The Environment Seminar Series gathers and mobilises decision makers in the public and private sector, academics and students, and others with a keen interest in issues on the environment and sustainable development.

SUM Medic Annual Workshop 2009: Why are some countries and communities therein far more successful than others in immunizing children, despite unfavourable economic circumstances?

What is the need for academic research in the field of global health challenges? Why and how is Norway taking an active role? These are issues addressed at the seminar held by LEVE at UiO.

Contributing to a better future? The role of Norway based Latin America research, is the topic of NorLARNet`s first annual conference in November at the University of Oslo.

The new NORAD-funded REDD initiative, Climate and Forest, has attracted great interest among researchers and research institutions in Norway.

LEVE - Livelihoods in Developing Countries, announces its Call for Proposals to LEVE Seedfunding and invites researchers to join the LEVE Academic Network.

Copenhagen 2009: What Needs to be Done? This was the main issue for the representatives from 15 Norwegian youth organisations and challengers from China, Ghana, SUM and BI Norwegian School of Management, the last day of Oslo Sustainability Summit.

Muna Ndulo, 'Rule of Law Programs; Judicial reform, Development and Post Conflict Societies', ANLEP Working Paper No. 2 (2009).

Confronting transnationalization: the Economic, Environmental and Political Strategies of Central American Economic Groups. April 27 2009

The EU funded STRIVER project (Strategy and methodology for improved IWRM - An integrated interdisciplinary assessment in four twinning river basins) in which SUM has been a partner, ended on a high note with a “STRIVER final conference” in Brussels 28-29th May 2009.