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Rozemarijn van der Hilst, at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, will defend her thesis; Putting Privacy to the Test: How Counter-Terrorism Technology is Challenging Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Guest Lecture by Associate Professor Sergio Baranzini from the University of California, San Francisco.

Cand. jur Imran Haider will defend his thesis Concepts of income in National Insurance Act - a complex system

MSc & MA Dorothy Sutherland Olsen defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Science-based Technologies: Studies of knowledge creation in nanoscience and nanotechnologies.

Cand.ed. Monika Kvernenes defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Bedside Teaching among Novice Medical Teachers. Mapping conceptions of bedside teaching and exploring change within the context of a teaching community.

Cand. jur Eirik Bj?rge will defend his thesis Evolutionary interpretation of treaties

Cand. jur ?ystein Jensen will defend his thesis The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf: Law and Legitimacy for the degree of ph.d.

Master Zehlia Babaci-Wilhite defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Dr.Philos.:

Local Languages in Schooling as a Right in Education: A Case Study of Curriculum Reform in Zanzibar.

Master Leila Eve Ferguson defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Making sense of multiple texts: An investigation into epistemic beliefs and multiple-text comprehension when students read about controversial science topics.

Master Kenneth Silseth defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Constructing learning dialogically; learners, contexts and resources. Exploring how students and teachers participate in game-based learning and digital storytelling in educational settings..

The European Union has entered the fifth year of a profound existential crisis. What started as an American financial crisis has come to question the very existence of the European Union, and indeed, has revived secessionist tendencies in several of its Member States (in particular Spain and the United Kingdom). Why is this? What is the present status of crisis? The multiple crises facing the European Union speak to the need for radically rethinking the European Union and the way in which decision-makers, intellectuals, scholars, and the public approach it.

Candidate Eva Bjerkholt will defend her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Opening closed rooms. A qualitative study of the content and dialogues in mentoring sessions between newly qualified teachers (NQTs) and local mentors.

Master Ratib Lekhal defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

The relationship between children's attendance in Norwegian childcare centers and language and behavioral development during early childhood.

Candidate Monica Johannesen will defend her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

The Sociomateriality of Teaching. Virtual Learning Environments in Teaching Practice.

M.Phil. Stackus Okwaput defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Teacher Training for Inclusion of Children with Special Needs. towards Achieving Communicative Interaction in Education in Uganda.

Cand.polit. Philip Anders Dammen defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of Dr.Philos.:

A study of psychological distress and mental change on the basis of individual change through treatment. A contribution to the development of a scientific approach alleviating psychological problems. A study conducted with a mixed design.

Master ?ste Marie Mjelve Hagen will defend her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Reading in the knowledge society. A quantitative and qualitative investigation of students' strategic reading of multiple texts.

Cand.polit. Ola Johan Sj?bakken defend his doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

An action research study of regular, formalized teacher-pupil dialogues.

Cand.polit. Torill Aagot Halvorsenwill defend her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Trapped in the language? ICT and language-choices in Tanzanian higher education.

Cand.polit. Hilde W?gs?s Afdal will defend her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Construction knowledge for the teaching profession. A comparative analysis of policy making, curricula content, and novice teachers' knowledge relations in the cases of Finland and Norway

With the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union as a backdrop, ARENA researchers, in collaboration with 'Partnerforum', will assess recent developments in Europe and question how the Norwegian public administration adapts to the EU.

Jan-Werner M¨¹ller from Princeton University will give the lecture 'Fear and Freedom: The Legacies of Mid-Twentieth-Century Liberalism' as a part of the series 'The 1814 Lectures'.

The aim of this highly interactive one day event is to develop a research agenda on the European Research Area.

CEMES and EURECO - in cooperation with ARENA - holds a symposium on cosmopolitanism in light of the current challenges to European democracy. It invites leading North American scholars to enter a debate with their European colleagues on the future prospects of cosmopolitanism in Europe and the world.