TIK NEWS WEEK 42

Congratulations to Stine, who successfully defended her PhD dissertation ?What climate change is to finance. An investigation into value and the notion of climate risk? on 7 October!?

The next disputation is on 27 November, when?Gro will defend her thesis titled??Looking into the digital state. An ethnography of audit?. Save the date!?

On the staff seminar on 6 October, the development of an interdisciplinary English languauge bachelor programme was discussed. The presentation can be found here.?

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Research, cooperation and dissemination??

Knut J?rgen and?Magnus?have proposed introducing a lottery scheme in research financing to make grant application writing more motivating in?澳门葡京手机版app下载spolitikk.?

Knut J?rgen has also been back at NRK's Verdib?rsen:?Sokrates var elitesoldat.?

Last week,?Diana was on a research visit at Newcastle University (UK). There she worked on path development in bio-based industries and participated as panellist in the public event called "Inclusive Innovation in Cities", with colleagues from Pittsburgh University, Queens University Belfast and University College London.

On 11 October, Anna-Katharina organized the workshop "What does a house eat?" at?ROM for kunst og arkitektur as part of the FUNGATERIA project.?

B?rd?was invited by UiO's Green Office to lecture on?"Unburnable oil - Power and responsibility in the Norwegian energy transition"?to kick off their?Energy Transition Week (13 - 17 October).?

Taran looked back on ten years of research on industrial transitions and green innovation at an event at Domus Bibliotheca on 14 October:?Klimafrokost: Ti ?r med Parisavtalen, hvordan ?ke tempoet?. She was also invited to the faculty board to present SPARK Social Innovation.?

Kristin will give a talk at?Forskerforbundet's (The Norwegian Association of Researchers) 70th anniversary seminar 5 November on "Saklighetsfellesskapet: et ideal i vitenskap og demokrati". The day after, she has been invited to Domus Bibliotheca's series "N?r forskning blir fienden" and the event?N?r forskning blir fienden: Norske tilstander.

The new issue of Teknovat?ren has just been published. Read it here.

Science Studies Scholarships

The master and qualification scholarships from the Science Studies Colloquium (Forum for vitenskapsteori) have been announced with deadline 15 November. Please circulate this information with relevant people in your network - or apply yourself!??

Annual progress report PhD

The last chance for filling out the annual progress report is 22 October?

Vernerunde / Health and Safety inspection

Next week, Tuesday afternoon (13.30-15.00) and Thursday morning (9.00-10.00), Petter and Inger-Johanne will do the annual Health and Safety inspection.

The purpose of the health and safety round is to determine the physical conditions existing in the place of work through a survey of the working environment, and to note the need for changes when necessary. A short report will be forwarded to the Faculty's working environment committee.

Do you have any comments we should make note of, please inform us when we come to your desk - or send me an email if you are not available at these dates!

Upcoming events and courses

Published Oct. 17, 2025 9:46 AM