Events

The interest in autonomous ships has grown exponentially in the past few years. Only five or so years ago, the prospect of unmanned and autonomous vessels sailing on the seas was not considered to be realistic, while now the debate centers on when and in what format and pace the development will take place. Law has a key role to play in this development and legal obstacles are often singled out as principal barriers to a rapid introduction of new technologies in this field. In a few years autonomous ships has turned from a non-issue to one of the main regulatory topics being addressed at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), but the discussion is still in its infancy.

Increased reliance on automation for tasks that have traditionally been undertaken by ships' crews raises interesting legal question across the whole spectrum of maritime law. From the law of the sea and IMO Conventions, which are crucial for enabling autonomy to be introduced in the first place, to essentially any aspect of private maritime law, including transport contracts, collision, salvage and marine insurance, the development will entail fundamental alterations to current practices.

Registration (free) by deadline 16 May 2019

Seminar Series on Energy Market Design

The Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, Department of Petroleum and Energy Law, UiO, in cooperation with Energy Norway and Oslo Centre for Research on Environmentally friendly Energy (CREE), invites you to a new event in our seminar series on Energy Market Design. With two distinguished speakers, Prof. Leigh Hancher and Matthew Levitt, both from Baker Botts (Belgium), we will discuss the most recent developments in terms of case law, Commission’s practice and new legislative acts with influence on the shaping of energy market design in the EU. 

Seminar on Electricity Market Design 4 April 2019 

Program The seminar is free of charge, but registration is mandatory.

Registration deadline 29 March 2019 

We welcome all to this lunch seminar regarding the legal processes between the Western Sahara liberation movement POLISARIO and the EU. 

Please register before March 24th

Speaker is Manuel Devers, the legal counsel of the POLISARIO Front before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Book launch - Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen

Introduction by Prof. Filippo Lorenzon, Faculty of Law, Dalian Maritime University (People Republic of China) and Campbell Johnston Clark Ltd, London.

Comments by Prof. Erik Røsæg, University of Oslo

The research group for International Law and Governance invites you to this afternoon meeting with Professor Christina Voigt

We regret to inform you that this lunch seminar has been cancelled

Keep yourself updated with the latest EU energy law developments, deepen your knowledge and exchange experience with European colleagues.

Registration is now open on the NeVER website

17 January 2019

This seminar will seek to address some of the existing challenges for space law in the Norwegian, European and international perspective. We also wish to lay a foundation for future discussions of space law issues at the University of Oslo. Our speakers are Terje Wahl (Norwegian Space Center), Steven Freeland (Western Sydney University Law School), Alla Pozdnakova (Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law), Katrin Nyman Metcalf (International Relations Committee of the European Space Agency), Alexander Soucek (European Space Agency), Kirsten Ullbæk Selvig (Ministry of Transport, Norway) and Mari Amanda Eldholm (European Centre for Space Law).

The seminar is open, but requires registration (closed Dec 2nd)  

Challenges and Opportunities for the Arctic and Beyond

In Norway, the parliamentary process has resulted in a broad public debate on what consequences an affiliation with the EU’s energy union and the energy agency ACER may have for Norwegian resource management.

19-20 FEBRUARY 2018 The University of Cape Town, South Africa and the University of Oslo, Norway, are pleased to present a two-day training course.

by Robert Beckmann, National University of Singapore 

Keep yourself updated with the latest EU energy law developments, deepen your knowledge and exchange experience with European colleagues

This seminar discusses the multiple legal issues raised by the recent Norwegian litigation involving EU vessels catching snow crab in the Loophole and around Svalbard with a license from the flag State, but without a Norwegian License.

Up-to-date analysis of the reach of free movement within the EU Internal Market and what constitutes a restriction.

This conference aims at discussing the history, legal implications, and legacy of the 1917 Russian Revolution on the Nordic countries

This conference aims at discussing the history, legal implications, and legacy of the 1917 Russian Revolution on the Nordic countries

The conference addresses some of the most pressing issues in our time. The protection of the Rule of Law in Europe, the role of Europe's institutions, and the way forward after Brexit.

How is Norway to adapt?

The purpose of the colloquium is to discuss the organization of ecosystem-based management in the Arctic, in particular when the ecosystems extend beyond national jurisdictions. Challenges relate to the ongoing negotiations on bio-diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, as these must be addressed independently.

Thursday December 1st  10:00 AM - 

Friday December 2nd    09:00 AM - 

We are pleased to announce the 2nd Common Market Law Review Annual Conference which is being held on 20 October in Oslo.

The IX European Colloquium of Maritime Law Research will take place in Bilbao in September 2016.