Previous events

C-REX and the ECPR Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy are thrilled to present the 4th edition of its Summer School focusing on the study of the far–right in its radical, populist, and extremist manifestations. The programme is crafted to deepen your understanding of the theoretical, empirical, and methodological frameworks that underpin contemporary far-right politics.

Welcome to the 6th Nordic Conference on Violent Extremism, organized by Center for Research on Extremism, University of Oslo, June 17-19, 2024.

University of Oslo and EITM Europe are inviting PhD-students and junior faculty to our 2024 Summer Institute «The Foundations of Representative Democracy and its Challenges».

Bureaucratic Overload and Policy Triage: Evidence from the Introduction of the Acid Rain Program in the United States

The ongoing Young CAS project on Democracy's Reach in India is organizing a series of workshops on Indian politics.

Origins and consequences of policy complexity in the European Union

with Dr. Ashton Kingdon

Prof. Brian Blankenship will present his working paper, entitled "Defense Burden-Sharing and Support for Nuclear Proliferation in NATO Countries: Evidence from an Elite Survey". Prof. Tongfi Kim will discuss the paper.

with Dr. Robert Topinka, University of London

To mark the end of the multi-year SAMEVAL project funded by the Research Council Norway, which has funded the Comparative Institutions and Regimes (CIR) seminar and workshop series at the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo, we invite you to the 2024 CIR Conference on Comparative Politics.  

The conference takes place at Professorboligen, by UiO’s Law Faculty in downtown Oslo. Each presenter is given 20-25 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for the discussant and a 10-15 minute Q&A session.  

Moralization in policy narratives: insights from the politics of climate change and epidemic containment

with Antonis Ellinas, University of Cyprus

Organisational determinants of research use in policy making – a configurational approach

with Pietro Castelli Gattinara and Iris Beau Segers

The Emergence of Audience-Driven Reputational Niches: The Case of Regulating Stem Cell Therapies by the U.S. FDA

Jim Stokes, NATO Director of Nuclear Policy will discuss the role of nuclear deterrence and recent changes and challenges to the NATO nuclear mission.

with Dr. Valentine Crosset, University of Geneva, and Jennifer West, American University Washington

with Celestine Kunkeler, Catherine Tebaldi, Meili Criezis and Chelsea Daymon

Title: To be announced

Title of the presentation: To Nip it in the Bud: Democratization and Institutional Safeguards against Redistribution

Title: To be announced

Dr. Tong ZHAO will present his Carnegie report titled "Deciphering the Evolution of China’s Nuclear Strategy: Questioning the Assumption of Policy Coherence”.

Lecturer: Chenchen Zhang, Durham University

Title: To be announced