Upcoming events
Master?Maria Buyko at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages will defend her dissertation Limits to inferences: Studies on negative evidence in pragmatics for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).
Master of Laws Torkell S?tervadet will be defending the thesis The Social Security Scandal and the Potential for Misapplication of EEA Law for the degree of PhD.?
Original title: Trygdeskandalen og potensialet for rettsanvendelsesfeil p? E?S-rettens omr?de
The disputation will be held in Norwegian?
Master in Societal Safety Ingrid Christensen will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science:
How governments manage collaborations to be effective, legitimate, and accountable
The Word, Sound and Power Workshop 2026 will be held at the University of Oslo on the 28th of April. The workshop will take place on the 12th floor or Niels Treschows hus, from 11am to 5pm. Lunch included. All welcome!
CIMS and the Norwegian Institute of International Studies (NUPI) are pleased to announce a co-organized event featuring a book launch with author Dr. Charlotte Lysa and co-panelists: Dr Laila Makboul and Prof. Emeritus Bj?rn Olav Utvik.
M.Sc. Shewatatek Gedamu Wonde at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Advancing the Development and Evaluation of Licensure Examinations: A Study of Psychometric Soundness, Expert Judgment, and Implementation Practices in Ethiopian Medical Education” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Brigitte Leucht presents the special issue Claiming Europe: Political representation, practices and the dynamics of European integration, 1945 to the present at the Tuesday seminar on 28 April 2026.
Diletta Pompei (Rome, Tor Vergata)
MD Kristin Andersen Bakke at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Interactions between neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) and somatic conditions The importance of using complementary perspectives to diagnose, understand and provide health care to individuals with NDDs and comorbid somatic conditions Examples from ADHD in diabetes, and epilepsy and inadequate sleep in Angelman syndrome” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
European thinkers begin to specify anthropology as an independent field of study in the course of the Enlightenment.?
Master of Political Science Katrine Skagen will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science:
Climate and Agriculture: Policy, Politics and Processes
Department seminar. Jérémy Laurent-Lucchetti is an Associate Professor of economics at the Geneva School of Economics and Management of the University of Geneva. He will present the paper “Should We Stop the COPs?” (with Renaud Bourlès and Jean-Charles Rochet).
M.Sc. Alexander Anisimov at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Optimizing transcriptional regulation and cellular homeostasis to slow brain and organismal ageing” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Subhadeep Chowdhury at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History will defend his dissertation Made in Imperialism: A Cultural History of the Law for Registering Trade Marks in British India 1877–1947?for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).
This seminar explores online/offline experiences and tensions in social spaces: coffee shops, libraries and cultural events
Department seminar. ?istein R?island is Director at Norges Bank. He will be presenting on Norway's monetary policy target and rules.
M.Sc. Klara Sofia Friberg at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Posttraumatic stress symptoms and hope in intensive care unit patients during the first year after intensive care unit admission” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Merete Kristin Bustetun Tschamper at the Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Exploring health literacy needs in parents of children with epilepsy: A co-designed intervention development.” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Associate Professor of Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Bob L. T. Sturm, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series.
In this lecture, Viktoria Sereda examines how war-driven displacement reshapes memory and belonging in displaced people and host communities.
Master?Mathias Skogly Russnes at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages will defend his dissertation Making sense of semantic prosody: An investigation of semantic transfer, register-sensitivity and categorisation through the lens of polysemy for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).
Cand.med. Randi Breivik ?vsteb? at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Countertransference in the treatment of patients with personality disorders” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Sofia Talas (University of Padua) will give a talk for the Science Studies Colloquium Series.
The project EuroWARCHILD has studied the experiences and needs of three generations of children born of war (CBOW) in Europe. How can we learn from past experiences to improve the situation in present and future conflicts?
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M.Sc. Wei Hai Deng at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Targeting fatigue, mental health, and quality of life through latent profiles and physical activity interventions in childhood and young adult cancer survivors” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).