Eilert Sundt-forelesningen

The deep foundations of global order are under severe strain. Great power competition has returned with a vengeance, as China and Russia have stepped forward to contest the Western-led liberal international order.

Ordinary people in the post-Soviet space have for years fund themselves caught in an information competition over both their geopolitical belonging and memories of their own pasts. This was the topic for Professor Kristin M. Bakke when she gave the Eilert Sundt lecture 2022. 

How does the rising discontent affect political behaviour in the EU?  And how do people from the so-called "places that don't matter" -  vent their anger against the system at the ballot box?   

The DNA revolution has made it possible to use DNA to predict at birth who we will become. This will transform psychology, society and how we understand ourselves, according to professor Robert Plomin.

How pessimistic are we allowed to be about the nature and the exercise of reason? Professor Pascal Engel talked about the conditions of reason's resistance, including in the public domain, in his lecture.

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Based on his own research and that of others, Edward Miguel discussed how extreme climate changes impact the economy.

The number of American families living on $2.00 per person, per day, has skyrocketed to one and a half million American households, including about three million children. Where do these families live? How did they get so desperately poor? And what do they do to survive?

Vi feiret 200-årsjubileet til mannen som har gitt navnet til Eilert Sundts hus, som rommer de flest av fagene ved Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet. Våre fremste Sundt-kjennere ga faglige smakebiter på Sundts betydning før og nå.

Good childhoods are the foundation for a good life and thus an incredibly important societal investment, according to psychology professor Terrie Moffitt.

The Eilert Sundt Lecture 2016: Gastón Gordillo, University of British Colombia.

Professor Kathleen M. Blee spoke about ten common misconceptions about racial extremists, and how better understandings can help stop the spread of this ideology.