Department of Social Anthropology
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The Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo is an academic unit dedicated to research and teaching on cultural and social diversity, human societies, and anthropological theory and methods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Social Anthropology canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Social Anthropology Context triple: [Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, hasUnit, Department of Social Anthropology]
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Department of Sociology
The Department of Sociology at Presidency College, Kolkata is an academic unit dedicated to the study and research of social structures, institutions, and contemporary social issues.
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School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences at Rice University is an academic division that focuses on disciplines such as economics, political science, sociology, psychology, and related fields to study human behavior and social systems.
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C.
School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences is an academic division within the University of Manchester that focuses on disciplines such as sociology, politics, economics, and related social science fields.
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D.
School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences at Waseda University is an academic faculty specializing in interdisciplinary studies of society, politics, economics, and culture.
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School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences is a faculty of ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon dedicated to teaching and research in disciplines such as sociology, political science, anthropology, and related social science fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Social Anthropology Target entity description: The Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo is an academic unit dedicated to research and teaching on cultural and social diversity, human societies, and anthropological theory and methods.
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A.
Department of Sociology
The Department of Sociology at Presidency College, Kolkata is an academic unit dedicated to the study and research of social structures, institutions, and contemporary social issues.
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B.
School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences at Rice University is an academic division that focuses on disciplines such as economics, political science, sociology, psychology, and related fields to study human behavior and social systems.
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C.
School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences is an academic division within the University of Manchester that focuses on disciplines such as sociology, politics, economics, and related social science fields.
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D.
School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences at Waseda University is an academic faculty specializing in interdisciplinary studies of society, politics, economics, and culture.
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E.
School of Social Sciences
The School of Social Sciences is a faculty of ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon dedicated to teaching and research in disciplines such as sociology, political science, anthropology, and related social science fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic department
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university department ⓘ |
| affiliation | University of Oslo ⓘ |
| country | Norway ⓘ |
| employs |
associate professors of social anthropology
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doctoral research fellows ⓘ postdoctoral researchers ⓘ professors of social anthropology ⓘ |
| engagesIn |
international research collaboration
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public outreach on anthropological topics ⓘ |
| field |
anthropology
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cultural anthropology ⓘ social anthropology ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.sv.uio.no/sai/ ⓘ |
| hosts |
guest lectures by international scholars
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research seminars in social anthropology ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction |
English
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Norwegian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo
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Oslo ⓘ |
| offers |
doctoral supervision in social anthropology
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graduate teaching in social anthropology ⓘ undergraduate teaching in social anthropology ⓘ |
| offersProgram |
PhD programme in social anthropology
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bachelor’s programme in social anthropology ⓘ master’s programme in social anthropology ⓘ |
| partOf | University of Oslo ⓘ |
| researchActivity |
comparative ethnographic studies
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fieldwork-based research ⓘ |
| researchArea |
development and humanitarianism
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economic anthropology ⓘ globalization and transnationalism ⓘ indigeneity and minority issues ⓘ kinship and family ⓘ medical anthropology ⓘ migration and mobility ⓘ political anthropology ⓘ religion and belief systems ⓘ urban anthropology ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
anthropological methods
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anthropological theory ⓘ cultural and social diversity ⓘ human societies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Department of Social Anthropology Description of subject: The Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo is an academic unit dedicated to research and teaching on cultural and social diversity, human societies, and anthropological theory and methods.
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subject surface form:
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo