Editorial
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We are facing tougher economic times Nov. 27, 2025
Dean Anne Julie Semb explains the faculty’s financial situation in this editorial and offers some suggestions for how we can reduce the level of activity.
Innovation and impact
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Innovation and impact with Krister Fjermestad and Torun Vatne Nov. 27, 2025
Krister Fjermestad and Torun Marie Vatne at PSI received innovation funding from the University of Oslo in January for the ADVANCE SIBS project, which has been adopted by Norwegian municipalities and is beginning to spread internationally.
Meet the researcher
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Meet the researcher: Andrea Joslyn Nightingale Nov. 27, 2025
Andrea Joslyn Nightingale is starting up her ERC Advanced Grant project UNRULY at ISS. She completed appointing her team for the project this autumn and has a lot of thrilling research about to happen.
Meet the teacher
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Meet the teacher ?ivind Bratberg Nov. 27, 2025
?ivind Bratberg is still at the helm of the seminar series Political Breakfast, which was recently honoured by a visit from Lise Klaveness. On the teaching front, he is passionate about a bachelor course on British politics with many international students and a wealth of perspectives.
Brief encounter
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Brief encounter with Sebastian T?rnvall Andersen Nov. 27, 2025
Sebastian T?rnvall Andersen dreams of sun-drenched days out on the sea. A while before summer, he became head of SV-info. He cares deeply about how the faculty meets students and may feel genuine joy at work when he achieves things together with good colleagues.
News
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Large EU funding for Tore Wig and Manjana Milkoreit Dec. 9, 2025
Tore Wig will research the conditions for science in autocracies and Manjana Milkoreit the long-term governance of climate challenges. Both receive two million euros from the EU’s prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant. Congratulations!
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Large EU-grant to Manjana Milkoreit to study long term climate governance Dec. 9, 2025
Manjana Miloreit wants to understand how to enable leaders, institutions, and communities to think and act on time horizons that match the pace of Earth system change. The professor at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography receives two million euros from the EU's prestigious Consolidator Grant to do so.
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Large EU-grant to Tore Wig to study the state of science in autocracies Dec. 9, 2025
Will scientific progress slow down if more countries in the world become autocratic? That is one of the questions political science professor Tore Wig will seek to answer with two million euros from the EU’s prestigious Consolidator Grant.?
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Competence boost, cinnamon buns and coffee for SV researchers Dec. 2, 2025
The Academic Breakfast Club is a brand-new breakfast seminar series that offers professional development for researchers at the Faculty of Social Sciences, accompanied by coffee and baked goods. Nearly sixty people found their way to the opening event in the series, which focused on how to succeed in grant writing.
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New distinguished educator at the Faculty of Social Sciences: Lars Erik Kjekshus Nov. 27, 2025
Lars Erik Kjekshus thinks teaching is a mystery he will never fully solve: – If you believe you are an absolutely brilliant lecturer and have nothing left to learn, you should take that as a sign that you aren't.
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Arena Europa podcast: What should the EU do about Hungary? Nov. 25, 2025
Hungary is backsliding and is no longer a democracy. Why should the EU intervene when the democracy of a club member weakens?
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Research award to Ola Innset Nov. 25, 2025
Ola Innset from TIK is this year's winner of the Eilert Sundt research award, which is awarded by Oslo Arbeidersamfunn. The awardee is pleased that his research has relevance beyond academia.?
