Previous events - Page 5

Iida Pöllänen (University of Tampere) will present her current postdoctoral research about the Ibsen legacy in the Harlem Renaissance.

Bendik Hellem Aaby (IFIKK, UiO) does research in philosophy of biology and philosophy of action. His research concerns are, amongst other things, the role behavior plays in evolutionary theory, the attribution of agency to non-human organisms, and to what extent purposiveness can be adequately accounted for by evolutionary theory.

MD Siri Asheim Eikeland at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Late effects in Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors after contemporary risk-adapted treatment” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master of science Laura Hegemann vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Ph.D: 

Etiology of Neurodevelopmental Traits: Measurement, Specificity, and Within-Family Transmission

Hvordan samspill mellom det biologiske miljøet og genetiske faktorer påvirker mental helse.

Judith Jesch (University of Nottingham) will present her research on Orkneyinga saga in the fifth edition of the Sophus Bugge Lecture series.

Cand.med. Håvard Bjerkeseth Solvin at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Telemedicine in Cardiology - Remote-controlled Robotic and Remote-guided Echocardiography” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Guest Speaker: Danelle van Zyl-Hermann, Department of History, University of Basel

Master Line Merete Mediå at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Living with Differences in Sex Development. Disclosure, sexual health, perspectives on surgery and stigma” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Liv Kristin Wikslund at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Assessments of skin microvascular function and oxygen delivery using Computer Assisted Video Microscopy and Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand. Psychol. Ludvig Daae Bjørndal vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Ph.D: 

Unravelling sources of wellbeing and illbeing: The role of genetic, environmental, and social factors

Welcome to a talk by Dr. Monica Pearl (University of Manchester) on rage and generational tensions in recent cultural texts about the AIDS epidemic.

In this lecture, Marit Grøtta (University of Oslo) will discuss the ambivalent responses to portrait photographs in the writings of Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka, and Virginia Woolf.

Master Vilde Fastvold Thorbjørnsen at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Impossible bodies : Experiences of pathogenic incorporation among workers in precarious situations in Oslo” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Jørgen Ankill at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Functional effects of epigenetic alterations: towards targeted epigenetic treatment of breast cancer” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand. Psychol. Jan-Vegard Nilsen vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Ph.D: 

Family-based inpatient treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa: A qualitative study of patients’ and family-members’ experiences with inpatient care

Master Diego Gonzalez Campos at CEMO - Centre for Educational Measurement will be defending the thesis "Approaches to Integrating Large Data into Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis in Education" for the degree of PhD.

What happens at the intersection of women's health and international relations? In this Global Health Unpacked seminar, Dr Sophie Harman will look closer at the state of gender in global health.

This workshop will feature talks from esteemed scientists, covering topics such as zoonoses, spread of infectious diseases, animal movement and more. Registration to attend the event at the Academy is closed, but you can follow the event via streaming.

Cand.med. Ingrid Jyssum at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Immunogenicity of therapeutics in inflammatory joint-and bowel diseases” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Department seminar. Lorenzo Lagos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Brown University. He will present the paper: "Union Bargaining Power and the Amenity-Wage Tradeoff."

M.Sc. Dina Moxness Konglevoll at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Diet and Frailty in Norwegian Older Adults - The Tromsø Study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

The fourth and final Welcome to the Anthropocene lecture by Laura Mai, Postdoctoral Researcher at Tilburg University. 

Cand.med. Sondre Heimark at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cuffless blood pressure measurements: Promises and challenges” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).