2011

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.

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.

SFFE and MILEN are to hold a lecture including free lunch on November 30th featuring Henrik Karlstrøm of the Department for Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture at NTNU.

Three new centres for environment-friendly energy research (FME) have been established this year, and MILEN now invites the leaders of these centres to a debate on their interdisciplinary ambitions . 

Exciting seminar featuring Bruna De Marchi and Silvio Funtowicz on September 21st in Georg Sverdrups house. Funtowicz's presentation has been titled “Models of Science and Policy: From Expert Demonstration to Post Normal Science”, while De Marchi will be handling “Social Scientists in Disaster Research and Policy”. The presentations will be followed by ample time for questions and discussion.

Detlef F. Sprinz, senior scientist at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and member of the MILEN International Advisory Committee will be giving a seminar at Blindern Campus on August 30th. The seminar is open to all.

The Centre for Renewable Energy (SFFE) and MILEN are organising an exciting lecture featuring Samantha Smith, Leader of the Global Climate & Energy Initiative of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Many scholars find interdisciplinary research difficult. Interfaculty research may be particularly challenging. This seminar will explore the potential of certain methodological tools, in particular agent-based and other types of dynamic modeling, for providing common ground that might facilitate interdisciplinary and interfaculty research.