Editorial
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Highlights from the spring semester June 25, 2025
The semester is nearly over, most students have departed from campus, and many of us will soon begin our summer holiday. We've experienced a wealth of achievements and moments to be proud of during the past semester.
Meet the researcher
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Meet the researcher: Graham Macklin June 25, 2025
Graham Macklin is a researcher at C-REX and wants to understand how the terrorist attacks on 22 July affected a new generation of right-wing extremists. Despite the bleak nature of the research area, he finds that people recognise there are solutions and optimism.
Meet the teacher
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Meet the teacher: Tone Druglitr? June 25, 2025
Tone Druglitr? Tone Druglitr? has just completed teaching a new undergraduate course at TIK. She believes the most enjoyable aspect of teaching is the combination of enthusiastic lecturers, curious students, and making connections between the subject and significant social issues and challenges.
Brief encounter
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Brief encounter with Karen O'Brien June 25, 2025
Karen O'Brien is concerned about the political developments in her home country. She is soon to take early retirement from her professor position at ISS.
News
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??yvind ?sterud has passed away June 24, 2025
Professor ?yvind ?sterud passed away on 23 June after a short illness.
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Adult education in the best interest of the child June 24, 2025
As part of the pilot of a new interview model, Annika Melinder from the Department of Psychology has taught twelve experienced child welfare experts a new methodology for conversing with children involved in child protection cases.
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Launching new bachelor's degrees in autumn 2026 June 23, 2025
Two new bachelor programmes in the Faculty of Social Sciences' study portfolio will offer future students more options next autumn.
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The faculty's PhD network visits Belgrade June 20, 2025
A group of administrative staff working in the research education department at the faculty visited the University of Belgrade as part of an ERASMUS staff exchange. There, they encountered a university blocked by the students.
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TIK Centre receives funding for research into Norway’s energy transition June 19, 2025
Markus M. Bugge at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture has been awarded NOK 12 million from the Research Council to examine the role of public administration in the ongoing energy transition.
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Scott Gates receives EU funding for research on warfare June 17, 2025
Scott Gates at the Department of Political Science receives the ERC’s prestigious Advanced Grant of 30 million kroner. He will research the waging of war, and how internal organization affects the strategies used in warfare.
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The faculty of social sciences participates in three AI centres June 13, 2025
The government's AI billion has been distributed. Six research centres for artificial intelligence have each received a share, with the Faculty of Social Sciences involved in half of them.
