Editorial
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Editorial: A summary of 2024 Dec. 18, 2024
2024 has been a productive year for the Faculty of Social Sciences. Here is the Dean's summary from the speech she gave at the traditional Christmas sherry event on November 18th.
Meet the researcher
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Meet the researcher: Egil Nygaard Dec. 19, 2024
What are the consequences of the school reform 'fagfornyelsen' for students' mental health, school performance, school environment, and dropout rates? These are among the questions Egil Nygaard spends much time on these days. He is a professor at the Department of Psychology and the interdisciplinary center PROMENTA, where they research health and quality of life.
Meet the teacher
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Meet the teacher: Taran Thune Dec. 19, 2024
– It is exciting and challenging to offer education and courses to interdisciplinary groups. It is important to be concrete and spend good time on examples," says Taran Thune, who is a professor at TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture.
Brief encounter
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Brief encounter with Steinar Holden Dec. 19, 2024
– Many economic issues are both intellectually demanding and have significant consequences for people's well-being. Therefore, I would like to contribute with analyses and proposals that I believe are good solutions, says Steinar Holden, who is a professor at the Department of Economics.
News
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Project Nettl?ft's success reliant on great allies Dec. 19, 2024
It has been a productive and eventful first year for Project Nettl?ft, which is already nearing its goal of halving the number of web pages. According to project leader Therese Marthinsen, this achievement would not have been possible without great allies at the foundational units.
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Receives democracy funds to research democratic challenges of Open Science Dec. 19, 2024
– We are concerned that open science may have unintended undemocratic consequences. Some knowledge projects may be idealized while others are pushed out, says psychology professor at the University of Oslo, ?shild Lappegard Hauge.
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Two researchers from the Faculty of Social Sciences receive FRIPRO funds Dec. 19, 2024
Maryna Povitkina from the Department of Political Science and Karl Harmenberg from the Department of Economics are awarded a total of 16 million NOK in FRIPRO funds from the Research Council of Norway. She will research trust in society, and he will study labor contracts and economic cycles.
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“The Nordic countries could play a more important role” Dec. 18, 2024
During ARENA’s 30 th anniversary conference, panellists discussed the future of Nordic cooperation in Europe and the EU.
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Europe’s development and challenges: Snapshots from ARENA’s research Dec. 18, 2024
Watch the recordings of the ARENA researcher presentations during ARENA's anniversary conference on 21 November 2024.
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TIK marks 25 years of interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation Dec. 18, 2024
– The researchers at TIK have managed to demonstrate how collaboration across disciplines can contribute to generating new ideas and methods that are extremely important, especially in research on major societal issues, says Vice-Rector at the University of Oslo, Mette Halskov Hansen.
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Clear message from the UN Nature Panel: – To achieve a genuine green transition, significantly stronger measures are necessary, says researcher from UiO Dec. 18, 2024
– To address environmental challenges in a fair and sustainable way, we need to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the causes of the problems. The measures must be equally comprehensive, says Karen O'Brien, professor and climate researcher, and one of the three editors behind the Nature Panel's latest report: IPBES Transformative Change Assessment.
