Previous events - Page 14
M.Chiro Maria Torheim Bjelkar?y at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Pain, mortality and health-related quality of life in Norwegian older adults with long-term use of opioids, benzodiazepines and z-hypnotics” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. Engelke Marie Randers at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Surgical treatment of sacroiliac joint pain” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Ragnar ?vergaard Aas at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History defended his dissertation Bound by solidarity: Norwegian activists and Chilean exiles against the junta, 1973-1990 for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).
Master Peder Valle at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas defended his dissertation So Different, So Appealing: Mediations of Modern Design Culture in the 1963 Norwegian Industrial Design Exhibition at the Oslo Museum of Applied Art for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).
Department seminar. Sebastian Seitz is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester. He will present the paper "Estimating the Moral Hazard Cost of Private Disability Insurance and its Welfare Consequences."
Dr. Gross is currently Senior Scientist and Interim Head of the Epigenetics & Neurobiology Unit of EMBL in Rome, Italy. The title of his talk is: "How does context and experience shape social fear circuits?".
Hannah Landecker (UCLA) will give a talk for the Science Studies Colloquium Series.
NB! Please note that this event is on a Monday.
Three workshops will be organized for potential applicants to new convergence environments. At least one person from each project must attend one workshop in order to apply.
MD Astrid Helene Ytrehus J?rgensen at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Hearing loss and work participation: A longitudinal population study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Mustafa Akay at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies defended his dissertation Grasping Knowledge of the Whole World for the degree philosophiae doctor (PhD).
Master Espen Woldsengen Haugom at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Shared decision making in mental health care: a mixed method study of extent, associated factors, and experiences among patients with psychotic disorders and health professionals” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Eira Kathleen Ebbs at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History defended her dissertation A Culture of Pain? Old Norse Society c. 1100–1300 for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).
Master in Philosophy and History of Ideas B?rd Hob?k will be defending his dissertation "Efficient fish. Controversies and problematizations of feed in Norwegian salmon farming, 1970-2000"
Cand.med. Morten Eikrem at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Distal Radius Fractures: New Surgical Treatment and Patient Injury Compensation” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
M.Sc. Cathrine Goberg Olsen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Genetic epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Naveed Baig at the Faculty of Theology will be defending the thesis "The cure is in the pain – experiences of hospitalized Muslim patients during the Covid-19 Pandemic," for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).
Three workshops will be organized for potential applicants to new convergence environments. At least one person from each project must attend one workshop in order to apply.
Professor Sif Ríkhar?sdóttir and professor Haki Antonsson
In this final seminar, J?rgen Finstad will present the draft of his PhD thesis titled “Exploring multi-sector dynamics of lumpy decarbonization technologies: The case of Carbon Capture in Norway”.
Master Iselin Stensdal at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies defended her dissertation Institutional dynamics and power in the local state: Shanghai’s climate-policy processes for the degree philosophiae doctor (PhD).
Helene Kn?velsrud, Associate Professor in the Division of Biochemistry at UiO, will present her work on "When should you stop eating yourself? Or how is autophagy terminated?"
MD Anamaria Gheorghiu at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Association of lifestyle, anthropometric and metabolic factors with risk for primary central nervous system tumors” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Cand.med. J?rgen Joakim J?rgensen at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Disaster preparedness as part of a trauma system - preparing for the unexpected” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Master Marthe Dalevoll Macedo at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Second-degree perineal tears - Classification, risk factors, and consequences” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).
Department seminar. Kjetil Storesletten is a Professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota and an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo. He will present the paper "Tax and Transfer Progressivity at the U.S. State Level" (joint with Johannes Fleck, Jonathan Heathcote, and Gianluca Violante).