Centres of Excellence
The Faculty of Humanities is host to two Centres of Excellence, awarded by the Norwegian Research Council.
Strategic research initiatives
From 2024 to 2028 the Faculty of Humanities promotes four interdisciplinary research initiatives.
Doctoral degree and PhD
- PhD programme
- Application and admission
- Courses and seminars
- Submission
Read more about early career researchers in the Humanities and postdoctoral fellows at HF.
Research news
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Christian Krohg's artwork was never considered particularly important. Until someone wanted to remove it.
Following last year's intense debates, the painting “Leiv Eiriksson Discovering America” has become a significant work in Norwegian art history, according to art historian Øystein Sjåstad.
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To Long for a Language
Many Sámi, Kvens and Forest Finns experience grief over not mastering the language that ties them to their own people. An increasing number are now trying to reclaim their language.
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“Make Sweden Great Again” – the far right found each other on Twitter during the Swedish election
Jessica Robinson has researched millions of tweets in connection with elections in the United States and Sweden. She found that the far right use Twitter to build global networks and to share their views on nationalism and immigration.
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How public awareness campaigns can affect our thoughts
Many climate campaigns use both verbal and visual metaphors. According to new research, this can give them particularly persuasive power.
UiO:Democracy
UiO:Democracy is an interdisciplinary initiative at the University of Oslo. The initiative will contribute to interdisciplinary research on democracy, during the period 2023 to 2030.
UiO:Nordic
UiO:Nordic is intended to provide new knowledge about the Nordic countries.
UiO:Energy and Environment
UiO:Energy and Environment is designed to address the transition towards secure and sustainable energy systems.
UiO:Life Science
Life sciences represent the largest priority area of the University of Oslo.
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