News
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Erica Colman-Denstad new Doctoral Research Fellow at SUM
Jan. 17, 2020 1:31 PM
We are happy to announce that Erica Colman-Denstad has a new position as Doctoral Research Fellow at SUM.
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SUM receives funding for three new research projects
Jan. 15, 2020 1:10 PM
The funding comes from the Norwegian Research Council.
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SUM student wins prize at UiO Energy Forum
Nov. 29, 2019 10:10 AM
Congratulations to Torjus Lunder Bredvold for winning the student pitch at the UiO Energy Forum!
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SUM launches several new courses
Nov. 20, 2019 9:35 AM
In 2020 SUM will offer more elective courses than ever before. Six of these will be intensive 5 credit courses.
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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.
Events
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Remote Anticipation: Tourism as Development in the Himalaya
Jan. 24, 2020 10:30 AM
Tourism is increasingly seen as a central pathway to inclusive development across the global south, yet the promotion of tourism as development is highly intangible - relying on the orchestration and extension of markets into often remote places. What does this notion of tourism as development look like from such ‘destinations’?
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Agrarian Crossroads: Rural Aspirations and Capitalist Transformation
Jan. 24, 2020 1:30 PM
Questions of agrarian transformation have been a staple of the social sciences since its early days, and they remain crucial in the twenty-first century.
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Colombia – the peace implementation and new political developments
Jan. 28, 2020 2:00 PM
What happens in Colombia? Seminar with Mariano Aguirre, who served as UN adviser on peace building in Colombia from August 2017 to December 2019.
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Take the Sustainable UiO train to the SDG Conference Bergen
Feb. 4, 2020 12:03 PM
We invite you to travel in a low-carbon and engaging way from Oslo to the SDG Conference Bergen in February 2020.
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The role of faith based organizations in global health programmes in Cameroon
Feb. 11, 2020 1:15 PM
How and why do global health donors engage with faith-based organizations to implement projects? In this Global Health Unpacked seminar, Sibylle Herzig van Wees will analyze the modalities and implications of donor engagement of faith-based organization in the health sector in Cameroon.