Calling all students, academics, researchers and healthcare personnel in Norway! We invite you to participate in this picture competition about a world after antibiotics, an exciting opportunity to showcase your creativity and research prowess. Deadline October 20.
Do you want to participate in an exciting and innovative center and shape the University of Oslo's (UiO's) global health agenda? We are looking for two students to be change agents in health in order to include the UN's sustainability goals in future health decisions - in the face of, for example, pandemics, antibiotic resistance, the wave of the elderly and overtreatment. Application deadline October 22th 2023.
Do you want to contribute to a new and exciting center and shape tomorrow's solutions? The Center for Pandemic and One Health Research (P1H) at the University of Oslo is looking for curious students who are ready to take on the role of 'Change Agents' for one of the greatest challenges of our time.
With the selection of “Circle U. 2030”, a new four-year project funded by the Erasmus+ 2023 call for European Universities, the achievements, efforts and ambition of Circle U. have been acknowledged. With a €12.8m grant, Circle U. will continue building the university of tomorrow, the Circle U. Open Campus. The new initiative will be led by SUSTAINIT Head, Eivind Engebretsen.
Successful book launch and celebration of the life and work of the Norwegian immunologist Tore Godal.
How can everyone at the faculty work to integrate global sustainability into both education and research? This was the topic when the Faculty of Medicine at UiO hosted a seminar on sustainability and global perspectives.
The Women's Careers and Empowerment in Global Health seminar in Kathmandu, Nepal on March 26, 2023 addressed gender inequality in leadership positions in academia, non-governmental institutions, and private sector institutions related to global health and how to empower women in the field.
April 12 was a workshop day for the Sustainit unit, where employees from all three centers discussed values and exchanged interests in various projects.
The new Master course, Politics of Sustainability in Public Health, is a joint effort between SHE and Circle U. It caters to Master of Public Health students at UiO, as well as MA Circle U. students from various disciplines who share an interest in the political dimensions of sustainability within public health.
Three Research Excellence and Innovation in Global Health (RELIGHT) projects were awarded funding for the 2022-2024 period. After one year, the three groups have provided a report outlining activities and progress.
For the last 3 months I have been a visiting lecturer at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas.
I seek to develop a theory of political cooking, particularly in the context of solidarity kitchens operating in Serbia, situating them as a part of a larger movement happening across Europe, explains researcher Vanja Petrovic.
Congratulations to Misra Abdulahi, recent UiO PhD graduate, with appointment as Dean of Public Health at Jimma University in Ethiopia.
The Faculty’s new knowledge cluster, The Sustainable Health Unit (SUSTAINIT), has hit the ground running, having already laid out careful plans and initiated several activities. The Unit was established in January and has already received NOK 11 million in external support. They are now seeking input from stakeholders on the strategic document currently being drafted.
The Centre for Medical Ethics and the Centre for Global Health at the University of Oslo is pleased to announce an open call for applicants for the “How to Teach (Bio)Ethics? - Training Course for Teachers in Ethics.”
As the new Head of Unit of SUSTAINIT, I feel incredibly proud and privileged to launch this new initiative with such a great team. At the seminar we started the important process of defining our identity, articulating our ambition, and identifying some core dilemmas and attention points, says Prof Eivind Engebretsen.
2022 has indeed been an eventful year for SHE. Collaboration with other entities has increased, a new unit is established and grants are awarded.
Hilde O. Vandeskog has been a visiting scholar at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul.
Did you miss this seminar? Follow a short recap of the presentations provided by national and international speakers.
Alongside the 2022 Lancet Countdown Report on Health and Climate Change, a Policy Brief for Norway has been published for the second year in a row! Read the full report including the full briefing and recommendations from the policy brief.
The Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services and the Centre for Global Health at the University of Oslo hosted a symposium entitled, A World in Transitions: Implications for Priorities and Efficiencies in Global Health on October 14, 2022.
Join our team and support our mission to advance capacity for global health research, education, and communication at the University of Oslo and partner institutions.
Jeanette H. Magnus, Director of the Centre for Global Health at UiO contributed to discussions for a long-term plan for higher education and research at Universitets- og høgskolerådet (UHR) by presenting different paradigms and perspectives.
Are you a student at bachelor's or master's program at the Faculty of Medicine, and interested to work with us?
We are thrilled to share the news that two of SHE's projects have been awarded Circle U. Interdisciplinary Thematic Research Network grant.
