Arrangementer

Brazil will hold presidential elections on 7 October. BrasiLeira in cooperation with NorLARNet, will organize a panel talk on what to expect (in Norwegian).

Lecture, in Spanish, by leading expert on Nicaraguan politics, Professor Salvador Martí i Puig, followed by a panel discussion, in English.

Join a panel of economists, social scientists, evolutionary thinkers and humanists in a discussion of the cooperative ethos in the Nordic societies.

Southeast Asian perspectives on the role of academia in promoting intercultural communication for social inclusion

Public lecture by Dr. Paul Farmer, Harvard Medical School.

Sustainable development and our common future are the themes that tie together the program in the Aula. Member states of the United Nations have adopted 17 global goals for sustainable development (SDGs) to transform our society and the world. With knowledge and expertise the University of Oslo will contribute to reaching these goals. 

For the first time, the University of Oslo will award a prize to the three best sustainability-themed master's theses which are tied to the UN Sustainability Development Goals. The purpose of the prize is to inspire originality and quality in master's projects that contribute to knowledge and insight into sustainable development.

The four awards are for research, innovation, education and dissemination.

Public lecture by Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

What are the challenges faced by indigenous communities as they encounter developmental and extractive projects? Are there any potential alliances between indigenous groups, the private sector, and foreign assistance organizations?

I 2030 skal de 17 bærekraftsmålene (SDGs) være oppnådd. Hvilken rolle spiller bistand for å oppnå den ambisiøse agendaen, og hvordan ser fremtiden for norsk bistand ut? 

What role does aid play in the 2030 Agenda, and what is the future of Norwegian development cooperation?

Næringslivet anses i dag som en av de viktigste aktørene for at vi skal nå bærekraftsmålene (SDGs), men hvilken rolle spiller egentlig næringslivet for den globale utviklingsagendaen?

The private sector is considered a key actor in fostering progress towards the SDGs, but what role does business play in the global development agenda?

What is the role of rural areas in supporting populist politicians? And how do rural areas become the main target of populist and authoritarian politics?

The objective of this interdisciplinary course is to critically analyze – empirically and conceptually – processes of transformation in rural areas as related to access to and governance of resources and how these are reshaping the lives of people living there.

The application deadline was 5 April, 2018.

Political Ecology, the Green Economy, and Alternative Sustainabilities

Ebola is striking once again, this time in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A few years after the 2014-2015 Ebola crisis, has the world learnt its lessons? Are we better prepared? Come and join the debate!

Evening seminar on the current situation in Nicaragua.

Language: Norwegian

Welcome to our open summer meeting! This year, China expert Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr from the University of Bergen will give a talk on Xi Jinping's recent ascension to potential lifelong leadership in China. Gåsemyr's talk will be followed by a panel discussion on the impact and development of the #MeToo movement in Asia, with a regional focus on China, India and Japan. With us in the panel are Ragnhild Sofie Selstø, journalist and MA graduate (Chinese Society and Politics, UiO), Moumita Sen, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (UiO) and Elizaveta Zyrenkova, MA student (Modern Japan, UiO). We also announce the winner of this year's "Best MA-thesis on an Asian topic". And, we serve drinks and refreshments.