm people, warm weather and relaxed lifestyle. She describes her family as being ‘storytellers and entrepreneurs’ rather than academic, but that their values led her to be brought up as a curious child. This curiosity towards the world, new places, people and culture, has been a big part of what drives her, making her interested in the world and what goes on in it.

The road to IBP After moving back to Denmark when she was 8 years old and after finishing high school, Maria was set on studying Political Science and started doing so at the University of Copenhagen in 2015.

However, the start at KU was not exactly what Maria had in mind.

Instead, she felt like her studies lacked a connection to “real world issues”. It was therefore clear to

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her after 6 months of studying that she needed to find an alternative academic route that suited her goal of being closer to the ground. She notes that, “[b]usiness is politics, politics is business, they are really intertwined. IBP in that sense is a unique opportunity, and the only university degree in Denmark that specializes in combining those two on a theoretical and practical level.” Starting at IBP, Maria felt much more at home, “I feel very blessed by the opportunities that IBP gives, especially in the way we learn and the way we interact with each other. Also, it’s great how IBP infrastructure is really strong and really inviting,” she expresses, “However, we all struggle during our university degree. If you are not struggling you are probably doing something wrong.

For instance, I felt that it took me a long time to learn to think like an academic.”

Maria’s home-made IBP advice When reflecting on her time studying an IBP bachelor, Maria had some advice for her younger self that she hopes could encourage others. Her main message was clear, “[d]on’t compare yourself to others, focus on your path. Everyone is fresh out of high school or from a gap year and want to work super hard and do a lot of things. It does not mean that you have to get a relevant study job on your first year at university, maybe you just need to settle in a new city, in a new place to live or learn how to attend university in a way that works for you. The best thing you can do is 5

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try to acquire general awareness of your priorities, where you want to be and where you want to go.

Stop thinking that you need to do what everyone else is doing.” A part of trying to find your own way is according to Maria also thinking about how you can customise your academic experience at university by, “[...] talking more to professors, reach out to businesses and state why you are interested in working for them.” She also highlights the importance of risk-taking, “[f]ind your passion early on, take risks, you will never have the freedom to take risks like you do right now, so do it.”

Where can IBP bring you in life?

Maria’s own journey of self-discovery at IBP started at a documentary showing in her intro week. Maria was thoroughly inspired by the businessmen and businesswomen that navigated the world of politics in the documentary and a seed was planted. When Maria had to decide what to do in her 5th semester

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Atlantic Ocean into one of the most fascinating offices in Danish politics, Maria had the following to say, “I don’t believe that it is very productive to reflect on my accomplishments. I see them more as a journey towards learning and developing more skills. I also believe that you should never chase accomplishments for the sake of accomplishments, instead follow the path you find most interesting.”

Maria’s US experience “The most shocking thing about living in the US, is that it’s not shocking. We are so schooled in

American values,” is what Maria remarked as the most shocking revelation she has had during her stay in the US. Her US experience has been characterized by the aftermath of all the social-political uproar which has taken place during the last year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lively and buzzing Washington DC that she expected to encounter was nothing like she had expected, “[w]hen you went outside, it was a ghost-town. There was nobody on the streets.” She describes how things in the US have changed immensely, the Capitol Riots having a tremendous

impact on the political landscape in DC. The famous plaza outside of the White House, the Lafayette Square, now has a connecting street section called Black Lives Matter Plaza, where protestors during the BLM movement painted “Black Lives Matter” in huge yellow capital letters on the street. Through her experience living and working in the political sphere abroad, Maria has acquired a sense of what really matters for securing international partnership and cooperation in a diplomatic sense. This effort lies in the simple everyday interactions between herself and her American

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at IBP, she decided, why not try out working at an embassy? Her interest in the political world led her to get a job at the US embassy in Denmark from August 2019 to January 2021 where she describes that her interest in all things related to the political sphere was deeply cemented.

Through the contacts she made while working this amazingly interesting job she was inspired to go abroad to seek out new opportunities and to follow her aspirations in the business, politics and economics fields. Her interests

brought her to the United States, to Washington, one of the Western World’s most buzzing international political hubs, and work different exciting jobs and internships. Maria started out joining the nonpartisan think tank, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC), during a summer research programme in 2020 where she interned. At the end of her internship, she started working as a Policy Analyst for the think tank, which she did for 5 months until January 2021. From here on, Maria started working at the Minis-

try of Foreign Affairs of Denmark at their US office in DC where she still works today. In the fall 2020, she was also an ambassador for the Warwick Economics Summit (WES) where she recruited CBS students to attend and guided them through the summit. Whilst attending WES, Maria also had the opportunity to interview the Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, Zanny Minton Beddoes, about her opinion on what the responsibilities are of imagining a better future. About her journey across the

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colleagues. For instance, she notes that, “[g]oing to McDonalds is diplomacy at its finest.” Recently one of her COVID-19 hobbies has been to bake ryebread, mostly for her own personal use, but also in an effort to convert her American colleagues from eating white bread to start enjoying this divine Danish delicacy.

had to find her own way by learning to think like an academic and listen to herself. In the end, Maria wants you to know that you are going to find your way at IBP, be part of plenty of interesting experiences and projects if you follow your own path and do what you find interesting.

