The TIK biweekly newsletter is with this edition relaunched. We will use it to improve the internal information from the centre management with short presentations about ongoing formal processes, board activity, teaching activities etc. But please participate in creating an informed community of colleagues by making known your whereabouts at conferences, field work or similar to be included in the newsletter!
The autumn semester started off the 12 August with 42 students present at the introduction lecture followed by "Meet the new students" in the kitchen area. TIK's Master programmes are among the most popular at the UiO, and we are glad to have a large and active student body.
An interesting introduction to further discu
ssion at TIK about the education activities, was the presentation at the staff meeting on 22 August on teaching at bachelor level by Professor Jemima Garcia-Godos Naveda, from the Department of Sociology and Human Geography.
With the staff meeting, the semester was well underway, please see Kristin's presentation for a summary. Staff meetings combined with this newsletter are the main channels for internal information.
People news
Congratulations to Tone Druglitrø, who is offered the announced permanent position as associate professor in STS at TIK! Tone has a meritorious career at TIK – she has been a PhD student, post doctor, researcher and temporary associate professor in STS. Get to know her better by the nice presentation she gave at the staff meeting 22 August! First in hand for Tone in her new position is to function as PhD responsible. She has also been elected to head the board of the Science Studies Colloquium Series at the UiO (Forum for vitenskapsteori).
An important part of TIK's activities is the PhD education. It is an important step for candidates as well as for TIK when a thesis is submitted. We congratulate the following for their achievement:
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Bård Hobæk, Efficient fish. Controversies and problematizations of feed in Norwegian salmon farming, 1970-2000
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Kjersti Aalbu, Data politics in the governance of greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping
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Erlend Osland Simensen, Innovation In and Across Sectors in a Resource-Based Economy
Kejia is interviewed about her research in this week's SV news: Fra forskningsfronten: Kejia Yang!
Jan Fagerberg was among the professors emeriti honoured by the Faculty of Social Sciences in their annual emeriti dinner.
Also in the SV news this week is a glimpse into the bachelor course Innovation and Society where Markus is in charge, Innovasjonssertifikatet er i gang .
At the time of this newsletter the PhD course in Pasvik organized by Susanne within the large Anthropogenic Soils project has been held with great success:
Susanne Bauer convenes PhD Workshop: Anthropogenic Soils - TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (uio.no)
A publication to share?
We try to publish our researchers’ presence in the media at TIK i media - TIK Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (uio.no), but if you have something you would like to share with your colleagues here in the newsletter, please notify us!
Bård has been interviewed in The Guardian: Climate hero or villain? Fossil fuel frenzy challenges Norway’s green image | Fossil fuels | The Guardian.
Kristin has written an op-ed about trust in research in the Norwegian daily Klassekampen: Saklighetsfellesskapet | Klassekampen, a revised version of a lecture she gave on this theme this spring at an event organized by the science news magazine Forskning.no – Norges største nettavis om forskning (the English language version Sciencenorway - Science News from Norway)
Upcoming events
Workshop and lecture with Marion Fourcade
On the occasion of her being appointed honorary doctor at UiO, TIK hosts a workshop ("Valuations, economy and the digital", 10:00 - 12:30) and an open lecture ("Political economy of the digital society", 14:15 - 15:30) on September 3. For details, see event calendar.
Book launch with Liliana Doganova
On 5 September (14:00 - 15:30), Liliana Doganova will give a talk on her recently published book "Discounting the Future: The Ascendancy of a Political Technology". The seminar will be commented by Einar Lie, Professor of Modern Economic History at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, UiO, and followed by light refreshments and socializing. More information: here.
Lecture and seminar with Timothy Mitchell
On 22 October (12:15 - 14:00), The Eilert Sundt Lecture 2024 will take place at Auditorium 1. This year TIK had the responsibility of inviting a speaker, and Timothy Mitchell has accepted. There will also be a seminar at TIK on 23 October in conjunction with his visit to Oslo. More details TBA soon!
Save the Date
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PhD midway seminar of Silje Svartefoss on October 18.
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PhD final seminar of Gro Stueland Skorpen on October 31.
- OSIRIS and R-QUEST Final Conference on November 8 at Domus Bibliotheca, UiO. Additional information concerning the program and registration details will be shared shortly.
- TIK25 final event on December 4.
- Christmas staff seminar and lunch December 18
TIK's football cup 2024
We wish all football player's good luck on Friday's matches! For those of us not too familiar with the game - join in the cheering crowd!
Courses offered at TIK this semester
- Bachelor course: TIK2000 – Innovation and Society
- Master courses: TIK4001 – Teknologi, innovasjon og kunnskap
- PhD courses: TIK9102 – Tøyenseminar, TIK9011 – Science and Technology Studies, TIK9015 – Dokuprax: Dokumentanalyse og dokumentarbeid i demokrati, politikk og byråkrati
TIK Board
The TIK Board has its next meeting on September 25. A regular item on the agenda for this meeting is the first draw of next year's financial plan. We will get back to this and other items on the agenda in the next newsletter.
In the latter half of this autumn (probably in November), there will be elections for the representatives of temporary academic staff and students. More information will follow.
Research assistants
In order to hire research assistants, please use the form https://nettskjema.no/a/136116 !
Research assistants share the offices 1020 and 1030. Please contact Inger-Johanne for keys and access cards.
Kristin & the news team