# Research events

**Source**: https://www.uio.no/english/research/events/
**Parent**: https://www.uio.no/english/research/

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# Research events

## Upcoming 5 days

today
Mar.

[NCMBM x Furberg International Seminar: Laura Cantini](https://www.med.uio.no/ncmbm/english/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/2026/ncmbm-international-seminar-laura-cantini.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 24, 2026 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM,  
FORUM at Forskningsparken

NCMBM, as part of its International Seminar series, will be welcoming Laura Cantini, from Institut Pasteur where she is a Group Leader. She holds a chair in the Paris Institute of AI (PRAIRIE).

Her talk is entitled: "Breaking Silos in Single-Cell Biology: Towards a Unified Cellular View".

[Public Defence: How do the languages we already know influence the way we learn Norwegian?](https://www.hf.uio.no/iln/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2026/iacorossi.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 24, 2026 1:15 PM,  
[Eilert Sundts hus, aud 3](https://use.mazemap.com/#v=1&config=uio&campusid=797&search=eilert%20sundts%20hus%20aud%203&zlevel=1&center=10.724792,59.941541&zoom=18&sharepoitype=identifier&sharepoi=BL09-110)

Master Michela Iacorossi at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies will defend her dissertation *The acquisition of verb-second word order in Norwegian as a second and third language: Cross-linguistic and longitudinal perspectives* for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

[The Visual World of Early Medieval Northern Europe: interpretations and disseminations](https://www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/2026/visual-world-of-early-medieval-northern-europe.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 24, 2026 1:15 PM – 4:00 PM,  
Georg Sverdrups hus, DSC Oasen 1302

Workshop with Prof. Nancy L. Wicker

[Public Defence: Gerharda Maria Timmer](https://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2026/timmer-gerharda.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 24, 2026 1:15 PM – 4:00 PM,  
Runde auditorium (R-105), Domus Medica, Sognsvannsveien 9

MSc. Gerharda Maria Timmer at Insitute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Dynamic regulation of nuclear envelope integrity: From molecular mechanisms to cell fate” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

25.
Mar.

[Public defence: Olav Amundsen](https://www.med.uio.no/helsam/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2026/amundsen-olav.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 25, 2026 1:15 PM – 4:30 PM,  
[Rødt auditorium, Ullevål sykehus, Bygg 25, Kirkeveien 166](https://www.uio.no/om/finn-fram/omrader/geitmyrsveien-ulleval/bygning-25/)

M.Sc. Olav Amundsen at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Variation in healthcare service use and outcomes for patients with musculoskeletal disorders” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

[Public defence: Lise Bjerke](https://www.med.uio.no/helsam/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2026/bjerke-lise.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 25, 2026 1:15 PM – 4:30 PM,  
[Gamle festsal, Domus Academica, Karl Johans gate 47](https://www.uio.no/english/about/getting-around/areas/city-centre/se02/)

M.Phil. Lise Bjerke at Insitute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Antibiotics and India’s pharmaceutical industry: An exploration of drug production and trade in globalised pharmaceutical geographies” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

[Public defence: Listening out for community, radio forms, and meaning in wartime Ukraine](https://www.hf.uio.no/imv/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2026/gudaityte.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 25, 2026 2:15 PM,  
[ZEB-bygningen, Salen + YouTube (link in text below)](https://use.mazemap.com/#v=1&config=uio&campusid=797&zlevel=-1&center=10.720366,59.937102&zoom=18&sharepoitype=identifier&sharepoi=BL21-1U71&search=zeb%20salen)

Master Ieva Gudaityté at the Department of Musicology will defend her dissertation *Listening to War Through Digital Community Radio Practices in Ukraine and Beyond* for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

26.
Mar.

[Trial lecture and public defence: Silje Hokstad](https://www.uv.uio.no/isp/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2026/silje-hokstad.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 26, 2026 10:00 AM,  
[Auditorium 2, Helga Engs hus](https://use.mazemap.com/#v=1&campusid=797&zlevel=1&center=10.719209,59.938811&zoom=19.1&sharepoitype=identifier&sharepoi=BL20-155)

Master [Silje Hokstad](https://www.uv.uio.no/english/?vrtx=person-view&uid=siljehok) at [Department of Special Needs Education](https://www.uv.uio.no/isp/english/index.html) will be defending the thesis "Language and Speech in Six-year-old Norwegian Children with Down Syndrome; Two Systematic Reviews and Two Empirical Studies" for the degree of PhD.

