Several research groups at UiS are working towards a more sustainable societal development. Descriptions of research topics, networks, and initiatives can be found on this page.
Prioritized area
UiS will be a driving force behind the green transition. This characterises our common direction and further development of our core activities. We educate people who can solve the social challenges of our time and we prioritise areas of research that contribute to a transition that is both green and safe.
Research groups, networks, and initiatives
News about sustainability
Digital Aestheticization of Fragile Environments (DigiFREN)
DigiFREN is a collaborative European project that seeks to understand how the use of digital technologies to experience ...
Greenhouse co-founder Dolly Jørgensen receives prestigious Swedish award
Dolly Jørgensen was awarded the 2025 Swedish Gad Rausing Prize for her groundbreaking research in environmental history ...
Impact Case: Eco-Friendly Hydrate Inhibitors: From University Research to Industry Innovation
Eco Inhibitors, a spin-off from the University of Stavanger, has brought breakthroughs to the oil and gas industry with ...
New energy central which will cut greenhouse gas emissions
The UiS energy central will be filled with research and teaching on geothermal energy and electricity.
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
The Greenhouse: Completed Research Projects
Find information about our completed research projects.
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.
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...
The transition of the oil cities Stavanger and Macaé
Carlos Eduardo Lopes da Silva has compared the two oil cities Stavanger and Macaé in Brazil.
Researching the unnoticed connections between petroculture and cultural heritage
Professor Dolly Jørgensen has won funding to research the links between cultural heritage and petrocultures and their co...
Whole Slide Imaging, Digitalization and Automation of Histopathological Lesion Evaluation in Marine Organisms
Use of histopathology to identify changes in marine species in response to contaminants is a long-known practice.
Combining art and science in a film project on the ethical challenges of the Green Transition
The artist Hans Baumann has received a Fulbright-scholarship to spend four months at the University of Stavanger working...
10 million NOK for research on under-explored marine resources
Environmental changes from generation to generation aren’t always visible. A new research project exploring natural reso...
UiS has established a PhD community focused on the green transition
PhD students doing research in sustainability and green transition can also now contribute to the interdisciplinary Gree...
The Greenhouse Green Transitions Fellows Blog
Reflections from the Green Transitions Fellows at The Greenhouse 2022
New research centre at UiS: The Greenhouse
The Greenhouse was established as a research group in 2017 and quickly distinguished itself worldwide as a leading prof...
Waste Heat Energy Integration, Storage and Utilization
Heating and cooling in buildings and industry are responsible for half of energy consumption in Europe. They have also p...
Greenhouse Green Transitions Fellows 2022
In the fall of 2022, University of Stavanger welcomed 12 guest researchers and artists from across the world to engage w...