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Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Servie Professor, Andrew Abbott, from The University of Chicago, gives this year's Vilhelm Aubert Memorial Lecture at the University of Oslo June 4.

We are pleased to invite you to this Cities & Society seminar.

Karen A. Franck, Professor in the College of Architecture and Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, is visiting Cities and Society.  She will give a talk titled: Is This Space Public? How Do You Know?

Andreas Eriksen presents the paper 'The Accountability of Independent Agencies' on 28 May 2019 at ARENA.

In collaboration Consortium for Research on Terrorism and International Crime, C-REX invites to a lecture with Dr. Joel Busher from Coventry University, on the internal brakes of violent escalation.

Markus Patberg presents the paper 'Constituent Power in the European Union: A Critique of Regional Cosmopolitanism' on 14 May 2019 at ARENA. 

Is educational success already determined at birth?

What is the role of the students and employees at the University when it comes to transformations to sustainability in society? What are the skills and competencies students need to navigate change and influence their future? Can there be such a thing as transformative universities?

Limited number of places left.

This PhD project presents three studies on the factors behind participation in the European framework programme, Horizon 2020. It does so by addressing different and so-far uncharted aspects of participation, focusing on the research organization and the project level.

In March 2019, TIK is co-organizing a conference at Karlstad University, Sweden. TIK’s own Professor Olav Wicken will hold key-note speech number 1, and Postdoc Julia Szulecka will be chairing a workshop.

Please note the time of the seminar: 8:45 am.

The Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK) celebrates its 20th anniversary on March 20th, 2019. We invite all of our friends, staff, students, alumni and stakeholders to an anniversary conference at the University of Oslo.

Eva Heims will present the paper 'Same, same, but different: Regulatory Expertise and the Differentiated Application of EU Law by National Regulators' on 19 March at ARENA.

You are invited to join us for a talk with Steve Waddell on deep and systemic transformations. Starting out from the example of changing approaches to marriage equality in the US, the aim of the seminar is to advance the development of the concept of “transformations systems” and to initiate a discussion about possible collaborative actions in this inter-disciplinary, action-oriented research work.

How do you view the possibilities for a sustainable future? What is the role of hope in activating actions for sustainability?  What is the difference between optimism, pessimism and realism?  

Craig Parsons presents the paper 'Polanyian Muscles in Hayekian Brussels: The European Union’s Economic Authority in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective' on 26 February 2019 at ARENA.