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P R O F E S S O R ’ S PAG E S a y h e l l o t o Le n S e a b r o o ke !

It’s a great pleasure to write to you as the new Programme Director for the BSc. and MSc. IBP degrees. For those who don’t know me from on campus lectures or, more recently, online videos, I’m Len Seabrooke, Professor of International Political Economy & Economic Sociology in the Department of Organization. I’ve been involved in IBP from the start, and initially taught the Comparative Political Economy course in the BSc IBP, as well as in International Political Economy courses. These days I teach Organizing Global Markets – which is about the international political economy of the green transition – in one of the MSc IBP streams, and I also coordinate the Thesis Activities course to train the MSc. thesis students on how to write a good thesis and prepare themselves for the exam.

This is my sixteenth year in Denmark and at CBS, so I’m one of the veterans of IBP and firmly entrenched in Copenhagen life. At CBS the faculty know me primarily as a researcher, having led projects from the European

Research Council, European Commission, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Velux Foundation, and others. My research is on how professionals create networks to control governance standards and policy, forms of surveillance from international economic organizations, and how consultants and global professional service firms influence economic and environmental policies. This work has been published in journals like American Sociological Review, Annual Review ofSociology, Review ofInternational Political Economy, Governance, and other journals. So, I work across political economy and sociology. The most recent projects I am involved in are on the creation of accounting standards to encourage decarbonization, and on the role of algorithmic decision-making in finance, tax, and insurance. In the Department of Organization I’m part of the Political Economy Group, which brings together International Political Economy and Economic Sociology scholars, and has a strong interest in combing computational

methods, like social network analysis and sequence analysis, with rich qualitative case studies. There’s a long and good relationship with IBP faculty in other departments, which makes running the programme easier. At CBS I also chair the Ethics Council.

What else can I tell you about me? I’m from Adelaide, Australia, but also a Danish citizen for some years now. I have two kids, who you may have seen i nterrupt me during online teaching. I cook a lot. In non-pandemic times I also play bass in bands. You may have seen a link to a clip to the house band, Boogles, in which I play drums (badly) and my kids play bass and guitar and scream. Anna and Caroline interviewed me the other day for an IBP podcast, where I blabbered away endlessly on a range of other facts and opinions.

So, more information there if you are really keen.

What is going on in IBP? Obviously, this is a strange period for us all. Most of the faculty haven’t seen their offices since last September or October,

Len! h t i w Keep up

including me. Work has consisted of constantly being at home, responding to emails and attending endless Teams or Zoom meetings.

The faculty are very aware that you have had it worse, sitting in your bedrooms trying to maintain motivation to attend online classes, and bursting to get back to campus for educational and social reasons.

I can assure you that everyone is very eager to return to campus.

While online teaching has improved (as we know from the evaluations), there is really a lot missing compared to the classroom experience. A lot of this is in non-verbal communication, being able to read the room, to make eye contact, to know then humour is appropriate, and so on.

This is important for students in giving them a sense of when they can engage each other, and it’s important for the faculty for the same reason. It’s quite hard to do that staring into a pinhole camera.

I know all the faculty are keen to return to campus as soon as Senior Management allow us, and really looking forward to in-class teaching next semester.

The first few months of sitting in the Programme Director seat have moved quickly and effectively. Helle Bunde, the Programme Manager, is magnificent to work with and knows the ins and outs of the

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BSc. and MSc. degrees. Helle is both the heart and brains of IBP. Mogens Kamp Justesen, from the Department of International Economics, Government and Business, is the Vice Programme Director and we are in regular conversation on strategic matters. From student administration we are working with Jeanette Judith Møller, who is really doing a tremendous job. We have a wonderful study board where, in addition to the academics, there is excellent participation from the students, including Jonna as Vice Chair and active engagement from Harun, Katrine, Signe, and Zakarias. We’ve revised the competency profile for both the BSc. and MSc. IBP, which is the legal foundation for IBP and specifies what training is included and what it is for. We’ve also updated the text for diplomas, and the guidelines for internships.

