Arne Næss Chair
The purpose of the Arne Næss Chair in Global Justice and the Environment is to honour international and native scholars who have crated new insights into research on the questions of development, environment and global justice.
Illustrasjon: SUM
About the Project
The chair holders are invited to offer creative ways of tackling challenges posed by the current environmental and social crisis both at the local and global level. The main objectives of the Arne Næss Chair include:
- Strengthening the synergy between the studies of the environment, development, peace- and human rights’ studies;
- Fostering internationalization of the Norwegian research environment by deepening institutional and scholarly links between SUM, the University of Oslo, and centres of excellence around the world;
- Stimulating inter-disciplinary public debates on the environmental and social crises of our time;
- Promoting a dialogue between young researchers and established scholars in the field (The Arne Næss Symposium has a special slot for “Young Researchers’ Challenge”).
The ANC Chair has as its objective to attract the best international specialists to spend up to three months in Norway and to undertake research in dialogue with the Norwegian scholarly community. To this end the Chair holders are invited to give an annual memorial lecture at the annual ANC Symposium which is a public relations event linking the University of Oslo to the Norwegian public sphere.
Sub-projects
Financing
- University of Oslo
- Centra-gruppen
- Fritt Ord
- The Research Council of Norway
- The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The British Council
- Ramme Gaard
- Basecamp Foundation
- John Afseth