Building and maintaining an extensive network with researchers worldwide that are in the forefront of their field is one of the core activities in the SHARE Centre. Traveling and meeting new and old friends provides the researchers with great possibilities to exchange insights and ideas.
Mobility and internationalisation efforts mostly consist of SHARE researchers traveling abroad, as well as the SHARE Centre acting as host for incoming visitors. Several of the visitors are staying as a part of their contribution to or in expert panels and seminars, attendance at conferences, and adjunct professorships. During the stay of incoming visitors, the guests are provided with an office space in the SHARE location and integrated as a part of the team of colleagues. All visitors are asked to hold a guest lecture to enable knowledge sharing, as well as attend all other SHARE activities during their stay. Several of the researchers at the Centre are involved in different outings during the visitors stays to enable the visitor to enjoy and experience the beautiful surroundings in the Norwegian and Stavanger region. Several visitors have as a result been invited to nature walks, Christmas markets, family dinners and restaurant visits as a part of their stay. Sharing experiences as well as knowledge and ideas has been an essential part of building and maintain longstanding and strong international relationships that has resulted in the co-writing and partnerships of articles as well as research proposals and projects.
Throughout the year for 2024 the Centre had the pleasure of hosting the following visitors:
- Charles Vincent, University of Oxford, UK
- Victoria Brazil, Bond University, Australia
- Mathilde Bourrier, Université de Genève, Switzerland
- Robyn Clay Williams, Macquarie University, Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI)
- Yvonne Zurynski, Macquarie University, Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI)
- Rebecca Lawton, NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (PSTRC), UK
- Catherine Calderwood, University of Strathclyde, Scottland
- Elizabeth Austin, Macquarie University, Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI)
- Sagda Osman, Macquarie University, Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI)
- Natalie Sanford, King’s College London, UK
- Soila Karreinen, Tampere University, Finland
- Roland Bal, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Jeffrey Braithwaite, Macquarie University, Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI)
- Louise Ellis, Macquarie University, Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI)
- David Bates
The following SHARE researchers had the pleasure of traveling abroad:
- Daniel Adrian Lungu (6 months) University of Suceava, Romania
- Veslemøy Guise (3 weeks) at King’s College London, UK
- Siri Wiig (6 weeks) at Macquarie University, Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI)
- Hilda Bø Lyng (5 weeks) at Macquarie University, Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI)
- Inger Johanne Bergerød (6 weeks) at Macquarie University, Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI)
- Jicke Elon Gustaf Höök ( 3 months) at the Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam University Medical Center, the Netherlands, Amsterdam
- Asma Sabri (3 months) at the Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam University Medical Center, the Netherlands, Amsterdam
Jicke Höök (second from left) and Asma Sabri (far right) with fellow PhD candidates visiting Amsterdam. Photo: Jicke Höök
Christmas dinner at AIHI during Inger Bergerøds' visit. Photo Inger Bergerød
Siri Wiig wisiting Peter Caputi at Univeristy at Wollongong during her stay in Australia. Photo: Siri Wiig
Siri Wiig (far left) and Hilda Bø Lyng (3rd from left) with collegues and friends from the AIHI during their visit at Maquarie Univeristy. Photo: Siri Wiig
Hilda Bø Lyng and Siri Wiig visited University of New South Wales during their stay in Sydney. Photo: Siri Wiig
from left: Louise Ellis, Hilda Bø Lyng, collegue from Wollongong, Robyn Clay Williams, Peter Caputi and Siri Wiig in Australia. Photo: Siri Wiig
Inger Bergerød sat in what we now call the 'Norwegian office' at AIHI due to the frequent visits to the institute from SHARE. Photo: Inger Bergerød
Daniel Lungu (second from right) with collegues from the S4R project during a project meeting held in Romania during his visit there. Photo: Daniel Lungu