There has also been a lot of discussion about student wellbeing, which will be highlighted across CBS in the coming years. As a Programme Director I’m also involved in bunch of task forces, including on academic integrity and, separately, the new collaboration with the Danish Technical University.

For both academic and strategic interest, Alexander Gamerdinger, Kim-Elena Moll and I have done an initial network

study of IBP alumni to work out what happens to you are finished and employed. It turns out that most become – in order of frequency – consultants, policy professionals, financial analysts, and academics. I’m thinking about what this means for your training.

To facilitate such thinking there will be Strategy Days for IBP faculty in the BSc. and MSc. degrees later in the year, where we will discuss common conceptual, theoretical, analytical and methodological threads across the courses.

On practical matters, there will be a ‘re-socializing’ event in late August for the current second year students, given they have hardly been on campus. For the arriving first years we will have Study Start, as normal. These students will also have to complete a mandatory Academic Integrity Test, which is being introduced across CBS due to sharp increase in cheating on exams during the pandemic period. Most importantly, we’re all looking forward to the re-opening ofsociety and a full opening of CBS campus.

Everyone is eager to get back to the classroom where we can share some eye contact, enjoy a laugh together, and learn a lot.

Any questions? You can write to me at: lse.ioa@cbs.dk

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KEEPING UP WITH THE UNION Updates and thoughts from the newly elected IBP Union Board The last couple of months as President have truly been amazing, and I am still learning with the task every day. Having to make initiatives under restrictions has of course been challenging, but I really feel like we have succeeded in bringing IBP’ers closer together with what we have planned, which was my main goal when I became President. With summer coming and restrictions easing, that task is only

going to be easier and even more fun, and I am really looking forward to experiencing the execution of the last couple of events we have planned before the summer break!

It is going to be a blast - and then I can only say STAY TUNED for the next semester, where we will be back with all of the things you love about IBP!

Naturally, the last few months have been challenging for IBP Social, but we are now ready to get back to what we do best. We are so excited to finally have events where it will be possible for the IBP Union to feel like a union again. Especially gala, where IBP’ers can meet across years and celebrate finishing a very tough year. We are also already looking ahead to a fall, where we can make up for all the lost social life, we have had in the last year.

So whether you are a first year,

who still feels like they don’t know too many from the programme, a second year, who wants to see your friends again before exchange and internships makes it difficult in the fall, or a third year, who wants to meet everyone again before postIBP life sends you all sorts of ways, then know, that IBP Social is doing all it can to make that happen!

With the restrictions finally winding down for the next semester, we at IBP Academic are really excited for all the events that will be possible. We have a lot of great ideas, that we cannot wait to carry out. This is a lot of the classics which we have missed out on such as alumni events, embassy visits and just getting people and businesses out on CBS to get that good mix of business and politics. We are also looking to do some collaborations with other societies, which we

think could be a lot of fun, and we are gonna try to focus on some of the issues that you find interesting.

So please message us with all your ideas! And then, we are of course also super hyped that we will be able to plan a study trip for next spring.

Anna -> Vice President

I am so thankful for the last semester where I have gotten to work together with the rest of the board members, and so proud of what we have already achieved. It has clearly been a tough year for everyone, and I am really grateful that all IBPers have continued to keep the spirits up, whether it has been through planning social get-togethers, arranging academic events, writing articles for the magazine or having beers at the walk-talk-taste event. The rest of the board members have been working really hard to make these

Caroline -> President

Herman -> Head of Social

Harris -> Head of Academic

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events happen, and it has made my job as VP pretty easy to be honest!

We have so much fun stuff coming up the upcoming weeks - our first podcast episode, two Israel-Palestine events, the end-of-semester party, gala (yey), internal branch events and our IBxIBP ølympics, and I am already looking forward to the fall semester to do more events. Lastly, I just want to encourage everyone who has ideas or feedback for the Union to write to us any social media, because your input really matters to us!

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One of the best parts about IBP is all the international students and getting to know people from all over with different backgrounds! We talked to a few of our international students to hear about their IBP experience.

Where are you from originally?

Bremen, Germany

Jakob Kentrup Where are you from originally?

This question has always been a bit tricky for me to answer... I was originally born in Reykjavík, Iceland. But I come from a weird combination of ”heritage mix” of an Icelandic father and a Brazilian mother. I moved from Iceland to Spain when I was 4 years old, and when I was 12 I moved to Brazil til I was 16 years old. Afterwards, I moved back to Spain and finished my High School degree. Thereafter I decided to take a gap year in Iceland and the year after I lived in The Netherlands as well, where I studied Economics. I would say that my heart is in Iceland and in Brazil where I have my culture heritage and families but I am proud to have grown up most of my life in Spain and can still always go back to visit since my mother currently lives there, whereas my dad lives in Iceland.

