Maka Suarez has just finished a book manuscript on the lives of Latin-American migrants in Spain and the housing problem. Unfortunately for us, she is also about to leave SAI and SV-faculty for the benefit of The University of Amsterdam in January 2027.
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Magne Paalgard Flemmen leads ISS’s partnership in the EU Horizon project CIDAPE, which began in January 2024. The first results are now rolling in, so we got in touch to hear how things are going.
Åshild Lappegard Hauge received UiO:Democracy funding at the end of 2024 to lead the project ReDemOS, on open science. She is now well underway with that work. In between, she supervises PhD candidates on projects within her field of environmental psychology.
Jacob Nyrup is just getting started with his new ERC project GETGOV. He has hired four people to the project, which he hopes will deepen our understanding of who governs us, both today and historically.
Siri Leknes juggles research projects that are wrapping up, ongoing and just beginning at PSI. The common denominators are strong painkillers, healthy curiosity, and skilled, friendly colleagues who together drive the research forward.
Although Tore Bjørgo is approaching retirement, he is working on several projects and is currently involved in the podcast series Formers, which consists of conversations with former right-wing extremists.
Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe has a lot of exciting things in the works these days. In addition to being Head of the Department of Economics, she will establish and lead the new centre for international economics - NORCIE.
Magnus Gulbrandsen has a busy year ahead at TIK. The research centre OSIRIS, which he has led, is coming to an end. At the same time, he is well underway with the RCN project Organising Impact, where a new PhD candidate has recently been recruited.
Ines Alisa Wagner started up her ERC Starting Grant project "WAGE" in January last year. This year looks even more intriguing, because two postdocs are in the making and will give the project a boost.