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The University of Oslo is Norway's leading institution of research and higher education. Founded in 1811, it is Norway's oldest university. There are eight faculties at the University. The university has approx. 27,000 students and 6,000 employees. The University's official language is Norwegian, but teaching is also provided in English in a number of Bachelor, Master and PhD programmes.

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How courts protect human rights by comparing cases

May 13, 2016 in Society & Culture

Courts around the world play an important role in protecting human rights in constantly changing circumstances. Frequently, they do so by citing and engaging with each other’s decisions – a phenomenon that has been coined ‘judicial dialogue’.
How can we combat cyber crime?

May 11, 2016 in Society & Culture

A group of researchers are aiming to shed new light on how legislation can be used to stop these criminals.
Boosting the brain can lead to an overload

April 27, 2016 in Health

Electrical stimulation of the brain's cells whilst solving challenging tasks can lead to mental overload.
Hiring Knut ahead of Muhammed

April 21, 2016 in Society & Culture

Despite the fact that both men have grown up in Norway and have the same education and work experience, Norwegian employers choose Knut more often than Muhammed.
Why we need a new research center on right-wing extremism

April 19, 2016 in Society & Culture

Two researchers from the soon to be opened Center for Research on Extremism at the University of Oslo, Norway, talk at length about extremism and hate crime in this interview.
What you should know about animal research

April 16, 2016 in Natural Sciences

OPINION: Why animal testing is still necessary.
“Research has neglected the caring Arab man”

March 23, 2016 in Society & Culture

The cover of her new book shows an Arab man feeding a baby milk from a bottle. “This is my way of moving Middle Eastern gender studies in a new direction,” says Nefissa Naguib.
Many Norwegians never found success in Latin America

February 10, 2016 in Society & Culture

The few thousand Norwegians who emigrated to Latin America in the years from 1820 to 1940 went their own ways. Many of them never saw their dreams fulfilled and returned home disappointed.
Norwegian law protects those who pollute the Russian coast

February 5, 2016 in Environment

Norway does not take responsibility for oil spills that are transported with the ocean currents and hit the northern coast of Russia. Ecosystems may be destroyed as a result.
Glaciers on Svalbard behave differently

February 2, 2016 in Environment

Many glaciers on Svalbard behave very differently. They advance massively for some years and then quickly retreat – and then remain quiescent for fifty to a hundred years – before they once again start to advance.

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News from University of Oslo

How courts protect human rights by comparing cases

How can we combat cyber crime?

Boosting the brain can lead to an overload

Hiring Knut ahead of Muhammed

Why we need a new research center on right-wing extremism

What you should know about animal research

“Research has neglected the caring Arab man”

Many Norwegians never found success in Latin America

Norwegian law protects those who pollute the Russian coast

Glaciers on Svalbard behave differently

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Explore 200 years of climate change in Denmark, Greenland, and the Faeroes

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