Any plans of staying in Copenhagen after graduation?

How did you decide to study at CBS? I hiked on a mountain in the Himalayas and met an IBP Alumni from the Netherlands who made great effort advocating for school, program and country. Roughly three weeks later I met a Norwegian friend in Tel Avic that coincidentally recommended me CBS as well. At that point I had to go myself and find out the truth of these rumors

Definitely, I am not disregarding that option. I feel like Copenhagen has never felt more like home than before (after having moved so much) I am in love with the culture, the people and the charms of Copenhagen. Would even consider living here after graduation, working for some years or even pursuing a master... I’ll see, the future is very uncertain, but it would be an option indeed.

How did you adjust to the new environment?

The first winter was tricky for sure, but once I realized that “hygge” is more than just a simple word it made things a lot easier Favorite danish phrase?

To øl, tak! Eller “Ingen ko på isen, kælling!”

How would you name your autobiography?

There and back again – Jakob Kentrup

migratory bird” or ”The Saga of a Polyglot” (my friends have defined that one for me in the past).

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Was it difficult to adjust to Denmark? What do you miss most about Abu Dhabi?

When I moved back to Denmark I took a gap year where I pretty much just only worked

towards my goal of getting into IBP so I was very busy when I moved back. However I don’t think I will ever really adjust to the danish winters :( I definitely miss it being sunny year round back in Abu Dhabi.

Favorite spot in Copenhagen?

Shout out Hiko Sandwich! I genuinely think I have generated so much business for them by telling everyone I know to go there. They really reel you in with the loyalty coupon cards.

Also the lady who works there is super nice, make sure to tell her I sent you!

How would you title your autobiography?

Enjoy the small things

Where are you from?

I come from Slovakia, specifically from north-west region, bordering with Czech republic (it is not one country anymore :D ). My “city” is actually very small town called Myjava. It is known for production of great alcoholic beverage - slivovitz.

What is your favorite danish word/saying you have learned so far?

I love using the word ”hygge” as to define a ”hyggelig” cozy time with friends either if it was over dinner, a coffee, a walk, playing board games, etc.. and defining it as a ”dejlig” moment. Those two words are just my favorite.

How would you title your autobiography?

Hard one to answer maybe cliche hahah but ”The Saga of a

You are originally from Denmark but have lived most of your life abroad. Where was this?

I lived the majority of my life in Abu Dhabi (UAE) until I graduated from high school in 2018 and moved back to Denmark. I also lived in Vienna for 3 years!

How did you come up with the idea of studying in IBP? Well I wasn’t really sure of what I wanted to study, so I knew I wanted to do something broad until I realised exactly what I wanna study for my Masters. I had never studied politics before starting at IBP; however I can now say I am a strong member of the Politics>Business team

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What is your Copenhagen placeto-be?

I really enjoy spending time in the Vestamager park during summer, just making food on fire and being with friends. It’s really cool, that

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there are so many sites for this activity. I find the whole area as my get-away-from-city location.

Any plans of staying in Copenhagen after graduation?

I would like to continue for master studies in IBP, but maybe I will take a gap year. I don’t know yet.

Favorite danish phrase?

It is not a word but sentence, I hope I spell it correctly: Jeg skal ha et glass hvidvin.

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Here at IBP we enjoy all types of activities, crunching numbers, case solving, political and financial analyses, but most important of all, we enjoy having a good time with our fellow IBP’ers. All year round we take part in “togetherness” and share new, sometimes traditional, but always exciting and fun experiences. Gathered below are highlights from some of this year’s social events, these in particular hosted by our lovely student organisation, IBP Union. Enjoy the fun!

IBP Spring Dinner Just like Christmas Dinner, the Spring Dinner is part of the traditional core of the IBP spirit.

As COVID dilutes, as the spring buds are breaking out into green lush leaves around Copenhagen, all IBP’ers are excited for summer, getting outside and being able to meet up again.

”Det fedeste ved de her dinners, er at ma n gaar ind til noget hvor ma n ikke rigtig kender de mennesk er man skal spise med og ende r ud i at gaa derfra med nye de jlige bekendtskaber.”

Beer Tasting Event What do students drink the most of besides coffee? That’s right, beer! Therefore, IBP Social invited the captivating Carsten Berthelsen to join the IBP Beer Tasting Show in February to teach us about beer and give us some crucial insights into the world of beer tasting.

t depending a h t w o n k u o Did y e right- or r a u o y r e h t e on wh the the tones of , d e d n a h t f le lt, smelt, and fe t s e b e r a r e be your right or r e h it e h g u o r th left nostril?

