On Friday September 25, Agenda invites you to look at societal development from a scientific viewpoint. In cooperation with the American think tank The Evolution Institute, we will place the Norwegian model into an evolutionary context: Is Norway the final step on the evolutionary ladder? 
The Evolution Institute conducts theoretical and applied research from an evolutionary perspective for policy development to improve quality of life. David Sloan Wilson, a widely recognized professor of evolutionary sciences and anthropology, directs the institute. Along with colleague and co-founder, Jerry Lieberman, he will visit Oslo on September 25th. Wilson and Lieberman will present The Norway Project, an eight-year-long case study that investigates how cultural evolution leads to a fair society and high quality of life. The project also looks at the evolution, and possible degradation, of the Norwegian model.
Welcome to this fallÔÇÖs most unique meeting about societal development! ┬á
Friday September 25
0800-0930 (note that the seminar lasts half an hour longer than normal)
Kulturhuset, Youngstorget 3, Oslo
The panel:
- David Sloan Wilson, Professor at the State University of New York og Binghampton University/ Guest Lecturer at SUM/UiO
– Dr. Jerry Lieberman, Co-founder of The Evolution Institute
– Marte Gerhardsen, Director of Agenda
– Nina Witoszek,┬áResearch Director at the Centre for Development and the Environment at Oslo University
– B├Ñrd Vegard Solhjell, Deputy Leader of the Socialist Left Party
– Stefan Heggelund, Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party
We will ask: 
-    Is Norway the best that evolution has to offer?
-    Is the Norwegian model under pressure, and is it possibly outdated?
-┬á┬á ┬áHow does the future look with NorwayÔÇÖs current model, and what can be improved?
– ┬á ┬áIs the Norwegian model worth fighting for?