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Although ubiquitous globally, psychotic disorders show strong social gradients by both individual attributes and geographical region, established via ground-breaking psychiatric epidemiology beginning in the U.S. and subsequently exported to Europe and beyond. Despite almost a century of research on this topic, persistent inequalities in the risk of psychotic disorders by both person and place remain, with potentially vital implications for etiology, public health and service provision.

In this final seminar Sveinung Grimsby will present his thesis titled: How does the Norwegian food industry act during innovation processes? 

Mapping the heterogeneity of responses to potential trauma.

In this breakfast seminar in the Cities and Societies series, Professor Harald Rohracher from Linköping University will give a presentation based upon  material from three Swedish cities which have set up ‘smart city’ experiments and pilot projects.

How does architecture contribute to the production of truly public spaces in the city today? What types of knowledge are needed, and are today's planning and decision-making processes suited for the design of socially inclusive public spaces in the city? Whose city is it really?

Jens Richter from Estudio Herreros will give the introductory talk to this Cities and Society seminar, followed by a panel discussion with invited architects and urban scholars.

Professor Lars Frers from the University of South-Eastern Norway will present his work on multi-sensory methods in social science and humanities.

Simona Piattoni presents the paper 'Convergence towards a single economic model? Italy and Germany in the interconnected euro system' on 18 February at ARENA. 

Richard Bellamy presents the paper 'Differentiated integration as a fair scheme of cooperation' on 11 February at ARENA. 

Professor Martin Kenney, UC Davis will present his work on "Platform-Dependent Entrepreneurs: Power Asymmetries, Risks, and Strategies in the Platform Economy"

Welcome to Alina Kontareva's PhD Midway Seminar: National Markets in a World of Global Platform Giants

Opportunities and challenges for research into the social determinants of health and health disparities

This workshop is concerned with processes of restraint at micro-, meso- and macro-levels, and will be published as a special issue.

In this final seminar Marie B. Lindberg will present her thesis on decarbonization pathways and system reconfiguration of the European electricity sector.

Norsk narkotikapolitikk er i radikal endring. Bruk og besittelse av narkotika blir snart avkriminalisert. De såkalte «brukerorganisasjonene», som består av folk med egne erfaringer med skadelig rusbruk, spiller en stadig viktigere rolle i denne prosessen. PROMENTA-partnerne ved Institutt for sosiologi og samfunnsgeografi belyser dette, blant annet med basis i teori om såkalte «lay experts» og deres rolle i politikkutviklingen.