2025

According to some authorities, these words from what is probably the most famous of academic songs may have originated already in the 13th century. This may be true, just as much as the song has gone through a number of revisions over the centuries. But regardless of their original intent, never before have these words felt more like a clarion call to defiantly resist the attacks on academic freedom that we have seen repeatedly the last years, and especially since January this year.

ÑDz©ÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø_ÑDz©ptÊÖ»ú¿Í»§¶ËµÇ¼ er b?de en kollektiv og en individuell aktivitet. Denne aktiviteten gj?res av forskere, men ogs? av folk under utdanning til ? bli forskere, og av studenter. God forskning er etterrettelig (den kan etterpr?ves), gjennomsiktig (kildene og metodene er tydelige) og ansvarlig (den gjennomf?res i tr?d med forskningsetiske normer). Samtalen og ÑDz©ÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø_ÑDz©ptÊÖ»ú¿Í»§¶ËµÇ¼ mellom forskere er en viktig del av kvalitetssikringen i en forskningsprosess.

Mandag 7. april i ?r deltok jeg p? seminar for lokale arbeidsmilj?utvalg, LAMU, ved Universitetet i Oslo. Fra TF deltok, i tillegg til meg, de fleste av de andre medlemmene i v?rt LAMU. TF var med andre ord godt representert!

I februar ble resultatet fra Studiebarometeret gjennomf?rt h?sten 2024, offentliggjort. Dette er en ?rlig unders?kelse som gj?res av NOKUT. Sp?rreskjema er sendt til studenter p? andre og femte ?ret p? samtlige studieprogrammer i Norge.

Academic freedom is a fundamental value for our University of Oslo, and for our Faculty of Theology. In several political discourses from North America to Europe, to the Middle-East South-East Asia and beyond, academic freedom is becoming a more openly contested value. This means we should all educate ourselves in what academic freedom is, what it entails, as well as why and how we can protect it.

A warm welcome back to all of you as a brand-new year is taking its first steps offering us opportunities ¨C to choose and live the future we would like to see. There are several challenges ahead of us as a Faculty as we respond to what happens around us, nationally and internationally.