Arrangementer - Side 4

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.

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

This roundtable will explore the role of the SDGs as a framework to promote policymaking related to development in Malawi.

The South Asia across the Nordic Region (SANR) annual meeting 2018 will be held in Oslo on 5 and 6 June

Seminar with Arturo López-Levy, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (USA). The seminar will be in the form of a conversation with Vegard Bye, who is submitting his dr. philos. thesis in political science on transformations in Cuba in May 2018. Organized by OsloMet, with economic support from NorLARNet.

See announcement.

How does climate interact with existing vulnerabilities and risks? To what extent can we attribute migration and displacement to climate change?

Screening of documentary (in Spanish with English subtitles) by Margarita Cadenas, after and introductory talk (in English) with Masaya Llavaneras Blanco, Balsillie School of International Affairs (Canada), and Antulio Rosales and Benedicte Bull from the University of Oslo, and others to be announced. Organized by The Oslo Documentary Cinema and NorLARNet.

See the full announcement at Oslo Documentary Cinema.

Noen har kommet på den tanken å lese et knippe rapporter grundigere enn de noen gang har blitt lest! Hva fant de ut?

Master i samfunnsgeografi Ulrikke Bryn Wethal vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d. (philosophiae doctor) ved Institutt for sosiologi og samfunnsgeografi.

When China Builds Africa. Linking construction projects and economic development in Mozambique

Join us for the screening of Pili, a feature length drama set in rural Tanzania reflecting the life a poor, HIV-positive single mother of two children. The film will be followed by a Q&A with Dr Sophie Harman, producer of the film and researcher in International Relations/Global Health (QMUL).