Second day of staff trip to Oslo; visit to VID, parliament

Today we have had our second day of our staff trip to Oslo (for University of Stavanger´s Department of social studies). While we had an internal programme yesterday, today we visited the university college VID, or more specifically their Faculty of social studies. We also visited the Norwegian parliament.

Member of parliament (Green Party) responds to chronicle on petroleum research

In a letter to the editor entitled "Kunnskap for fremtidens Norge" [Knowledge for the future Norway], Rasmus Hansson, a member of parliament representing the Green Party of Norway, refers to my chronicle "Hva slags forskning er etisk forsvarlig?" [What kind(s) of research is ethically justifiable?], which was published in the Norwegian daily Aftenposten Monday this week. Hansson writes that the Green Party in their alternative government budget proposes to increase research supporting green reorganization of society, including renewable energy, and to reduce petroleum investments, research and subsidies.

See also:

Chronicle on Norwegian universities' petroleum research in Aftenposten

Chronicle on petroleum research linked to by student NGO, tweeted about by environmental NGOs and research ethics committees