Studies
Master's degree programmes offered in English
Research
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Idea work: 18 experts on the high seas
Environmental scientists, campaigners, and shipping experts embark on a sailing ship and set out on the open sea for three days. Will they be able to figure out how shipping can contribute to a more sustainable future before they return?
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If you enjoy being single, you also have a better sex life
If you're single and thriving without a steady partner, you have a much better sex life than singles who long for a committed relationship, according to a new study.
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Election in India: Populist Modi seem to win for the third time
There is an election in India, which, with its over 1.3 billion inhabitants, is the most populous country in the world. Many indications suggest that the incumbent Prime Minister Modi – also known as India's Trump – will be reelected. Why is that? And what is at stake?
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What do we really know about those governing us?
With a new database researchers can for the first time guess what government members from around the world are up to. It turns out, among other things, that women have far better access to positions of power in democratic countries than dictatorships.
Departments and centres
Other units
- C-REX - Center for Research on Extremism
- ESOP Centre of Equality, Social Organization, and Performance
- UiO Energy
- INTRANSIT
- OSIRIS - Oslo Institute for Research on the Impact of Science
- LCBC - Centre for Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition
- RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion
- PROMENTA
News
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New EU projects to the Faculty of Social Sciences June 18, 2024
Yves Steinebach at the Department of Political Science and Ines Wagner at ARENA have received prestigious EU funding to investigate public administration and the digital and green transition.
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Idea work: 18 experts on the high seas June 12, 2024
Environmental scientists, campaigners, and shipping experts embark on a sailing ship and set out on the open sea for three days. Will they be able to figure out how shipping can contribute to a more sustainable future before they return?
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Fourth prestigious ERC grant to SV faculty June 4, 2024
Andrea Joslyn Nightingale from The department of sociology and human geography has received an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council. This is the fourth prestigious Advanced Grant to The faculty of social sciences and accounts for four of UiO's five grants this year.
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Department of Political Science hosted meeting of international research network on executive triangle May 2, 2024
A large international research network had its first in-person meeting of all working groups in Oslo with more than 90 online and in-person participants. This network studies political executives, senior-level bureaucrats, and political advisers in Europe and beyond.
