Tidligere arrangementer

The aim of the conference is to firmly establish sustainability law as an interdisciplinary, sustainability-oriented field of law, which can help break through barriers to sustainability and co-create and promote new possibilities for a safer and more just world.

We are thrilled to announce our Sustainability Law Week! Join us for an entire week devoted to sustainability law, to sustainability in law, and to intersections between law and sustainability.

The workshop aims at exploring ongoing research and teaching withing Macro Finance and Monetary law in an informal environment.

This presentation shares collaborative fieldwork and activist research conducted in 2025 with Tanzanian environmental advocates Baraka Machumu (GreenFaith Africa), Baraka Lenga (GreenFaith Tanzania) and Luca Tenreira (European University Institute) along the route of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

In this seminar, Environmental Lawyer Ifigeneia Tsakalogianni presents her ongoing doctoral research, proposing a three-stage regulatory architecture for addressing PFAS across their lifecycle.

In this seminar, Victoria Skeie and Beate Sjåfjell will present their work-in-progress paper for the Daughters of Themis workshop 2026 ‘Where is Justice in Corporate Sustainability?’.

In this joint Centre for Global Sustainability and Sustainability Law seminar, Eléonore Maitre-Ekern presents lessons from the past and visions for the future in shaping a sustainable circular economy.

In this seminar we discuss how goals, targets, indicators and metrics attempt to shape policy and practice, and how such tools in turn shape theories of governance.

Join us online to dive into the latest on sustainability reporting and other EU corporate accountability laws post-Omnibus and what’s next!

In this seminar, Professor Sjåfjell invites discussion of how Corporate Sustainability Law and the interdisciplinary approach to law that informs this field can contribute to research and teaching at the Centre for Global Sustainability.

In this Sustainability Law lunch seminar, Giulia Petrachi, Doctoral Research Fellow in the ToNoWaste project at the Department of Private Law, University of Oslo, presents the second article of her thesis, examining whether European food waste laws align with food discount practices.

We are excited to announce the Launch of Marija Bartl’s monograph, Reimagining Prosperity: Toward a New Imaginary of Law and Political Economy in the EU. Join us at Kjerka for this special event!

The topic of this year’s Sustainability Law PhD Seminar is hope in times of uncertainty, reflecting the research agenda and the ambitions of our Research Group. The seminar is hybrid, welcoming participants in Oslo as well as through zoom.

How are sustainability challenges conceptualized, labelled, and articulated? How do such forms of knowledge production impact the solutions we can perceive and the actions we can envisage? Meet Sarah Cornell from Stockholm Resilience Centre and Hil Vandeskog from UiO in this hybrid seminar.

Dinie Suryadini Mukti Arief at Norwegian Centre for Human Rights will give a trial lecture on the prescribed topic, entitled: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence in Asia.

In this seminar, Beate Sjåfjell invites colleagues and friends to discuss her outline for a monograph on Corporate Sustainability Law.

In this Sustainability Law digital lunch seminar, Prof. Dr. Mirjana Drenovak-Ivanović, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Jean Monnet Chair in European Environmental and Climate Change Law, will present on the topic 'From Compliance to Transformation: How EU Sustainability Legislation Shapes Legal Reforms in Candidate Countries for EU Membership'

As a part of her ongoing work on her book project on Corporate Sustainability Law, Beate Sjåfjell will present her reflections on the evolving duty of the corporate board, positioning the Omnibus proposal in the broader regulatory framework of Corporate Sustainability Law.

In this Sustainability Law digital lunch seminar, Professor Cecilia M. Bailliet, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo and UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity, invites participants to discuss her Call for Input for the upcoming UN General Assembly report on Corporations and International Solidarity.

PhD candidate Giulia Petrachi, Department of Private Law, will present her PhD project: "From Dumpster Diving to Circular Economy - Cocreation of new policies and guidelines for fostering the change".

Join us for an afternoon seminar with Giulia Petrachi, PhD student at the University of Oslo, as she presents her research on "Do Buy-one-get-one-free schemes reduce waste? Modelling Optimal Value Creation for Retailers and Consumers in Food Waste Reduction Initiatives in Norway".

Join the discussion with Dr. Klaas H. Eller (University of Amsterdam) and Dr. Jaakko Salminen (Lund University) as they present their initial reflections on the EU Omnibus Proposal.

Join us for a digital lunch seminar with Ioannis Kampourakis, Associate Professor in Law and Markets at Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He will present his paper "Post-Neoliberal European Order? Public Purpose and Private Accumulation in Green Industrial Policy."

Join us for an engaging afternoon seminar with Nedim Hogic, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, presenting on the topic ‘Critical Raw Materials in Wider Europe’.

Welcome to our digital afternoon seminar, where Professor Beate Sjåfjell from the University of Oslo, will present from her ongoing work on Corporate Sustainability Law.

We are delighted to invite you to a digital lunch seminar featuring Luca Tenreira, PhD Researcher at the European University Institute. Luca Tenreira will present the forthcoming paper, "Global Value Chains After the Green Deal: Methodological Implication."

We are pleased to invite you to this hybrid Sustainability Law lunch seminar, where Professor Beate Sjåfjell (University of Oslo) and Dr. Sarah Cornell (Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University) will present their article, "What the Actual ….? Tensions in the science-business-policy Interface for global sustainability", recently accepted for publication in European Law Open.

We are pleased to invite you to this digital Sustainability Law afternoon seminar, featuring Chetana Rukshani Karunatilaka, PhD Researcher and Lecturer in Law at Bristol Law School, University of the West of England. Chetana will present on the topic, "Implementation and Enforcement of CITES: A Global South Perspective".

Welcome to our lunch seminar featuring a presentation by Arianna Crosera, Ph.D. Researcher in environmental law at the European University Institute (EUI), on the topic of "Challenges to the EU’s regulatory response to data centre growth".

