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SUM has received funding for research on digitalization, innovation and health in Tanzania

The project is led by Postdoctoral Fellow Tom Neumark and is funded by the Research Council of Norway.

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Call for applications: Master's stipend

Are you a University of Oslo master's student interested in the politics of pandemics? Apply by December 20th.

From Associate Professor Karen Lykke Syse to Professor Lykke at SUM

We would like to congratulate Karen V. Lykke with her promotion to full professor.

Food transformations and (un)sustainable diets

In this blog post, Arve Hansen argues for a new research agenda that takes the complexity of consumption seriously.

Call for applications: Master's stipend

We offer the Erik Blytt stipend for master's students, consisting of NOK 6000,- per month. Application deadline: 31st October.

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.

Call for Applications: Three Arne Næss stipends in 2022

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

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.