– The researchers at TIK have managed to demonstrate how collaboration across disciplines can contribute to generating new ideas and methods that are extremely important, especially in research on major societal issues, says Vice-Rector at the University of Oslo, Mette Halskov Hansen.
Magnus Gulbrandsen at TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture receives 7.6 million NOK from the Research Council of Norway to investigate how research in the health sector is utilized.
Professor Timothy Mitchell at University of Colombia delivered "The big lecture" in a packed Auditorium 1. He painted with broad strokes the line of action from the economy and growth to the climate catastrophe in this year’s Eilert Sundt lecture.
On 6 November, Postdoctoral Fellow at TIK Knut Jørgen Vie will give a talk titled "Denial and forgetfulness: The history and social practices of research ethics".
Professor at TIK Susanne Bauer and Associate Professor at the Department of Culture and Oriental Languages Ursula Münster are convening an interdisciplinary PhD course introducing participants to the environmental humanities of soils at NIBIO Svanhovd Conference Centre 12 - 16 August 2024.
Bård Lahn, Postdoctoral Fellow at TIK, has been interviewed by The Guardian.
Last year TIK was awarded one of UiO's certificates, which is an addition to bachelor's education. Now students can apply for admission to both The Innovation Certificate and our brand new bachelor's course TIK2000 - Innovation and Society.
Read the special issue “Extractions: Data Infrastructures and the Public Good“ here.
How can we manage the complex relationship between the need for extensive societal transformation and increased pressure on limited natural resources? This pressing dilemma will be one of the main questions at a large international conference TIK is organizing on campus from June 17-19.
The seminar on 17 June 2024 is part of the Belgian economic mission's Academic events series, and will be followed by an Introduction to key actors and activities in the Oslo Science City Innovation District. Program and registration below:
On 13 March Fulvio Castellacci, Professor at TIK, will give a seminar at Statistics Norway on whether Entrepreneurial State policies can contribute to address and reduce income inequalities.
– My work investigates how people know what they know and why they do what they do, says professor at UC Berkeley, Marion Fourcade. 2 September she will come to Oslo to be appointed honorary doctor at The University of Oslo (UiO).
