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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.

Fredrik Lanner, assistant professor, Karolinska Institutet, will present the work leading up to the recent publication on gene expression in early human embryos, and present his plans to use CRISPR technology to edit genes in early human embryos, as one of the first researchers in the world.

Master Ellen Brinchmann defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

The role of word knowledge in the development of reading comprehension.

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. 

ESOP seminar. Jonas Poulsen is a lecturer/advisor at Harvard University. He will present a paper entitled "The arrival of fast Internet and skilled job creation in Africa", written jointly with Jonas Hjort. 

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.

Centre for the Study of Equality, Social Organization, and Performance (ESOP) at the University of Oslo is organizing the Nordic International Trade Seminars (NOITS) 17th Annual Workshop to be held 19-20 May 2016.

Master Hedvig Neerland Abrahamsen defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Title: School Leadership as Educational Discourses in an Age of Increased Accountability.

Hugh Raffles, professor of Anthropology at The New School for Social Research in New York, is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium Series. He will show a short film, followed by a conversation with John Law. John Law is Professor Emeritus at Open University UK; and fellow at Center for Advanced Study in Oslo, with the research group 'Arctic Domestication in the Era of the Anthropocene'.

The lecture is open for everyone.

ESOP seminar. Eliana La Ferrara is Professor at Bocconi University and a Professor II at the University of Oslo. She will present a paper entitled "News vs. novelas: Can entertainment media undermine dictatorships?" written jointly with A. Chong, C. Ferraz, F. Finan and L. Meloni.

ESOP seminar. Simon Alder is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He will present a paper entitled "Chinese Roads in India: The Effect of Transport Infrastructure on Economic Development".

ESOP-seminar. Bernt Bratsberg is a senior research fellow at the Frisch Centre and a Professor II at the University of Oslo. He will talk about excess churning in integrated labor markets.

PET ligands for imaging Alzheimer¡¯s disease ¨C neuropathological validation.

ESOP invites to a public lecture with professor Jeffrey Sachs from Columbia University. Sachs is a leading scholar in sustainable development and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

ESOP seminar. Geoffrey Heal is the Donald C. Waite III Professor of Social Enterprise, Professor of Economics and Finance at Columbia University. He will present a paper entitled "Feeling the Heat: Temperature, Physiology & the Wealth of Nations", written jointly with Jisung Park. 

Anine Kierulf, Postdoktor ved Norsk senter for menneskerettigheter (UiO), kommer til forum for vitenskapsteori. Seminaret er ?pent for alle.

Master Lill-Johanne Eilertsen defends her doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

Participation in peer groups: interaction between children with and without hearing impairment and complex needs.

ESOP seminar. Toke Aidt is a senior lecturer at the University of Cambridge. He will present a paper entitled "The social dynamics of riots: Evidence from the Captain Swing Riots 1830-31".

Christian Abrahamsson, lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography (UiO), is visiting the Science Studies Colloquium.The lecture is open for everyone.

ESOP seminar. Vincent Somville is a senior researcher at the Christian Michelsen Institute (CMI). He will present a paper entitled "Saving by Default: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural India", written jointly with Lore Vandewalle.

ESOP seminar. Paolo Piacquadio is Assistant Professor of Economics at UiO. He will present the paper "A Fairness Justification of Utilitarianism".

John Erik Fossum and Jozef B¨¢tora organise a workshop on differentiation and democratic governance in the EU on 31 March 2016.

ESOP workshop. Richard Freeman holds the Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics at Harvard University.

ESOP invites to a public lecture with professor Richard Freeman from Harvard University. Freeman will discuss how a combination of Shared Capitalism and Pension Fund Socialism can become a viable and more equitable new economy.