– To address environmental challenges in a fair and sustainable way, we need to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the causes of the problems. The measures must be equally comprehensive, says Karen O'Brien, professor and climate researcher, and one of the three editors behind the Nature Panel's latest report: IPBES Transformative Change Assessment.
The war in Ukraine continues at full intensity, and the country's energy systems are under constant attack. UiO:Energy and Environment gathered Ukrainian stakeholders and key actors from the Norwegian side to explore how Norway can contribute in improving Ukraine’s energy situation today, and in the long-term development.
There is little evidence to suggest that so-called animistic religion can help us in in the face of ecological crisis and climate change, says religious studies scholar Aike Rots.
As part of The Future of Energy conference in January 9 2025, master’s students, PhD students, and postdoctoral researchers are invited to showcase their posters and compete for the Best Poster Prize!
Early and mid-career researchers are invited to apply for a Sandpit hosted by UiO and organised by the University of Leeds. Sandpits offer an innovative tool to foster interdisciplinarity and creative thinking. The application deadline January 24, 2025.
An international group of economists and scientists says government subsidies risk locking in unsustainable practices.
In collaboration with the Green Council at IFI and Landscape Services at UiO the Green Office held another successful Sustainathon the 5th of September!
The video recordings of Per Olsson's and Anabel Marin's keynotes from this year's IST conference are now online.
This years’ Norwegian Research School in Renewable Energy (NorRen) took place from August 19-23 in the beautiful location of Langesund Bad.
Passionate about sustainability? Eager to learn how your knowledge can be applied to solving global issues? Join the Entrepreneurial Change-making programme from Circle U.!
Trucks driving out of Oslo with stone and excess materials from construction sites account for about 40 percent of the annual CO2 emissions from heavy transport. A new research project has delved into the topic but finds little information and environmental regulation.
Master's student Kirsten Daae Wiig has been awarded the Norwegian Association for Environmental Law's student prize for the best master's thesis in the field of environmental law. This is the first time the association has awarded a student prize.
This week the Green Office celebrates its one year anniversary. The students from the Green Office share some thoughts on the first year and their plans for the future.
The very first edition of The Future of Energy is Green and Digital - the Oslo Science City Arena series of conferences on future energy systems - brought together researchers, businesses, politicians, and the public sector to discuss the energy solutions needed in Norway and Europe.
This year’s Norwegian Research School in Renewable Energy (NorRen) took place from August 21 – 25 in the serene surroundings of Langesund Bad.
We congratulate Felix Stein on securing funding from the European Research Council (ERC) for research on reparations as a response to global development challenges.
The University of Oslo aims to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. In 2022, the total emissions were reduced by eight percent compared to 2018.
National summer school for PhD students on green industrial transformation. Place: Langesund bad, August 20-25.
More information: NorRen.no
As part of the national SDG Conference, UiO:Energy and Environment hosted a student pitch to kick off the conference - an informal contest where students presented their research on energy, environment and sustainability to other students and fellow academics.
UiO:Energy and Environment will fund a number of summer research projects within the field of energy, climate and environment. Students currently enrolled in their last year of a bachelor program, a master program or a relevant professional degree program at the University of Oslo are eligible to apply.
-Different teaching methods, less mathematics and physics, great guest lecturers and lots of communication between the scientific staff and the students. Joyful!
The UiO Growth House, dScience – Centre for Computational and Data Science, UiO:Life Science and UiO:Energy and Environment are now co-located in Oslo Science Park. ‘Now the units can work more closely together and draw on each other's expertise as well as extract synergies from each other. This gives UiO the opportunity to develop its strategic initiatives and strengthen the innovation thinking’, says UiO's vice-rector for research and innovation Per Morten Sandset.
UiO:Energy and Environment would like to invite master students and PhDs working on energy, environment and sustainability, to present their research projects at the SDG Conference on February 8, 2023.
The new board of UiO:Energy and Environment had its first board meeting on December 15th. The board decided to continue the initiative's open funding schemes within internationalization, research and education, ensuring that there will be no interruption in these funding mechanisms.
HYDROGENi and HyValue officially launched their activities at a kick-off event in Oslo on October 5th. They are both new centres for environment-friendly energy research (FME) which will help strengthen Norway's research efforts on hydrogen and ammonia over the next eight years. UiO is a key partner in FME HYDROGENi.
