This was stated by Ragnhild Hennum in her speech at the Aula yesterday, when she was inaugurated as the new Rector of the University of Oslo. Hennum will take on her duties on 1 August.
Three researchers at the University of Oslo have received the prestigious Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Their projects will provide new insights into warfare, global criminal life courses, and the origins of the mathematical worldview.
Are you a researcher with an innovative idea based on your research that can contribute to solving an important need in society, but need funding to develop the idea further? Check the UiO call for innovation funding within all academic fields. The call is aimed at both commercial and non-commercial projects. The application deadline was 1 September 2025.
Anders Jahre Award for Medical Research 2025 is awarded to Professor Sten Eirik W?lgaard Jacobsen, Karolinska Institutet. The Anders Jahre Award for Young Researchers goes to Thomas McWilliams, University of Helsinki and William Nyberg, Karolinska Institutet.
The trade union LO Stat and the state reached an agreement at 2 a.m. this morning. This means there will be no strike this year, and that this year’s salary negotiations will begin.
The University Board has designated this year’s recipients of UiO's Research Award, Education Award, Dissemination Award, Innovation Award, and Award for Young Researchers.
The elections for the University Board are approaching. Meet the candidates and find your representative.
NotebookLM is a powerful AI-driven tool from Google designed to help users create, organize, and analyze content. It will be useful for both students and staff and is now available for free to everyone at UiO.
Congratulations to 15 research groups at the University of Oslo that have been granted seed funding to further develop their innovative ideas with the aim to put the research to use.
Employees have so far reported HSE incidents through the "Speak up!" pages on uio.no. This will continue to be the case – the webpages will just look slightly different.
Ragnhild Hennum has been elected as the new rector at the University of Oslo, alongside pro-rector Bj?rn Jamtveit.
The university allows staff to take time off during work hours to donate blood, which can be recorded as short-term leave.
The local salary negotiations for 2024 between UiO, Akademikerne, and Unio have now concluded.
1 March is the deadline for applying to the University Kindergartens for year 2025/2026 with start-up in August. If you need a kindergarten place for your child and meet the application criteria, submit an application on the online form. The application form opens 1 February.
If you have a UiO-owned laptop with Windows 10, it will be updated to Windows 11 between February 3rd and 15th.
Join a fun and social after-work event with colleagues from all across UiO.
The University of Oslo, together with the parties involved, has signed a protocol related to the salary negotiations for 2024 under the LO/YS agreement.
UiO, together with the parties involved, has signed a protocol related to the salary negotiations for 2024 under the Akademikerne/Unio agreement. The parties agreed that the general percentage increase will be 2.1%.
You have probably seen them, phishing attempts via email. Some are bad, and some are very convincing. Now, email users at UiO are being exposed to a wave of convincing scam emails.
Here is an important warning from UiO CERT, UiO's own response team for IT security incidents.
The University of Oslo (UiO) is launching an e-learning course about privacy and IT security for all faculty, staff andstudents. The course is designed to equip you with the necessary skills to protect our valuable research data and personal information.
In February, the IT department announced that UiO's email would be moved to a new and better solution, and now we are starting. The first step for everyone at UiO is to finish the cleanup effort to minimize the amount of e-mail which must be moved, and remove sensitive data. The migration to the new solution starts at the beginning of October.
Are you a researcher with an innovative idea based on your research that can contribute to solving an important need in society, but need funding to develop the idea further? Check the UiO call for innovation funding within all academic fields. The application deadline was 2 September 2024. Now, the UiO Growth House is evaluating the applications.
The University of Oslo annually awards five prizes for research, young researchers, education, dissemination, and innovation.
The University Board decided on 14 May 2024 to offer Hanna Ekeli the position of Faculty Director at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oslo.
UiO has several different support schemes for innovative researchers. In 2024, a total of about NOK 16 million will be announced from internal funds. The UiO Growth House has made an overview all UiO's innovation calls and application deadlines to make the application processes more predictable for researchers.
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