About the group
Oslo Political Theory (OPT) is a research group that works within political theory. A large part of the group’s research is in normative political theory, and consequently seeks to answer some of the normative questions to which politics give rise. However, the group’s research is not limited to the normative, and the group is also interested in conceptual, epistemological, and ontological questions. The research group has a broad area of interest, but currently focuses on the following themes:
- Democracy and institutional legitimacy
- Distributive justice
- Social freedom
The group leader is Jonathan William Kuyper
Seminars
The group organises a regular research seminar. Past guests have been Shai Agmon (Oxford), Udit Bhatia (York), Eva Erman (Stocholm), Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus), Karl Pike (Queen Mary London), Jonathan White (LSE), Suzanne Whitten (Queen's Belfast), and Michael Zürn (WZB).
Our next seminar is with Leah Downey from the University of Cambridge.
These seminars are open to everyone. If you would like to receive further information, please sign up to our email list (Link will be added later). Questions about the seminar can be sent to Hallvard Sandven.