University of Oslo

The list below gives an overview of PhD courses organized by the Faculty of Educational Sciences and the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Oslo.

For more information, please visit the Faculties own website:

- Faculty of Educational Sciences

- Faculty of Social Sciences

Ongoing

Dokuprax: Dokumentanalyse og dokumentarbeid i demokrati, politikk og byråkrati

Time and place: Nov. 2, 2026 9:00 AM–Nov. 6, 2026 4:00 PM, HF-12, Niels Treschows hus, Campus Blindern

Credits: 5 ECTS
Lecturers: Kristin Asdal (TIK, UiO), Hilde Reinertsen (ILN, UiO)

Upcoming

Contemporary Social Theory

Time and place: Nov. 30, 2026–Dec. 3, 2026, Room 301, Harriet Holters Building

Credits: 5 ECTS

Application deadline: 12th October 2026

Time and place: Jan. 11, 2027 9:00 AM–Jan. 15, 2027 3:00 PM, University of Oslo

Credits: 7 ECTS

Course convenor: Jeffrey Checkel

Deadline: November 1st 2026 Apply for the course

Time and place: Sep. 3, 2026 1:45 PM–Sep. 4, 2026 4:30 PM, Auditorium 2, Domus Juridica, Kristian Augusts gt. 17, 0164 Oslo

Credits: 1 ECTS

Application deadline: 30 May 2026

Time and place: Aug. 31, 2026–Sep. 3, 2026, Room 301, Harriet Holters Building

Credits: 5 ECTS

Application deadline: 10th June 2026

Time and place: Aug. 13, 2026 9:00 AM–Aug. 19, 2026 4:00 PM, Oslo, Norway

Credits: 5 ECTS

Application deadline: 20 April 2026

Time and place: June 22, 2026–June 26, 2026, Svanhovd, Pasvik (North Norway)

Credits: 5 ECTS

Application deadline: 1 April 2026

Writing and Method

Time and place: May 4, 2026 10:00 AM–May 5, 2026 3:00 PM, Meeting room 929, Eilert Sundts hus

Credits: 1 ECTS

Course teacher: Rebekah Ciribassi and Alessandro Rippa

Application deadline: 1 March 2026

Time and place: Apr. 20, 2026 9:00 AM–Apr. 22, 2026 5:00 PM, Centre Universitaire de Norvège à Paris

Credits: 4 ECTS
Lecturers: Kristin Asdal (TIK, UiO), Helge Jordheim (GLOBE, UiO)

Time and place: Apr. 13, 2026–Apr. 16, 2026, Room 301, Harriet Holters Building

Credits: 5 ECTS

Time and place: Mar. 24, 2026–Apr. 29, 2026, University of Oslo, Helga Engs hus

Course leader: Ingvill Rasmussen

Course teachers: Monika Nerland, Anniken Furberg

Course credits: 3 pts. (ECTS)

Course website

Time and place: Mar. 23, 2026–Mar. 27, 2026, University of Oslo, Helga Engs hus, Rom 231

Course leader: Arne Ola Lervåg

Course teacher: Lei Wang

Course credits: 5 pts. (ECTS)

Course website

Learning science research in the AI age

Time and place: Mar. 9, 2026–Mar. 11, 2026, University of Oslo, Helga Engs hus, Room 231

Course teachers: Sten Ludvigsen, Ingvill Rasmussen, Anders Mørch and invited guest lecturers.

Course credits: 3 pts. (ECTS)

Course website

Time: Jan. 29, 2026

Course leader: Trude Lappegård is a professor at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography

Lecturer: Solveig Topstad Borgen is post-doc at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography.

Lecturer: Laavanya Kathiravelu is a professor at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography.

Credits: 5 ECTS

Dates: 29.01., 08-09.04., 11.05.

Time and place: Dec. 3, 2025 9:00 AM–Dec. 5, 2025 4:00 PM, ES-B Arrangementrom 1204

5 ECTS

Course convenor: Maka Suarez

Application deadline: 1 October 2025

Writing and Method

Time and place: Nov. 6, 2025 10:15 AM–Nov. 7, 2025 3:00 PM, Meeting room 929, Eilert Sundts hus

Credits: 1 ECTS

Course teacher: Charline Kopf

Application deadline: 1 October 2025

Time and place: Nov. 3, 2025 9:00 AM–Nov. 7, 2025 4:00 PM, HF-12, Niels Treschows hus, Campus Blindern

Credits: 5 ECTS
Lecturers: Kristin Asdal (TIK, UiO), Hilde Reinertsen (ILOS, UiO)

Time and place: Sep. 10, 2025 9:15 AM–Oct. 29, 2025 12:00 PM, Room 231, Helga Engs building

Course responsible: Joshua Lawrence

Course credits: 3 (ECTS)

Course website

For information regarding schedule and application, see the course semester page.

Application deadline: 18 August, 2025.

Political Philosophy of Education

Time and place: Sep. 3, 2025–Sep. 4, 2025, University of Oslo, Helga Engs hus, Room 231

Course leader: Torill Strand

Course teacher: Ole Andreas Kvamme

Guest lecturers: Marianna Papastephanou, University of Cyprus, Claudia Schumann, Södertörn University

Course credits: 3 pts. (ECTS)

Course website

Time and place: Sep. 2, 2025 9:00 AM–Sep. 5, 2025 3:30 PM, Room 232, Helga Eng's building

Course responsible: Monica Melby-Lervåg

Course credits: 3 (ECTS)

Course website

For information regarding schedule and application, see the course semester page.

Application deadline: 11 August, 2025.

Innovation, Welfare and Policy: The case of automation and AI technologies

Time and place: May 22, 2025 9:00 AM–May 28, 2025 4:00 PM, University of Oslo & online

Credits: 8 ECTS

Case Study Research Methods

Time and place: May 19, 2025–May 23, 2025, University of Oslo, Harriet Holters hus, room 120

ECTS: 7

Time and place: May 19, 2025–May 21, 2025, Room 301, Harriet Holters Building

Course leaders:

Professor Katrine Fangen, Director of UiO:Democracy, University of Oslo

Professor Daphne Halikiopoulou, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of York.

Credits: 5 ECTS

Advanced statistical methods

Time and place: May 5, 2025–June 3, 2025, Room 301, Harriet Holters Building

Credits: 5 ECTS

Dates: 5-6., 12-13., 22-23.05., 2-3.06.2025

Time and place: Mar. 17, 2025–Mar. 21, 2025, University of Oslo, Helga Engs hus, Rom 231

Responsible: Arne Ola Lervåg

Course credits: 5 pts. (ECTS)

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