Research
If we are to solve the many challenges facing the world, we need strong research communities covering a wide range of areas.
What we do
UiO is a highly ranked university in Europe and around the world. Our researchers contribute to the work for climate, environment, and sustainability both nationally and internationally.
We work with offshore wind, batteries, solar cells, hydrogen, consumption, climate psychology, climate law, climate philosophy, fair transition, as well as climate and health – and much more.
Excellent research
Climate, environment, and sustainability are topics for several of UiO’s many excellent research centres.
The research must be innovative and have the potential to produce results that help push the international research front forward.
Centre for Global Sustainability
The Centre for Global Sustainability connects researchers across disciplinary fields to help build a sustainable and just future.
At the centre, strong academic communities at UiO collaborate, both among themselves and with external partners.
Our ambitions
The higher education sector has an important social responsibility when it comes to finding good solutions to climate, environment, and sustainability challenges. The University of Oslo will be at the forefront of this work and be a role model for other institutions as well as for society in general.
Among other things, we will:
- Experiment with new models to bring researchers together across disciplinary and faculty boundaries.
- Reduce barriers when announcing interdisciplinary and cross-faculty positions.
- Strengthen opportunities for PhD students to conduct multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research.
- Further develop interdisciplinary initiatives and link research more closely to teaching within the fields of climate and the environment.
- Build on high-quality disciplinary research when further developing interdisciplinary initiatives and linking research more closely to teaching within the fields of climate and the environment.