We are pleased to invite you to a digital afternoon seminar on Sustainability Law, featuring Professor Beate Sjåfjell from the University of Oslo. In this session, she will present her work-in-progress-paper, "Conceptualising Corporate Sustainability Law".

We are pleased to invite you to this digital Sustainability Law lunch seminar, where Victoria Skinnarland, a master's student at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, will present on the topic: "Termination of International Commercial Contracts Due to Suppliers' Human Rights Breaches in Norwegian Contract Law and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1760)".

Welcome to our digital seminar, featuring a presentation by Silvia Ciacchi, PhD student at Erasmus University Rotterdam, on the topic of "Law and Economics of Supply-Chain Sustainability Due Diligence: a Policy Design Approach".

Welcome to our digital lunch seminar, featuring a presentation by Christopher Bruner, Stembler Family Distinguished Professor in Business Law at the University of Georgia School of Law, on the topic of "A Political Economy of Corporate Sustainability Reform in the United States".

Please note that the seminar has been moved one hour later to accommodate time zone differences. The new time is 13:00 CEST.

Welcome to our afternoon seminar featuring a presentation by Giulia Petrachi, PhD student at the University of Oslo, on the topic of "Who’s got the steering wheel? An investigation of the Dynamics of Drivers for Food Waste Reduction at Corporate Level".

We are excited to announce the launch of the Research Handbook on International Solidarity and the Law, edited by Cecilia Bailliet. Join us at Kjerka for this special event! 

The topic of this year’s Sustainability Law PhD Seminar is the regulatory influence of international laws and policies on European economic actors. The seminar is hybrid, welcoming participants in Oslo as well as through zoom.

Welcome to this lunch seminar with presentation by Dr David Monciardini, Senior Researcher in the Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis, University of Turin (Italy), on the topic of "Redefining Value Creation: Paradigm Changes in Corporate Reporting".

Open to all interested.

Welcome to this afternoon seminar with presentation by Nazli Azergun, PhD candidate in Anthropology at the University of Virginia, on the topic of "An ethnography of sustainable finance in Norway ".

Open to all interested.

Welcome to a lunch seminar, where Carl Dalhammar from Lund University will provide an overview of European product law and how it can support the transition to a circular economy.

Open to all interested.

Welcome to our afternoon seminar featuring Trude Myklebust, Postdoc at the Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo. Join us for an insightful presentation focused on the Norwegian Nature Risk Commission’s report NOU 2024: 2.

Open for all interested.

Welcome to this digital lunch seminar featuring a presentation by Claudia Paduano, PhD Candidate in Company Law at The University of Edinburgh, on the topic of "The (Un)sustainability of UK Company Law: ClientEarth v Shell Plc".

Open to all interested.

The Research Group on Global Challenges to Human Rights is pleased to invite you to the launch of the special issue of the Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights “Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development and Human Rights: Navigating Harmonious Interpretations and Creative Tensions”, edited by Elsabe Boshoff and Dinie Arief.

Welcome to this lunch seminar with presentation by Barbara Bokor, PhD research fellow at Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, on the topic of "The role of the corporate sector in combatting marine plastic pollution - from EU law perspective".

Open to all interested.

Welcome to this digital lunch seminar with presentation by Erriketi Tla nta Silva, College of Europe, on the topic of "Environmental backsliding in the European Union: towards a principle of non-regression?".

Open for all interested.

Welcome to this afternoon seminar with presentation by Christina Voigt on the Paris Agreement, COP28, and the significance for corporate accountability. 

Welcome to this digital afternoon seminar with presentation by King Men Teoh, PhD candidate with the EMPOWER project, University of Oslo, on the topic of "Driving Towards a Greener Future: Can Electric Cars Really Save the Environment? ".

Open to all interested.

Welcome to this digital lunch seminar with presentation by Charlotte Villiers, Professor of Company Law and Corporate Governance at University of Bristol Law School, on the topic of "How might we achieve a compassionate transition towards sustainability?".

Open to all interested.

Taking stock and assessing the implications for the Norwegian financial markets.

This seminar brings together the international law discourse on environmental peacebuilding and the corporate law and corporate governance stream of research on corporate sustainability. The occasion is a launch of the Research Handbook on International Law and Environmental Peacebuilding, edited by Daniëlla Dam-de Jong and Britta Sjöstedt.

This hybrid seminar explores the potential in deeper research interactions between circular economy and corporate sustainability. The seminar celebrates the contribution of Dr. Eléonore Maitre-Ekern to Sustainability Law, on the last day of her position as postdoctoral scholar in the research group and reaffirms our joint desire to continue working together.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Elsabe Boshoff, Doctoral Fellow at at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR). Join us for an insightful presentation on the topic of "Corporations as human rights duty bearers: recent developments from the African continent."

Open for all interested.

After four productive and rewarding years, the University of Oslo Nordic initiative, the thematic research group Futuring Sustainable Nordic Business Models (Futuring Nordics), is coming to an end, and it is time to reflect and celebrate.

The topic of this year’s PhD seminar is Interdisciplinary Research in Law and for Sustainable Value Creation. The seminar is planned as a physical event at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, with possibility for participation through Zoom.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Dunia Brunner, Université de Lausanne. Dunia will present her PhD thesis.

Open for all interested.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Astrid Iversen, Guest researcher at Department of Private Law. Astrid will present her new book "Intercreditor equity in sovereign debt restructuring".

Open for all interested.

Veilederseminar for veiledere og studenter.

Ved leder for forskergruppen Bærekraftsrett, professor Beate Sjåfjell.

Åpent for alle interesserte. Registrer din deltakelse og du vil motta link til Zoom.

