Nordic Research School in Practical theology: Theology, inter-disciplinarity, and approaches

Nordic Research School in Practical Theology, Oslo/MF March 19 – 20, 2024

MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society in Oslo will host the Nordic Research School of Practical Theology on March 19-20, 2024. Initially a collaboration between the universities of Uppsala and Lund, joined by MF around 2011, the school has now expanded to include more PhD programs in the Scandinavian countries. 

An overarching theme this year will be Theology, interdisciplinarity, and approaches. The theme will be addressed in plenary sessions with presentations. The main part of the program consists of the discussions of papers circulated by PhD students in advance. This is an opportunity to get feedback from colleagues and supervisors at different institutions.

Price

Ph.D. students pay NOK 400. Other academic staff pay NOK 700. 

The fee includes lunch both days and dinner Tuesday night. 

Papers 

We encourage all participating Ph.D. students to present a paper. The paper could be an excerpt from your thesis, a reflective paper, or any other text that will help you forward in your process. 

You upload the paper here. 

Max 10 000 words all included. 

Deadline for submission: 1 March. 

Program 

Tuesday 

12:00 Lunch & mingling

13:00 Welcome & presentation 

13:15 Practical theology: Theology, inter-disciplinarity, and approaches 

• Short lectures
  • Theological and Cultural Bible by Ingunn Aadland, MF
  • From systematic theology to practical theology by Katarina Westerlund, Uppsala University
• Discussion in groups. 
• Summing up by Tone Stangeland Kaufman. 

15:00 Coffee break. 

15:30 Paper sessions in groups 

18:30 Dinner together at a restaurant (or possibly at MF)

Wednesday

09:00 Paper sessions in groups 

11:15 Looking back at my Ph.D. student years: Reflections and takeaways 

• Frida Mannerfelt 
• Dorte Kappelgaard 
• Discussion 

12:00 Practicalities, next conference. 

12:30 Lunch, farewell. 

Program committee: Katarina Westerlund (Uppsala), Stephan Borgehammar (Lund), Jonas Ideström (EHS) and Tone Stangeland Kaufman (MF)

In collaboration with The research group of practical theology at MF.