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The UiS based research centre SHARE was established in 2017. Together with the national partner at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Gjøvik (NTNU Gjøvik), the centre constitutes Norway’s largest research group studying quality and safety in healthcare.
The University of Stavanger has five PhD programmes that cover a wide range of disciplines.
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Philosophiae Doctor Disputation.
Kjølv Egelands Hus, University of Stavanger
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Philosophiae Doctor Disputation.
Kjølv Egelands Hus, University of Stavanger
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How will hybrid intelligence apply to the tourism and hospitality sector?
Clarion Hotel Energy
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If the future was known, what would we do and what would happen?
Clarion Energy Hotel
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Aster Hoving tells about a study visit to Japan as part of her PhD studies.
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Do you want to work effectively with your research data during your PhD project?
Universitetsbiblioteket, KE A-253
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Are you unsure of how to collect and store your research data securely and in accordance with data privacy regulations?
University library, KE A-253
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Familiarise yourself with the different stages, key milestones, and main challenges of doctoral training.
Arne Rettedals hus
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In this workshop, we reflect on what your examiners want to you demonstrate, discuss how to approach the writing process, and look at the elements of a good “kappe”.
Kjell Arholms hus
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The European Geothermal Workshop (EGW) covers the whole domain of geothermal energy as listed under covered topics.
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University of Stavanger
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By Sarah Hamilton, Associate Professor, University of Bergen
Hulda Garborgs hus
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Undertaking a PhD is both an exciting and challenging experience. This workshop draws on evidence-based strategies to help you stay well during your PhD.
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In this workshop, you will be introduced to how to start planning for your career after completing your PhD/postdoc education. We will also look at interview techniques and feedbac
Campus Ullandhaug
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Sonja K. Pieck discusses "Mnemonic Ecologies: Memory and Nature Conservation along the Former Iron Curtain."
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Jamie Wang discusses "Reimagining the More-Than-Human City: Stories from Singapore."
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Michael Lobel presents "Van Gogh and the End of Nature."
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John Macneill Miller presents "The Ecological Plot: How Stories Gave Rise to a Science."
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In this workshop, we reflect on (1) the style and structure of academic papers and (2) the writing process.
Universitetsbiblioteket, campus Ullandhaug
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By Marie-Theres Fojuth, Associate Professor of History at the University of Stavanger.
Hulda Garborgs hus
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PhD Complete is a workshop series offered by UiS to support you throughout your PhD journey. The goal is simple: to assist you in completing your PhD.
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The Fourth World Congress of Environmental History will take place at the University of Oulu, Finland from 19 to 23 August, 2024.
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You are hereby invited to participate in the 18th International Meeting on Behavioural Science Applied to Healthcare (BSAH) in Stavanger.
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University of Stavanger
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Start your workday with inspiring sessions while enjoying breakfast!
Universitetsbiblioteket, campus Ullandhaug
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On 7-9 August 2024, The Greenhouse is hosting an international conference on Storytelling for Environmental Futures, which brings together scholars from across the world to discuss how storytelling in the environmental arts and humanities can contribute to environmental futures.
We conceptualize advanced operational functions as well as explore optimization methods and physics-informed AI to address present and future operational hurdles, aiming for economic, resilient, and secure operations of electric power system.
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Are you working on your PhD but having trouble finding time to write? Join us for Shut up & write and keep your writing going!
Universitetsbiblioteket, Studieverkstedet
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Are you working on your PhD but having trouble finding time to write? Join us for Shut up & write and keep your writing going!
Universitetsbiblioteket, Studieverkstedet
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Are you working on your PhD but having trouble finding time to write? Join us for Shut up & write and keep your writing going!
Universitetsbiblioteket, Studieverkstedet
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Are you working on your PhD but having trouble finding time to write? Join us for Shut up & write and keep your writing going!
Universitetsbiblioteket, Studieverkstedet
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Are you working on your PhD but having trouble finding time to write? Join us for Shut up & write and keep your writing going!
Universitetsbiblioteket, Studieverkstedet
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Academic writing: From first draft to publication
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Kjell Arholms house
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Open for PhD candidates at the University of Stavanger.