This hybrid event brings together researchers working on sustainability to reflect on the challenges and opportunities of conducting inter- and transdisciplinary research to address the biggest challenges of our time.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

Welcome to this celebration of three edited volumes all concerned with different aspects of sustainability, business and interdisciplinarity, all released in the second half of 2022!

This hybrid event is open for all interested. Please register your participation.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Stefan Grundmann, Professor of  Transnational Law and Theory (EUI, Florence) and of Private and Business Law (Humboldt-University, Berlin).

Open for all interested.

The conference will shed light on how international law shapes central bank policies and how central banks shapes international law, including whether central banks are a clear and consistent concept under international law. It will discuss traditional topics such as central banks and sovereign immunity and topics of an increasing relevance such as sanctions against central banks. It will also explore how the expansive role of central banks is influenced by the availability of other viable crisis resolution measures in international law related to in particular the climate crises and sovereignty debt crises.

Sustainability Transitions - exploring the role of Nordic business through radical interdisciplinarity.

Organised by Futuring Nordics, Sustainability Lab and Sustainability Law as part of UiO:Norden- ReNEW's 6th annual Nordic Challenges conference, Oslo 24–26 May 2023.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Natalia Torres Zuniga, Postdoctoral fellow, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo.

Open for all interested.

This two-day digital event will bring together researchers working at the nexus of corporate accountability and the transition to sustainability.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Pranav Putcha, PhD Researcher at European University Institute.

Open for all interested.

The theme of this hybrid conference is the facilitation of sustainable value creation in small and medium-sized businesses in Southern Europe. It is open to all and especially relevant for scholars, practitioners and students of law, business and sustainability. 

The conference is scheduled at 10.00-17.00 EET / 09.00-16.00 CET.

We are honoured to announce the launch of the volume ‘Sustainable Value Creation in the European Union: Towards Pathways to a Sustainable Future through Crises’ at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Athens. There are a strictly limited number of seats available at this launch. Register early to secure a seat!

The launch is scheduled at 17.00-18.30 EET / 16-17.30 CET.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Anna Beckers, Maastricht University. 

Open for all interested.

Beate Sjåfjell and Jukka Mähönen will present their paper Interdisciplinarising Legal Theory: Towards a Reconceptualisation of Business Law.

Open for all interested.

Devastating wildfires and floods are causing unprecedented harm to people and nature. Ice shelfs are melting and the Living Planet Report 2022 shows that wildlife populations have dropped with a devastating 69% on average in less than lifetime. Societies are becoming more unequal and populism is on the rise. Yet, for the most part, businesses, financial markets and policy-makers continue with a business-as-usual approach to all economic, social and commercial activities. This poses significant risks to our collective ways of life.

The workshop will discuss the development of granting an increasing number of administrative authorities independence, examine the place which these bodies occupy in the constitutional arrangement, and their legitimacy. It is arranged by BI Norwegian Business School, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences and University of Oslo. It is a part of the research project Central Banks’ expanded role in financial markets, which is funded by Finansmarkedsfondet and managed by the Norwegian Research Council.

Welcome to this lunch seminar with presentation by Susanne Oliver Haaland, Research assistant, Department of Private law, University of Oslo.

Open for all interested. 

Welcome to our afternoon seminar with presentation by Nazli Azergun, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia.

Open for all interested. 

Welcome to this lunch seminar with presentation by Kirsten Daae Wiig, Research assistant, Department of Private law, University of Oslo.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

Special lecture for the PIL Masters students, by Astrid Iversen,  Associate Professor in Law at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. Also open to other students and scholars.

Welcome to this lunch seminar with presentation by Ove Kenneth Nodland, Research assistant, Department of Private law, University of Oslo.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

The topic of this year’s PhD seminar is Companies, Markets and Circular Economy. The seminar is planned as a physical event at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, with possibility for participation through Zoom.

Welcome to this guest lecture with presentation by Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch. Comments by Hagai El-Ad, Executive Director at B’Tselem, and Abeer AlMasri, Gaza Senior Research Assistant at Human Rights Watch.

Open for all interested. 

Welcome to this seminar focusing on Elon Musk, the Law of the Sea and the development of outer space. 

Veilederseminar for veiledere og studenter.

Ved leder for Selskapsrettsgruppen, professor Beate Sjåfjell.

Åpent for alle interesserte.  Veiledersemiaret holdes via Zoom.

Author of the book is Linn Anker-Sørensen, Director, Head of Sustainability Tax & Law Norway at Ernst & Young. 

Ola Mestad, Professor at Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, will present the book "Corporate Groups and Shadow Business Practices".

Open for all interested. 

The workshop will discuss central banks’ expanding roles, independence and control mechanisms. Amongst other issues, it will examine the historical origin of central bank independence, to what extent are courts and tribunals willing to review the legality of central banks’ decision making, and how is this influencing central banks policies, as well as what alternative mechanisms for checks and balances of central bank policies exist.

Welcome to our afternoon seminar with presentation by Minah Tong-Mongalo, Ph.D. student at the University of Cape Town.

Open for all interested. 

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Petri Mäntysaari, Professor of commercial law at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki and Vaasa, Finland.

Open for all interested. Zoom link below.

Welcome to our afternoon seminar with presentation by Astrid Iversen, associate professor at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences and guest researcher at University of Oslo.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Katrien Morbee, Lecturer in Banking and Finance Law, Queen Mary University of London.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Eugenia Macchiavello, Assistant Professor in Financial Regulation, University of Genoa, Italy

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Aude-Solveig Epstein, Visiting Assistant Professor of legal studies at NYU Abu Dhabi.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

How should central banks deal with the current climate crisis? Does a broader role for central banks in questions related to the climate crisis require rethinking their independence from democratic politics or does it fit within their current mandate? And if central banks have a role to play with regards to the climate crisis, are the tools available good enough?