Walk, Talk, Taste What do students drink the most of besides coffee? That’s right, beer! Therefore, IBP Social invited the captivating Carsten Berthelsen to join the IBP Beer Tasting Show in February to teach us about beer and give us some crucial insights into the world of beer tasting.

IBP Christmas Dinner There is nothing like the IBP Christmas Dinner tradition to forget about upcoming exams and get into the Christmas Spirit! As we couldn’t all gather this year, several IBPs opened their homes for their fellow students to ensure that even this year, no one had to miss out on filling their bellies with delicious Christmas food, having a drink with friends, and chanting to Christmas songs until late at night.

”when we started dancing in my tiny apartmen t” ”the marshmallow competition!

Thor was very good at it!”

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A N U P DAT E F R O M T H E S T U D Y B OA R D Hey fellow IBPs, a big hello from us, the student representatives of the Study Board!

We have for a long time felt like the study board is this black box, a mystery that happens behind closed doors. In this little piece, we want to try to demystify it a little.

Additionally, we have just started a newsletter project, in which after each meeting we write up the most important things that have happened during the meeting. Sometimes we are not allowed to share details, as we deal with personal cases, however, this doesn’t apply to many of our agenda points.

The newsletters are published on my.cbs.dk on the study board page and will also be posted on Facebook.

But back to business (and politics), what even is the study board?

The best way to think about the study board is probably to think about it as a forum, or a meeting place for ideas. The study board consists of 5 professors teaching on IBP, 5 students representatives and 2 further staff members working for IBP. What do we do?

The study board meetings happen roughly every month, at the moment online, and usually behind

Jonna (2nd year) Vice-Chair

closed doors. Sometimes, when debating about a specific issue, we also invite people to provide us with insights. Just recently, we for example invited an expert who talked about the re-integration process when we (hopefully) can all go back to campus after summer and the challenges associated with it (e.g.: social anxiety).

Officially, our most important task is to ensure the academic quality of the study line. We do so through for example establishing the quality boards, which means finding course representatives for each class, talking to them, reading the course evaluations and discussing with teachers about whether the exam format should be changed. Additionally, we deal with personal cases of exemptions, credit pre-approvals for exchange, internship approvals and appeals.

But the study board also does things outside of the formal academic responsibility. An important part of the work is also a discussion about current affairs, most recently this seemed to be Covid-safe teaching or plans for the autumn.

from January 2021 to December 2021, until the next board will be elected. We are five students from the first and second year of the IBP Bachelor, and because the study board is involved in so many different activities, most of us have a special area of responsibility.

Who exactly are we?

We are the five students who were elected as student representatives by you in Autumn 2020. We will sit on the study board for a year,

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Why should you care?

We want you to understand that we as the student representatives are YOUR VOICE for structural change within the IBP program. If you are concerned about something, unhappy with a course, or have criticism or suggestions, please reach out (either by shooting a Facebook message or also via email). At the beginning of each meeting, Jonna as the Vice-Chair has a specific timeslot allocated to updates from the students, in which any sort of issues can be brought up.

We sincerely hope that this has helped to understand our work a little better. Keep your spirits high, the summer break is just around the corner. Hope you see all of you around soon!

Cheers everyone, Jonna

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S U M M E R G U I D E TO CO P E N H AG E N Summer is just around the corner, and while most of us long for traveling Covid-19 might once again put our traveling plans on hold. This does, however, not mean that we can’t enjoy a beautiful summer in Copenhagen, which has so many places, activities and gastronomic experiences to offer. Therefore, IBP Magazine provides you with a summer guide to Copenhagen.

If the weather is nice ...

Copenhagen has a lot of nice places where you can enjoy the sun, grab a cold beverage and experience the nice atmosphere. If you want to be able to both cool down and relax in the sun, we recommend that you visit Ofelia Plads. Here you can grab a chair and rest or jump in the

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Ofelia Plads is just one of many spots to visit in Copenhagen if you want to cool down. We also recommend Islands Brygge where

there is always a couple of soundboxes playing music and a lot of young people enjoying the bathing facilities. Just like Islands Brygge, you will be able to experience great bathing facilities at Sluseholmen harbor bath, Sandkaj at Nordhavn and Kalvebod Bølge.

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After a long day of swimming, we recommend that you go and grab a cold beverage at one of the many bars of Copenhagen.

During the summer Stefanos Værtshus at Nørrebro will provide you with a great atmosphere, live music and drink prices

that are student-friendly! If you decide to explore Vesterbro, we recommend Kødbyen, which is packed with people during the summer, or Kihoskh at Sønder Boulevard where you can either grab a drink to go and sit at the green area among others or enjoy your beverage at one of the benches available.

