Guest lectures and seminars

In this final seminar, Torjus Solheim Eckhoff will present the draft of his PhD thesis titled “The Promises of a Computerised State – A History of the Norwegian Public Administration.”

Lecture by Professor Heleen de Coninck, Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology.

The historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz (Research director at CNRS, French National Center for Scientific Research, Paris) will present his research when he visits the TIK Centre for technology, innovation and culture on 1 June. 

The research project FUNGATERIA – Bringing mycelium-based materials into an ‘Engineered Living Material' (ELM) context is hosting a workshop exploring the new ecological, economic and labour relations brought about by the role of microbes in up-and-coming bioeconomies. 

In this final seminar, Silje Marie Svartefoss will present the draft of her PhD thesis titled “Governments and mission-oriented innovation policy: Friends or foes?”.

In this final seminar, Elisabeth Fosseli Olsen will present the draft of her PhD thesis titled “Promises of doing good: Early-stage investing and the financialisation of development in Silicon Bongo".

In this final seminar, Martin Svingen Refseth will present the draft of his PhD thesis titled “Ordering like a Welfare State: Urban Planning, Politics and Administration in Kalaallit Nunaat from the “New Order” to Home Rule”.

Seminar by Associate Professor Johan Christensen, Institute of Public Administration, Leiden University.

Daniela Sant'Ana is a PhD candidate at the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture. This seminar marks her midway evaluation. 

Professor Maximilian Fochler (University of Viennna and TIK Centre) visits TIK in September, and will on this occasion give a talk on science and socio-environmental challenges. The talk will be followed by a discussion.

Torjus Solheim Eckhoff is a PhD candidate at the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture. This seminar marks his midway evaluation. 

Rakesh Paul is a PhD candidate at the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture. This seminar marks his midway evaluation. 

In this final seminar, Tanja Knaus will present the draft of her PhD thesis.

Tokhir Pallaev is a PhD candidate at the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture. This seminar marks his midway evaluation. 

In this final seminar, Benjamin Donald Smith will present the draft of his PhD thesis.

In this final seminar, Marie Stilling will present the draft of her PhD thesis titled “Cultivating weeds”.

Elisabeth Fosseli Olsen is a PhD candidate at TIK Centre for technology, innovation and culture. This seminar marks her midway evaluation. 

On 13 February, Dr. Brice Laurent (CSI, Mines Paris PSL) will give a guest lecture on the occasion of his visit to the TIK Centre. The lecture is open, and should be of interest to anyone in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS).

Philip Roscoe (University of St Andrews) visits TIK for a seminar charting the structural, technological and social changes that gave rise to the finance we know today, and to ask how critical social scientists are to confront the likes of Elon Musk. 

In this final seminar, Stine Engen will present the draft of her PhD thesis titled “On green finance and the turning of climate change into climate risk”.

In this final seminar, Jørgen Finstad will present the draft of his PhD thesis titled “Exploring multi-sector dynamics of lumpy decarbonization technologies: The case of Carbon Capture in Norway”.

Chantale Tippett is a PhD candidate at the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture. This seminar marks her midway evaluation.