What is a democracy? How do democracies work in practice? How can they be undermined, how can we maintain and strengthen them? These are some of the questions raised in the interdisciplinary research initiative UiO:Democracy.
News
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New course for Master Students in Europe Apr. 23, 2024
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UiO:Democracy funds five new research groups Dec. 14, 2023
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Season’s Greetings from UiO:Democracy Dec. 12, 2023
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Circle U: Call for academic chairs for Democracy Hub Aug. 18, 2023
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Events
James Tabery on ‘Tyranny of the Gene - Personalized Medicine and Its Threat to Public Health’ (interviewed by Yael Friedman).
SciDem Research seminar by Nick Hughes (UiO).
Ambitions
- interdisciplinary research
- dissemination
- cooperation with non-academic institutions and stakeholders
- interdisciplinary subjects and courses
Main thematic tracks
UiO:Democracy aims to establish a collective ownership to research on democracy. The following thematic tracks will be explored through interdisciplinary research and cooperation:
- Democracy as a form of governance and the institutions of democracy
- Citizens, diversity, and inequality
- The role and function of knowledge
- Democracy and crisis management
- Democracy in everyday life
In addition to these thematic tracks, UiO:Democracy has three cross-cutting dimensions: sustainability, globalization, and digitalization. This is described in UiO:Democracy’s Foundational document (PDF).
Contact
If you have any questions regarding UiO:Democracy, please contact:
- Mona Grydeland, administrative coordinator
- Tore Rem, director
- Hanna Huglen Revheim, communication adviser