[Public Defence: Fikirte Debebe Zegeye](https://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2026/zegeye-fikirte.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 26, 2026 1:15 PM – 4:00 PM,  
Auditorium Rjukan, Gydas vei 8, STAMI

Master Fikirte Debebe Zegeye at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences will be defending the thesis “Occupational exposure and associated health effects among workers in the shrimp processing industry” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

[Public Defence: Jakob Vangen Nordbø](https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2026/nordbo-jakob.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 26, 2026 1:15 PM – 4:00 PM,  
Auditorium Nye Nord, 5. et., Akershus universitetssykehus, Sykehusveien 25, Nordbyhagen

Cand.med. Jakob Vangen Nordbø at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Physical activity after total hip arthroplasty” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

[Public defence: Sigrid Cecilie Tinglum Skøyeneie](https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2026/skoyeneie-sigrid.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 26, 2026 1:15 PM – 4:00 PM,  
Seminarrom A3.3067, Rikshospitalet (A), Sognsvannsveien 20, Oslo

MSc Sigrid Cecilie Tinglum Skøyeneie at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “Hospital at Home following Allogeneic Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. A qualitative study of patients’ and family caregivers’ experiences of an innovative health care model within the specialist health care service in Norway” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

[Public defence: Lars Fredrik Martinsen](https://www.med.uio.no/helsam/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2026/martinsen-lars-fredrik.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 26, 2026 1:15 PM – 4:30 PM,  
[Auditoriet, DBL-bygget, Diakonveien 18](https://www.google.no/maps/place/Diakonveien+18,+0370+Oslo/@59.9368117,10.7019773,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x46416dc185014bc7:0xe5394a8bb154cec1!8m2!3d59.9368117!4d10.704166)

Master Lars Fredrik Martinsen at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Digital health technologies in the management of musculoskeletal disorders and osteoarthritis in primary physiotherapy care” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

27.
Mar.

[Islamic Ethics and Wartime Sexual Violence](https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/center/islamic-and-middle-east-studies/events/thursday-friday-seminar/2026/islamic-ethics-and-wartime-sexual-violence.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 27, 2026 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM,  
[Eilert Sundts hus, A-blokka Auditorium 5 (BL09113)](https://use.mazemap.com/#v=1&config=uio&campusid=797&zlevel=1&center=10.725085,59.941418&zoom=19.3&desttype=identifier&dest=BL09-116)

Responses to Mass Rape and Children Born of Rape in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995)

CIMS and the Faculty of Theology are pleased to announce a co-organized event featuring a lecture by Ehlimana Memišević.

[Anne-Maria Magga: Siida laws — Sámi political and legal thought about human-environment relationality](https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/projects/oslo-center-for-environmental-humanities/events/oceh-events/lab-talks/2026/magga-siida-laws.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 27, 2026 12:15 PM – 2:00 PM,  
[HF-12, 12th Floor Niels Treschows Hus, Blindern](https://link.mazemap.com/dK0jZ1AU)

How do Indigenous political and legal traditions challenge western political theory and offer alternatives for governing land use and natural resources?

[Public defence: Krister Vikedal](https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2026/vikedal-krister.html)

Time and place:

Mar. 27, 2026 1:15 PM – 4:00 PM,  
Store auditorium, Rikshospitalet (B), Sognsvannsveien 20

M.Sc. Krister Vikedal at Institute of Clinical Medicine will be defending the thesis “DNA Supercompaction: A Novel Orchestrated Response to Severe DNA Damage in Bacteria” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

## Further upcoming events

[Public defence: Designing Spaces That Live With Us](https://www.hf.uio.no/imv/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2026/riaz.html)

Time and place:

Apr. 7, 2026 1:15 PM – 4:00 PM,  
[Harald Schjeldrups hus, Forsamlingssalen](https://use.mazemap.com/#v=1&config=uio&campusid=799&zlevel=2&center=10.713571,59.944026&zoom=18&sharepoitype=identifier&sharepoi=GA09-N02-08&search=harald%20schje%20forsam)

Master Maham Riaz will defend her dissertation *Embodied Spaces: Explorations in Spatial Audio–Video Recording and Ambient Interventions* for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD).

[The Many Value-Alignment Problems](https://www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/philosophical-seminar/2026/the-many-value-alignment-problems-.html)

Time and place:

Apr. 7, 2026 2:15 PM – 4:00 PM,  
[452 Georg Morgenstiernes Hus, Room 652](https://link.mazemap.com/enVxOVXe)

The Philosophical Seminar With Karina Vold

[Public defence: How are teens’ lives affected by TikTok?](https://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/news-and-events/events/disputations/2026/owens.html)

Time and place:

Apr. 9, 2026 2:00 PM,  
[Helga Engs Hus aud 3](https://use.mazemap.com/#v=1&config=uio&campusid=797&zlevel=1&center=10.719446,59.938709&zoom=18&sharepoitype=identifier&sharepoi=BL20-165&search=Helga%20Engs%20Hus%20aud%203)

Master Emilie Owens at the Department of Media and Communication will defend her dissertation *Teens and TikTok: Exploring the mediatised lives of teenagers* for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD).

[The Jingdezhen Model: A New Development Model Driven by Endogenous Forces through Art-Leveraged Heritage Resources](https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/east-asian-lunch-seminar/2026/the-jingdezhen-model.html)

Time and place:

Apr. 13, 2026 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM,  
[P.A. Munchs hus, Seminarrom 1](https://link.mazemap.com/MRC8sOHR)

A talk by Fang Lili, Honorary Director, Researcher and Doctoral Supervisor of the Institute of Art at the Chinese Academy of Art.

[Vincent Somville, NHH](https://www.sv.uio.no/econ/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/department-seminar/2026/2026-04-13-somville)

Time and place:

Apr. 13, 2026 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM,  
[1249 at Eilert Sundts hus](https://link.mazemap.com/edznd8N1)

Department seminar. Vincent Somville is a Professor at the Department of Economics of NHH Norwegian School of Economics.

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