Doctoral dissertations under preparation

• Nils Anfinset:Processes of cultural change in the southern Levant in the Chaclolithic period, with special emphasis on the Lower Jordan Valley (Archaeology)
• Kjersti Gravelsæter Berg: 'Palestine' (History).
• Kjetil Fosshagen: Turkish Cyprus (Anthropology)
• Christine M. Jacobsen:'Muslim GenDerations: Young Muslims in Oslo' (Anthropology)
• Liv Ingeborg Lied: 'The problem of Palestine: Conceptions of the land in 2. Baruk' (History of Religions)
• Renate Lunde: 'Protestant education and elite women in the Middle East; A Study of the American University in Beirut,ca 1925-1980' (History).
• Richard Natvig:'The Zar-cult in Northeast Africa and the Middle East' (History of Religions)
• Margrete Søvik: 'National identity, integration policies and multiculturalism: a comparative study of Germany and France' (History)
• Eivind Seland: 'Indian Ocean in Antiquity: Trade and the emerging state' (History).
• Vahram Ter-Matevosyan: 'The role of Islam in Turkish politics after 1980' (History).
• Elena Vezzadini: 'The abolition of slavery during the Condominium' (History).
• Gerd Marie Ådna:'Sacrifice in Islam' (History of Religions) 

Master's theses under preparation

• Henrik Bjørge Pedersen: 'Syria in world politics, 1950-1980' (History).
• Kristin Lovise Fedt: '"Healing and healers, magical rites and magical powers in Islamic practices. Afghan women tell of their religious traditions" (History of Religions).
• Kjell Hausman Mathisen: 'Hureidha revisited. Social stratification in a south Arabian town thirty years after Abdalla Bujra' (Anthropology)
• Jasna Jozelic: 'Islamization and contemporary Islam in Bosnia and Hercegovina' (History of Religions).
• Linda Kjosås: 'The language of the Egyptian Press' (Arabic).
• Arnt Vidar Klungland: 'The International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem' (History of Religions).
• Stian Skår Ludvigsen: 'Econometrics of Wrath: Popularity functions of Israeli governments, 1981-2000' (Political science).
• Erlend Nedrelid: 'The Sokoto caliphate and Adamawa province, c. 1850-1900' (History).
• Ingvill Sjøvold Nilsen: '"How has the pursuit of competing nationalist identities resulted in the failure of the Middle East peace process?' (Political science).
• Håkon Njøs: 'The relationship between the British and the Egyptians in the Condominium administration' (History).
• Lene Nordli: 'Islamism and politics' (Political science).
• Thomas Nyløkken: 'A cross-cultural relgio-psychological study of pro-social behaviour (material from Palestine/Israel)' (History of Religions).
• Marie Palm: 'The 2004 family law in Morocco' (History of Religions).
• Siv Dale Pedersen: 'Career women in Turkey. Attitudes' (Anthropology)
• Tina Pedersen: 'Female Muslim leaders in the UN' (History of Religions)
• Vegard Pettersen: 'The coverage of Islam and Muslims in New York Times before and after 11 September 2001' (History of Religions).
• Astrid Rundereim: 'Christian Palestinian refugees in Lebanon' (Anthropology).
• Sunniva Strand: 'US Middle East policy and its relation to domestic politics' (Political science).
• Gunnar Thune: 'British policies on religion in the Sudan'. (History).
• Liv Tønnessen: 'The National Islamic Front's and Hasan al-Turabi's Islamist Interpretation of Islam and Democracy' (Political science).
• Bernt Vevle: 'Christians in the Middle East' (History).
• Kari Weltzien Vik: 'The development of women's status in Turkey under Atatürk' (History).
• Torkil Åmland: 'Israel in international law' (History).
• Olav Aanestad: 'National identity in post-war Lebanon' (Anthropology).