Georg Morgenstierne's House
All of IFIKK is located in Georg Morgenstierne's House. On the 2nd floor you will find all our administrative staff, 3rd floor has most of our philosophers (and a coffee machine!), 4th floor houses art historians and classisists, and on the 5th floor you will find more philosophers and our history of ideas section. Each floor has a common kitchen area with a refrigerator and microwave oven. There are also several conference rooms, which are available for booking directly through Outlook.
Mail Room, Printer Room, Office Supplies
Mail Room
The mail room is on the 2nd floor, next to the kitchen. Here you will find your pigeonhole for incoming mail and also the mailbox for outgoing mail. Mail is delivered and picked up three times a week, usually around 9am.
Printer Room
On the 2nd and 4th floor, you can find a room with a copying machine, which also has a printer and a scanner. To extract copies you must scan your employee card on the reader situated on the machine itself.
Office supplies and stationery
Office supplies and stationery can be found in room 309 on the 2nd floor. You can use your office key to get in.
Employee Card
Your employee card gives you access to Georg Morgenstiernes Hus and the floor doors when the building is closed (between 4.00 PM and 8.00 AM and during holidays). Please pick up your card at Kortsenteret situated in Kristian Ottesens Hus. When you pick up the card, please remember to bring a valid ID. You can also use your employee card for borrowing books at the University library. More information about the employee card can be found here. If your card is not activated automatically, please contact Anne Lise with your card number.
Academic mentoring programme
All new permanent academic staff as well as postdocs, researchers and completion grantees, are followed up through our academic mentoring programme.
Teaching at IFIKK
Please have a look at this page where we have further links to information about teaching at IFIKK, such as the intricacies of the 'arbeidspliktregnskap' and our mentor arrangement. Sadly we don't have all the relevant information available in English yet, but more will be added as we manage to translate.
Learning Norwegian
IFIKK will cover the cost of certain Norwegian courses offered by the University of Oslo, for all foreign staff and also for spouses of permanent staff. This includes the course fee and course material. More information about the courses offered can be found here. By prior arrangement with the head of depatment, up to 50 hours per semester of these Norwegian courses may be added to your 'arbeidspliktregnskap'.
IT Support
If you need IT support you can contact IT services on 22 84 00 04, or email your problem to it-support@uio.no. IT services at the faculty are located in P. A. Munchs House.
Purchases and Expenses
You will be assigned an account with your own personal code (delprosjektnummer) in the department’s accounting system, and you will have an annual research budget for travel, books, conferences, etc. at your disposal. If you have any questions about your funds, please contact the faculty’s finance office at regnskap@hf.uio.no.
With the exception of books and travels, all purchases must be made by the department’s main purchaser Anne Lise Pound. For further information, please refer to our page on purchases, including travels and catering/restaurant visits and to UiOs information about salary, reimbursements and other payments.
Please note that not all expenses are refundable. To make sure you get a refund, please consult the faculty’s finance office at regnskap@hf.uio.no beforehand. Please also note that for a refund, documentation in the form of original receipts is required.
Self-service portal
The self-service portal is the University of Oslo's electronic personnel administration service. Here, employees access their salary information, record working hours, apply for holidays, register sick leave and other types of absence and file travel and reimbursement claims.
How to use the self-service portal
Human Resources
Queries regarding absence, sick leave and vacation should go to the Head of Office, Karen Haugland.
For other questions realting to human resources, you may contact out HR-officer at the faculty, Anders Rykke.