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Helena Schmidt will defend her doctoral dissertation: “Eating No-Bodies: The paradox of disembodied hospitality. Looking through the meal lens at diaconal hospitality and embodied citizenship in Oslo”, for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at the Faculty of Theology.

MD Tommaso Cai at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Aspects of antimicrobial stewardship in urinary tract infections: Clinical significance of risk factors, deferred treatment, non-antibiotic treatment, revival of an old antibiotic and the impact of guidelines adherence” for the degree of Dr. Philos. (Doctor Philosophiae).

Cand.med. Nathalie Bodd Halaas at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Neurodegeneration in the ageing brain - Novel AD-related biomarkers in delirium and cognitively unimpaired older adults” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Dimitrios Gouglas at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Prioritization models for vaccine development against emerging infections” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MNSc Elizabeth Reine at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Quality in postoperative patient handover - A mixed methods study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Bjørnar Berg at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Long-term consequences of degenerative meniscal tears in middle-aged patients” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Sangwon Yoon at the Department of Special Needs Education will defend the dissertation "Evaluating Psychometric Properties of Parent- or Caregiver-Report Instruments on Child Maltreatment Systematic Reviews Using the COSMIN Methodology." for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

MSc Idun Dale Rein at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Investigating functional phenotypes of PARP inhibitor treatment by advanced flow cytometry” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Partnerforum hosts a seminar on democracy and expertise on 19 January where ARENA researchers will present findings from the book The Accountability of Expertise.

MSc Anna Maria Eriksson at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Insights into Molecular Immune Mechanisms in Multiple Sclerosis" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

NCMM Associate Investigator, Dr Lorena Arranz, Group Leader of the Stem Cell Aging and Cancer Research Group will present her research as part of the NCMM Tuesday Seminar Series.

Cand.med. Mona Kjeldsberg at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Symptoms as a surmountable challenge: Symptom reporting and self-rated health in the population and in general practice” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Thomas Arnesen at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research will defend the dissertation "A mixed-methods exploration of off-task use of educational technology in class: An affordance based analysis of two quantitative studies and one qualitative study." for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Futuring Nordics is organising this seminar in which we seek to combine the two parallel debates: how to achieve a circular economy and how to achieve business that contributes to sustainability (corporate sustainability).

Please note: We will now have to make this a fully digital event due to the latest Covid-19 restrictions. Please see updated programme below.

Department seminar. Kjetil Storesletten is a Professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota. He will present the paper "Serial entrepreneurship in China".

What can images tell us about the North? 

MSc Magne Mørk Kleppestø at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of high-grade gliomas - methodological aspects and error estimations” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Morten Kvello at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Surgical and patient reported outcomes after novel techniques for gastrostomy insertion and fundoplication in children" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

How do low-carbon transitions create inequality and how can we make them more socially inclusive? Join us in the 2021 Hal Wilhite Memorial Lecture with Benjamin Sovacool. 

Eir Andreas Ihlang Berg will defend their doctoral dissertation: “Becoming Queer Christians in Indecency. Exploring Queer Theologies of Peripheries”, for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at the Faculty of Theology.

MD Magnus Harneshaug at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis "Vulnerability measures in older adults with cancer, and their potential covariance and impact" for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Maria Mastrangelopoulou at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “A novel approach to inner cancer treatment through the activation of photosensitizers by protons.” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MPhil Lisa Victoria Burrell at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Parental death by external causes and psychosocial sequelae in bereaved offspring” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Helene Knævelsrud, Senior Scientist and head of the Mapping and Disrupting Cancer Circuits Project at Oslo University Hospital, and Charlotte Boccara, head of the Sleep, Cognition & Development project team at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, UiO, will present their latest research as part of NCMM's Tuesday Seminar series.