News from TIK

Hilde Reinertsen and Kristin Asdal have published a paper in a special issue of Arr - the Norwegian history of ideas journal focused on the ocean.

The Little Tools project invites submissions for a panel they are organising at the next 4S Conference in August.

Submissions welcome for Kristin Asdal and Maximilian Fochler's panel on the entanglement of valuation and knowledge practices!

Kristin Asdal and Marte Mangset have written a blog post for the website Sociology Lens. They present their work on the inner working of the State.

Our newest blog post describes how the OSIRIS team has tested a new method for mapping the use of research by practitioners and policymakers in the public sector.

OSIRIS is happy to announce two new members of the research team: Postdoctoral fellow Trust Saidi (TIK) and Ph.D candidate Derry Keohane (MIoIR).

On November 5-6th in Vienna, OSIRIS researchers Kate Barker and Maria Karaulova presented their paper on the user dimension of scientific impact.

On October 31st, the Science Studies Colloquium Series organised a panel on Responsible Research in the Life Sciences at Oslo Litteraturhuset. Anne Kveim Lie (Institute of Health and Society) and Kristin Asdal (TIK) chaired the discussion. 

Presentations of the ongoing OSIRIS case studies and other empirical work are now available online.

The Little Tools team was lucky to receive two visitors this fall.

Kristin Asdal is one of the speakers at Arctic Day 2018 on 31 October 2018.

Researcher Gry Cecilie Høiland will defend her thesis «Frontline policy implementation in public organizations. A sociological analysis of the ‘how and why’ of implementation gaps» on November 1st.

OSIRIS is happy to welcome two new team members: Postdoctoral fellow Silje M. Tellmann and researcher Gry C. Høiland

On September 10-11th, the OSIRIS consortium gathered in Valencia to discuss preliminary results and progress, and welcome new team members.

The first paper in the new working paper series is titled "From Commodification to Co-modification", written by Professor Kristin Asdal, leader of the Little Tools project.

Students, researchers and practicioners from all over Europe contributed to a successful EU-SPRI Summer School on the science system in the 21st century.

Taking the case of the Norwegian petroleum industry as its vantage point, this book discusses the question of industrial transformations in resource-based industries.

Public R&D funding schemes are costly. In their new blog post, OSIRIS researchers at Statistics Norway show how such schemes affect norwegian firms.

- This trip has given me great opportunities to learn about international research on energy consumption and car use, and to present my own work within energy, transportation and sustainability transitions. I will continue to work towards a publication of the paper I presented. I am grateful for the funding and opportunities provided by UiO: Energy says Elisabeth M.C. Svennevik.

In May 2018 Kristin Asdal participated in a panel discussion arranged by "Historiekollektivet". The discussion is now available as podcast (in Norwegian).

OSIRIS researchers at Statistics Norway have published a discussion paper analyzing the impact of all major sources of direct and indirect R&D subsidies to industries in Norway during the period 2002-2013.

The OISRIS blog welcomes a new author: MA student Grischa Fraumann, who has written a thesis about altmetrics and research funding.

In mid-September, the TIK Centre will host the EU-SPRI summer school aimed at PhD candidates, early stage researchers and Science policy practitioners from the public sector and consultancies. This course will focus on the science system in the 21^st century.

This week, several OSIRIS team members are attending EU-SPRI 2018: Governance and relevance: Towards a new generation of research and innovation policies.