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SUM is happy to announce that Antulio Rosales has joined the Centre as a postdoctoral fellow. His position is affiliated with the Oslo Academy of Global Governance.

To what extent do ordinary African citizens demand good government? How do people living in extreme poverty avoid or engage directly or indirectly with political actors and institutions? And how is statehood perceived and practiced in daily life?

De skal forske innenfor feltene matproduksjon og utviklingspolitikk.

SUM is happy to announce that Kristian Bjørkdahl has joined the Centre as a postdoctoral fellow. His position is part of a UiO:Norden programme, Nordic Branding, in which SUM is a central partner.

What are the main challenges in creating sustainable development? SUMs newest master students will have several courses on themes such as consumption and energy, global governance, global health, poverty and development among others.

From July 1st Sidsel Roalkvam is the new Director at SUM.

Fra 1. juli er Sidsel Roalkvam ny senterleder på SUM.

Kaja Ahnfelt, inntil nylig student ved Senter for Utvikling og Miljø (SUM), ved UiO, er vinner av årets Oslo Miljøpris!

Manglende læring fra bistandsevalueringer har blitt diskutert i flere tiår - og spørsmålet er fortsatt like utfordrende. En ny forskningsrapport utforsker hvordan læring kan være vanskelig å forene med hensynet til ansvarlig forvaltning av bistandsmidler.

The problem of learning in aid evaluation has been debated for decades – but it is still as challenging as ever. A new research report explores how learning and accountability in practice are hard to reconcile.

To av de nominerte til Oslos miljøpris er tilknyttet Senter for utvikling og miljø (SUM), ved UiO.

South Sudanese women find themselves in the middle of a tug-of-war between traditional, militarised and medicalised views on their reproductive Health.

Historien om hvorfor forsøket med å innføre kjøttfri mandag i Forsvaret ikke har fungert.

Why was Meat free Monday in the Norwegian Armed Forces unsuccessful?

- The TIAs threaten to exacerbate powerful political and economic drivers of health inequities in years to come, says the Independent Panel on Global Governance for Health in the Viewpoint published in The Lancet this month.

Kina er nå verdens største produsent og forbruker av biler. Byene sliter med høy luftforurensning og tåke. Er det noen vei tilbake til det sykkelsamfunnet Kina egentlig var?

China has become both the world’s largest car market and the world’s largest producer of cars and vehicles. New vehicle sales in China have now surpassed those in the US.

India har vært prakteksempelet på frihet og demokrati i over seksti år. Så hvorfor er ikke landet i stand til å mette sine fattige innbyggere?

Is it possible to have development without harming nature?

What are the main challenges in creating sustainable development? How can interdisciplinarity be a means to greater understanding of the complexities related to these challenges? SUMs newest master students will have their hands full with these quandaries during the next two years.

India has been the poster child of freedom and democracy for over six decades, but why is it not able to adequately feed its poor?

SUM has joined the network for political ecology, POLLEN, which is to coordinate and support the various nodes in ensuring that political ecology messages, lessons and insights are shared and heard more widely.

Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) at the University of Oslo celebrated its 25 years of existence in 2015. To mark this event, this special issue presents articles based on some of the recent research at SUM.

Sigrid Narvestad Hungnes graduated from the Centre for Development and Environment in 2015. In this video she talks about some of the findings from her master's thesis "Cabin Fever: Historical Study of Nature Perceptions in Media Representations of Norwegian Cabin Tradition."

Bistandsarbeid har forskjellige tradisjoner i Norge og Kina. Et nytt forskningsprosjekt skal undersøke om landene har noe å lære av hverandre.