Press and public affairs

He has 3D printed a training model for spinal anesthesia

Øyvind Time's master's thesis can help make everyday life easier for healthcare personnel who have to learn how to take ...

12 million for research in algebraic geometry

Professor Helge Ruddat has received NOK 12 million to investigate and classify the mathematical concept of Fano manifold...

Energy students awarded for their efforts

Repsol awarded a total of four prizes and NOK 120,000 to master students at University of Stavanger.

UiS ends institutional cooperation with Israel

The UiS board discussed Israel at its meeting on 6 June 2024.

Supportive leaders make employees more satisfied and engaged

A recent collaboration between Lyse and researchers at the UiS School of Business and Law has proven to be highly benefi...

Nominate for the University Fund’s Presentation and Community Involvement Award

The objective of the award is to promote outstanding presentation and community involvement at the University of Stavang...

He is Energy Professional of the Year

Reidar Bratvold won the prize as Energy Professional of the Year at the SPE gala.

KCE center manager awarded Ruth Wong professorship to give opening lecture at prestigious education conference in Singapore

Elaine Munthe has received the Ruth Wong Professorship for 2024 at the National Institute of Education and is attending ...

Gastro-surgical nurses involved in eHealth study finish recruitment

In the eHealth @ Hospital 2- Home study we have asked two different patient populations and two different clinical group...

Detects cerebral stroke using artificial intelligence

She is a radiologist at Stavanger University Hospital, he is a computer scientist. Now they have teamed up to develop a ...

Kathy Lette traced her roots at UiS

When the world-renowned writer Kathy Lette traced her roots in the Australian TV program "Who Do You Think You Are?", sh...

Tent camp for Palestine on campus

The organization Students for Palestine Stavanger will have a tent camp on the Ullandhaug campus from Thursday, May 16th...

Students at UiS Partner with Industry to Tackle Environmental Challenge

In a remarkable demonstration of applied learning and industry collaboration, master's students from the UiS School of B...

Eight million for research project on populism in the Nordic region

In February, the Research Council of Norway announced funding for research projects for young talents. The upper funding...

Successful UiS Aerospace rocket launch

The UiS Aerospace rocket launch took place successfully 27 April in Helleland.

The Osage, Automobility, and the Environment in Sundown (1934)

UiS post-doctoral researcher Daniel Bowman writes about John Joseph Mathews’s 1934-novel Sundown, and the use of automob...

A new one-year program in Business and Management is popular among this year's applicants.

The new one-year program in Business and Management at the University of Stavanger, School of Business and Law, was very...

Solving offshore wind challenges in Norway

How can we build wind installations in the sea with the least possible environmental impact? That was the task for 38 EC...

Highlights from the first UiS Petro-Games

In a riveting showcase of industry knowledge and teamwork, the inaugural UiS Petro-Games competition proved to be a reso...

The future of leadership in healthcare – supporting resilience and mental wellbeing

SHARE - Centre for Resilience in Healthcare recently gathered researchers and health care professionals to an open semin...

Lykketreff - a meeting between students and businesses

Master's students at the Department of Media and Social Sciences have the opportunity to do an internship through an ele...

Kaleidoscope - a successful festival from the SV faculty

The SV Faculty organised Kaleidoscope for the first time this week. A great festival day with good content at Sølvberget...

Prestigious grant for research in medieval English

Professor Merja Stenroos has been awarded the most prestigious grant from the EU, the European Research Council (ERC) Ad...

Presented abstract at Nordic conference

Radel James Gacumo, on behalf of the Sensory Books project, participated in the Nordic Educational Research Association ...

Innovation projects receive seed funding from HelseCampus

Four projects which all aim to contribute to a sustainable healthcare service have been awarded seed funding from HelseC...

The Greenhouse Centre’s permafrost expert invited to ‘first of its kind’ workshop in Paris

Charlotte Wrigley attends 'Thinking Through Permafrost' workshop

Animesh Chatterjee brings the Greenhouse and ICOHTEC in dialogue

Chatterjee elected on the Executive Committee of the International Committee for the History of Technology

Ola Kvaløy Appointed to Committee on Circular Economy

The government is establishing an expert group to examine measures for reducing resource use and contributing to a more ...

