LEVE - Livelihoods in Developing Countries
Livelihoods in Developing Countries, is a new interdisciplinary research field. LEVE focuses on complex crises; the effect of environmental changes, global warming, migration, urbanization and changing patterns of diseases.
Academic Director: Sidsel Roalkvam
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Staff
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Støen, Mariel Aguilar
Jun 17, 2009
Senior Researcher | +47 22 85 88 85 | mariel.stoen@sum.uio.no
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Roalkvam, Sidsel
Jun 17, 2009
Associate Professor | +47 22 85 87 96 | sidsel.roalkvam@sum.uio.no
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Kjæreng, Knut
Jun 30, 2009
LEVE Web Editor / Administrative Coordinator | +47 22 85 88 84 | knut.kjareng@sum.uio.no
News
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PhD affiliated to Livelihoods in the Developing Countries
Feb 17, 2010
The interfaculty researchprogram LEVE, seeks a highly motivated and enthusiastic research fellow with a strong academic record and ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment at the University of Oslo.
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Health System Strengthening within Vaccination Initiatives
Jan 19, 2010
The new SUM-project, HEALVAC, will provide an ethnographic perspective on the interface of health system strengthening and vaccination policies and programmes at global, national and local levels.
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What Is Health as Foreign Policy?
Nov 17, 2009
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.
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LEVE Seedfunding: Call for Proposals
Oct 13, 2009
LEVE - Livelihoods in Developing Countries, announces its Call for Proposals to LEVE Seedfunding and invites researchers to join the LEVE Academic Network.
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Norwegian - Indian Partnership for Child Health
Jun 18, 2009
SUM has been selected as the project manager for a new multidisiplinary project, designed to asses and improve Norwegian - Indian partnership (NIPI), related to Mother and Child Health in India
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LEVE, New Research Area Launched
Jun 12, 2009
SUM has been appointed as the host and the academic leader for LEVE, Livelihoods in Developing Countries, a new interfacultary research area at the University of Oslo, focusing on complex crises.
Events
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LEVE seminar: Gender, Rights and the MDGs: Maternal and Reproductive Health
Jan 11, 2010
This is the first seminar in the LEVE spring theme: MDGs and Human Rights - Conflicting or Complementary?
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LEVE Symposium: The MDGs and Human Rights
Jan 11, 2010
International symposium hosted by Harvard University, University of Oslo, Institute for Development Studies (IDS) and UNICEF
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LEVE seminar: Future of the International Development Agenda
Jan 11, 2010
The second seminar in the LEVE spring theme: MDGs and Human Rights - Conflicting or Complementary?
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Health as Foreign Policy: From Emergency to Governance
Jun 21, 2009
LEVE - Livelihoods in the Developing Countries will hold a seminar on the subject Health as Foreign Policy: From Emergency to Governance on November 26th.
Publications