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  • Tore Wig receives the Fridtjof Nansen award for younger researchers

    "It is very significant for me to receive an award in Fridtjof Nansen's name, especially in these times with brutal wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and serious threats to democracy internationally", says Professor Tore Wig from the Department of Political Science. He receives this year's Fridtjof Nansen Award for Younger Researchers in the category of Humanities and Social Sciences.

  • Will the USA’s first climate legislation produce green results?

    President Biden is seeking to entice Americans into adopting a green economy by offering subsidies and tax benefits. However, political ideology could stand in the way of America's first climate bill having the effects that Biden is seeking.

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  • Dag Harald Claes awarded project through the new Academia agreement Mar. 15, 2024

    Claes leads a project that will investigate the conflict of interest between energy markets and energy politics. It is one of nine projects at the University of Oslo funded through the new Academia Agreement between the university and Equinor.

  • Tore Wig receives the Fridtjof Nansen award for younger researchers Mar. 13, 2024

    "It is very significant for me to receive an award in Fridtjof Nansen's name, especially in these times with brutal wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and serious threats to democracy internationally", says Professor Tore Wig from the Department of Political Science. He receives this year's Fridtjof Nansen Award for Younger Researchers in the category of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Events

12:15 PM, Room 750, Eilert Sundts hus

Morality in the Narrative Policy Framework: The Case of Climate Change

12:15 PM, Eilert Sundts hus, room 750

Origins and consequences of policy complexity in the European Union

Blindern Campus, University of Oslo

University of Oslo and EITM Europe are inviting PhD-students and junior faculty to our 2024 Summer Institute «The Foundations of Representative Democracy and its Challenges».

Blindern Campus, University of Oslo

University of Oslo and EITM Europe are inviting PhD-students and junior faculty to our 2024 Summer Institute «The Foundations of Representative Democracy and its Challenges».

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C-REX Center for Research on Extremism

A cross-disciplinary center for the study of right-wing extremism, hate crime and political violence.

Publications

  • Paperback edition: Social Democracy in the 21st Century (2024) Brandal, Nikolai; Bratberg, Øivind & Thorsen, Dag Einar
  • Kommer ingen vei om alle som taper får vetorett på klimatiltak (2024) Tørstad, Vegard Heggelund & Hovi, Jon
  • Do green parties in government benefit from natural catastrophes? How wildfires are linked to voting (2024) Kronborg, Anton Mynster; Hedegaard, Frederik; Klindt, Isak & Vandeweerdt, Clara

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