Indoor heating off for Easter

The university needs to shut down the heating in many buildings on the Ullandhaug campus as of 5:00 PM on Thursday, Marc...

Global State of Patient Safety 2023 – Supporting Leaders

At a time when healthcare is at a crossroads, the "Global State of Patient Safety 2023 – Supporting Leaders" seminar hos...

The Centre for Innovation Research Established for an Additional Five Years

The operational term of the existing centre concluded on December 31, 2023. The application for the re-establishment of ...

Oslo University Hospital is a new partner in SHARE

As a new partner, Section for Acute and Pre-hospital care at Oslo University Hospital strengthens research on prehospita...

Kaleidoskop - a festival from The Faculty of Social Sciences

Kaleidoskop is a festival that focuses on important events, life changes and critical perspectives. By presenting differ...

Join a writing group for master's students

The library organises writing groups for students writing a master's thesis.

Sustainability research is now available to everyone

A new service that makes it easier for anyone to find and read Norwegian research related to the UN’s sustainable develo...

- This is my favorite place on campus

UiS student Camilla Sleire has found her favorite place.

Doctoral thesis on how students' mindsets affect learning outcomes

Elin Svensen defended her Ph.D. in sociology, social work, culture, and society at the Faculty of Social Sciences on Dec...

New one-year program in Business and Management

Interested in trying out business studies? Now you can take a one-year program in business and management at the Univers...

What influences nurses' career choices?

Leaders who support, listen to, and value their staff are extremely important for nurses' ambitions regarding further ca...

Network for Carer Research

The Network is a facilitator for patient and stakeholder involvement in SHARE. The Network representatives participate i...

Shut up & write for PhDs

Opening Ceremony for the Start of Studies

Information meeting: Outbound exchange spring 2025

Symposium: The Middle Ages in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Relevance, Reimagination, Inspiration

Drop-in: Outbound exchange spring 2025

Application deadline: Outbound exchange spring 2025

Introduction to Zotero

Information meeting: Students who have applied for outbound exchange spring 2025

UiS School of Business and Law Seminar: Moral Balancing

Election in the USA: What Will Happen?

Webinar: Introduction to Rayyan

Webinar: Introduction to NVivo

SAIL x Baseline Hackathon

Webinar: Introduction to Zotero

Crash Course Academic Writing for Students Writing in English

The Norwegian psychometric gathering

Introduction to Zotero

AI after dark

KÅKÅnomics 2024

Norway Summit 2024 – The Next Move

Webinar: Introduction to Rayyan (NO)

18th International Workshop on Behavioural Science Applied to Healthcare

Could scented books encourage more kids to read?

Do you remember the scented erasers you had as a child? ‘Scratch and sniff objects’ have now made a comeback.

Are Sámi schoolchildren more involved in online bullying than other students?

A new research project is going to look into whether Sámi students in Norwegian schools are more involved in online bull...

Affect and Material Cultures of Weathering: Histories, Temporalities, and Spaces (Call for Papers)

10-11 December 2024: Stavanger, Norway

Detects cerebral stroke using artificial intelligence

She is a radiologist at Stavanger University Hospital, he is a computer scientist. Now they have teamed up to develop a ...

Successful UiS Aerospace rocket launch

The UiS Aerospace rocket launch took place successfully 27 April in Helleland.

The Osage, Automobility, and the Environment in Sundown (1934)

UiS post-doctoral researcher Daniel Bowman writes about John Joseph Mathews’s 1934-novel Sundown, and the use of automob...

The Mongoose on the Loose in Nineteenth-Century Jamaica

"A plague of weasels and ticks: animal introduction, ecological disaster, and the balance of nature in Jamaica, 1870–190...

The impermanence of permafrost: learning how to be discontinuous

"Earth Ice Bone Blood" by Charlotte Wrigley.

Why get involved in a research study?

Doctors and surgeons from Stavanger University Hospital participate in the eHealth @ Hospital-2-Home project. This blog ...

Protocol for the randomised control trial

The eHealth@hospital-2-home-project has published the protocol for the randomised control trial of the nurse-assisted eH...

The impact of nurse assisted digital intervention on the participants family members

Master’s research in the eHealth@Hospital-2-Home project explores the impact of the nurse assisted digital health interv...

