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What makes some Muslim men living in Norway become radicalized and others not? There is no simple answer, according to Uzair Ahmed's Ph.D. dissertation, for which he is awarded the King's Gold Medal. Keywords like exclusion, poor economy, racism, crime, and religion are, however, part of the explanation.

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.

Selma Forfod Yssen was granted the award for innovative master's thesis at this year's Winter Seminar in social geography.