Upcoming events

Department seminar. Jan Knoepfle is an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer), Queen Mary University of London. He will present the paper ¡°Competitive Sequential Screening¡± (written with Ian Ball and Deniz Kattwinkel).

Philosophical Seminar with Rob Simpson

In this seminar, Professor Frank Weigelt will outline the central functional principles of the system of Arabic politeness formulas and explore the religious and cultural foundations on which it rests. His analysis will focus on the dialect of Damascus.

Department seminar. Alison Andrew is an Associate Professor of Economics (without tenure) at the University of Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow at Trinity College, Oxford. She will present the paper "Flexibility versus Performance: The Determinants of Labor Contracts in Nairobi, Kenya" (written with Nathan Barker, Inbar Amit, Rob Garlick, Kate Orkin, and Carolyne Nekesa).

M.Sc. Andrea Mathisen Bratsberg at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis ¡°On variable selection in high-dimensional omics data in the presence of latent variables¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

This presentation explores dual language programs in the U.S. and their potential to promote social justice for U.S. Latinos.

M.Sc. Aminata Shamit Koroma at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis ¡°Integrated Nutritional and Healthcare Interventions to Combat Maternal Undernutrition and Enhance Infant Birth Outcomes in Resource-Limited Rural Sierra Leone¡± for the degree of Dr.Philos (Doctor Philosophiae).

Guy Bradley (Univ. of Cardiff)

Hvordan st?r det til med matforsyningen i Norge? 

Torjus Solheim Eckhoff is a PhD candidate at the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture. This seminar marks his midway evaluation. 

Department seminar. Terrence Iverson is a Professor at Colorado State University.

Eco-Racism in the History of Philosophy: From Buffon to Hegel

Cand.med. Hanne Kristin Jahr Blakstad at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Glioblastoma ¨C treatment, outcome, and prognostic factors¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Cand.med. Margrethe Flesvig Holt at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Screening and biomarkers in cardiac amyloidosis¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Professor Maximilian Fochler (University of Viennna and TIK Centre) visits TIK in September, and will on this occasion give a talk on science and socio-environmental challenges. The talk will be followed by a discussion.

Master Fadi al-Ghawanmeh at the Department of Musicology will defend his dissertation ?arab and AI: Maq¨¡m Music Generation through Machine Translation and Motion Capture for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Cand.med. Kjersti ?vrum Skipar at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis ¡°Multimodal imaging in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer: A tool for improved patient risk assessment and prediction of response to hypoxia targeted therapy¡± for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

With Norwegian Sign Language celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2025, this year's Einar Haugen lecture will focus on signed languages and explore the relationship between human diversity and linguistic diversity. The hybrid lecture will be in English, with interpretation into Norwegian Sign Language.

Carl Hoefer, University of Barcelona, will give a talk for the Science Studies Colloquium Series.

Justin Brown will present metalinguistic reflections about Khoekhoegowab, or Nama language, among KhoeSan reclamation activists in Cape Town.

MA in Philosophy Stine Engen will be defending her dissertation "What climate change is to finance. An investigation into value and the notion of climate risk"

Professor of Music at the University of Jyv?skyl?, Petri Toiviainen, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series.

Boris Maslov (IFIKK)

SPARK Norway Educational Forum are monthly open meetings organized by UiO:Life Science and SPARK Norway partners.