Editorial
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Certain knowledge in an uncertain world: Academic freedom under responsibility Mar. 27, 2025
This month, the government presented a new system report for Norwegian research and development work. Research Dean Lars Tjelta Westlye believes the report can be read as a valuable insight into the complex international political climate in which our researchers operate.
Meet the researcher
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Meet the researcher: Elina Hartikainen Mar. 27, 2025
Elina Hartikainen from the Department of Social Anthropology has done ethnographic fieldwork in Brazil, adressing the country's religion and politics. According to her, one of the most important questions of our time is understanding how the turn to religious arguments in conservative politics threaten and reconfigure liberal politics.
Meet the teacher
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Meet the teacher: Tobias Bach Mar. 27, 2025
Tobias Bach is a professor and deputy head at the Department of Political Science, currently teaching a module in collaboration with Circle U. He advocates collaboration in the planning and implementation of teaching, and encourages new lecturers to reach out to knowledgeable colleagues in the study administration.
Brief encounter
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Brief encounter with Nantje Fischer Mar. 27, 2025
Nantje Fischer believes she has the dream job as the head of the CENSE research center and an associate professor in health psychology. – Researching sexuality - a topic that fascinates most people - really energizes me!
News
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Professor Karen O’Brien elected to prestigious academy in her home country, the US Apr. 24, 2025
Karen O’Brien has been elected as a member of the esteemed American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
– I feel a strong drive and motivation to mobilize – to use my voice and position to contribute where I can to make a difference, says the professor at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo.
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Ana Maria Delgado receives FRIPRO funding to research the digitalization of natural resources and governance. Apr. 10, 2025
The TIK-researcher is awarded 12 million Norwegian kroner from the Research Council to map the digitalization of biodiversity's genetic resources in Norway and Brazil. She will particularly examine how this affects and challenges legal frameworks and governance mechanisms.
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Department of Social Anthropology becomes partner in new doctoral network Apr. 10, 2025
Wenzel Geissler at the Department of Social Anthropology has received EU funding to explore the relationship between environment and health in Africa and Europe.
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Research at the Department of Psychology receives top marks Apr. 10, 2025
In the Research Council's extensive national evaluation of medicine and health sciences, the Department of Psychology at the University of Oslo achieves top ratings for research quality.
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Changes to access permissions Apr. 3, 2025
The door to the stairwell from the second floor of Eilert Sundts hus is now open, and the door to the fourth floor requires an access card.
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Meet EILIN's new coordinator: – I want to continue the great communication with the teachers Mar. 27, 2025
Kaja Braathen holds a doctoral degree in education and has maintained a consistent focus on education, learning, and teaching throughout her career. She is now embracing new challenges as the coordinator at EILIN, prioritising a close dialogue with the teachers.
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Governor of Norges Bank delivered the annual speech to students Mar. 27, 2025
Ragnar Frisch Auditorium was filled to capacity when Ida Wolden Bache visited the Faculty of Social Sciences to speak with the students – We are approaching the point where we can ease off slightly, but there is still a need for a restrictive monetary policy.
