Seminars

What kind of interdisciplinarity is required for research on globalisation to be credible and authoritative, asks professor of anthropology Thomas Hylland Eriksen. MILEN invites you to a seminar about humanity's biggest crisis and how researchers can contribute to an original and alternative perspective on globalisation.  

Curious about energy issues? You can satisfy your curiosity at the Energy Day! University of Oslo is inviting all students interested in energy to participate on March 7^th in four different sessions and learn more about the dilemmas facing us.  

Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research approaches have increasingly been recognized as essential for addressing the complexity of environmental problems. However, integrated research does not automatically result just from putting together contributions from different disciplines. This lecture, which is a collaborative effort by Davind N. Barton, NINA and Rolf Vogt, Dept of Chemistry UiO gives an introduction to how such integrated research can be generated, using mainly the Eutropia project and the field of water management as an example.

Hal Wilhite, The Centre for Development and the Environment, UiO will be holding this lecture on Inductive and deductive methodologies. The seminar is part of the research school's interdisciplinary & methodology seminar series.  

Benedicte Bull, Associate Professor at the Centre for Development and the Environment, will give this lecture on how to conduct elite interviews. The seminar is part of the research school's interdisciplinary and methodology seminar series.

The purpose of trading greenhouse gas emissions is to allow for emission cuts to take place where the cost per ton of emission reduction is lowest. We will discuss ethical aspects related to implementation of emission trading systems, distribution of costs across sectors and groups, and issues related to buying credits from the Clean Development Mechanism.

Most of the discussions in climate negotiations are on equity issues. The questions in this seminar are how much emissions should we reduce and who should do it? Snorre Kverndokk, The Frisch Centre and CREE will be holding this lecture. The seminar is part of the research school's ethic seminar series.

The lecture will discuss the equity implications of the recent Doha deal (8 December 2012), its history and its future. Christina Voigt, Law UiO will be holding this lecture. The seminar is part of the research school's ethic seminar series.

Stig Schølset, head of EU carbon analysis company Thomson Reuters Point Carbon will hold a seminar on the interaction between politics and the market.  Schølset will in the seminar discuss confidence in the carbon market, adaptability and the role of the carbon market in different scenarios.

If you are interested in attending this seminar, please email the MILEN Research School Coordinator

Stig Schølset, head of EU carbon analysis company Thomson Reuters Point Carbon will hold a seminar on the interaction between politics and the market.  Schølset will in the seminar discuss confidence in the carbon market, adaptability and the role of the carbon market in different scenarios.

If you are interested in attending this seminar, please email the MILEN Research School Coordinator

Interdisciplinarity is a well-worn word in science, politics, and media. Many intercultural and interdisciplinary attempts, though of pivotal importance in a globalized world, are fizzling out due to diverse reasons. In many cases, ancillary financial conditions were not guaranteed over periods long enough to let real interdisciplinarity grow far enough, because it is difficult to explain to funding agencies why experts should be granted time and money for interactions which are not in their central fields of expertise. It has to emphasize that successful interdisciplinary interaction is more laborious and time-consuming and not just avocation.

Note! For the interdisciplinary seminar series, you may register for a one-to-one discussion with the lecturers. Indicate when you register, if you would like to register for a one-to-one discussion with R. Nesper.

If you are interested in attending this seminar, please email the MILEN Research School Coordinator

This seminar series will present different approaches to and experiences of interdisciplinary research. The seminar series consists of three separate events, the last of which will be held on March 26th.

If you are interested din attending these seminars please contact the MILEN Research School Coordinator

In this talk, Bartiaux will present, and open to discussion, two different multi-disciplinary research projects that she led on energy and environment issues. In the first case, quite different disciplines were involved, namely sociology and engineering, and were sequentially used in the research. The second case is a more conceptual research and brought together at each step of the study (and for each sentence of the paper produced!) a sociologist, a philosopher and an anthropologist, thus from closer disciplines.

Note! For the interdisciplinary seminar series, you may register for a one-to-one discussion with the lecturers. Indicate when you register, if you would like to register for a one-to-one discussion with F. Bartiaux. 

If you are interested in attending this seminar, please email the MILEN Research School Coordinator

Arresting environmental deterioration and achieving sustainable energy represent some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. To take on this challenge we need to engage in interdisciplinary research, research that combines technical, political and social and environmental perspectives.

Note! For the interdisciplinary seminar series, you may register for a one-to-one discussion with the lecturers. Indicate when you register, if you would like to register for a one-to-one discussion with H. Rochracher.

If you are interested in attending this seminar, please email the MILEN Research School Coordinator

The 2012 edition of this series features Prof. Brian Wynne  (Lancaster University and TIK-centre UiO), Trond Gärtner (Statkraft) and Asbjørn Torvanger (CICERO). Göran Sundvist (TIK) is responsible for this seminar series.

This seminar features Brian Wynne of Cesagen, Lancaster University. The seminar is titled : 'What kind of problem are the issues of societal assessment of new and emergent technologies like nanotechnologies, or nanobiotechnologies?

If you are interested in attending this seminar, please email the MILEN Research School Coordinator

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is by many expected to have potential to become an important technology to reduce man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and thus contribute to stabilizing global temperature raise at 2 degrees C by 2100.

If you are interested in attending this seminar, please email the MILEN Research School Coordinator

In today’s technological development, technological and ethical concerns often merge. Society demands both technological and ethical commitment to address the negative effects of energy technology.

If you are interested in this seminar, please email the MILEN Research School Coordinator

This year's first SFFE/MILEN Lunch seminar features Tommy Fernandes of Solar Energy Unlimited. Fernandes will be handling issues relating to the implementation of solar technology in low-income communities.

SFFE (Centre for Renewable Energy) and MILEN are inviting all to an exciting lunch seminar featuring Alexandra Klimek of the Department for Interdisciplinary Culture Studies, NTNU. Alexandra will introduce the concept of ‘Socialisation of Scientific and Technological Research’, to require an attitude that really recognizes plurality, diverse social and cultural contexts.

MILEN is happy to announce that Nic Marks will be giving a presentation at Blindern Campus on December 5th with the title quoted above. This is a great opportunity for students and researchers to learn more about well-being research, a branch of research that is becoming increasingly important in the management of modern society.

Mr. Marks, founder of the Centre for Well-being at the New Economics Foundation (nef) will be presenting his research at the University of Oslo on Monday December 5th.

MILEN invites PhD students and researchers working on projects relating to MILEN's fields of interest to an exciting event in the afternoon of Thursday December 1st.