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Arne Næss Programme on Global Justice and the Environment

Olga Tokarczuk is the new Arne Næss Chair

We are proud to announce the 2022 Arne Næss Professor - the Nobel Prize winner in literature (2018) - Olga Tokarczuk.

The Arne Næss Symposium featuring Tokarczuk will take place on 25 August.

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New continuing education course on sustainable transitions

A part time course tailored for people working in municipalities and local communities on complex challenges related to climate transitions, taught in Norwegian.

Three Arne Næss grant holders join the Arne Næss Programme

Three master students have received the Arne Næss stipend that is designed to promote research on ethical and cultural aspects of innovation for a sustainable future.

Call for Applications: Three Arne Næss stipends in 2022

Apply for a master student stipend! Application deadline 4 March 2022.

Start of new masters stipendiary Marit Gjermshus

We are happy to announce that Marit Gjermshus has joined the Global Health Politics research group at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) this month, as the recipient of a year-long masters stipend on the politics of pandemics.

The launch of The Collective for the Political Determinants of Health

We are pleased to announce the launch of “The Collective for the Political Determinants of Health”, an international & multidisciplinary network of scholars & practitioners interested in the political determinants of health.

Welcome to the EES Project DeepEn!

DeepEn is a new international EES funded collaboration between three institutions in the Czech Republic and the Arne Næss Program at SUM.

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What Norway should ask of the pharmaceutical industry in the Covid-19 pandemic

Norway should take a stronger role on the future of public-private cooperation in global health, argues a new policy brief by the PANPREP project.

Introducing Latin America course at The International Summer School

For the very first time in its 75 years, the International Summer School (ISS) is offering a course in area studies: Latin America in the New Global Resource Politics.