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Master Magnar ?deg?rd defends his doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:
Title:
A Comparative Study of Disruptive Behavior between Schools in Norway and the United States.
Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Hasok Chang, is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. Chang focuses on history and philosophy of chemistry and physics from the 18th century onward; philosophy of scientific practice; other topics in the philosophy of science, including realism, pluralism, pragmatism, measurement, and evidence.
The seminar is open for everyone!
Kimberley Dodge-Kafka, Associate Professor at the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut, will give a lecture titled, "mAKAP- a master regulator of cardiac hypertrophy"
Cand.polit. Eva Elisabeth Hessevaagbakke defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:
Title:
The characteristics of nurses’ pedagogical competence.
The Research Council of Norway is organizing a conference about political changes in Europe, and how these affect Norway. Leading researchers, several from ARENA, will present first hand insight into the latest research on these areas.
Dr. Alex Lewin, Reader in Statistics, based at the Institute of Environment, Health and Societies of the Brunel University London, will present the lecture entitled "Bayesian inference on high-dimensional Seemingly Unrelated Regressions, applied to metabolomics data."
Learn about the art of storytelling and train on relevant presentation techniques! In this workshop you will explore how to present your work in a professional, yet non-academic way. Training will consist of verbal presentation, non-verbal training, and how to storytell (methaphors) making your presentation/story come to life and gain more interest from your audience.
Ageliki Lefkaditou is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. Lefkaditou is senior curator at The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology (NTM) and a historian of science. She is writing on the history of physical anthropology, human population genetics, race and racism from late 19th century to present with a specific interest in Greece. Her interests include the development of museum theory, methods and practices, public understanding of science and science communication. Lefkaditou is the co-curator of the upcoming exhibit FOLK at NTM.
Howard Young from the Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada will give a lecture titled, 'Correlating Structure and Function of Human Genetic Variants in Calcium Homeostasis and Cardiac Contractility'
ESOP seminar. J?rn-Steffen Pischke is a Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. He will present a paper entitled "Poorly Measured Confounders are More Useful on the Left Than on the Right", co-authored by Zhuan Pei, and Hannes Schwandt.
Master Jarmila Bubikova-Moan defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of PhD:
Discursive portraits of language, literacy and learning: emerging bilinguals in Norway.
ESOP seminar. Kjetil Storesletten is a Professor at UiO. He will present a paper entitled ""Barriers to Entry and Regional Economic Growth in China", co-authored by Loren Brandt, and Gueorgui Kambourov.
Professor i historie, Teemu Ryymin kommer til Forum for Vitenskapsteori for ? innlede under tittelen: Hvilken rolle spiller historikerne og historiefaget i norsk politikkutvikling?
Seminaret er ?pent for alle!
ESOP seminar. Mortiz Lenel is a research fellow at the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago. He will present a paper entitled "Safe Assets, Collateralized Lending and Monetary Policy".
Imre V?strik, Research Coordinator in the Bioinformatics Team at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) will give a talk titled, "TheDB - a smart integrated IT systemfor managing and analysing precision medicine data"
ESOP seminar. Eivind Hammersmark is a Ph.D candidate at the University of Oslo. He will present a paper entitled "Ethnic diversity, elections and violent conflict in Africa".
Monika B?r?e Nerland, Professor of Education and leader for the research group ‘Expert cultures and institutional dynamics: Studies in higher education and work’ at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Education, is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series.
The Lecture is open for everyone!
B?r?e Nerland specializes in research on knowledge cultures and epistemic practices in professional education and work, with a particular interest in how ways of generating and sharing knowledge influence educational practices and development of expertise. Together with colleagues she has led and been involved in several projects that investigated these issues in different professions through a comparative approach.
Open to all researchers, clinicians, industry representatives, patient groups and others with an interest in stem cell biology, research and applications.
This third seminar of the series Global Health Unpacked will explore the growing relations between health and the military. Should the military intervene in health crises? Can health be used to win "the hearts and minds" during a conflict? How to protect the health sector in civil conflicts?
ESOP seminar. Todd Schoellman is an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University. He will present a paper entitled "The Changing Roles of Family Income and Academic Ability for US College Attendance", co-authored by Lutz Hendricks, and Chris Herrington.
Dr. Eivind Valen, Group Leader at the Computational Biology Unit of the University of Bergen, will present the lecture "Searching for function in the dark matter of the genome."
Dr. Eivind Valen, Group Leader at the Computational Biology Unit of the University of Bergen, will present the lecture "Searching for function in the dark matter of the genome."
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Based on his own research and that of others, Edward Miguel discussed how extreme climate changes impact the economy.
Jason Brennan, Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Term Associate Professor at Georgetown University, is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series (in cooperation with Department of Political Science, UiO). He specializes in politics, philosophy, and economics.
The seminar is open for everyone!
IOB hosts a mini-seminar on molecular changes in aging with two invited speakers from the Center for Healthy Aging at the University of Copenhagen.