Previous events

M.Sc. Victoria Becker at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cardiac function in Atlantic salmon: Impacts of cardiac morphology and piscine myocarditis virus” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Tøri Vigeland Lerum at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and its pulmonary aftermath” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Kjersti Lia at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Older patients with Hodgkin lymphoma – insights from a national population-based cohort study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

CIMS and the Norwegian Institute of International Studies (NUPI) are pleased to announce a co-organized event featuring a lecture by Professor Jerome Gunning.

Elisabeth Knight talks about how working memory and metacognitive abilities shape vocabulary learning, and explores whether multimodal cues such as iconic gestures can support children’s word learning.

Master Tone Sofie Røsholt Ovati at Department of Education will be defending the thesis "Teacher Support for Children's Language Development in Early Childhood Education and Care: Parent Collaboration, Shared Reading, and Professional Development in Diverse Classrooms" for the degree of PhD.

Kamaluddin Nilu (University of Oslo) will present his latest research about Knut Rose's artistic works with Ibsen's drama.

Department seminar. Peter Egger is a Professor at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zürich. He will present the paper “How Aggregate Uncertainty Shapes the Spatial Economy.”

The Science Studies Colloquium (Forum for vitenskapsteori) organizes a seminar where recipients of the Colloquium's scholarship will present results of their work.

In this presentation, Jules Sergei Fediunin will show that Russia’s demographic agenda has evolved in accordance with the Putin regime’s authoritarian consolidation and ideological tightening

Cand.med. Marte Meyer Walle-Hansen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Blood pressure and Brain Health in the Akershus Cardiac Examination 1950 Study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

NCMBM, as part of its International Seminar series, will be welcoming Peter Meerlo, Associate Professor, from the Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen in The Netherlands. 

He will be presenting his work on "Environmental influences on sleep architecture and sleep homeostasis in mammals and birds".

Please join us for a one day seminar organised by Idéhistorisk lunsjseminar (IFIKK) og Norsk Oversetterleksikon (NOleks) in connection with the visit to Oslo by Christine Lombez from Nantes Université.

Master Minh Khai Mai-Thi at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies will defend her dissertation Remapping the Emotional Landscape in Late Song: From Early Therapeutic Practices and Visceral Psychosomatics to Chen Wuze’s Seven-Affects 七情 Doctrine for the degree doctor philosophiae (PhD)

Department seminar. Astrid Dannenberg is a Professor at the Institute of Economics at the University of Kassel. She will present the paper "Cooperation and strategy choice in the infinitely repeated prisoner’s dilemma when players can cheat".

Master of Science in Africa and International Development Imrana Buba will be defending his dissertation at the Department of Political Science:

The Paradox of Protection: Civilian Self-Protection and Its Consequences in Nigeria

M.Sc. Mari Kristine Tyrdal at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Healthcare use among patients with musculoskeletal disorder - a register-based study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Gabrielle Ferreira at the Department of Media and Communication will defend her dissertation From Istanbul to Madrid: Exploring transnational media flows through the expansion of Turkish television dramas in Spain for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

A talk by Christopher Bondy, Professor of Sociology at International Christian University, Tokyo.

Michał B. Paradowski discusses Social Network Analysis (SNA) and investigates how the structure and quality of social interactions shape linguistic progress.

Master Ali Hussain at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies will defend his dissertation Documentation of transposition of aspiration in dialectal Balochi for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

M.Phil. in Economics Sondre Elstad at Department of Economics will defend his thesis "Finance is Like a Wilderland - Three Essays on Model Uncertainty and Ambiguity Aversion" for the PhD degree.

The research project FUNGATERIA – Bringing mycelium-based materials into an ‘Engineered Living Material' (ELM) context is hosting a workshop exploring the new ecological, economic and labour relations brought about by the role of microbes in up-and-coming bioeconomies. 

Jose A. Cañada (University of Helsinki) will give a talk for the Science Studies Colloquium Series.