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UiS Campus
The goal of the Sea Stories of Hope project is to shift the stories we tell about our oceans from ones of despair to ones of evidence-based hope, in order to foster greater environmental engagement. With funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers, this project aims to bring together the general public, teachers and students at all educational levels (from kindergarten to higher education), researchers, environmental experts, tourists, and commercial actors to create, collect, and tell different and more hopeful stories about the oceans.
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Endre Harvold Kvangraven describes the experience of a research trip to Taiwan as part of his PhD studies at the University of Stavanger.
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The eHealth@H2H team has expanded! We welcome Katharina Gottschlich to our team as the newest PhD student.
Do you remember the scented erasers you had as a child? ‘Scratch and sniff objects’ have now made a comeback.
One of the world's foremost randomized controlled trial experts, Professor Eric Bettinger, will be back in Stavanger in the fall to teach a course on RCTs in the Social Sciences.
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Professor Helge Ruddat has received NOK 12 million to investigate and classify the mathematical concept of Fano manifolds.
Poetry Planet is a prototype under development titled “Open-World Games: A Creative Way for Students to Read and Write.”
A new research project is going to look into whether Sámi students in Norwegian schools are more involved in online bullying than other students, as a result of their background. “There is hardly any research on Sámi schoolchildren and online bullying,” says Luisa Morello.
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She is a radiologist at Stavanger University Hospital, he is a computer scientist. Now they have teamed up to develop a tool that can help doctors make better and faster decisions when a cerebral stroke is suspected.
Jianan Zhang has performed research on the numerical modelling of the floating docks. On 31 May, she defended her doctoral thesis.
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In the eHealth @ Hospital 2- Home study we have asked two different patient populations and two different clinical groups to help us in exploring how a remote patient monitoring intervention with additional nurse support might alter people’s self-care abilities after a hospitalisation.
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Elaine Munthe has received the Ruth Wong Professorship for 2024 at the National Institute of Education and is attending The Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference.
The eXploring Leadership (eXL) research group at the University of Stavanger is a forum that facilitates exciting diversity in leadership research and development. eXL is an inclusive meeting place where you can meet across academic environments and institutional boundaries.
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The world's largest anti-bullying conference, the World Anti-Bullying Forum, will be held in Stavanger, Norway, in 2025. The world's foremost researchers, kindergarten teachers, schoolteachers, kindergarten and school leaders, politicians and organizations will gather to find out how we can better research and work against bullying.
POL-AID examines populism in Nordic societies and its implications for democracy.
Anna Kvashchuk defended her dissertation for the degree of PhD at the University of Stavanger the 30th of April.
PROFRES Doctoral Research School
Autumn PhD Symposium
Bodø 21th – 24th October 2024
As part of the Pedagogy Unit (Uniped), the focus of this research group is to work with educators on the critical assessment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education to explore AI’s implications and identify appropriate applications.
The reseach group on AI, ethics and law focuses on legal and ethical implications of development, deployment and use of AI systems.
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UiS post-doctoral researcher Daniel Bowman writes about John Joseph Mathews’s 1934-novel Sundown, and the use of automobiles as signifiers of national identity.
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SHARE - Centre for Resilience in Healthcare recently gathered researchers and health care professionals to an open seminar about the future of leadership in healthcare. The seminar concludes a full week of activities related to the Support4Resilience project.
Attending childcare for the first time can be extra challenging for shy children. To support shy children's well-being as best as possible, the staff needs to recognize children’s needs in different situations. A good collaboration between parents and childcare staff is extra important when there are shy children in the group.
Welcome to a seminar bringing archaeologists and forensic investigators together to discuss common challenges and approaches in Forensic Archaeology.
What ethical challenges can arise when implementing technological solutions in healthcare services? The research group E-DigiCare aims to explore the ethical aspects and consequences of developing and implementing digital health and healthcare services.
LIFE wants to achieve a new and improved understanding of life skills education (LSE) in Norwegian schools.
Activities within the research group EduWorkSoCo exhibit a thematic coherence centered around the following three perspectives: Graduate employment and entrepreneurship, international higher education and female researchers within the academic working environment.
