Research news

We are proud to welcome Professor Anthony Giddens to SUM.

The grant comes from the Research Council of Norway's COVID-19 emergency call.

No registration or enrollment needed!

The courses are open for UiO students and give credits.

With the world experiencing an unprecedented crisis we thought it would be an opportune moment to reflect on what is actually working in international development.

How much are we willing to sacrifice to protect ourselves against COVID-19? How to battle the virus while minimizing the consequences?

We are happy to announce that Erica Colman-Denstad has a new position as Doctoral Research Fellow at SUM.

The funding comes from the Norwegian Research Council.

Congratulations to Torjus Lunder Bredvold for winning the student pitch at the UiO Energy Forum!

In 2020 SUM will offer more elective courses than ever before. Six of these will be intensive 5 credit courses.

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.

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.

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.

We have packed our boxes and moved to Nydalen.

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.

We are proud to welcome corruption fighter and environmental activist Eva Joly to SUM this fall.

Change-maker and big-thinker Polly Higgins was a lawyer who created a completely new body of law to protect the Earth.

The project will meet the urgent need for social science research on flexible electricity policy and technology in Norway.

We congratulate Sidsel Roalkvam, Tanja Winther and Mariel Aguilar-Støen with their professorship promotion.

The grant comes from the Research Council of Norway.

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Terra Lawson-Remer and Susan Randolph receives award for ideas set forth in their book Fulfilling Social and Economic Rights.

Find the video recordings and presentations from our conference here.

We congratulate Katerini with the position.