Research events
Upcoming 5 days
Master of Science?Oleksandra Mittal at?Department of Teacher Education and School Research will be defending the thesis "Educational Equity Revisited: Validity evidence and factors associated with narrowing socioeconomic and minority achievement gaps" for the degree of PhD.
Cand.psychol. Alma Viktoria Johansen Birken?s at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “From Psychometric Validation to Prediction: Exploring a Measure of Psychotic Experiences as a Tool for Psychosis Detection” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
This seminar will be based on Marc Lynch’s recent book, America’s Middle East: The Ruination of a Region (Hurst, 2025).
Emil Flat? (NYU Gallatin) will give a talk for the Science Studies Colloquium Series.
Cand.med. Astrid Telhaug Karlsson at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer - survival, patient functioning and quality of life after radiotherapy” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Kathinka Schmidt Sl?rdahl at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Treatment outcomes after chemoradiotherapy for anal cancer and patient reported outcomes after treatment for anorectal cancer in Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Further upcoming events
“Leading issues in development – A symposium on Progress, Conflict, and Distribution” organized by the Department of Economics, UiO, will take place at the ?The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters on the 5th of January 2026.
Master Nhung Lu Rots at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies will defend her dissertation Engaged Buddhism and Environmentality among Buddhist Minorities in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam for the degree doctor philosophiae (PhD)
Cand. Polit. in Political Science Lisa Scordato?will be defending her dissertation "Public sector capabilities for resilience. Tensions between knowledge and action in crisis management".
NCMBM, as part of its International Seminar series, will be welcoming David Kent, from the University of York, and Julia Skokowa, from University Hospital Tübingen.
Isabell Burmester presents her paper Whose legitimacy? The EU's external security role and Local Perceptions in Armenia and Moldova at the Tuesday Seminar on 13 January 2026.