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Charlotte Wrigley attends 'Thinking Through Permafrost' workshop
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Chatterjee elected on the Executive Committee of the International Committee for the History of Technology
"A plague of weasels and ticks: animal introduction, ecological disaster, and the balance of nature in Jamaica, 1870–1900" by Matthew Holmes.
"Earth Ice Bone Blood" by Charlotte Wrigley.
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At a time when healthcare is at a crossroads, the "Global State of Patient Safety 2023 – Supporting Leaders" seminar hosted by SHARE - Centre for Resilience in Healthcare, served as the perfect precursor to the week-long kick-off of the EU project, Support4Resilience.
This research groups mission is to promote a sense of mattering and belonging where people can connect to a sense of meaning and purpose in ways that also contribute to the common good at a societal and global level.
Doctors and surgeons from Stavanger University Hospital participate in the eHealth @ Hospital-2-Home project. This blog post features insights from two of these professionals, shedding light on their roles within the project and the motivation behind their involvement.
The following single courses at the Faculty of Science and Technology are related to artifical intelligence and machine learning.
Research projects affiliated with the Centre for Innovation Research.
The aim of the programme is to stimulate childist research across the academy, test and evolve the concept of childism, and inform childist social and political justice processes.
In the EKCO-project, after school program staff, together with researchers, will examine how after school offerings in five countries currently operate, with the aim of developing new and improved practices in the field.
Radicalization of Gender and Anti-democracy: the Case of Incels in Nordic-Europe. INCELNOR-MA aims to generate and share insights into incel communities, shedding light on the broadcasting strategies employed by incels and exploring the visual culture that serves as a medium for communication and mobilization in the context of gender-radicalization and political masculinities.
Students from different study programs across UiS were invited to engage in a challenge-based learning activity, aiming at generating new ideas for developing the future hotel.
We invite scholars and researchers to contribute to a research workshop retreat exploring the imperial continuities within the North Sea's extractive activities.
The HyTack project aims at developing and providing an educational base in the field of hydrogen technology to the students in the partner universities, partner countries, and to a wider community.
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The UiS energy central will be filled with research and teaching on geothermal energy and electricity.
The eHealth@hospital-2-home-project has published the protocol for the randomised control trial of the nurse-assisted eHealth intervention for patients with heart failure and colorectal cancer post-hospital discharge.
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A new service that makes it easier for anyone to find and read Norwegian research related to the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) has been launched.
Management and reporting is an important part of the research centre. Here is an overview of the management team.
Master’s research in the eHealth@Hospital-2-Home project explores the impact of the nurse assisted digital health intervention on the family members of participants in the feasibility study.
Here you will find information about projects, publications, centers, and research groups.
“Bringing Responsibility to Firm Practices: Strategies and Challenges”
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SHARE - Center for Resilience in Healthcare recently hosted an international seminar titled “The future of quality and safety in healthcare – emerging topics and possible solutions” with good attendance and engagement.
Yucong Ma has researched dynamic analysis and design of subsea shuttle tanker systems.
Linn Tjemsland and Linn Elisabeth Furseth are both intensive care nurses who work in the cardiac intermediate unit at Stavanger University Hospital. In 2021 they took the opportunity to expand their nursing experience by being involved in the conduct of a research project.
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Melissa Bond, associate professor 2 at the Knowledge Center for Education, has been appointed as a member of the editorial board of the journal Review of Education.
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What factors make the relationship work well between the kindergarten and multilingual parents? A forthcoming, systematic review will address this topic. The research project is presented as a protocol in KCE's new journal - Nordic Journal of Systematic Reviews in Education.
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SHARE – Center for Resilience in Healthcare at UiS is hosting Resilient Health Care Society’s summer conference at Sola Beach Hotel in 2024, which lasts from June 10th to 12th with a pre-conference on June 9th.
The Sustainable Futures in Education (SuFu) strategic research initiative is an interdisciplinary research programme which aims to expand our theoretical and practical understanding of how sustainability thinking and praxis can be integrated into higher education, and particularly within teacher education programmes.
Carlos Eduardo Lopes da Silva has compared the two oil cities Stavanger and Macaé in Brazil.
The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities can help you develop your project.