The aim of this fully digital seminar is to analyse the proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and its potential for improvement in light of overarching sustainability objectives.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Roni Laakso, University of Helsinki.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

Welcome to this afternoon seminar with presentation by Madeleine Østenstad, Research assistant, Department of Private law, University of Oslo.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Jaakko Salminen, Copenhagen Business School/University of Turku.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

This lecture, while open for all, is designed for master students at the University of Oslo and Nyenrode University. It discusses what Professor Beate Sjåfjell has referred to as the missing link in the EU’s initiatives to promote sustainable business: company law.

Welcome to this afternoon seminar with presentation by Charlotte Villiers, Professor of Company Law and Corporate Governance, University of Bristol Law School.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

Master of Laws, MSc Trude Myklebust will be defending the thesis Fair, orderly and sustainable financial markets? Exploring regulatory challenges arising in a complex, interconnected and evolving financial system amidst increased societal expectations for the degree of Ph.D.

Veilederseminar for veiledere og studenter.

Ved leder for Selskapsrettsgruppen, professor Beate Sjåfjell.

Åpent for alle interesserte. Registrer din deltakelse og du vil motta link til Zoom.

Presentasjon av boken "Styreansvar i praksis".

Ved forfatter, Andrea Dahlum, advokatfullmektig, BAHR.

Åpent for alle. Husk å registrere din deltakelse og vi vil sende deg link til zoom.

Futuring Nordics is organising this seminar in which we seek to combine the two parallel debates: how to achieve a circular economy and how to achieve business that contributes to sustainability (corporate sustainability).

Please note: We will now have to make this a fully digital event due to the latest Covid-19 restrictions. Please see updated programme below.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Dinie Suryadini Mukti Arief, University of Oslo.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

Welcome to this Futuring Nordics Team meeting.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Catherine Banet, University of Oslo.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

Vitenskapelig assistent ved Institutt for privatrett, Madeleine Østenstad, vil presentere sitt tema for masteravhandling.

Åpent for alle. Seminaret vil holdes via Zoom. Vennligst registrer din deltakelse nedenfor!

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Jasmina Bukovac, University of Zürich.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

The topic of this year’s PhD seminar is European Company Law. The seminar is planned as a physical event at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, with possibility for participation through Zoom.

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Dr. Elena Cirkovic, Helsinki University.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation.

Veilederseminar for veiledere og studenter.

Ved leder for Selskapsrettsgruppen, professor Beate Sjåfjell.

Åpent for alle. Registrer din deltakelse nedenfor og du vil motta link til Zoom.

As we now hopefully start to see the end of the Covid 19 pandemic, a pressing question is how to ensure that we are not heading back to an unsustainable normal but rather towards a sustainable future.

If you like to participate, please register your participation below.

The  workshop will be held through Zoom. While it is organised primarily as a meeting for members of our Business and Finance Forums, it is open to all interested. Please register your participation below.

Vitenskapelig assistent ved Institutt for privatrett, Kasper Holter Johns, vil presentere sitt tema for masteravhandling.

Åpent for alle. Seminaret vil holdes via Zoom. Vennligst registrer din deltakelse nedenfor!

Welcome to our lunch seminar with presentation by Elsabe Boshoff, PhD Candidate at Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, University of Oslo.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation below.

Welcome to this lunch seminar with presentation by Professor Adam Leaver, Director for the Centre for Research in Accounting & Finance in Context (CRAFiC), University of Sheffield.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation below.

Welcome to this lunch seminar with presentation by Professor Jukka Mähönen, Department of Private Law, University of Oslo.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation below.

Student Marte Bjørneng vil presentere tema for sin masteroppgave.

Åpent for alle.  Registrer din påmelding nedenfor og du vil motta link til Zoom.

Following up on the Academic Workshop on the Financial Risks of Unsustainability, held on 1 December 2020, this Symposium brings together a cross-disciplinary group of scholars to discuss further collaboration. The Symposium is by invitation only.

Welcome to this lunch seminar with presentation by Shilpi Nanda, National University of Singapore.

Open for all interested. Please register your participation below.

Marianne Jenum Hotvedt, Department of Private Law, will present the project "The future of work: Opportunities and challenges for the Nordic models" at this Lunch seminar.

If you like to participate, please register your participation below.

Forskergruppen Selskaper, markeder og bærekraft inviterer til virtuelt besøk hos Oslo Børs. 

Dette er et tilbud for studenter ved Det juridiske fakultet. Det er innrettet for studenter som tar Selskapsrett JUS5801, men også andre studenter ved fakultetet kan delta.

Presentation by Hans Jakob Walnum of ongoing projects at Western Norway Research Institute. Key topics connected to the transformation towards low and zero emissions societies.

If you like to participate, please register your participation below.

The meeting will be held through Zoom. While it is organised primarily as a meeting for members of our Business and Finance Forums, it is open to all interested. Please register your participation below.

Velkommen til Selskapsrettsforum og boklansering!

Senioradvokat Erlend Eriksen Gjein, Selmer, vil presentere sin bok om "Aksjeklasser".

Åpent for alle interesserte. Merk påmelding nedenfor!

Velkommen til Selskapsrettsforum. Beate Sjåfjell vil orientere om utviklingen i EU og hva dette kan få å bety for Norge, konsentrert om selskapsstyring og styrets rolle.  

Dette arrangementet er et ekstratilbud i Selskapsrettsuken for masterstudenter ved Det juridiske fakultet, og det er åpent også for alle andre interesserte. Merk påmelding nedenfor!

Vitenskapelig assistent Maja Maria Blegen vil presentere tema for sin masteroppgave.

Åpent for alle.  Registrer din påmelding nedenfor og du vil motta link til Zoom.

Presentation by Professor Beate Sjåfjell.

