For employees

You are welcome to devotions in the chapel in Diakonveien 14, Oslo. On Tuesdays to Thursdays from 10:30 to 10:50.

Da prinsesse Märtha ville ta med seg sjamanen inn i kirken ble det oppstuss og stor medieoppmerksomhet. Hvorfor det? Mange har pekt på at kombinasjonen av penger, kongesymbol og alternative medisinske teknikker er en god oppskrift for å sette sinnene i kok og få avisene i tale. Samtidig kan man spørre om det finnes en vegring mot bestemte religiøse retninger. Er skepsis mot sjamanen også uttrykk for skepsis mot en bestemt form for religiøsitet? Er det slik at vår kultur er grunnleggende skeptisk til det ekstatiske?

Both academic and administrative staff can apply. The application deadline is October 30.

Welcome to Signe Aarvik's midterm evaluation. The working title of Signe's PhD project is "Beliefs and negotiation with Islamic traditions among young non-organised Muslims in Norway".

How do we educate communities? How can this be done in a just way, leading to justice for all? Professor Marjorie Mayo from Goldsmiths, University of London lectures at VID Oslo.

Welcome to Geir Johannes Barlaup's 90% seminar at Centre for Mission and Global Studies. Geir's project is titled "'Armed Forces between Otherness and Respect: A Study of Norwegian Soldiers' Understanding of the Significance of Religion".

External evaluator: Tor Arne Berntsen, The Norwegian Defence University College.

Welcome to Øyvind Hadland's midterm evaluation

Improving Services and Life at Home for People with Dementia: A research seminar organised by the ‘Service Development and Older People’ research group (tjenesteforsk)

Welcome to a presentation of, and mini-seminar on Knut Alfvåg's new book "Christology as Critique: On the Relation between Christ, Creation and Epistemology."

Book presentation and mini-seminar on Church and world: Diakonia as the public responsibility of the Church.

The Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID is a partner in the mission history festival "Himmelfolket" (i.e. The Heavenly People) at Vea prayer house in Karmøy, Norway 27-29 September 2019. The festival was first held in October 2018 at Fosen prayer house in Karmøy, in cooperation with Norsk Bedehusmuseum and storyteller Ivar Nygaard.

For the newly funded MAVI project two new members have joined SIK this August: Norma Wong at the post-doctoral position, and Josh Dickstein in internship.

Arlene A. Henry is from Jamaica, and she was an international student at VID for two years. In this blog post she reflects on her experiences as a student at VID, in Oslo.

U.S. Norway Fulbright Foundation reminds us of the application deadline for Fulbright scholarships to the US for the academic year 2020-21.

The University Board of VID Specialized University has appointed Pro-Rector Bård Mæland as rector as of 1 August. The University Board has also decided to begin the work of recruiting and appointing a new rector to succeed Ingunn Moser.

The seminar presents research on biblical themes of migration and uses of the Bible in contexts of migration.