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University Board Awards 2023

The University of Oslo annually awards five prizes for research, young researchers, education, dissemination and innovation.

Portraits of the five winners on a pink background.

Kjetil Taskén, Cathrine Moe Thorleifsson, Dag Kristian Dysthe, Mareile Kaufmann and Øystein Linnebo. Photos: UiO / Øystein Horgmo / Senter for grunnforskning / Karoline Kvellestad

The University board awards prizes to academic staff every year for outstanding efforts and results. Here are the winners in 2023.

The Research Award

Portrait of Øystein Linnebo
Photo:Senter for grunnforskning / Karoline Kvellestad

Professor Øystein Linnebo receives the award for his work in the fields of philosophical logic and the philosophy of mathematics. His contributions also include philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of consciousness and philosophy of science. He often works across disciplines and combines technically advanced insights across the natural and human sciences. This rare combination makes him a unique philosopher, not only in Norway, but in an international context as well. 

The Education Award

Portrait of Dag Kristian Dysthe
Photo: UiO

Professor Dag Kristian Dysthe receives the award for his work in developing new teaching methods, based on interdisciplinary and research-based teaching. Dysthe uses student-active forms of teaching where collaboration between students, and between students and lecturers, is at the centre. Dysthe has invested considerable resources in constantly preparing new, engaging issues and in providing students with training and teaching to equip them with the knowledge and skills they need. 

The Dissemination Award

Photo: UiO

Associate Professor Cathrine Moe Thorleifsson receives the award for her important research work on terror and far-right ideology. Thorleifsson often contributes as an expert in the media, and regularly shares her knowledge with decision-makers and national and international organizations working to prevent violent extremism. She has established herself as a leading and sought-after research communicator, and her research contributes to knowledge about a major global social challenge.

The Innovation Award

Portrait of Kjetil Taskén
Photo: Øystein Horgmo / UiO

Adjunct Professor Kjetil Taskén receives the award for his work on building a national network for precision diagnostics in cancer (InPreD). In 2018, Norwegian cancer patients did not have public access to advanced molecular cancer diagnostics with treatment options that use a precision medicine approach. Taskén has contributed to the fact that there is now a public national cancer diagnosis initiative (InPreD) and a national clinical study (IMPRESS-Norway). 

Award for Young Researchers 

Portrait of Mareile Kaufmann
Photo: UiO

Professor Mareile Kaufmann is awarded a prize for young researchers for her interdisciplinary research in the intersection between technology, genetics and social security - digital criminology. As a researcher, Kaufmann has succeeded in creating a real interdisciplinary dialogue between subjects and disciplines that are usually seen as far apart. Kaufmann has a unique ability to identify and shed light on difficult topics, including ethical challenges in research on exposed and vulnerable people.

About the University Board Awards

The University of Oslo annually awards five prizes for research, young researchers, education, dissemination, and innovation.

The awards are given as a recognition of outstanding efforts and aim to stimulate increased activity and inspire the academic communities at the University of Oslo. Each winner received 250,000 NOK and a work of art. 

Published Aug. 29, 2022 8:53 PM - Last modified July 10, 2023 8:06 PM