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Dean Karlan is the Frederic Esser Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance at Northwestern University and earlier Chief Economist of USAID. He will prsent the paper "Unconditional cash transfers: A Bayesian meta-analysis of randomized evaluations in low and middle income countries" (written with Tommaso Crosta, Finley Ong, Julius R¨¹schenp?hler, and Christopher R. Udry).

Cand.med. Anders Haugom Christensen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Sinoatrial reinnervation after heart transplantation¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Marta Alvhild Mboka Tveit at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages defended her dissertation Resonances in Engagement with Climate Change in Contemporary Anglo-African and Norwegian Speculative Fictions for the degree doctor philosophiae (PhD).

Department seminar. Jacopo Bizzotto is an Associate Professor of Economics at OsloMet. He will present the paper "Design and Sale of Market Segments" (written with Jesper R¨¹diger and Stefan Terstiege).

A workshop between researchers from University of Oslo, Queen Mary University of London and KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Cand. Psychol Sissel Marguerite Belanger at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis ¡°Exploring the Burden of Suicide Bereavement: A registry-based study of employment status and mental health care utilization¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Saeedeh Salimifar at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies defended her dissertation Projective meaning: An Experimental and Computational Study for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

Master Riccardo Simionato at the Department of Musicology defended his dissertation Neural Modeling of Musical Devices. Efficient and Low-Latency Data-Driven Emulation of Nonlinear Time-Variant Instruments and Effects for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Camilla Lee presents preliminary findings from her PhD project on emotional self-regulating strategies and writing processes, and she discusses ways to conceptualize well-being in the context of second language writing.

Actor Mads Ousdal will talk about his experience with playing Alfred Allmers in Ibsen's Little Eyolf.

MD P?l Galteland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Bicycle-related facial fractures¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Caren Magdalena Rydland V?rnesbranden at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Human Papillomavirus Infection during Pregnancy: Prevalence and Placental Dysfunction Syndromes¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Henning Wimmer at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Life after death: Prognostication and health-related quality of life in comatose patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Department seminar. Zack Grossman is an Associate Professor of economics at UC Merced. He will present the paper "Incentivizing agents with image concern".

Three workshops will be organized for potential applicants to new convergence environments. At least one person from each project must attend one workshop in order to apply.

Master Tove Seiness Hunskaar at Department of Teacher Education and School Research will be defending the thesis "Exploring the Use of Tools in Mentor-Mentee Conversations in School-Based Mentoring" for the degree of PhD.

Eidmant? Kala?inskait?-Zavi?ien? (Vytautas Magnus University) will present ongoing work on Lithuanian phrasing and prosodic hierarchy

We are welcoming Simon Henriet from EMBL partner, the Michael Sars Centre in Bergen. He will present his work: "Reprogramming intron recognition at the base of the vertebrate phylum".

Master Karen Holten at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis ¡°Modern treatment strategies in rheumatoid arthritis ¨C associations between patient-reported outcomes and disease activity measures¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Department seminar. Jerry Montonen is a PhD student in Economics at Aalto University and Helsinki GSE. He will present the paper "Dating and Breaking Up With the Boss: Benefits, Costs and Spillovers" (written with David Macdonald and Emily Nix).

Master Hugo Mota at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas defended his dissertation Deep Disagreements and Power: Communication Under Oppression for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Master Daniel Mohseni Kabir B?ckstr?m at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies defended his dissertation Ghosts and the State: Immaterial Agencies in the Blang Mountains for the degree philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Department seminar. Jinglun Yao is a visiting postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University. He will present the paper "Knowledge is (Market) Power".

A talk by Caleb Carter, associate professor of Japanese religions and Buddhist studies at Kyushu University.