Open for all interested. The lunch seminar will be held through Zoom. Please register your participation below!

Vitenskapelig assistent ved Institutt for privatrett, Kasper Holter Johns, vil presentere sitt tema for masteravhandling.

Åpent for alle. Seminaret vil holdes via Zoom. Vennligst registrer din deltakelse nedenfor!

Presentation by Professor Beate Sjåfjell.

Open for all interested. The lunch seminar will be held through Zoom. Please register your participation below!

Veilederseminar for veiledere og studenter.

Ved leder for Selskapsrettsgruppen, professor Beate Sjåfjell.

Åpent for alle.

Seminaret vil holdes via Zoom. Vennligst registrer din deltakelse nedenfor!

This workshop is open for all interested and will be held through Zoom. If you would like to participate, please register below and we will send you the Zoom link.

Presentation by Dirk Andreas Zetzsche, Professor at the University of Luxembourg.

The lunch seminar will be held through Zoom and is open for all. If you would like to participate, please register to get the Zoom link. 

In Europe, there is an emerging recognition of the significance of corporate law and corporate governance for a sustainable future. At this seminar, we facilitate an in-depth discussion of how to move forward, drawing on the results of our now concluded SMART Project.  

The seminar will be held through Zoom and is open for all. If you would like to participate, please register below and we will send you the Zoom link.

Presenters: Eléonore Maitre-Ekern (UiO) and Sigurd Sagen Vildåsen (NTNU)

The lunch seminar will be held through Zoom and is open for all. If you would like to participate, please register to get the Zoom link. 

Welcome to this Academic Workshop.

The workshop will be held through Zoom and is open for all interested, including students.  If you would like to participate please register below, or if you have any questions, please contact the administration. 

Welcome to this combined Business and Finance Forum meeting.

The seminar will be held through Zoom and is open for members of the Business and Finance Forums. If you would like to participate, or have any questions, please contact the administration. 

The seminar is open to all interested including scholars, students, practitioners and journalists.

Please note that this seminar will be digital through Zoom only. If you like to participate, please contact Mona Østvang Ådum, and we will send you the Zoom link.

The topic of this year’s PhD seminar is "Nordic Company Law: Expanding the Horizon".

Because of the Covid-19 situation the seminar will be held via Zoom only. Link will be sent out to all participants.

Welcome to this afternoon seminar.

Presentation by Jaakko Salminen, Copenhagen Business School. Comments by Eléonore Maitre-Ekern, Department of Private Law, UiO.

The seminar will be held through Zoom and is open for all interested, including students. If you would like to participate, please contact Jukka Mähönen to get the Zoom link. 

Master of Laws Astrid Iversen at Department of Private Law will be defending the thesis Intercreditor equity in sovereign debt restructuring for the degree of Ph.D.

Taina Pihlajarinne, Professor at Faculty of Law, Helsinki University, will present the Share project  ‘Shaping, fixing and making markets via IPR: regulating sustainable innovation ecosystems’.

The lunch seminar will be held through Zoom and is open for all. If you would like to participate, please contact Beate Sjåfjell to get the Zoom link. 

Veilederseminar for veiledere og studenter.

Ved leder for Selskapsrettsgruppen, professor Beate Sjåfjell.

Åpent for alle. Ta kontakt med Beate Sjåfjell og du vil motta link til Zoom.

PhD candidate Hannah Schupfer, Department of Informatics, shall introduce her research project "The role of incumbent-entrant collaborations during sustainability transitions".

Master of Science Hanna Ahlström will be defending the thesis Achieving Sustainability in EU Business and Financial Market Law- A Systems Thinking Approach for the degree of Ph.D.

Kasper Holter Johns  will present ideas for his master thesis.

The lunch seminar will be held through Zoom and is open for all. If you would like to participate, please contact Beate Sjåfjell to get the Zoom link. 

Presentation by Maja van der Velden, Sustainability & Design Lab, Dept. of Informatics, UiO.

Beate Sjåfjell and Hanna Ahlström will present this work-in-progress paper for discussion. The lunch seminar will be held through Zoom and is open for all. If you would like to participate, please contact Beate Sjåfjell to get the Zoom link. A short draft of the paper is available for interested participants by request.

Welcome to our Company Law Lunch Seminar.

Presentation by Linn Anker-Sørensen, senior manager at Ernst & Young.

The lunch seminar will be held through Zoom and is open for all. If you would like to participate, please contact Beate Sjåfjell to get the Zoom link. 

The Oslo Company Law Group invites all interested to the launch of the Cambridge Handbook of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Sustainability. This new field is one of the most dynamic and significant areas of law and policy in light of the convergence of environmental, social and economic crises that we as a global society face.

Presentation by Eléonore Maitre-Ekern, Postdoctoral Researcher, Futuring Nordics project.

Welcome to this Company Law Forum with presentation by Professor Christopher M. Bruner, University of Georgia School of Law.

This forum will be held as a video-seminar and will be open for all interested.  If you like to participate, please contact Beate Sjåfjell to get the zoom-link.

Felles faglunsj for Senter for Europarett og Selskapsrettsgruppen.

Leder av Sustainable Market Actors for Responsible Trade, SMART-prosjektet, Beate Sjåfjell, vil presentere resultater fra SMART-prosjektet i et europarettslig perspektiv.

-  and do they have the means to deal with the issues at hand to help move societies into more sustainable, long term futures?

Presentation by Svein Gunnar Kjøde.

Innledning ved Tore Fjørtoft og Eivind Gabriel Hatlebrekke.

Faglunsjen er åpen for alle med interesse for selskapsrett.

Ønsker du å delta på faglunsjen så send en e-post til beate.sjafjell@jus.uio.no og vi sender link til zoom-møtet.

