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Master Rebecca Elise Knoph at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis "Understanding Vocabulary: Making Sense of What We Measure, Who We Measure, and How We Measure" for the degree of PhD.

The Department for Archaeology, Conservation and History (IAKH) cordially invites you to its first Digital Humanities Day, which will take place on 14 September 2023. This event will bring together a range of experts in the Digital Humanities to discuss the possibilities of using digital tools for historical research. Registration below.

The symposium features Jason Hickel, the 2023 Arne N?ss Professor.

On the 12th and 13th of September 2023 Ariane Dupont-Kieffer will give four lectures about the history of econometrics and the specific contributions of Frisch and Haavelmo in the formative period of econometrics as discipline specific methodology. The lectures are open to all interested.

M.Sc. Hamid Khoshfekr Rudsari at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Modeling Aspects of the Extracellular Vesicle-mediated Bio-nano Communication for Medical Applications¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master ?sa H. Waldum at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Pain relief during childbirth -with special focus on pudendal nerve block¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

On the 12th and 13th of September 2023 Ariane Dupont-Kieffer will give four lectures about the history of econometrics and the specific contributions of Frisch and Haavelmo in the formative period of econometrics as discipline specific methodology. The lectures are open to all interested.

Cand.med. Camilla Udjus at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Hypoxia-mediated inflammation in pulmonary hypertension: From mice to mountaineers¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Welcome to a conversation with Rahul Gandhi, member of the Indian parliament and leader of the opposition.

Department seminar. Danial Ali Akbari is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo. He will present the paper: "Technology Adoption and Human Capital Accumulation."

Master in Political Science Martin Moland at ARENA Centre for European Studies and the Department of Political Science will be defending his dissertation: "Differentiated Views on Differentiated Union? Investigating popular support for a differentiated European Union". 

Master in Political Science Martin Moland at University of Oslo and the Department of Political Science will be defending his dissertation: "Differentiated Views on Differentiated Union? Investigating popular support for a differentiated European Union". 

Possible worlds are total ways the world could have been and have played a crucial role in the metaphysics and logic of modality. Many issues in the philosophy of possible worlds are discussed in terms of the debate between actualists and possibilists. This workshop aims to bring together philosophers working broadly in the metaphysics of modality to discuss the extent to which these issues about possible worlds can be understood and interact with the more recent debate in modal metaphysics between contingentists and necessitists.

Cand. Med. Alexander Brana Rosic at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis ¡°Astrocytic Volume Regulation and Glutamate Dynamics during Cortical Spreading Depression¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc. Vasiliki Tsarpali at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Health-related quality of life and survival outcomes in older recipients three years after kidney transplantation¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Staff and students are cordiallly invited to a three-paper workshop on the application of digital tools for the analysis of historical English materials. The organiser is grateful to the Anders Jahre Fond for financial support.

Department seminar. Johannes Spinnewijn is a Professor of Economics at London School of Economics. He will present the paper: "The Chronic Condition Index: Analyzing Health Inequalities Over the Lifecycle" (written with Kaveh Danesh, Jon Kolstad and Will Parket).

Yael Friedman is a PhD fellow at the Centre for Philosophy and the Sciences (CPS), Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas. Her dissertation explores the concept of medical holism and its relation to pluralism ¡®in¡¯ science and ¡®with¡¯ science.

M.Sc. Kenth-Louis Hansen Joseph at Institute for Health and Society will be defending the thesis ¡°Exploring physical function, activity, and sustainable delivery of first-line treatment for patients with osteoarthritis¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

How does online crowdfunding change the ways we seek and provide health care? In this seminar, Dr. Nora Kenworthy will discuss how crowdfunding reinforces the many problems of market-based health systems.

Cand. Med. Guy Frederick Lanyon Hindley at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Polygenicity and pleiotropy in mental disorders and related traits: insights from cross-trait genome-wide association studies¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

A conference to explore the interzone between translation studies and medical humanities; to invoke the role of the arts, humanities and social sciences as essential services for medicine and health care; and to reappraise the impact of biomedicine in our linguistic, cultural, and societal ecosystems. 

M.Sc. Sunniva Furre Amundsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Transglutaminase 2 and gluten peptide complexes: Origin and involvement in celiac disease¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).