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Professor Dolly Jørgensen has won funding to research the links between cultural heritage and petrocultures and their connections to green transitions.
This blog will provide a short summary of presentations from members of the eHealth @ hospital-2-home research group.
Studies emotions, aiming to use innovative machine-learning and artificial intelligence approaches to develop new scientific understanding of human emotions.
Serving as a bridge between the experimental research performed at the Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Lab and clinical research performed at Stavanger University Hospital and other local health facilities.
Research aiming to unveil the most fundamental and basic representations that infants use to start navigating the social world around them.
Mathematical models enable a scientific understanding of natural phenomena around us, and the study and optimization of processes in society and industry.
The Nordic Journal of Systematic Reviews in Education (NJSRE) announces the first publication.
Developing a digital toolbox for Special Core Analysis (SCAL).
Nisar Ahmed has developed a workflow for seismic inversion methods to estimate the rock-properties in a reservoir.
In this selection of video abstracts, we provide a glimpse into exciting and important research topics about early childhood education, school, and learning, based on articles written by researchers at the Norwegian Centre for Learning Environment.
The National IOR Centre has provided cost efficient and environmentally friendly solutions for improved oil recovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf through academic excellence and close collaboration with the industry.
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The University of Stavanger has introduced a new rights retention strategy for employees in order to achieve the goal of open access to publications.
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As a new partner, Section for Acute and Pre-hospital care at Oslo University Hospital strengthens research on prehospital patient safety in SHARE – Centre for Resilience in Healthcare
InvolveMENT want to strengthen mental health services for youth. In our research, we focus on user involvement and how health services can contribute to improving the mental health of young people. Adolescents and young adults participate in all parts of the research.
22 August 2024 to 23 August 2024 at the University of Stavanger, Norway.
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Assuring free access to scientific findings is the essence of Open Science. There are multiple ways of opening your research to the public, and the library can help you navigate the field of Open Science.
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Elin, Linda, and John David at the Stavanger University Library are passionate about research being open and transparent. Each year they help hundreds of researchers with open access, choosing the right journal, and publishing on UiS Publishing Platforms.
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SHARE – Center for Resilience in Healthcare is hosting an international seminar titled “The future of quality and safety in healthcare – emerging topics and possible solutions” at Ydalir Campus Hotel.
The FLeD project aims to facilitate the design of effective flexible learning scenarios for Faculty.
Use of histopathology to identify changes in marine species in response to contaminants is a long-known practice.
How can the tunnel safety industry benefit from the use of 5G networks and V2X communications? What challenges do road tunnels introduce for the deployment of such solutions, and how can they be solved?
The research school gatherings will be held in March and October each year. In addition, summer and winter schools and writing seminars are offered.
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A portable, low-magnetic MRI machine gives researchers an indication of whether a child is going to follow typical or atypical cognitive development. The results will be used to implement measures adapted to each individual child.
We are excited to welcome you to the first Resilient Health Care Meeting to be held in Stavanger, Norway in June 2024. The meeting will be held at Sola Beach Hotel June 10th - 12th. The meeting will be a single-track event based on the principle of ‘long discussions interrupted by short presentations.’
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In the months of August and September, professor Natalia Kucirkova had the pleasure to visit the University of Turku as part of the INVEST Fellowship Programme.
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The artist Hans Baumann has received a Fulbright-scholarship to spend four months at the University of Stavanger working on his film project "Carbon Permanence". The project examines the complex ethics of Norway’s energy transition, with a particular emphasis on the role of oil in shaping a post-fossil fuel future.
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Researchers at the University of Stavanger have received 6 million euros from the prestigious EU research program Horizon Europe.
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Professor Dimitrios G. Pavlou was recently awarded the prestigious Hojjat Adeli Award for Innovation in Computing.
This article describes the second major phase of an intervention designed to enhance patient experiences during the critical transition from hospital to home.
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The UiS researcher moves elegantly between equal opportunities and gender diversity, welfare and caring sciences research and artificial intelligence and science fiction.
Safety and Resilience Through Digital Technologies: A Participatory Study with Women at the Intersection of Gender-Based Violence and Immigration in Norway (SaRe-DiGT) is a Marie Curie research project on the interconnectedness of digital technologies, gender-based violence, and immigration in Norway.
