Research at UiS
Find information about the research activity at University of Stavanger.
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Research centres, networks and clusters
Research centres at UiS
- Centre for Sustainable Utilization of Energy Resources on the Norwegian Shelf (NCS2030)
- Centre for Resilience in Healthcare (SHARE)
- Centre for Innovation Research (CIR)
- Centre for Research in Early Childhood Education and Care (FILIORUM)
- The Greenhouse – Centre for Environmental Humanities
National research and educational centres
Research networks and clusters
- Smart city research
- Cluster on Industrial Asset Management (CIAM)
- Stavanger AI Lab
- The Cognitive Lab
- Ocean Technology Innovation Cluster Stavanger (OTICS)
Research institute NORCE
UiS is one of the largest owners in the independent research institute NORCE.
PhD Education and Research Schools
Research at the UiS faculties
Research news
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 ...
