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Arne Næss Programme on Global Justice and the Environment

Julia Cagé is the new Arne Næss Chair

We are proud to welcome Associate Professor Julia Cagé to SUM.

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.

Podcast

Learn more about development policies this summer

Check out all our guest interviews on the podcast In Pursuit of Development. The complete season two is ready for binge listening.

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.