This research initiative aims to shed light on imperial logics and practices of extractive activities in the North Sea during the 20th and 21st century.
Physics of Fluids (PoF) belongs to American Institute of Physics (AIP) academic journals and is traditionally known as one of the best fluid mechanic journals in the world.
In his PhD work, Mehul Vora has contributed to new knowledge about the environmental risk related to shortlisted products and processes in improved and enhanced oil recovery.
The IAI Research Group at the University of Stavanger (UiS) organized the 44th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR'22) in Stavanger, Norway. ECIR'22 holds a significant place in history as the northernmost ECIR ever and marked a milestone as the first major IR conference held in a hybrid format.
The IAI Research Group at the University of Stavanger (UiS) organized the ACM SIGIR International Conference on the Theory of Information Retrieval (ICTIR) in 2020. ICTIR serves as a premier platform for researchers to present and discuss cutting-edge research on the foundational aspects of Information Retrieval (IR) and explore its connections with related disciplines.
The year 2022 was filled with significant achievements and activities for IAI (Information Access and Interaction) research group at the University of Stavanger. From hosting conferences to welcoming new members and engaging in group activities, IAI made remarkable contributions to the field of information retrieval. Here are some of the highlights and accomplishments from IAI in 2022.
Prediction of subsurface multiphase or single-phase flow processes is challenging, but important for oil and gas production, carbon storage and hydrogen storage and production.
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Fitjar is a professor in innovation studies and comes from the position of Vice-Rector for Innovation and Society at the University of Stavanger. He will assume the role as head of the Center for Innovation Research (CIR) on August 1st.
The InvolveMENT project aims to adapt digital mental health services to meet the needs of youth with backgrounds as national minorities, indigenous peoples, and refugees. The main goal of the project is to help strengthen their mental health.
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Environmental changes from generation to generation aren’t always visible. A new research project exploring natural resources on our coasts aims to open our eyes to what we are losing.
Only 34 young researchers around the world were selected to participate in the OMAE2023 Outreach for Engineers Forum. Three UiS researchers got a scholarship.
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Researchers at University of Stavanger have asked the industry to define their education needs in the years to come.
The group conducts research in algebraic geometry, complex analysis and geometry, mathematical models and differential equations, and differential geometry and mathematical physics.
In this page you will find information relevant for NCS2030 researchers.
Are you considering pursuing a PhD at UiS? Explore our available fellowship positions and learn how to apply.
How to reduce cost of energy for future large offshore wind turbines in free-wind and wake conditions by using full-scale wind and response data from offshore wind farms.
The use of digital apps and wearables to track our health information is on the rise. Thus, eHealth is a resource that may promote health management and patient engagement.
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Students and researchers at UiS are convinced that exoskeletons can be a useful aid for operating room nurses during long operations.
The goal is to find environmentally friendly solutions for shipping and transport in Arctic waters.
The research group FLUENT approaches multilingualism from a variety of perspectives by investigating child and adult first, second and third language acquisition and development.
FLUENT means "FLerspråklig Utvikling og Endring i Nyere Tid" (multilingual development and change in society today).
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During the conference “From Knowledge to Action – the role of carers is changing?” in Oslo on March 16 Stecy Yghemonos held the presentation “A European Care Strategy for caregivers and care receivers”.
Over the last 15 years, research by the Department of Safety, Economics and Planning (ISØP) at The University of Stavanger has enhanced knowledge about risk management and risk regulation among policymakers and risk authorities in the Norwegian petroleum sector.
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In the INTERACT research project, teachers receive guidance from their own specially trained coaches. “I am lucky to be able to mentor such committed and skilled teachers”, says coach Liv Jorunn Byrkjedal-Sørby.
UiS researchers got funding for Polish-Norwegian collaboration.
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Open discussions brought on by reading fiction, a sense of belonging, and a feeling of autonomy can be reasons why participating in reading groups is positive for people with cancer.
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Huong Huynh finished her PhD project at University of Stavanger October 2021. Now her PhD thesis has been selected as Best Norwegian PhD in Catalysis.
