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Published Nov. 30, 2023 9:44 AM

Are you interested in the connections between sustainability and gender? In the Spring semester, you will be able to take a new course: KFL2055 Gender, Race, Class and Sustainability. The course is part of the University of Oslo’s Sustainability Certificate.

Published Sep. 19, 2023 8:02 AM

Are you interested in pursuing a career in gender research? You can now apply for a position as a doctoral researcher at the Centre for Gender Research. The application deadline is October 15th. 

Published June 26, 2023 2:07 PM

Kristin Engh Førde will receive grants from the Fritt Ord Foundation and the Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association  to write a popular science book about egg freezing. The book will be based on her postdoctoral project, Frozen fertility: Elective Egg Banking among Norwegian Women.

Published Nov. 23, 2022 9:43 AM

For thirty years, the Centre for Gender Research has given out an annual prize for the best master's thesis with a gender perspective submitted to the University of Oslo. The deadline for nominating candidates for this year's prize is 31 December.

Published Sep. 8, 2022 8:32 AM

Did you miss the NORA Conference 2022, or would you like to listen again to the keynote lectures? Below you will find video recordings of the talks given by Marianne Liljeström, Amund Rake Hoffart, Astri Dankertsen and Raewyn Connell.

Published Sep. 1, 2022 10:22 AM

Beret Bråten and Maja Feng Mikalsen (STK) have carried out a research project on barriers to diversity and inclusion among staff at the University of Oslo (UiO). This resulted in the report Diversity and Inclusion at UiO, which was published in May. On August 22, the report was launched with an open seminar.

Published June 7, 2022 8:57 AM

The NORA Conference is less than two weeks away. The host organization, conference committee and co-organizers are thrilled to welcome over 200 participants to the University of Oslo on June 20th-22nd. 

Published Feb. 4, 2022 12:41 PM

Thea Johanne Prytz Hammarqvist (IKOS) has won STK’s annual MA award for her analysis of the Japanese novel Yaneura no nishojo (1919). Her thesis asks whether it makes sense to call the book a “lesbian” novel, but also demonstrates how the text challenges concurrent sexological discourses that framed heterosexual marriage as the only correct choice for women.