Liv Norunn Hamre ved Naturhistorisk museum vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d. (philosophiae doctor) "Land-cover changes in a western Norwegian cultural landscape: Impact on plant species diversity, composition and population dynamics."

M.Sc. Elizabeth Brighton Mvula Mwafongo ved Naturhistorisk museum vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d. (philosophiae doctor) "Studies of Albuca and Ledebouria (Hyacinthaceae) in the Flora Zambesiaca area; aspects of systematics, ecophysiology and ethnobotany".

Cand.scient. Lene Martinsen ved Naturhistorisk museum vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d. (philosophiae doctor) "Molecular evolution in Dolichopoda cave crickets (Rhaphidophoridae)".

Cand.scient. Elin Kalleson ved Naturhistorisk museum vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d. (philosophiae doctor) "The Gardnos structure; the impactites, sedimentary deposits and post-impact history".

Cand. scient. Vegar Bakkestuen ved Naturhistorisk museum vil forsvare sin avhandling for dr. philos-graden: "GIS as a tool for studying temporal and spatial patterns in Norwegian ecosystems across disciplines and scales."

Cand.scient. Inger Auestad ved Naturhistorisk museum vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d. (philosophiae doctor) "The fate of grassland species in the modern changing landscape: Effects of management on vegetation and population dynamics in road verges and pastures. "

M.Sc. Erik Anthonissen ved Naturhistorisk museum vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d. (philosophiae doctor) "Calibrating the Neogene of the Nordic Atlantic: an integrated microfossil biostratigraphy linking the geologic time scale with regional geology."

Cand.scient. Marianne Evju ved Naturhistorisk museum vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d. (philosophiae doctor) "Sheep grazing and dynamics of alpine plants in a landscape-scale experiment".

Cand.scient. Heidi Solstad ved Naturhistorisk museum vil forsvare sin avhandling for graden ph.d. (philosophiae doctor) "Taxonomy and evolution of the diploid and polyploid Papaver sect. Meconella (Papaveraceae)."