There will be a possibility to have workshops on the day after the main NIKT conference, Thursday November 30.
Knowledge is most valuable when it is shared generously – read the annual report for Centre for Resilience in Healthcare.
Knowledge is most valuable when it is shared generously – read the annual report for Centre for Resilience in Healthcare.
The NOKOBIT conference has been organized annually for the last 30 years as a national conference in information science and information systems.
NIK is a broad national conference aimed at being an important national venue for discussions, networking, and dissemination of research and advanced development work in informatics and computer science.
The objective of this project is to establish long-term excellent collaboration within Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) education and research groups in Norway and Brazil.
NISK 2023 will take place at the University of Stavanger, 27-30 November, co-located with the NIKT conferences.
A workshop that stimulated a fruitful discussion.
UDIT (Norwegian Conference on Didactics in IT education) is a meeting place for scientific publication, discussion, and exchange of experiences related to teaching ICT in higher education.
This year's conference theme: Subsurface for energy security and sustainability.
"During my bachelor I realized that I wanted to learn even more about business and leadership which is why I pursued the master program, and I have not regretted my decision".
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Patients and their families contribute to the resilience of healthcare systems. This is particularly evident as global health systems experience increased pressure. Dr. Harumi Kitamura and Carolyn Canfield shared their insights into how we can create environments that invite patient and family contributions to resilient systems in a recent webinar organised by the Resilient Health Care Society.
The UiS Biopsychology Research Group investigates the intersection between psychology and biology. The research group explores health and ill-health across the lifespan by going beyond biomedical models, to look at psychological well-being and behavioral components as they interact with biological predispositions.
In 2023, the SHARE centre expanded its collaborations, secured significant EU funding, and enhanced international mobility, and strategic efforts to position the Centre in the forefront of the international research.
SHARE collaborates with world leading researchers and research groups in the field of patient safety.
SHARE researchers strive to be present at a range of forums and to disseminate our research in a variety of forms to reach as many, and as a diverse body as possible. Throughout the year of 2023 SHARE researchers have therefore contributed to dissemination activities such as interviews, opinion papers, lectures, seminars and stand-up comedy contributions in addition to national and international conference attendances and peer review articles.
The Patient Safety Research Group, at the Institute of Health Science (IHG), Faculty of Medicine and Health, NTNU Gjøvik, is a long-standing partner in the SHARE Centre. Under the guidance of Associate Professor Kristian Ringsby Odberg and May Ingvild Sollid, the group focuses on human factors to understand and improve healthcare systems and processes.
Oslo University Hospital, Section for Acute and Pre-hospital care became partners in SHARE – Centre for Resilience in Healthcare in 2023.
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The Network is a facilitator for patient and stakeholder involvement in SHARE. The Network representatives participate in national and international program committees as well as contributing to stakeholder gatherings such as annual Network seminars.
Thesis: Migration-related risk factors and perinatal outcomes. A national population-based study of immigrant and non-immigrant women in Norway.
In 2023 five of SHARE’s PhD candidates defended their doctoral dissertations and rightfully earned the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.
Listed below is an overview of all ongoing PhD and postdoctoral projects in SHARE.
The SHARE research projects reflect the diverse topics and challenges facing healthcare systems and healthcare workers across a broad contextual and organizational spectrum. Here you can read more extensively about five of the SHARE centre's larger research projects and their respective activities and publications during 2023.
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What role do parents have in the prevention of cyberbullying? The international research project PARTICIPATE will seek answers to this.
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A new study describes important aspects in the development of a digital follow-up service for patients in need of long-term follow-up in the specialist healthcare service.
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A recent webinar organised by the Resilient Health Care Network focused on the intersection of individual psychological resilience and system resilience. Inger Johanne Bergerød (UiS), Elizabeth Austin (Macquarie Univeristy) and Ruth Baxter (University of Leeds) are responsible for these events.
Odors change as the weather changes. Rain or sunshine, there are interesting smells, both outside and inside, to discover, explore and talk about together with children. All you need is your nose. Let your fantasy lead the way and discover the magic of smell together with the children.
