News
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David Van Reybrouck: The 2024 Arne Næss Professor at the University of Oslo Feb. 6, 2024 4:04 PM
UiO's Centre for Development and the Environment is proud to announce David Van Reybrouck as the 2024 Arne Næss Professor.
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Dan Banik to lead Circle U’s democracy initiative Dec. 19, 2023 2:57 PM
Professor at SUM, Dan Banik, is the new Academic Director of Circle U’s Knowledge Hub on Democracy.
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SUM is one of the partners in Africa-Europe research cluster on pandemics Nov. 3, 2023 1:44 PM
SUM's Global Health Politics research group, represented by Katerini T. Storeng and Jacinta Victoria Muinde, is a partner in the new research cluster that aims to strengthen national and regional capacity to prevent, prepare for, and respond to pandemics and other shocks.
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SUM will conduct research on regenerative agriculture as a solution to pollution of the Oslo Fjord Oct. 27, 2023 2:03 PM
The project is led by Professor Karen V. Lykke and is funded by The Research Council of Norway.
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Dan Banik to lead new Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence Sep. 25, 2023 2:26 PM
The cluster will conduct research on the politics of sustainable development and will develop a new PhD programme focused on leadership for sustainable societal transformation.
Events
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When Misfortune becomes Injustice: Evolving Human Rights Struggles for Health and Social Equality June 11, 2024 3:00 PM
What did we learn about the state of global health equity during the COVID-19 pandemic? In this seminar, Collective Member Alicia Yamin presents her recent book When Misfortune Becomes Injustice
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Ph.D. Course: Regenerating soils and societies – an interdisciplinary endeavour Aug. 6, 2024 9:00 AM
The objective of this course is to analyse – empirically and conceptually – the overlapping fields of soil and societies, and how they both are affected by the cultural, political, financial and scientific paradigms governing the global food system.
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The Deepening Debt Crisis and Public Health in Africa: New Strategies of Resistance Aug. 20, 2024 3:30 PM
How did health systems in Africa cope with the Covid-19 pandemic? And how did it impact the already serious debt crisis? In this seminar, Collective Member James Pfeiffer will review how the new debt crisis is a major political determinant of health.
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Arne Næss Symposium 2024: Democratic Innovations for the Age of Anthropocene Aug. 28, 2024 6:00 PM
The symposium features David Van Reybrouck, the 2024 Arne Næss Professor.
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Holding powerful private actors accountable in global health Nov. 5, 2024 3:30 PM
What does accountability mean in global health? And do accountability measures extend to private actors? In this seminar, Collective member David McCoy will present reflections from the experience thus far of UNU-IIGH’s new programme of work on the power and accountability of private actors in global health.