Events in 2011

Presentation of preliminary results and work in progress from the SUM MEDIC project.

In this seasons first "Lenge LEVE lunsj seminar", Mariel Støen will present "Transnational lives - transnational landscapes? Understanding the links between international migration and the environment."

The LEVE research group Maternal Health within reproductive health and rights is arranging a Maternal Health Workshop October 27th - 28th.

The principal objective of the course is to critically review different approaches to food insecurity, which will enable doctoral students to understand key poverty-related concepts and approaches that are currently widespread and influential among major international and national development agencies

In this Poverty and Development (PAD) seminar, Prof. George Kent will discuss the vicious linkages between infant formula, childrens' health and poverty, and suggest steps for the way ahead in securing young childrens' nutritional rights.

Vandana Shiva has been appointed Honorary Doctor at the University of Oslo. She will give her Acceptance Speach September 1st with the title: "Organic Solutions to Hunger and Malnutrition"

LEVE and Save the Children Norway gives a seminar with Richard Horton on universal coverage of primary health care - with a focus on woman's and children's health.

The last seminar in the Lenge LEVE lunsj series this season is with Evelin Lindner who will address Dignity or Humiliation in Economic and Monetary Systems.

In the occasion of the PHFI ASNI research team visiting the University of Oslo,  LEVE arranges a workshop to discuss the findings of the ASNI (Assessing and Supporting NIPI Interventions) implementation research project.

Save the Children, the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights/LEVE and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) invite you to a debate on the development agenda after 2015.

Speaker: Andy Sumner, Institute of Development Studies.

The second seminar in the 'Lenge LEVE lunsj' series is Ritualizing in a world at risk. Theories and Cases.