Digital bullying is a big challenge all over the world. The PARTICIPATE project is looking at this research theme in relation to parents. The project will consist of a multi sectoral, interdisciplinary world class PhD programme. The programme consists of networking and exchange of information and competence about digital bullying in Europe.
The Interdisciplinary, Interprofessional and Practice-Near Research School - Shaping Future Welfare
As a part of SHARE – Centre for Resilience in Healthcare’s overarching vision of reforming the understanding of quality and safety of current healthcare systems , patient and stakeholder involvement (PSI) in SHARE’s research activities is a key strategic priority. The aim of SHARE’s PSI strategy is to encourage and facilitate a broad spectrum of patient and stakeholder involvement across all of SHARE’s research activities, to increase the relevance and impact of our research.
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PhD students doing research in sustainability and green transition can also now contribute to the interdisciplinary Green Transition PhD community. The community is a lively platform for young researchers who want to expand their network beyond disciplinary boundaries, and work on their transferable skills. Recently a retreat was organized in Sogndalstrand.
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Check our Call for papers and get in touch. We look forward to your contribution!
Drinking juice with a lot of antioxidants, for example from blueberries, can be beneficial in preventing dementia. New research at UiS will examine this in more detail by analyzing gut bacteria from elderly people who are at risk of developing Alzheimer's.
All over the world, children are being bullied by adults in school. New research now shows that these students could also be at increased risk of being bullied by their fellow students
At the Stavanger Baby and Child Lab, within the Department of Social Studies at UiS, we investigate how infants and toddlers develop their understanding of the (social) world.
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UiS Business School and Centre for Innovation Research have had two guest researchers this semester.
Making digital books available for children across the world
The goal of this project is to establish a bi-national team within P&A that exchange knowledge, help to educate young professionals with expertise in this area and develop new research projects with international impact.
Cement plays a crucial role in the oil and gas industry, both during completion and P&A.
In well construction, the primary cementing job is performed to stabilize the borehole and provide zonal isolation.
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Stereotypical expectations prevail and harm the aspirations of many females working in academia, especially those with an ethnic minority background. Now, Professor Natalia Kucirkova and Head of Career Development Loleta Fahad, have written a book to inspire women in academia.
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Teacher Olaug Ueland receives feedback on her teaching from a personal coach. The goal is to make interaction with the pupils even better, and for the teaching to be more engaging.
The SAFETY project, funded under the program ERASMUS+ Knowledge Alliances is intended to widen the learning process in the medical field with high fidelity guided experiences.
Panagiotis Aslanidis defended his thesis on wettability for core analysis. The purpose of his research was to link reservoir wettability to the properties of the crude oil, rock mineralogy and formation water composition.
Our research group has competence on design, analysis and testing of materials and structures. The current research and development activities in our group can be divided into concrete structures and technology, wind engineering and extreme loads, fatigue and structural integrity.
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This review suggests that patients with heart failure should receive prompt follow-up after hospitalization, and eHealth interventions have the potential to improve their quality of life.
28 students participated in a trip to the Rosenberg Worley facilities in Buøy.
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Researchers from “Caring Futures: Developing Care Ethics for Technology-Mediated Care Practices” were interviewed and quoted for an article and television segment in TV2 News about challenges to the implementation of welfare technology.
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Professor Stephen Billett from Griffith University Australia, is involved in several of SHARE – Centre for Resilience in Healthcare's projects. He is visiting the research center for three weeks and encourages others to engage in similar activities.
The European Union is facing a pressing challenge to transition into a carbon neutral economy by 2050. Researchers from University of Stavanger are participating in a new research project to investigate the key elements of this transition.
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The European Union is facing a pressing challenge to transition into a carbon neutral economy by 2050. Researchers from UiS are participating in a new research project to investigate the key elements of this transition.
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Maja Hassel, next of kin and caregiver, thinks this year’s conference theme "Caregivers - from extra work to sound involvement?" is very relevant. However, she believes that not enough is being done on a regular basis to include caregiver perspectives.
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On the 25th of October 2022, Izwan Ahmad was awarded the 2022 Innovation Awards for master’s students by Rogaland county mayor Marianne Chesak.
Literacy instruction and creative writing are combined in AILIT, by cutting-edge use of AI and principles from game design.
