News
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Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée new doctoral research fellow at SUM
Sep. 13, 2019 2:37 PM
We are happy to announce that Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée has a new position as doctoral research fellow at SUM. He will be working on global health and the politics of epidemic preparedness.
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We mourn the loss of our dear colleague Harold L. Wilhite
Aug. 22, 2019 1:09 PM
We are deeply saddened about the loss of Professor Harold L. Wilhite, who died on 15th August in Berkeley, USA. He was a first-class researcher and a dear colleague.
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Welcome to the new SUM students!
Aug. 14, 2019 3:59 PM
What are the local and global challenges we face in creating a more sustainable world? This is one of the overall questions our new students will explore.
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SUM has moved!
June 11, 2019 3:20 PM
We have packed our boxes and moved to Nydalen.
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UiO receives financing to establish a new research centre
May 22, 2019 11:16 AM
How do we achieve a socially inclusive and fair transition to a low-carbon society? UiO recieves support to a new research centre that aim to find solutions.
Events
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Arne Næss Symposium 2019: Have We Lost the Battle for Social and Environmental Rights?
Sep. 18, 2019 6:00 PM
Tax havens and increasing levels of corruption challenge social and environmental justice across the world. The 2019 Arne Næss Chair, Eva Joly, has long been a courageous prosecutor and investigator of the role of big corporations as drivers of inequality and environmental destruction.
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Myanmar: Living as Muslims in a Buddhist country
Sep. 27, 2019 12:15 PM
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Degrowth: A conversation about a new sustainable economy
Oct. 3, 2019 5:00 PM
How can the idea of degrowth help us find new ways of thinking about planetary challenges?
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Book Launch: Wind Energy Development, Conflict & Resistance in a Latin American Context
Oct. 8, 2019 6:00 PM
Is wind energy the solution to climate change? Around the world governments and NGOs praise renewable energy, accept carbon accounting as a viable measure of climate change and are currently theorizing the viability of a Green New Deal, yet what are these types of schemes creating in practice?
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A new era for the world's oldest monarchy?
Oct. 10, 2019 5:30 PM
Earlier this year the Japanese emperor abdicated due to deteriorating health; in October the second great acquisition ceremony, sokui no rei, in which the emperor’s eldest son takes over the throne will take place. What does this imperial shift mean for Japan?