El-Hjørnet is also a great place to go and grab a cold beverage.

And if you want to spend the evening under the sky Kayak bar, Kontiki, TH bar and La Banchina are great places to do so.

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water. During the summer Ofelia Plads offers food stalls, decent restrooms and of course stalls that serves nice cold summer drinks.

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If you want to grab some food...

There are a lot of places to go for some nice food, but since it is a summer guide it is only appropriate to mention the lovely food markets around Copen-

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hagen. Here we recommend Broens Gadekøkken just right across from Nyhavn. They supply various options for food and beverages. However, if you want even more options of food to choose from go to Reffen

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of things to do on a rainy day.

If the weather sucks...

Even though Danish summers can be magical, they can also be the complete opposite. Unfortunately, bad weather is not something uncommon during the Danish summer. While rain will make it difficult to jump in the sea, eat ice cream or be outdoors, there are still plenty

This weather lets you explore Danish ‘hygge’, and therefore we recommend you get creative at Creative Space where you can paint ceramic or enjoy some of the great art museums that Copenhagen offers, such as SMK or Thorvaldsens Museum. Go to one of Copenha-

– Copenhagen Street food which is a 10-minute bike ride from Nyhavn. Torvehallerne just by Nørreport station and Tivoli Food Hall are also great places to go if you want quality food.

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gen’s cute café’s such as Bertel’s Salon and treat yourself to a delicious slice of cake, or perhaps go to a board game café such as Bastard Café.

This summer guide is just a small example of some of the things you can do. Enjoy your well-deserved summer break!

INTRODUCING: IBP PODCAST As of this spring, we are lucky enough to have our own IBP podcast, hosted by our own President Caroline Knudsen and vice President Anna von Gross! We have had a little chat with them to find out everything about this, so take a look and then a listen!

So fun with the podcast, how did you come up with the idea?

The idea came from wanting to do something recurring which IBP’ers could always go back and listen to.

So besides the many great events which IBP Union already plans, we wanted to have something that could bring IBP’ers together at all times, and not only the exact day of an event. Besides that, there are so many cool things about IBP that we just wanted to explore even more - also for the new IBP’ers starting soon, so that they can get a quick insight into what is so special about IBP and all the great opportunities IBP entails.

something related to that guest. If any of you have suggestions or wishes to what topics and/or which guests you want us to bring on to the podcast, feel free to shoot us a message!

What can we expect to hear in the podcast?

Everything IBP, really. So it will be a mix of 1) academic topics related to our studies, 2) topics regarding studying at CBS in general, so that can be about student organizations, exchange, or other extra curricular we at IBP find interesting, and 3) more fun and social things!

So all in all a mix of all the things

Can you tell us a bit about the podcast?

So, we have been very lucky to be able to borrow podcast equipment from CBS Podcast, so a huge shoutout to them! It makes it a lot easier to be persistent in recording episodes, which means that there will be a new podcast episode about every three weeks!

Each episode will be about 30-40 minutes long, depending on how hard it will be to stop our guest talking about a topic they are very passionate about. We will make sure to let you know every time a new episode is out, and you can find it in your podcast app, spotify, or where you listen to podcasts!

Will it always be you two (Anna and Caroline) hosting? Will there be guests?

Yes, it will always be us hosting!

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that are special and which we love about IBP. When does the first episode air?

You can already find the first episode of the podcast! Our first guest was Len Seabrooke, our programme director of IBP, and it was a fun (and, to be honest, nerve-wracking) experience to record the very first episode. So go listen if you haven’t already, we hope you like it!

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INTRODUCING: CBS POLITICAL OPINION I n t e r v i e w w i t h F r e d e r i k D a m s g a a r d , c o - fo u n d e r What is the purpose of our society?

CBS Political Opinion The purpose of our club is to create a community for politically interested people at CBS and also to increase awareness of and engagement in political issues for all CBS students

of similar interest, and hopefully this will be helpful later in your life.

The club will focus on (informal) political debates and exercises, which are there to make you smarter and learn about other opinions than your own. It will also give you a chance to apply the theory you learn in class to real life cases.

Who are we?

IBP! Just kidding, we are mostly IBP, but we are for all CBS Students. The board consists of Mikkel, Jan, Jonna, Sibel, Mona, Simeon and me. And a lot of great first year IBP’ers! At meetings we usually are 10-15 noses plus a guest speaker.

For instance, the last year we have discussed among other things Chinas new role in the global geopolitics, the elections of Belarus, US foreign policy under Biden and the Turkey/Greece conflict.

