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Master Erica Colman-Denstad at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages will defend her dissertation Wildness and control: Mediating technology and perceptions of nature in nineteenth century Norway for the degree philosophiae doctor (PhD).
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.
The symposium features David Van Reybrouck, the 2024 Arne Næss Professor.
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Include look forward to organizing this one-day conference in Trondheim together with all the Norwegian Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME)!
Include is based on close cooperation between universities, municipalities and several other partners. In this seminar Chima Michael Anyadike-Danes, an Include researcher affiliated with Durham University, examines the difficulties that arose when Durham County Council sought to co-operate with Durham University in a research effort to plan post-carbon futures.
How do the political determinants of health shape health outcomes in the Covid recovery era? This workshop aims to take stock of 10 years of scholarship on the political determinants of health and reflect on the future of this research agenda.
Join us for this memorial lecture by Frank Trentmann and a discussion on sustainable consumption.
Welcome to the Annual Oslo SDG Initiative Conference in collaboration with Norad
On 10 October 2023, the Oslo SDG Initiative partners with UNU-WIDER to host the 27th WIDER Annual Lecture; Globalization in crisis - confronting a new economic reality.
An engaging meeting with this year's Arne Næss professor, Jason Hickel.
The symposium features Jason Hickel, the 2023 Arne Næss Professor.
"Hva vi spiser når vi spiser kjøtt" er en bok om mat, dyrevelferd og landbrukspolitikk, og et stykke kulturhistorie om livet på gården før og nå. Velkommen til boklansering!
How does online crowdfunding change the ways we seek and provide health care? In this seminar, Dr. Nora Kenworthy will discuss how crowdfunding reinforces the many problems of market-based health systems.
Seminar with Venezuelan economist Manuel Sutherland.
What novel forms of health interventions and markets do impact bonds generate? And in what ways is the provision of healthcare re-imagined through this financing mechanism?
The INDAF project is organizing a roundtable discussion (by invitation only) in New Delhi in June 2023 to discuss recent trends in Indian foreign policy.
In this seminar, Professor Susan Erikson will use the World Bank's pandemic bond fiasco to offer new insights into how capitalism shapes pandemic preparedness and response.
The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), the Network for Asian Studies (Asianettverket), the University of Bergen, and the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) are co-hosting the 2023 Nordic NIAS Council (NNC) / ASIANET Conference: "Consuming Asia - Systems and Structures of Consumption in Modern and Contemporary Asia"
The aim of this interdisciplinary course is to explore how markets shape pandemic prevention, preparedness and response across the world.
The newly formed thematic research group RESULTS invites everyone to this lecture by professor Ioan Fazey from the University of York.
Zaad Mahmoud analyses the changing nature of political elites in West Bengal
Can planetary health escape a technocratic tunnel vision on climate and health adaptation and contribute to contextualised, participatory policy actions that improve health equity? In this seminar, Dr. Remco van de Pas will unpack the planetary health paradigm.
GrønnPraksis er en nasjonal arena som løfter frem gode eksempler på hvordan arbeidet med bærekraftig omstilling kan gjøres i praksis. Konferansen skal bidra til samfunnsendring ved hjelp av erfaringsdeling og utvikling av gode tiltak og ideer.
In this seminar professor Janet Stephenson from University of Otago, New Zealand, will discuss the importance of culture in both constraining and opening up for a transition to a sustainable future.