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Wendy Kline, Dema G. Seelye Chair in the History of Medicine at Purdue University, is visiting the Science Stuides Colloquium Series. The Seminar is open for everyone!
She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, in 1998. She is the author of several articles and two books: Bodies of Knowledge: Sexuality, Reproduction, and Women’s Health in the Second Wave (University of Chicago Press, 2010) and Building a Better Race: Gender, Sexuality, and Eugenics from the Turn of the Century to the Baby Boom (University of California Press, 2001).
Professor Steve Bova is a Professor and Group Leader at the Prostate Cancer Research Center, Institute of Biosciences and Medical Technology, BioMediTech, University of Tampere and Fimlab Laboratories, Tampere University Hospital in Finland.
He will give a talk titled, 'Leveraging the evolutionary history of metastatic prostate cancer'.
Jaime Castro-Mondragòn is a PhD student in Bioinformatics. The title of his talk is, 'Identification of Transcription Factors related to mammalian promoters with distal functions'.
Alan Love is an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota and the director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science. His research focuses on conceptual issues in biology.
Cand. jur, LL.M Michael Reiertsen at the Department of Public and International Law will defend his thesis The European Convention on Human Rights Article 13 - Past, Present and Future for the degree of Ph.D.
Dr. Harald Binder, Professor, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, will present the lecture:
"Two uses of stagewise regression: from landmarking in cancer patients to deep learning for SNPs".
Master of Laws Eivind Junker at the Department of Public and International Law will be defending the thesis Climate adaptation in land use planning for the degree of Ph.D.
Original title: Klimatilpasning i arealplanlegging
The disputation will be held in Norwegian
Eva Krick is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. The seminar is open for everyone.
Krick is guest researcher at ARENA from April 2015 to March 2017. She is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Sciences at Humboldt University in Berlin.
Master of Laws Blazej Kuzniacki at the Department of Public and International Law will be defending the thesis "Controlled Foreign Companies and Tax Avoidance: International and Comparative Perspectives with Specific Reference to Polish Tax and Constitutional Law, EU Law and Tax Treaties” for the degree of Ph.D.
Carl-G?ran Heidegren, professor i sosiologi ved Lunds universitet kommer til Forum For Vitenskapsteori. Seminaret er ?pent for alle!
Carl-G?ran Heidegren, er forfatter av b?ker som Det moderna genombrottet i nordisk universitetsfilosofi 1860–1915 og Positivismstrider (2016).
Vibeke Pihl is a sociologist, who holds a PhD in Medicine, Culture and Society. She is affiliated with the Centre for Medical Science and Technology Studies, University of Copenhagen.
Nancy Cartwright, Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Durham and at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. The lecture is open for everyone.
Azin Tadjdini at Department of Public and International Law will be defending the thesis: Constitutional De-Secularization and Limitations in Equality of Liberty for the degree of Ph.D.
F?rsteamanuensis Svein Atle Sk?lev?g ved Universitetet i Bergen, kommer til Forum for Vitenskapsteori. Foredraget er ?pent for alle.
Nick Hopwood, Department of History and Philosophy of Science,University of Cambridge, is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. The lecture is open for everyone.
Richard Swedber professor at the Cornell University,department of Sociology is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. Before Cornell, he worked at the Department of Sociology at Stockholm University. Swedberg's main areas of interest are economic sociology, theorizing in social science, and classical sociological theories. He recently published The Art of Social Theory (2014).
The lecture is open for everyone.
Cand. jur Kurt Weltzien at the Department of Private Law will be defending the thesis Boycott as a tool in industrial action for the degree of Ph.D.
Original title: Boikott i arbeidskampsammenheng
The disputation will be held in Norwegian
Professor Geoffrey Bowker, UCI-Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences, is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. The Seminar is open for everyone.
Master of Laws Marte Eidsand Kj?rven at the Department of Private Law will be defending the thesis (Mis) selling of investment products to consumers – duties and responsibility for the degree of Ph.D.
Original title: Ytelse av investeringstjenester til forbruker: Verdipapirrettslige, kontraktsrettslige og erstatningsrettslige krav til atferd
The disputation will be held in Norwegian
Will Wimsatt, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. The Seminar is open for everyone. His work centers on the philosophy of the inexact sciences-biology, psychology, and the social sciences-the history of biology, and the study of complex systems.
Master of Laws Olga Mironenko Enerstvedt will be defending the thesis Aviation security and protection of individuals: Technologies and legal principles for the degree of Ph.D.
The disputation will be held in English
Cand. jur Eivind Furuseth will be defending the thesis: The relationship between domestic anti-avoidance rules and tax treaties for the degree of Ph.D.
The disputation will be held in Norwegian
Samuel Etikpah will defend his doctoral dissertation: "The Kundum And Mother River Festivals: Exploring Ritual, Interreligious Collaboration And Community Development In Jomoro, Ghana" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at the Faculty of Theology.
Torbj?rn Gundersen, stipendiat ved Senter for profesjonsstudier ved HiOA, kommer til Forum for vitenskapsteori. Han leverer i 2017 avhandlingen "Epistemiske og sosiale verdier i styring av vitenskap: En case-studie av norske klimaforskeres profesjonelle forst?else av forholdet mellom vitenskap og politikk". Seminaret er ?pent for alle.
Andrew Collins has been a staff scientist at the Department of Nutrition since 2002 and is a leading international expert on nutrition and DNA damage.
In honour of Professor Collins’ 70th birthday, we invite you to an international symposium with a wide range of topics that touch on Prof. Collin's areas of scientific interest.