Konferansen belyser de velferdsmuligheter og utfordringer vår store nabo til øst står overfor. OsloMets forskere og samarbeidspartnere i Russland ser på aspekter som migrasjon, urfolk, journalistikk og historisk utvikling i landet. Professor Linda Cook fra Brown University holder konferansens hovedinnlegg. Cook er en anerkjent ekspert på russisk velferdspolitikk. En paneldebatt om hvordan man kan studere Russland avslutter konferansen.
Konferansen vil foregå på engelsk.
Conference Host: Head of Institute Department Gunn Bjørnsen, Faculty of Education and International Studies, LUI, OsloMet
PROGRAMME
09.00-09.30: Welcome
- Rector Curt Rice, OsloMet
- Dean Sarah J. Paulson, OsloMet
- Director Kåre Hagen, OsloMet
- Dean Ann-Helén Bay, OsloMet
09.30-10.15: The Politics of inclusion and exclusion in Russia’s welfare state
Professor Linda Cook, Brown University, USA
10.15-10.30: Questions
10.30-11.00: Break with Russian snacks and coffee
11.00-12.00: Welfare research
Welfare state professionals’ attitudes towards migrants
Professor Elena Iarskaya-Smirnova, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
Inclusion and exclusion of indigenous peoples in Norway and Russia: a comparison
Researcher Mikkel Berg-Nordlie, Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, NIBR, OsloMet
12.00-12.30: Lunch in P42, auditorium Q1015
12.30-13.00: Masterpieces of Grieg and Rachmaninoff
Pianist, Senior advisor Svein Amund Skara, OsloMet
13.00-14.00: Education and communication
Inclusive education in Russia: problems and prospects
Professor Elena Piskunova, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia
Sign language studies in Russia and Norway: linguistic detail and political recognition
Professor Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen, OsloMet
14.00-14.30: Break
14.30-15.30: Journalism
Inclusion and exclusion in the public sphere: digital citizenship
Associate Professor Anna Smoliarova, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Freedom of expression in Russia from Catherine the Great to Putin
Professor Robert Wallace Vaagan, OsloMet
15.30-16.15: Panel discussion
Moderator – Senior Researcher Aadne Aasland, OsloMet
How can Russia be studied today?
Russian exceptionalism vs. studying her as any other country. How to tackle scepticism towards Western scientists’ motives to study Russia? Blank spots: Suggestions for themes to look out for to better grasp Russian development.
Questions and answers
- Professor Linda Cook, Brown University, USA
- Professor Anna Smoliarova, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
- Director Iver B. Neumann, Norwegian Social Research Institute, NOVA, OsloMet
- Senior Researcher Jørn Holm-Hansen, Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, NIBR, OsloMet
16.15: Mingling