We invite business and finance representatives, both from organisations and individual entities, to this SMART Legacy Business Roundtable.

Selskapsrettsgruppen og Futuring Nordics, i samarbeid med partnerne i Tromsø og Castellón (Spania), skal søke midler fra Forskningsrådet til et prosjekt om bærekraftig matprodusentsamvirke i Spania, Norge og det samiske reindriftsområdet i Norge og Sverige.

Ved Jukka Mähönen.

Kjernegruppen i SMART søker om "Horizon Impact Award 2020", som vil være en viktig anerkjennelse av SMART og SMARTs reformforslag.

Ved Beate Sjåfjell.

Foredrag ved Linn Anker-Søresen og Magnus Jones, begge Ernst & Young, etterfulgt av mingling og pizza.

Husk påmelding innen 2. mars!

Presentation by Mark Taylor, Department of Private Law.

Internt planleggingsmøte for Selskapsrettsgruppen.

Ved Beate Sjåfjell.

Veilederseminar for veiledere og studenter.

Ved leder for Selskapsrettsgruppen, professor Beate Sjåfjell.

Åpent for alle.

Presentation by Hanna Ahlström, Doctoral Research Fellow, SMART Project, Department of Private Law.

Join us for the kick-off conference of the new research project Futuring Sustainable Nordic Business Models. Please register within 11 November. 

Presentation by Runar Hilleren Lie, PhD Candidate, Pluricourts, University of Oslo.

Innledning ved Runar Hilleren Lie, stipendiat ved Pluricourts, UiO.

Innledning ved Marte Eidsand Kjørven, Førsteamanuensis ved Institutt for privatrett.

Master of Laws Eléonore Maitre-Ekern at Department of Public and International Law and Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law will be defending the thesis Towards a circular economy for products. An analysis of EU’s policy and regulatory framework in an ecological perspective for the degree of Ph.D.

Beate Sjåfjell will present reform proposals from the SMART Project.

The topic of this year’s PhD seminar is "Business: Law, Policies and Theory".

Vitenskapelig assistent Ravna Kristina Nikkinen Søvde, Institutt for privatrett, presenterer sitt tema for masteravhandling.

- An Extended Case Study on Forest Management in the Oroqin Hunters´ Autonomous Area.

Presentation by Yong Zhou

Vitenskapelig assistent Tonje Platou, Institutt for privatrett, presenterer sitt tema for masteravhandling.

Master of Laws Linn Cecilie Anker-Sørensen at Department of Private Law will be defending the thesis The Multifaceted Corporate Group. Testing EU’s response to hidden control structures for the degree of Ph.D.

Veilederseminar for veiledere og studenter.

Ved leder for Selskapsrettsgruppen, professor Beate Sjåfjell.

Åpent for alle.

Internt planleggingsmøte for Selskapsrettsgruppen.

Ved Beate Sjåfjell.

Ludovica Chiussi ved Norsk senter for menneskerettigheter og Universitetet i Bologna vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Ph.d :

Selskaper, alminnelige rettsprinsipper og menneskeretter

Original tittel: Corporations and Human Rights- under General Principles of Law

Disputasen vil foregå på Engelsk

Forskergruppen har gleden av å invitere til sommeravslutning med faglig innslag og hyggelig reke-lunsj.

Vitenskapelig assistent Ravna Kristina Nikkinen Søvde, Institutt for privatrett, presenterer sitt tema for masteravhandling.

 - Og hvordan skal det i så fall gjennomføres?

Vitenskapelig assistent Nina Bjørneby Klefstad, Institutt for privatrett, presenterer sitt tema for masteravhandling.

Dr Jay Cullen, the new Adjunct Research Professor of our Research Group Companies, Markets and Sustainability is unfortunately not able to come to Oslo on Thursday 28 February, and his presentation "The Case for Abolishing Deposit Insurance Limits" is cancelled. We look forward to reschedule the presentation later this year.

Gjesteforelesning ved dommerfullmektig Martin Kloster Aasen, Gjøvik tingrett.

Presentation by Hanna Ahlström, Department of Private Law.

Årets siste faglunsj-samling for forskergruppens medlemmer.

Jukka Mähönen shall present Futuring Sustainable Nordic Business Models.

Presentasjon ved postdoktor Mark Taylor, Institutt for privatrett.

Vitenskapelig assistent Anne Katrine Sletbakk Ramstad, Institutt for privatrett, presenterer sitt tema for masteravhandling.

Presentation by Thomas Coendet, Shanghai Distinguished Professor (Oriental Chair) at KoGuan Law School of Shanghai Jiaotong University . 

The topic of this year’s PhD seminar is ‘European company law 50 years’.

- og hvordan skal det i så fall gjennomføres? 

Vitenskapelig assistent Nina Bjørneby Klefstad, Institutt for privatrett, presenterer sitt tema for masteravhandling.

Anna Maria Lundberg, Senter for menneskerettigheter, vil presentere utkast til en Fripro-søknad.

Stipendiat Erlend Eriksen Gjein informerer om nytt i selskapsretten.

 Åpent for alle.

Internt planleggingsmøte for forskergruppen.

Ved forskergruppens nestleder Jükka Mähönen.

Veilederseminar for veiledere og studenter.

Ved forskergruppens nestleder Jükka Mähönen.

Åpent for alle.

Welcome to this guest lecture by Rakhyun E. Kim, Utrecht University.

Open for all interested.

PhD candidate Hanna Ahlström at the Department of Private Law will  present her PhD project: "Regulatory dynamics of sustainability: policy coherence in EU business and financial market Law".

Presentation by Professor Vijaya Nagarajan, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She will be at the Department of Private Law in Oslo as a guest researcher until 30 June.

Forskergruppen har gleden av å invitere til sommeravslutning med faglig innslag og hyggelig reke-lunsj.

