Visiting address
Eilert Sundts hus
4th floor (map)
Moltke Moesvei 31
0851
OSLO
Norway
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The Eilert Sundt lecture
Eilert Sundt (1817 -1875) is considered to be the first social scientist in Norway. The first Eilert Sundt Lecture was arranged in 1993, the same year as the facultys 20th anniversary.
Previous
Time and place:
Oct. 16, 2018 2:15 PM–4:30 PM,
Aud 1, Eilert Sundts hus
The DNA revolution has made it possible to use DNA to predict at birth who we will become. This will transform psychology, society and how we understand ourselves, according to professor Robert Plomin.
Time and place:
Nov. 28, 2017 2:15 PM–4:00 PM,
Aud 1, Eilert Sundts hus
How pessimistic are we allowed to be about the nature and the exercise of reason? Professor Pascal Engel will talk about the conditions of reason’s resistance, including in the public domain, in his lecture.
Time and place:
Nov. 21, 2017 2:15 PM–4:00 PM,
Aud 1, Eilert Sundts hus
Is our privacy threatened by social media? Are we losing the ability to concentrate? Daniel Miller is a Professor in Anthropology at the University College London (UCL) and will present the findings from his Project "Why We Post".
Time and place:
Sep. 19, 2017 2:15 PM–4:00 PM,
Aud 1, Eilert Sundts hus
The number of American families living on $2.00 per person, per day, has skyrocketed to one and a half million American households, including about three million children. Where do these families live? How did they get so desperately poor? And what do they do to survive?