Upcoming 5 days

today Feb.
Time and place: , 1249 at Eilert Sundts hus

Job talk. Morten Grindaker is a postdoc at the University of Chicago and a researcher at Statistics Norway. He will present the paper "Green Waste: (Mis)allocation of Green Investment Subsidies" (written with Ingvil Gaarder, Tom G. Meling, and Magne Mogstad).

Time and place: , At UiO Blindern Campus, Eilert Sundts hus, A-blokka - Auditorium 4

We welcome everyone to HumAIn Talks #7 with Nick Srnicek. He will be joining us for a talk about his latest book, Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI (Polity), published in 2025.?

Time and place: , Undervisningsrom 1, Georg Sverdrups hus

Mette Simonsen Abildgaard (Aalborg University) will give a talk for the Science Studies Colloquium Series.?

05. Feb.
Time and place: , Eilert Sundts hus, blokk B, Meeting room 1040

In this final seminar, Martin Svingen Refseth will present the draft of his PhD thesis titled “Ordering like a Welfare State: Urban Planning, Politics and Administration in Kalaallit Nunaat from the “New Order” to Home Rule”.

Time and place: , 1249 at Eilert Sundts hus

Job talk. Morten Nyborg St?stad is a Post-doctoral Scholar at the FAIR Institute (NHH). He will present the paper "Comparing Universes of Redistributive Arguments" (written with Max Lobeck and Chloé de Meulenaer).

Time and place: , Georg Morgenstiernes hus 452

The Philosophical Seminar With Pauline Kleingeld (University of Groningen)

06. Feb.
Time and place: , Henrik Wergelands hus 421

Bahra Rashidi presents an overview of her PhD project, with a primary focus on the first study which investigates syntactic variation in main clauses in spoken Norwegian.

Time and place: , Sophus Bugges Hus, auditorium 2

Master Deva Nandan Harikrishna at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies will defend his dissertation Vernacularising Hindutva: Popular Hinduism and Ritual Change at the Kodungallur Bharani Festival for the degree doctor philosophiae (PhD)

Time and place: , Store auditorium, Rikshospitalet (B), Sognsvannsveien 20

Cand.med. Monica B. E. Greenwood Ormerod at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Immune profiles and links to phenotypic features and psychotropic treatment in severe mental disorders” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Time and place: , Auditoriet Nye Nord, Akershus universitetssykehus, 5. etasje, Sykehusveien 25, Nordbyhagen

Cand.med. Simen Svendsen Vatn at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Gut mucosal gene expression and gut microbiota in newly diagnosed inflammatory bowel disease. A study of composition, function and relation to clinical outcome in the IBD-Character cohort” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Time and place: , Sophus Bugges hus aud. 3

Master Zihao Guo at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas will defend his dissertation?Good Attention in Plato and Aristotle for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

Further upcoming events

Time and place: , 1249 at Eilert Sundts hus

Job talk. Jessica Piccolo is a PhD candidate in Economics at University of Padova. She will present the paper "People’s Understanding of Macroeconomic Shocks."

Time and place: , Auditoriet Nye Nord, Akershus universitetssykehus, 5. etasje, Sykehusveien 25, Nordbyhagen

Cand.med. Tarjei ?vrebotten at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Long-term cardiac complications of COVID-19” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Time and place: , Runde auditorium, Domus Medica, Sognsvannsveien 9

M.Sc. Runa Ingrunsdotter L?berg at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Exploring formation of gut plasma cells in murine models of celiac disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Time and place: , ARENA, Gaustadallén 30

Michal Ovádek presents his paper Does the Court of Justice follow precedent? at the Tuesday Seminar on 10 February 2026.

Time and place: , Helga Engs hus, aud 3

Master Harish Pedaprolu at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas will defend his dissertation?Questions in Conflict: On the Role of Attention in Inquiry and Communication for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).