By invitation only.

Presentation by Eléonore Maitre-Ekern, Department of Public and International Law.

PhD candidate Astrid Iversen at the Department of Private Law will  present her PhD project: "Parity of creditors and sovereign debt restructurings".

Presentation by Postdoctor Mark Taylor, Department of Private Law, University of Oslo

The Workshop with roundtable discussion between academics, practitioners and non-governmental organisations, seeks to explore the interplay between international law, climate change law and national law in the Norwegian context.

Presentation by Professor Beate Sjåfjell, coordinator of the SMART Project

Presentation by Alfred Streng, Associate Professor at Molde University College

Presentation by Laura Burgers, PhD Candidate at the Centre for the study of European Contract Law, University of Amsterdam

She is visiting the University of Oslo until the end of July 2018.

Vitenskapelig assistent Andrea Dahlum, IFP, vil presentere sitt emne for masteravhandling.

Åpent for alle.

Presentation by Professor Jükka Mähönen, Department of Private Law, University of Oslo

By invitation only!

The Cambridge Handbook of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Sustainability will be published in 2019. This Symposium will bring together all contributers to the Handbook.

Forskergruppen inviterer sammen med Europarettsnettverket til dette Selskapsrettsforumet for å markere at EUs selskapsrett i år fyller 50 år.

Åpent for alle interesserte. Merk påmelding!

Innledning ved Hanna Almlöf ved Linköpings Universtet.

Åpent for alle interesserte.

Presentation by Professor Ola Mestad, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo

Internal lunch event for members of the Research Group only.

Presentation by Yong Zhou and Maria Lundberg.

Presentation by Dr. Rebecca Schmidt, (PhD, European University Institute) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Sutherland School of  Law University College Dublin Belfield, Dublin

Presentation by Siri Granum Carson, Associate Professor at Programme for Applied Ethics, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, NTNU

Veilederseminar for veiledere og studenter.

Ved forskergruppeleder Beate Sjåfjell.

Åpent for alle.

Internt planleggingsmøte for forskergruppen.

Ved forskergruppeleder Beate Sjåfjell.

Mark Taylor will be defending the thesis War Economies and International Law:  Regulating the Economic Activity of Armed Conflicts for the degree of Dr. Philos.

Company Law Forum with presentation by Dr. Jay Cullen, Lecturer in Banking and Finance Law and Director, Sheffield Institute of Corporate and Commercial Law.

Presentation by our guest researcher Maria Chiara Marullo, Postdoctor, Jaume University, Spain.

PhD candidate Sjur Swensen Ellingsæter at the Department of Private Law will on Friday 10 November present his Doctorate project: "Creditor Priority and Financial Stability".

Company Law Forum with presentation by Maria Chiara Marullo, Postdoctor, Jaume University, Spain and comments by Mark Taylor, Senior Researher, Fafo.

Presentation by Hanna Ahlström, PhD Candidate, SMART Project, Department of Private Law.

The topic of this year’s PhD seminar is Nordic market actors and their impact on corporate sustainability. The seminar will provide Insights into topical issues in European and Nordic company and financial market Law.

Presentation by Beate Sjåfjell.

Ved forskergruppeleder Beate Sjåfjell.

Seminaret er kun for forskergruppens medlemmer.

PhD candidate Yuliya Chernykh at the Department of Private Law will on Tuesday 20 June present her doctorate Project: "Contract interpretation in investment treaty arbitration".

The Company Law Group hosts an informal lunch meeting to welcome back our visiting scholar, Dr. Mohamad Maarouf.

At this lunch seminar Dr. Jay Cullen, University of Sheffield, will give a lecture on "Securitisation, Ring-Fencing and Housing Bubbles: Financial Stability Implications of UK and EU Bank Reforms".

PhD candidate Linn Cecilie Anker-Sørensen at the Department of Private Law will on Thursday 16 March present her doctorate Project: "Control decoupling – implications for understanding modern corporate groups."

Konferansen vil ha hovedvekt på rettslige, sosiale og politiske muligheter for omstilling, og hvordan disse skal realiseres.

Forskergruppen Selskaper, markeder og bærekraft inviterer til besøk hos Oslo Børs.

Dette er primært et tilbud til studenter som tar selskapsrett valgfag (JUS5801), men også åpent for andre interesserte så langt det er plass.

The deregulation of the financial markets in the 1980s and 1990s have challenged many of our perceptions about the interconnectedness of investments, corporate control and the influence of the relevant market actors. This conference address one of the key questions that has sprung out from the deregulation, namely how we can ensure financial transparency, delimit systemic risks and foster efficient regulation.

Master of Laws Blazej Kuzniacki at the Department of Public and International Law will be defending the thesis "Controlled Foreign Companies and Tax Avoidance: International and Comparative Perspectives with Specific Reference to Polish Tax and Constitutional Law, EU Law and Tax Treaties” for the degree of Ph.D.

Yong Zhou ved Norsk senter for menneskerettigheter vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d:

Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) and Hydropower Development: Institutional Constraints on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in the Party-State China

Forskergruppen Selskaper, markeder, samfunn og miljø inviterer alle studenter som er interessert i selskapsrett, finansmarkedsrett og EU/EØS-rett til besøk hos Oslo Børs. Besøket inngår i den ordinære forelesningsrekken for valgfag i finansmarkedsrett (Jus5880).

Forskergruppen Selskaper, markeder, samfunn og miljø inviterer alle studenter som er interessert i selskapsrett, finansmarkedsrett og EU/EØS-rett til besøk hos Finanstilsynet. Besøket inngår i den ordinære forelesningsrekken for valgfag i finansmarkedsrett (Jus5880).

Forskergruppen avholder seminar på Sanner Hotell.

Kun for forskergruppens medlemmer.

