Previous events

Master of Laws Ingrid Birgitte Lund will be defending the thesis Hybrid Mismatch Rules and EU Primary Law:Legislative Competence and the Discrimination of Multinational Enterprises for the degree of PhD. 

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

Kirandeep Kaur has been enrolled in the joint program European doctorate in law and development (EDOLAD). She will be defending the thesis Imaginaries of Law, Borders, and Rights. Forced Migrant Voices of Change. The degree will be given jointly by Tilburg University and the University of Oslo.

LL.M. Laura Létourneau-Tremblaywill be defending the thesis Environmental protection in international investment law: Interaction, change and adaptation for the degree of PhD.

As PluriCourts is coming to a closure in 2023, we invite all interested to join us as we discuss and synthesize our research and achievements. 

PluriCourts, together with Syracause University, have the pleasure to welcome to the workshop on "Unburdening Access and Inclusion: European Tribunals, International Disability Law: from Disability Studies to Studying Ableism" 12-13 June. The workshop will take place at the House of Literature, Oslo. 

Public lecture by Professor Adam Bodnar, professor of law and Dean of the Law Faculty of the SWPS University in Warsaw

Inger-Johanne Sand turned 70 in December 2022. She is one of the leading legal internationalists in Nordic legal science. In her long career, she has made new and important theoretical contributions to jurisprudence. Inger-Johanne Sand has always been involved in legal politics and legal reform and she has brought together critical social theory and legal science in ways that few have done in Nordic legal research. In recent years, she has been engaged in research questions arising out of the pandemic and new technologies within welfare and health.

Guest lecture with Patricia Kameri Mbote, the Director of the Law Division, of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Christian Joerges, Professor Emeritus of Law and Society at the Hertie School, is invited by the Deparment of public and international law and ARENA to hold a guest lecture presenting his latest book Conflict and Transformation: Essays on European Law and Policy.

Master of Laws Runar Hilleren Lie at PluriCourts - Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order -
will be defending the thesis Influence and Change in International Investment Law: A Computational Analysis for the degree of PhD.

The Climate Law Group have invited “insiders” to share with us their views on the process and outcome of COP27. This seminar invites to reflections and discussion about COP27, the purpose and necessity of these “mega-meetings” and the need to ramp up climate ambition during this decade, while addressing finance, adaptation and loss and damage.

Yuliya Chernykh will give a lecture with the title: Reintroduction of the Olympic Truce: Archival Studies and Contemporary Assessment

The United Nations Human Rights Committee in the "Torres Strait Islanders Case"

What are the achievements, milestones and challenges for Norwegian universities to be more inclusive?

Together with the IUCN Commission of Environmental Law and other partners, the University of Oslo is organizing a four day conference to reflect on the importance of law for the critical decade.

Biandri Joubert has been enrolled in the joint program European doctorate in law and development (EDOLAD). She will be defending the thesis Sanitary and phytosanitary measures as barriers to trade: A South African perspective for the degree of PhD. The degree will be given jointly by the North-West University in South Africa and the University of Oslo.

Master of Laws Nicola Claire Strain at PluriCourts will be defending the thesis Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in Investor-State and WTO Dispute Settlement. Comparing Consent and Inconsistency in the Application of Other International Law for the degree of Ph.D.

Bård Sverre Tuseth at the department of Public and International Law will be defending the thesis Trykkefrihed bør finde Sted. Grunnloven § 100 fra 1814 til 1905 for the degree of Ph.D.

The disputation will be held in Norwegian.

Master of Laws and Master in fisheries Guri Kristin Hjallen Eriksen will be defending the thesis Fisheries Legislator Approach (FLA) - A Framework for Developing Sound and Coherent Fisheries Legislation – a Norwegian Case with a Canadian Outlook for the degree of Ph.D.

We welcome you to a seminar with UN Special Rapporteur, Michael Lynk, focused on the question of apartheid and its application to the Occupied Palestinian Territories. 

Juris Doctorate Emma Hynes Brandon will be defending the thesis Cooperation with the International Criminal Court and Regional Human Rights Courts: Obligations of Non-State Parties
for the degree of Ph.D.

PhD candidate Heather Broomfield is presenting her PhD project "Framing and implementing the data-driven public sector".

Master of Laws Anders Narvestad will be defending the thesis "Høyesterett og folkeretten" for the degree of Ph.D. 

The disputation will be held in Norwegian.