What do we do?

Last year, we introduced this new “club” or “society” at CBS which intends to bring people together, who are interested in politics at CBS. The idea is to give you a network across CBS with people

You should become part of the society if you are interested in politics, want to learn about it or want to talk about it.

Maybe you even consider or think about a career in public- life, office or affairs. It is both cool to have strong opinions or no opinion at all. I am personally a fan of a quote by historian Yuval Noah Harari: ”I

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encourage all of us, whatever our beliefs, to question the basic narratives of our world, to connect past developments with present concerns, and not to be afraid of controversial issues.”

It has been difficult to plan events during the Covid-era, but hopefully we will get back to campus again, so we can do more events.

We are currently considering an event on the German elections, coming up this fall. We will also host a general assembly sometime in the near future, where everyone interested will have a chance to run for a position on the board and influence the course of the society.

Quick 5: Why join?

1. Get to know students from CBS and other IBP years 2. Learn more about real-lifepoltics and help yourself 3. Get a network of people with similar interests 4. Seek out societies, as Corona restricts your social life 5. It will be fun!

A lovely summer, I wish you.

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FIRST EVENT FA L L 2 0 2 0 GUEST SPEAKER J O N AT H A N N I E L S E N BELARUS EXPERT

@cbspoliticalopinion LinkedIn: CBS Political Opinion Who to contact?

Frederik Damsgaard, President frda19ac@student.cbs.dk Mikkel Sager, Vice-President misa19ab@student.cbs.dk Sibel Sezgin, Board member sisa19ac@student.cbs.dk

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We r e a c h e d o u t a n d interviewed Ida A l b i n u s S ka d h e d e t o learn more about CBS Sustainable Finance Club

Could you describe what CBS Sustainable Finance Club does?

The CBS Sustainable Finance Club (prev. CBS Sustainable Investment Club) was formed as a reaction to the lacking acknowledgement of this point in business school teachings. We believe that investments should reap satisfactory returns simultaneous to creating long-term value. This entails allocating capital in a responsible and sustainable manner. To this end, the goal of the organization is to provide an alternative narrative on how to make sound investment decisions, based on the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. SFC is continuously working on initiatives that seizes our main purpose, examples are our Global Select ESG Fund where our investment philosophy and analysis sets the foundation of the portfolio holdings. We also do an annual report for the club, write articles and do different types of events alongside work with our sponsors.

C B S S U S TA I N A B L E FINANCE CLUB it comes to sustainability issues taught in the classroom. This lack of focus and awareness is one of the main drivers for my involvement in SFC. I want to take part and responsibility of my own learning curve within this field and at the same work towards awareness and involvement between other students, the CBS organization and outside stakeholders like private companies. The actual involvement with the other members of SFC is also one of the main reasons why I was drawn to the club. It’s super educational to be surrounded by students whom holds the same overall interest but have different academic backgrounds. And finally, it’s so cool to get involved with sponsors, professors etc. who finds our work important and therefore wants to talk and work with us.

For people who are interested in CBS Sustainable Finance Club, what is the best way to reach out to you?

IBP’ERS SUMMER PLANS Exam season is closing in. While working through hard times we’re dreaming of better ones. At the end of the tunnel, we can glimpse the light from long nights, summer bangers and tons of drinks! We asked some IBP’s how they’re looking forward to spending their summer.

1st Year CECILIE LOUISE BOESDAL

Summer in Copenhagen

Students are always welcome to contact our club – we are present on almost every social media channel. We post news regularly so go follow us our check out our webpage to see what we are currently working on! Like any other club, SFC has been challenged by the COVID-19 situation, so all our activities have for the past year been online, but still we have worked on a lot of cool projects during this time. That being said, we look very much forward to more engagement on campus once the situation allows it.

What drew you to CBS Sustainable Finance Club?

Initially I found the main purpose of SFC very compelling as I have a personal interest in the field of sustainable finance and business.

It’s a place to get hands on experience with some of the things we are taught at CBS and at the same time is a place where I can learn some of the things that are not taught at CBS. There is definitely an academic lack of focus when

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What are your plans for the summer?

I’m participating in the national debating championship at Politiken, where all the top debaters gather to see who persuades an audience the best. IBP represent!

I will also be preparing for the Municipal Elections in Copenhagen this November, as I do voluntary work for the politician Mette Annelie Rasmussen. By the way, you can vote if you are an EU citizen, or have lived in Denmark for 3 years as a non-EU-citizen! I will participate in the Academy for Sustainable Development Goals.