Master of Laws Marte Eidsand Kjørven at the Department of Private Law will be defending the thesis (Mis) selling of investment products to consumers – duties and responsibility for the degree of Ph.D.

Original title: Ytelse av investeringstjenester til forbruker: Verdipapirrettslige, kontraktsrettslige og erstatningsrettslige krav til atferd

The disputation will be held in Norwegian

Cand. jur Eivind Furuseth vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Ph.d:

"Forholdet mellom nasjonale omgåelsesregler og skatteavtaler."

Forskergruppen Selskaper, markeder, samfunn og miljø inviterer til selskapsrettforum med innledninger og diskusjon.

Åpent for alle.

Forskergruppen Selskaper, markeder, samfunn og miljø inviterer alle studenter som er interessert i selskapsrett, finansmarkedsrett og EU/EØS-rett til besøk hos Oslo Børs. Besøket er en god mulighet til å få innblikk i arbeidet med de sentrale reglene for kontroll og regulering av børsvirksomheten. Det blir også informasjon om jobbmuligheter for nyutdannede jurister.

Forskergruppen Selskaper, markeder, samfunn og miljø inviterer alle studenter som er interessert i selskapsrett, finansmarkedsrett og EU/EØS-rett til besøk hos Finanstilsynet.

Forskergruppen selskaper, markeder, samfunn og miljø samt Europarettsnettverket ønsker velkommen til et kombinert Selskapsretts- og Europarettsforum.

Åpent for alle interesserte. Merk påmelding!

Forelesning ved professor Beate Sjåfjell for masterstudenter som også er åpen som «brush up»-forelesning for praktikere og andre interesserte.

Forskergruppen Selskaper, markeder, samfunn og miljø inviterer sammen med Tax Justice Network -Norge til selskapsrettforum med innledninger, panelsamtale og diskusjon.

Åpent for alle.

Presentation by Dr. Kernaghan Webb,  Associate Professor of Law and Business in Ryerson University’s Ted Rogers School of Management.

Lecture given by Dr Stelios Andreadakis, School of Law, University of Leicester.

Hva betyr Grunnloven § 112 for olje- og gassutvinning i Arktis?

Lansering av boken «Fra ord til handling. Om Grunnloven § 112»

Forskergruppen selskaper, markeder, samfunn og miljø arrangerer studiebesøk for studenter til Finanstilsynet.

Forskergruppen selskaper, markeder, samfunn og miljø arrangerer studiebesøk for studenter til Oslo Børs.

Forelesning ved professor Beate Sjåfjell for masterstudenter som også er åpen som «brush up»-forelesning for praktikere og andre interesserte.

- nasjonale og grenseoverskridende tilnærminger

Linn Anker-Sørensen presenterer sin artikkel. Arrangementet er et kombinert Selskapsretts- og Europarettsforum som er åpent for alle interesserte.

Cand. jur Tore Fjørtoft vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden Ph.d:

"Økonomiske medlemsrettar i samvirkeforetak"

Forskergruppen Selskaper, markeder, samfunn og miljø inviterer til konferanse om Grunnlovens miljøparagraf 110b.

Konferansen arrangeres i samarbeid med Concerned Scientists Norway, Besteforeldrenes klimaaksjon, Forfatternes klimaaksjon, Norsk Klimastiftelse og Concerned Students Norway.

Forskergruppen Selskaper, markeder, samfunn og miljø lanserer sitt nye, helt elektroniske tidsskrift og presenterer samtidig tidsskriftets første artikkel: "Vår europeiske selskapsrett" av Linn Anker-Sørensen og Beate Sjåfjell.

Åpent for alle; forfriskninger serveres. Påmelding senest 25. april.

Forskergruppe for naturressursrett arrangerer faglunsj.

Hvordan kan næringslivet bidra til den nødvendige omstillingen til et lavkarbon- og bærekraftig samfunn? Dagens system gir konkurransefordeler til de ikke-bærekraftige selskapene, og dette må vi snu. Vi trenger en ny rettslig infrastruktur for bærekraftige selskaper.

Professor Beate Sjåfjell presenterer nytt selskapsrettslig tidsskrift.

Åpent for alle.

Tidligere og nåværende vitenskapelige assistenter vil presentere sine forskningsarbeider.

Åpent for alle, men påmelding pga bevertning.

På dette heldagsseminaret legges frem tre ferske forskningsbidrag med nye perspektiver på styrets rolle: Hva er datterselskapets rolle i møte med aktiv konsernstyring? Kan styremedlemmer bli erstatningsansvarlig for selskapets miljøskader? Hva slags rolle har ansattevalgte styremedlemmer i omstillinger?

Tidligere vitenskapelige assistenter i forskergruppen presenterer sine forskningsresultater som kapittelutkast til bok om styrets rolle, med forberedte kommentarer fra forsknings- og praktikerhold.

Forskergruppen for selskaper, markeder, samfunn og miljø arrangerer studiebesøk for studenter til Finanstilsynet.

Hva er egentlig en aksje? Hva slags forhold er det mellom aksjonær og aksjeselskap? Eier aksjonærene selskapet? Mediedebatten i februar og mars 2013 viste at dette er omdiskuterte og viktige spørsmål. Synet på aksjeselskapet natur, hvem selskapet er til for og hva slags formål det skal ha, kan anes å ligge under den heftige debatten om hva aksjonærer eier.

I Selskapsrettsforumet 5. mars 2013, innledet professor Beate Sjåfjell til diskusjon om "eierskapsmyten". Selskapsrettsforumet var åpent for alle interesserte, inkludert studenter og journalister. Både foredraget og den etterfølgende diskusjonen ble podcastet. 

Tidligere og nåværende vitenskapelige assistenter vil presentere sine forskningsarbeider.

Åpent for alle, men påmelding pga bevertning.