Previous events
MSc Mats Tveter at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Developing reliable AI tools for advanced EEG analysis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Department seminar. Lisandra Flach is a professor of economics at LMU Munich and director of the ifo Center for International Economics. She will present the paper "Constrained by Red Tape: Trade and Welfare Effects from Documentation" (written with Lisa E. Scheckenhofer, Feodora A. Teti).
Edward Nik-Khah (Roanoke College) will give a talk for the Science Studies Colloquium Series.
M.Sc. Siddhartha Das at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Environmental exposures and gene expression: Evidence from in vitro and population-based studies” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Tea S?tereng Fyksen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Cardiovascular effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids - A cohort study with long-term follow-up” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Marzia D’Angelo (University of Naples Federico II)
Iver B. Neumann presents the book chapter?World system collapse: Two precedents for a possible Anthropocene future, 1250-900 BCE and 350-800 CE at the Tuesday Seminar on 3 March 2026.
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M.Sc. Andre Sevenius Nilsen at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Consciousness When Is It Present and How Would We Know? Testing Measures and Assumptions for Detecting Consciousness Across States and Substrates” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
We welcome everyone to yet another interdisciplinary challenging talk on what it means to be human in the age of AI:
Attila Márton – Disturbing! Digital Ecology and the End of Modernity
Time and place: Mar. 2, 2026 1:15 PM-3:00 PM, at UiO Blindern Campus, Eilert Sundts hus, A-blokka - Auditorium 2
Department seminar. Sofia De Caprariis is graduate student at the IIES. She will present the paper "Politicians’ Term Limits and Natural Resource Extraction."
Cand.med. Marjut Anneli Sarjomaa at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “SARS-CoV-2 antibody persistence and risk factors for SARS- CoV-2 infection A cohort study from Telemark and Agder” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Helge Fagerheim Bugge at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Prehospital stroke recognition with a focus on minor stroke” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. ?yvind Johannessen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Lung Ultrasound in Patients with Acute Dyspnea: A Novel Point-Of-Care Imaging Method for Managing Patients with Acute Dyspnea” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MSc. Victoria Therese Karlsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomic Profiling of Macrophage Dynamics in Normal Colon and Colorectal Cancer” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
MBio Lauren Sophie Johnson at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Lipid binding proteins in the regulation of autophagy and disease” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc. Thea Christine Thorshov at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Feasibility of digital self-management interventions for insomnia – Does it work?” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master of Science in International Relations Anna Eriksen Rio will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science:
Zones of Ambiguity: Special Economic Zones and the Politics of Productive Ambiguity in Ethiopia
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We are delighted to bring you this co-organised seminar, with international speaker, David A. Knowles, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University.
He will be presenting his work on:"Dissecting complex disease mechanisms with causal inference and deep learning".
Markus Eronen (University of Groningen) will give a talk for the Science Studies Colloquium Series.
A talk by associate professor in the history of religions, Ernils Larsson.
Waltraud Schelkle presents the book-in-progress?From European integration to EU polity formation at the Tuesday Seminar on 24 February 2026.
NCMBM, as part of its International Seminar series, will be welcoming Arafath Kaja Najumudeen, from Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) in Helsinki.
He will present his work on "How do cells absorb nutrients? Spatially resolving metabolism of colorectal cancer".
Master ?yvind Selle Ekelund at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History will defend his dissertation Passionate About Peace. Activists and Advocates for Peace in Cold War Norway 1970-1990?for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).
M.Sc. Athiramol Sasi at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Understanding the stiff heart: The role of the proteoglycan versican in cardiac fibrosis” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Gisle Berg Helland at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Long-Term Ischemic Stroke Outcome Prediction Using MRI and Machine Learning” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).