Visiting address
Sandakerveien 130 (map)
1st and 2nd floor
0484
OSLO
2019
Upcoming
In this Global Health Unpacked seminar co-organized with the Forum for Antimicrobial Resistance (UiO), Prof. Clare Chandler (LSHTM) will discuss how our societies have become reliant on antimicrobials, and the challenges posed by rising antimicrobial resistance.
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Time and place:
Oct. 8, 2019 6:00 PM–7:30 PM,
Boksen Kulturhuset, Youngs gate 6
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?
Time and place:
Oct. 3, 2019 5:00 PM–6:30 PM,
Arne Næss, SUM, Sandakerveien 130, Nydalen
How can the idea of degrowth help us find new ways of thinking about planetary challenges?
Time and place:
Sep. 18, 2019 6:00 PM–8:30 PM,
Gamle festsal (UiO)
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.
Time and place:
Sep. 10, 2019 2:15 PM–3:30 PM,
Scene HumSam, 1 etg. i HumSam-biblioteket i Georg Sverdrups hus
Get an update on what is currently happening in Kashmir, in this seminar with psychological and medical anthropologist Dr. Saiba Varma.
Time and place:
Sep. 5, 2019 2:30 PM–4:00 PM,
Niels Treschows hus, 12th Floor, blindern Campus
In this seminar, Peter Redfield will unpack the politics of humanitarian equipment and the assumptions it entails about human needs and what a satisfactory life might be.
Time and place:
June 20, 2019 12:00 PM–1:15 PM,
Sandakerveien 130, Oslo
How to measure "Health for All"? How do metrics influence the way Universal Health Coverage is implemented in Senegal?
Time and place:
May 29, 2019 2:00 PM–3:30 PM,
Auditorium 13, Domus Media (Karl Johans Gate 47)
Professor Larry Diamond from Stanford University joins us for an open lecture on democratic recession and the current state of freedom in the world today.
Time and place:
May 28, 2019 7:00 PM–8:30 PM,
Litteraturhuset, Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo
As fake news and alternative facts spread, many have concluded that truth is no longer held in respect. Today, it seems, anything goes. But is there cause for concern? If so, for what, exactly?
Time and place:
May 15, 2019 12:30 PM–1:30 PM,
Stallen, Professorboligen (Karl Johans gate 47)
UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner joins us to discuss ongoing reforms and the role of the UN in ensuring the achievement of the SDGs.
Time and place:
May 2, 2019 6:00 PM–7:30 PM,
Amalie Skram, Litteraturhuset, Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo
What are the most pressing issues for security and restoration of democracy in Venezuela?
Time and place:
Apr. 29, 2019 6:30 PM–8:30 PM,
Fritt ord, Uranienborgveien 2
Welcome to the book launch in connection with the publication of Nina Witoszek’s latest study, The Origins of Anti-Authoritarianism.
Time and place:
Apr. 24, 2019 8:30 AM–9:45 AM,
ARENA - Sognsveien 68 (3rd floor)
How does the private sector strategically use poor quality data for its own benefit? In this talk, Linsey McGoey discusses how weak evidence-based policy can paradoxically be a powerful tool in the political economy of global health.
Time and place:
Feb. 25, 2019 2:30 PM–3:45 PM,
SUM, Sognsveien 68, Oslo, Seminar room on 4th floor
As Ghana seeks to expand primary health services, how do past experiences shape current perceptions and expectations? David Bannister will survey the history of Ghana's health system in our next Global Health Unpacked seminar.