Upcoming events

Gender equality is both an aim and a means to contribute to healthy lives for all, both of which are key to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In science, globally, women account for only about 30% of researchers, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and evidence shows that their participation is even lower at leadership and decision-making levels. Why is that, and what is being done to better support women’s careers in science? 

SUSTAINIT, WGH Norway, WiLD Norway and Circle U Oslo welcomes you to a seminar dedicated to the broad and deep experience, expertise, passion, and diversity that exists among women working in science in Norway and globally.

This two-part online webinar series by the European Journal of Women’s Studies, in collaboration with Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, brings together scholars to share insights, challenges, and strategies relevant to gender research and teaching today.

Registration required.

Program:

12:00–14:00 CET / 13:00–14:00 SAST I Africa panel

16:00–18:00 CET / 17:00–19:00 SAST I Europe panel 

18:00–20:00 CET / 19:00–21:00 SAST I North America panel 

Centre for Women's and Gender Research (SKOK) invites all interested PhD candidates to an interdisciplinary seminar, 17 November 2025. 

The seminar, which takes place in SKOK's meeting room in Parkveien 9, starts with a two hour course on gender perspectives in research. Read more about the course below. Please note that the event is not being streamed - in-person participation only.

After the course, each candidate presents their work (15 minutes), followed by a discussion (15 minutes).

Join the Children Born of War Project (CBOW) and Women in Global Health Norway (WGH) at the University of Oslo for a seminar on the experiences and rights of children born of war. We reflect on lessons from Norway after WWII and discuss how gender and health considerations can guide current efforts. The program includes research presentations, panels, and global perspectives from Rwanda and Ukraine, as well as a film screening. 

Speakers and panelists include Ingeborg K. Haavardsson (WGH/UiO), Elin Festøy (CBOW/Teknopilot), Ingvill C. Ødegaard (CBOW/UiO), Inger Skjelsbæk (UiO/PRIO), Ornella Mutoni (film director), Oksana Drozdovska (Unity for the Future), Sigurd Johns (Save the Children), Synne Øien Stensland (NKVTS), Cathrine Andersen (MFA), and Nora Ingdal (Save the Children). 

What are the challenges of engaging with diversity and inclusion at a time when these values are under attack? In the US the cost of dealing with topics and activities that are becoming “forbidden” might range from scorn to withdrawal of funding, to losing one’s job and harassment. In other countries, like Norway, inclusion and diversity are not forbidden—in fact many measures are in place to defend them. Yet, far-right positions are increasingly part of mainstream public discourse, both in Norway and in Europe, to the point that even researchers feel their academic freedom might be at risk.
This public event brings together researchers and activists to discuss what this means for their research, practice, and daily life. Are inclusion and diversity under threat in Norway? 

With:

• Cristina Archetti – Professor in Political Communication and Journalism
• Banafsheh Ranji – Postdoctoral researcher in sociology
• Iris B. Segers – Postdoctoral Research Fellow
• Jonas Kittelsen – Activist and author
• Luca Dalen Espseth – Trans activist and author

This two-part online webinar series by the European Journal of Women’s Studies, in collaboration with Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, brings together scholars to share insights, challenges, and strategies relevant to gender research and teaching today.

Registration required.

Program:

07:00–09:00 CET / 08:00–10:00 SAST I Asia & the Pacific panel 

10:00–12:00 CET / 11:00–13:00 SAST I Middle East panel 

16:00–18:00 CET / 17:00–19:00 SAST I Latin America panel