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Cand. Med. Heidi ?yen Flemmen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Socioeconomic factors in multiple sclerosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
The Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo is hosting the Biennal conference of the European Network for Psychological Anthropology in June.
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Msc Kristiane Myckland Hansson at Institute for Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Building bridges over troubled water - A qualitative evaluation of an implementation study on family involvement in the treatment of persons with psychotic disorders” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Dr. Boris Lenhard, Professor of Computational Biology at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences and Imperial College London, UK, will present his research on "Promoter architectures and responsiveness to enhancers in long-range developmental regulation."
The Oslo Poetry Research Group (University of Oslo), in collaboration with The International Network for the Study of Lyric (INSL), and UiO:Norden, welcome scholars, poets, critics, teachers, and translators to the 4th INSL conference ?Poetry. Experience. Attention?.
Martin Refseth is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK). This seminar marks his midway evaluation.
MSc Marie Indahl at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “The role of epigenetic reprogramming in the acquisition of developmental competence in oocytes and early embryos” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MD Birgitte Mitlid-Mork at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Term and late-term pregnancies: Placental biomarkers and histo-morphological characteristics” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Contemporary Russian society does not visibly oppose the invasion of Ukraine. There are no barricades or protesters in the streets, and even the military mobilisation has not triggered an open clash between the public and the authorities. But does this silence mean consent and support for the war?
Cand.med. Karianne Larsen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Prehospital Advanced Diagnostics and Treatment of Acute Stroke. The Treat-Norwegian Acute Stroke Prehospital Project” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand. Med. Mari Bogaard at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “On the hunt for improved biomarkers in primary prostate cancer – combining morphological features and molecular changes” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MD Monica Chahal-Kummen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Patient reported abdominal pain, symptoms and quality of life after gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Gro Sk?land at the Department of Education will be defending the thesis ""Once upon a time, there was an inventor.." A Cultural Historical study of making in a public library context" for the degree of PhD.
Master in Russian and East European Studies Kristian Lundby Gjerde at University of Oslo and the Department of Political Science will be defending his dissertation:"Russia, ‘double standards’, and the contestation of equivalence 2000–2019. A corpus-based exploration"
In the aftermath of the Chernobyl explosion, a great divergence appeared between the medical opinions of the East and West on the long-term consequences on public health. In this keynote lecture, Kate Brown, Professor in the History of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gives us insight on what these conflicting stories can tell us about how Western and Soviet scientists understood humans and the ecologies in which they lived.
Dr. Jotun Hein, Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, will present his research on "Algorithms for Recombination Detection with an Application to SARS CoV-2."
Department seminar. Martin Dufwenberg is a Karl & Stevie Eller Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Arizona. He will present the paper: "Threats+" (written with Flora Li and Alec Smith).
Master in Political Science Karin Vaagland at University of Oslo and the Department of Political Science will be defending her dissertation: "To harmonize or to externalize? EU decision making in times of migration crises".
Master Francesca Secco at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas will defend her dissertation Agency beyond Intentions. On the intimate connections that relate agents to their actions for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).
The Conference Trauma, Memory, and Counter-Culture. Borders and Border Transgressions in (Post-)Communist Europe explores borders and border transgressions in the context of trauma, memory, and counter-culture and aims to highlight the specific relevance of Border Studies for better understanding literature, arts, and everyday culture in repressive, transformative and post-war societies.
The IUROPA network co-organises a conference on empirical and legal studies in EU law together with LSE Law School.
Department seminar. Fatih Guvenen is the Curtis L. Carlson professor of economics at the University of Minnesota. He will present the paper: "Skewed Business Cycles" (written with Sergio Salgado and Nicholas Bloom).
This lecture has unfortunately been cancelled.
What would it mean to tell the stories of trees? How can we represent them in ways that do not rely on problematic forms of ventriloquism, which reinscribe inequalities, and which do not rely on various forms of empathy or sympathy? This talk by Dalia Nassar, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, aims to outline a theory of representation that aims to respond to these questions in relation to trees.
Helga Refsum obtained her MD and PhD degrees from the University of Bergen, where she also became a Professor of Pharmacology in 1992. Since 2004, she has been a Professor at the Department of Nutrition at the University of Oslo and a Visiting Professor at University of Oxford. She is a world-renowned researcher on homocysteine, B vitamins, cysteine, and their roles in cardiovascular disease, dementia, and obesity.
To celebrate Professor Refsum’s 60th birthday and her outstanding contributions to science, we welcome you to a symposium with presentations on Helga’s current and past research topics.