It’s a course in how to teach people about what SDGs are (and no it is not STDs), where I expect to meet some UN fanatics like myself.

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I can’t wait to spend this summer in Copenhagen! My favorite places to hang out are La Banchina or Blox to get a morning bun, coffee and swim (although I can definitely spend the entire day there). In the evenings find me grilling at our terrasse or at the new Seaside Toldboden, where a couple of my friends are working on it to become the top 1 summer hang- out spot in Copenhagen. For summer nights Kødbyen and Kajak bar are all-time favorites to get a (or a couple of) drinks. What I am looking forward to the most is simply being outside

an extracurricular academy in free markets and economics (7,5 ECTS sheesh) with CEPOS on a summer camp. For the international students, CEPOS is a polemic liberal danish think tank that engages in public debates. I don’t completely agree with CEPOS, but at least now I know more about my male crush Immanuel Kant.

Depending on how my exchange semester pans out, I will of course also wave the flag at the World Pride Festival in August either in Copenhagen or New York. My hypothesis: The best parties happen where there is diversity.

Go to summer drink?

Piña Colada This year’s summer banger?

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in the city, bumping into people, and hanging out with them (suddenly when the sun comes out Copenhageners are all friendly and open). I truly believe (fingers crossed) this summer in Copenhagen will be the best one to come!

Go to summer drink: Lillet Tonic is growing on me, but I usually play it safe with vodka redbull This year’s summer banger: A solid candidate is Douha by Disclosure

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What are your plans for the summer?

I’ll stay in Copenhagen for a bit after the final exam before I drive up to Norway. Towards the end of June I’ll be going to London with my sister for meetings as she’ll be releasing her first pop single later this summer (that will replace my summer banger choice once it’s out)! Then I’ll spend the rest of my summer seeing old friends where I grew up in France, and on an island in the Norwegian fjords with family and friends.

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What are your plans for the summer?

In June I will be enjoying a (hopefully) warm month in Copenhagen with my friends and girlfriend. I will probably also do day trips on Oresund with my parents on their sailboat. In July I will be attending summer school at London School of Economics (LSE), where I am looking forward to taking the course; Business Strategy in International and Emerging Markets. Finally, in August I will be spending some time at my girlfriends’ parents’ summer house in wonderful Gilleleje (A lovely town

Go to summer drink?

Rosé wine 100%!

in the Northern part of Zealand).

Go to summer drink?

Preferably a beer (an ice-cold IPA) - however, I would also enjoy a glass of rosé or an Aperol Spritz in Kødbyen (CPH Meatpacking District)!

This year’s summer banger?

“Kærlighed” with the danish artist Gilli, is, for me, the sound of summer in Copenhagen 2021. - And for the non-Danes or the ones not wanting to listen to Danish music: “Little More Love” with AJ Tracey is a banger that will make your summer a whole lot better!

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This year’s summer banger?

There are so many good options, but I have to say my 2021 summer banger is Kiss Me More by Doja Cat ft. SZA!

ED I TOR I A L COM M I T T EE Moa Stierna, Jakob Werner, Celestine Toeset, Ingrid Selte WR I T ER S Ilmi Perkiömäki, Karin Strömholm, Moa Stierna, Benedikte Davidsen, Jan Spanholtz, Anne Catherine Arlund, Tara Dastmalchian, Emma Wilson, Cecilia Zade Isensi LAYOU T D ESI GN Ingrid Selte

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What are your plans for the summer?

First of all, I will of course watch as Denmark wins the European championship in soccer. After that my summer will mostly consist of working, especially working on preparing the biggest retail conference together with fellow IBP’er Victor Kirk which will take place this fall. We will have to sell tickets, get partnerships, create marketing materials, plan the conference, prepare the venue and much more, all in all a very exciting project.

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Go to summer drink?

I will have to go with Filur, named after the famous filur ice cream. It is the perfect summer drink with a fresh taste and it never fails to bring back childhood summer memories.

CON T R I B U TOR S A N D I N T ER V I EW E E S Maria Hatzisavva Damsgaard, Leonard Seabroke, Caroline Knudsen, Herman Jacobsen, Harris Hadzimahovic, Anna Von Gross, Jakob Kentrup, Saga Frimansdottir, Anders Boesen, Alex Jurca, Jonna Sophie Schmude, Frederik Damsgaard, Ida Albinus Skadhede, Cecilie Louise Boesdal, Zakarias Hove Johansson, Celine Sofie Høie, Simon Olesen

This year’s summer banger?

I don’t think this year’s summer banger has been released yet, but for the time being, I will go with “Leave the door open” by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak and Silk Sonic. Such a chill song that you can vibe to while being outside in the sun.

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