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Boris Maslov (IFIKK)
Professor of Music at the University of Jyv?skyl?, Petri Toiviainen, will speak at RITMO's Seminar Series.
Department seminar. Torsten Persson is Professor of Economics at Stockholm University and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. He will present the paper "Disruptive Politics and Policy Change: The Political Economics of Party Entry" (written with Timothy Besley).
Department seminar. B?rd Harstad is a Professor of Political Economy, Stanford University. He will present the paper "Political Commitment Bonds."
This seminar is organised by the project From Asia to Africa: Antibiotic Trajectories across the Indian ocean (FAR).
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This seminar will be based on Stéphane Lacroix's recent book which came out in August 2025, Twilight of the Saints: The History and Politics of Salafism in Contemporary Egypt (Columbia University Press, 2025).
This panel discussion is organised by the project From Asia to Africa: Antibiotic Trajectories across the Indian ocean (FAR).
Department seminar. Clément Malgouyres is a CNRS research (CR) in economics at CREST. He will present the paper "The Trade-Off Between Decarbonization and Reshoring" (written with Thierry Mayer and Lewin Nolden).
Liliana Doganova (Mines Paris - PSL) will give a talk for the Science Studies Colloquium Series.
Department seminar. Jacob Nyrup is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. He will present the paper “Coalition Diversity and Economic Growth” (written with Carl Henrik Knutsen).
Justin Brown will present metalinguistic reflections about Khoekhoegowab, or Nama language, among KhoeSan reclamation activists in Cape Town.
Madeleine Adkins explores adult learners’ experience in an immersion program designed to create new speakers of Breton.
Department seminar. Lars Hansen is David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor The University of Chicago Departments of Economics, Statistics and the Booth School of Business. He will present the paper "Robust Mean-Field Control with Aggregate Shocks" (written with Michael Barnett, Ruimeng Hu, and Hezhong).
Carl Hoefer, University of Barcelona, will give a talk for the Science Studies Colloquium Series.
With Norwegian Sign Language celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2025, this year's Einar Haugen lecture will focus on signed languages and explore the relationship between human diversity and linguistic diversity. The hybrid lecture will be in English, with interpretation into Norwegian Sign Language.
Professor Maximilian Fochler (University of Viennna and TIK Centre) visits TIK in September, and will on this occasion give a talk on science and socio-environmental challenges. The talk will be followed by a discussion.
Eco-Racism in the History of Philosophy: From Buffon to Hegel
Department seminar. Terrence Iverson is a Professor at Colorado State University. He will present the paper "Tiered Climate Clubs: Global Abatement Without Global Agreement."
Torjus Solheim Eckhoff is a PhD candidate at the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture. This seminar marks his midway evaluation.
Guy Bradley (Univ. of Cardiff)
How can we develop unconditional relationships with earth?
This presentation explores dual language programs in the U.S. and their potential to promote social justice for U.S. Latinos.
Department seminar. Alison Andrew is an Associate Professor of Economics (without tenure) at the University of Oxford and a Tutorial Fellow at Trinity College, Oxford. She will present the paper "Flexibility versus Performance: The Determinants of Labor Contracts in Nairobi, Kenya" (written with Nathan Barker, Inbar Amit, Rob Garlick, Kate Orkin, and Carolyne Nekesa).
In this seminar, Professor Frank Weigelt will outline the central functional principles of the system of Arabic politeness formulas and explore the religious and cultural foundations on which it rests. His analysis will focus on the dialect of Damascus.
How can the varied approaches more common in creative practice help those of us in the humanities who are struggling with disciplinary placement in an undisciplined age?