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?ystein Linnebo is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo. His main research interests are in the philosophies of logic and mathematics, metaphysics and the philosophy of science. He is particularly interested in questions concerning ontology, individuation, essence, reference (especially to abstract objects), necessity and of necessary truths. He has recently published two books, Philosophy of Mathematics (Princeton University Press, 2017) and Thin Objects: An Abstractionist Account (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Dr. Katie Overy, senior lecturer at University of Edinburgh, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series.
Sustainable cancer care using molecular tests - from a prostate cancer perspective
NCMM Associate Investigator Professor John-Bjarne Hansen, KG Jebsen – Thrombosis Research and Expertise Centre (TREC), Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Troms?, and University Hospital of Northern Norway, will present his research as part of the NCMM Tuesday Seminar Series.
Open lectures by Catherine (Katie) Peichel and Dag Undlien. The topic covers reconciling Mendelian genetics and Darwinian evolution, and how genetics is used in modern medicine.
NCMM Associate Investigator Professor Thomas Arnesen, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen and Department of Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, will present his research as part of the NCMM Tuesday Seminar Series.
NCMM Associate Investigator Professor Rolf Skotheim, Department of Molecular Oncology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, will present his research as part of the NCMM Tuesday Seminar Series.
In this lecture, the Medical Humanities and the Environmental Humanities meet. Associate Professor Eben Kirksey from the Alfred Deakin Institute at Deakin University, Australia, will introduce us to the "virosphere".
Medical science and society during the covid-19 pandemic. What have we learned?
Are you writing your MA or Ph.D. thesis on Chinese cities, global urban studies, infrastructure, Special economic zone, urbanism, or the Belt and Road initiative?
Lara Keuck is a historian and philosopher of medicine. She leads the Max Planck Research Group “Practices of Validation in the Biomedical Sciences” at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.
Her research examines the making and changing of knowledge about disease in modern medicine, and has focused on medical classification systems, animal models of human disease, vagueness in psychiatry, and the question of validity. She is particularly interested in so-called borderline cases that in some way or the other fall in-between health and disease and challenge or alter their demarcations.
NCMM Associate Investigator Professor Christine Hanssen Rinaldo, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Troms? and University Hospital North Norway, will present her research as part of the NCMM Tuesday Seminar Series.
NCMM Associate Investigator Ole Andreassen, Professor at the Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital and the Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, will present his research as part of the NCMM Tuesday Seminar Series.
Julia Bursten is an associate professor in the department of Philosophy at The University of Kentucky, where she teaches a variety of courses about the relationships between science and society, as well as philosophy of science, logic, and health care ethics.
Her research has centered around building the philosophy of nanoscience, and she is now working on a project on agricultural science, which will complement her work on nanoscience and aims at generating a broader picture of knowledge construction in synthetic and applied sciences.
The Chinese political system includes several million full-time professional staff often referred to as 'cadres'. Who are these local administrators, and how important are they for the Chinese Communist Party's developmental policies? How will it influence an individual to become a CCP cadre? In this seminar, we will examine cadres' roles from the perspective of two case studies, one focusing on environmental policies and the other with a focus on gender.
Six members of the group teamed up with fellow semanticists from UiO, UiT and NTNU for a Semantics in Norway (SiN) workshop at Helgaker G?rd, Hadeland.
Caroline Palmer, Professor in the Department of Psychology at McGill University, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series
Dr Hanna Ollila, Research Fellow at the University of Finland, will present her research as part of the NCMM Tuesday Seminar Series.
On April 28, the Centre for Gender Research (STK) will hold a joint academic lunch event together with C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism.
How important is gender for young people in contemporary China? What challenges and aspirations are central to young Chinese women? This seminar will focus on how young women from China negotiate different expectations and identities both inside and outside their homeland.