New evidence for quark matter cores in massive neutron stars

Researchers at the University of Stavanger are now one step closer to finding out what is in the core of neutron stars. ...

Problem-solving in kindergarten

Problem-solving is about finding solutions to all kind of problems. It can be seen as a basic strategy for addressing bo...

What being involved in a research project is like as intensive care nurses in Norway

Linn Tjemsland and Linn Elisabeth Furseth are both intensive care nurses who work in the cardiac intermediate unit at St...

Bringing the world's largest conference on bullying to Norway

The world's largest anti-bullying conference, the World Anti-Bullying Forum, will be held in Stavanger, Norway, in 2025....

Bettina Ebert has received eight million NOK to research medieval adhesives

Conservator Bettina Ebert at the Museum of Archaeology has been awarded eight million by the Research Council of Norway....

Assessing a nurse-assisted eHealth intervention

This article describes the second major phase of an intervention designed to enhance patient experiences during the crit...

What do patients say a future eHealth service needs?

The use of digital apps and wearables to track our health information is on the rise. Thus, eHealth is a resource that m...

Designing a future eHealth service for posthospitalization self-management support

A new study describes important aspects in the development of a digital follow-up service for patients in need of long-t...

Teachers bullying children – a global problem

All over the world, children are being bullied by adults in school. New research now shows that these students could als...

Can blueberries prevent dementia?

Drinking juice with a lot of antioxidants, for example from blueberries, can be beneficial in preventing dementia. New r...

– What I liked most about UiS and the Business School is the degree of internationalization

UiS Business School and Centre for Innovation Research have had two guest researchers this semester.

Posthospitalization follow-up of patients with heart failure using eHealth solutions

This review suggests that patients with heart failure should receive prompt follow-up after hospitalization, and eHealth...

This invention produces electricity from marine currents

Researchers at UiS have developed an energy converter that creates electricity from sea currents and river flows.

Countries that do well in the PISA assessment have one thing in common

The most common thing about countries that are 'successful' in PISA, is a higher level of gender equality in the populat...

Norwegian-led research project on childbirth and newborn resuscitation can save 25,000 lives annually in Tanzania

After completing their PhD-projects on childbirth and newborn resuscitation at the University of Stavanger, the four Tan...

Ethics in research

UiS is responsible for research conducted at the university being performed in accordance with laws and existing standar...

In the core of a neutron star

How can the established theory of particle physics, the Standard Model, be used to predict the material properties of th...

All tomorrows parties

The artistic research dance project All Tomorrows Parties by Brynjar Åbel Bandlien aims to investigate the impact that t...

Wind turbine and solar cells on campus

Spring of 2019, a wind turbine was lifted into place and installed on the Ullandhaug campus. Solar cells have already be...

Integrated solar panels in walls and roofs can be efficient power sources

“Norway’s cold climate is very suitable for building-integrated photovoltaics,” says researcher Hassan Gholami. He compl...

Impact case: Breast Cancer School

UiS researchers at the Faculty of Health has identified the urgent need to develop an educational program for Breast Can...

Bettina Smith: The Artist's Secret

We congratulate Professor Bettina Smith on her new release. Together with pianist Jan Willem Nelleke, Smith has released...

14 recommendations for a successful disputation

A disputation, the public defence of a PhD candidate’s thesis, is a serious matter. How can you prepare as best as possi...

Universities must take a leading role in regional development

Not all regions are like Silicon Valley, and not all universities can or should be like Stanford. Universities play vari...

Impact case: The Agder Project

UiS researchers have developed and tested a structured play-based curriculum for children at their last year of preschoo...

Became editor of the highest impact factor journal in Civil Engineering

Professor Dimitrios Pavlou at Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science recently became ...

Children need self-regulation to learn

According to a new study, there is a strong link between self-regulation and mathematical skills in Norwegian children. ...

Perceived emotional support from the teacher is associated with higher achievement in reading

A recent Norwegian study shows strong associations between first grade students feeling liked and respected by their tea...

Four signs that your toddler is (about to become) a reader*

Do you read for your toddler? Have you noticed that toddlers that are used to being read to, already have learned a lot ...