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In the aftermath of the Chernobyl explosion, a great divergence appeared between the medical opinions of the East and West on the long-term consequences on public health. In this keynote lecture, Kate Brown, Professor in the History of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gives us insight on what these conflicting stories can tell us about how Western and Soviet scientists understood humans and the ecologies in which they lived.

Dr. Jotun Hein, Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, will present his research on "Algorithms for Recombination Detection with an Application to SARS CoV-2."

Department seminar. Martin Dufwenberg is a Karl & Stevie Eller Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Arizona. He will present the paper: "Threats+" (written with Flora Li and Alec Smith).

Master in Political Science Karin Vaagland at University of Oslo and the Department of Political Science will be defending her dissertation: "To harmonize or to externalize? EU decision making in times of migration crises". 

Master Francesca Secco at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas will defend her dissertation Agency beyond Intentions. On the intimate connections that relate agents to their actions for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

The Conference Trauma, Memory, and Counter-Culture. Borders and Border Transgressions in (Post-)Communist Europe explores borders and border transgressions in the context of trauma, memory, and counter-culture and aims to highlight the specific relevance of Border Studies for better understanding literature, arts, and everyday culture in repressive, transformative and post-war societies.

The IUROPA network co-organises a conference on empirical and legal studies in EU law together with LSE Law School.

The conference explores borders and border transgressions in the context of trauma, memory, and counter-culture and aims to highlight the specific relevance of Border Studies for better understanding literature, arts, and everyday culture in repressive, transformative and (post-)war societies.

Welcome to an open talk with PhD candidate Tamta Gelashvili on Georgian and Ukrainian far-right movements.

In this presentation, Frances Kvietok Duenas (Postdoc, MultiLing), Pia Lane (Professor, MultiLing), and Carola Kleemann (Associate Professor, UiT) will share comparative insights about the language reclamation trajectories of new speakers of Sámi, Quechua and Aimara.

Department seminar. Fatih Guvenen is the Curtis L. Carlson professor of economics at the University of Minnesota. He will present the paper: "Skewed Business Cycles" (written with Sergio Salgado and Nicholas Bloom).

This lecture has unfortunately been cancelled. 

What would it mean to tell the stories of trees? How can we represent them in ways that do not rely on problematic forms of ventriloquism, which reinscribe inequalities, and which do not rely on various forms of empathy or sympathy? This talk by Dalia Nassar, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, aims to outline a theory of representation that aims to respond to these questions in relation to trees.

Helga Refsum obtained her MD and PhD degrees from the University of Bergen, where she also became a Professor of Pharmacology in 1992. Since 2004, she has been a Professor at the Department of Nutrition at the University of Oslo and a Visiting Professor at University of Oxford. She is a world-renowned researcher on homocysteine, B vitamins, cysteine, and their roles in cardiovascular disease, dementia, and obesity.

To celebrate Professor Refsum’s 60th birthday and her outstanding contributions to science, we welcome you to a symposium with presentations on Helga’s current and past research topics.

Cand.med. Jenny Maria Nordfalk at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Clinical communication. Defining, assessing, and improving the sharing of complex treatment information with multiple sclerosis patients” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Anne Gry Fadum Carlsen at The Department of Teacher Education  and School research will be defending the thesis "Strategisk ledelse i fylkeskommunen. En studie av lederes fortellinger og strategiske handlinger ved gjennomføring av strategiske planer" for the degree of PhD. 

Stefano Coretta (Edinburgh) will give a guest lecture about why the IPA vowel chart doesn't work

Cand.med. Ane Marie Anderson at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Broad protection against influenza by DNA vaccines that target mixtures of diverse hemagglutinins to APCs” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Seyed Hossein Moosavi at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Clinical implications of transcriptomic and pharmacological tumor heterogeneity of metastatic colorectal cancers” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Kristin Grotle Nore at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The Eicosanoid system – effects on pathogenesis and potential as targets for Host Directed Therapy in Tuberculosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Research project Bodies in Translation at IKOS is delighted to invite you to a special afternoon of performance and presentations.

Master Catharina Petronella Johanna van Trijp at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis "Toddlers’ Social-Emotional Well-Being in Early Childhood Education and Care: The Role of Child Temperament and Process Quality" for the degree of PhD.

The Center of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (CIMS) at UiO is inviting researchers and students of all levels to a Master Class with Asef Bayat, Professor of Sociology from the University of Illinois. 

Philosophical Seminar with Kristin Gjesdal

Department seminar. İrem Güçeri is an Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, at the University of Oxford. She will present the paper: "Dynamics of Financing Frictions for R&D."