PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence. Christian Bernhard Holth Thorjussen, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) and Nofima, will defend his PhD thesis "Computational Conditional Independence Testing for Causal Inference. Methods and Applications in Agricultural and Food Production Systems" on 18 May 2026.
Norwegian title of thesis: "Beregningsmessig betinget uavhengighetstesting for kausal inferens. Metoder og anvendelser i landbruks- og matproduksjonssystemer"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture: "Making causal inference mainstream: enablers, barriers, potential, and pitfalls"
Time:
18 May 2026
10:15 Trial lecture
12:15 Public defence
Place: Anton Skulbergs auditorium, Nofima, Ås
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Associate professor Domenico Vistocco, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Second opponent: Professor Ole Christian Lingjærde, University of Oslo, Norway
Committee coordinator: Professor Oliver Tomic, REALTEK, NMBU
Main supervisors: Professor Kristian Hovde Liland, REALTEK, NMBU
Co-supervisors: Senior researcher Ingrid Måge, Nofima
Researcher Lars Erik Solberg, Nofima
The doctoral thesis is available for public review. If you would like access to it, please send an email to phd-realtek@nmbu.no