Events

The Oil & Society Network welcomes everybody to an open seminar about the geopolitics of oil in turbulent times, with a particular focus on the current situation in the Middle East.

In this lunch seminar, Peter Newell will present his new book, States of Transition, and we will discuss different aspects of it.

Velkommen til en panelsamtale og diskusjon om olje og Venezuela i lys av USAs angrep og den geopolitiske situasjonen.

The Oil & Society network is happy to announce a visit from the University of Stavanger's research collective Ghosts of Empire in the North Sea. Three researchers will present their work on the North Sea as a space of infrastructure, imperial legacies and frontier-making.

Welcome to a new network gathering of the Oil & Society research network. This time, two UiO researchers will present ongoing work on the Norwegian oil encounter: The decommissioning of oil platforms and other structures in the North Sea, and the representation of bodily encounters with oil in Norwegian literature and theatre.

Welcome to a seminar with Professor Bradon Ellem (University of Sydney) on the politics of union organising and climate change in the Australian offshore gas industry.

How does finance and oil mix? This is the topic of the next gathering of the Oil & Society research network.

The Oil and Society research network welcomes all staff and students to a presentation with professor Gavin Bridge (Durham University). Professor Bridge will present ongoing work (with James Marriott) under the heading "What now for the UK oil complex?"

Welcome to this year's first gathering of the Oil & Society research network, which will focus on carbon capture and storage (CCS).