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Rosalynn Austin from the University of Southampton visited the Department of Public Health to discuss health promotion for people with health challenges. She comments on benefits of researcher mobility.
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The Caring Futures research project invited five regional participants to a panel discussion at Sølvberget Library and Culture House, to discuss challenges related to future health and welfare services, with the spotlight on technology, ethics and care.
PhD candidate Bernardo Costa came out on top in the competition for best extended abstract during a wind engineering conference.
Fredrik Bjørheim, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Science and Technology, has investigated damage assessment and modeling of ageing structures.
We are developing functional materials and process chemistry for energy and environmental applications.
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Ph.D.-students and UiS faculty spent a full week diving into the methodology of behavioural interventions from Dr. David Yeager, a pioneer in the field and a world-class researcher in the methodology.
– UiS has given us a truly unique opportunity to learn from the leading expert, said Oxford University Ph.D-student Olav Schewe.
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Researchers at UiS have developed an energy converter that creates electricity from sea currents and river flows.
Reflections from the Green Transitions Fellows at The Greenhouse 2022
The reason of 98% of the failures of mechanical systems and 60% of the failures of structures subjected to variable loading conditions is fatigue.
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The Greenhouse was established as a research group in 2017 and quickly distinguished itself worldwide as a leading professional environment for environmental humanities. On its fifth anniversary, The Greenhouse is moving on, now as a research centre at UiS.
Students from all over the world got the opportunity to meet some of the leading physicists at the 2022 XQCD PhD school.
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On the 16th of August, the Sensory Books team held their first group gathering after the summer holidays. It was a momentous event since the team welcomed to Stavanger, Lotte Meeuwissen, the play, design and learning consultant of the research project.
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Professor in economics Magne Mogstad from the University of Chicago taught econometrics to PhD students from all over Europe at UiS Business School.
Heating and cooling in buildings and industry are responsible for half of energy consumption in Europe. They have also put a severe pressure on the Norwegian electricity grid. There is a lot of waste heat released from data centres and other industrial processes in Norway, which is poorly mapped and utilized.
In the fall of 2022, University of Stavanger welcomed 12 guest researchers and artists from across the world to engage with each other and the UiS community in a semester-long exploration of the meanings of green transitions. Each fellow gave a talk to present their project and contributed to an international conference on green transitions.
Information about our current research projects and research networks
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SHARE – Center for Resilience in Healthcare is hosting an international quality and safety in healthcare seminar at Ydalir campus hotel. Organizing such events is one of the key activities of the centre.
Are you, or do you want to become, a PhD supervisor at the University of Stavanger? Read about the responisibilities and what is expected from the supervisor throughout the PhD journey. You will also find forms, courses and other resourses.
How can we understand animals as being at home with human-built infrastructure?
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Archaeologists at the Museum of Archaeology in Stavanger could hardly believe their eyes when dress accessories typical of a Viking Age woman was delivered to the museum. Now the archaeologists may have traced the origin of the jewellery.
Here is an overview of all the PhD courses available at the Faculty of Science and Technology.
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After completing their PhD-projects on childbirth and newborn resuscitation at the University of Stavanger, the four Tanzanian doctors returned to Tanzania where they are leading the Safer Births Bundle of Care programme. The World Bank has now awarded NOK 125 million in total to the project.
Micheal B. Oguntola has studied optimization and modelling of enhanced oil recovery injection strategies in his PhD project.
This research group works on topics related to geopolymers, subsurface well integrity, plugging and abandonment.
Smell is an important sense that activates memories and enhances experiences. Yet, smell is often neglected in learning and in activities designed for children. Our new exhibition was designed to engage children’s sense of smell in their exploration of the story “The Three Little Pigs”.
The CEMENTEGRITY project seeks to develop and test better materials for sealing wellbores exposed to CO2 stored in underground reservoirs.
The paper was awarded at the 40th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2021).
Only 25 young researchers around the world were selected to participate in the OMAE2022 Outreach for Engineers Forum. 6 PhD research fellows from UiS were awarded with a scholarship.
Smart Assets, Digital and Integrated Operations, and Condition monitoring and Maintenance Analytics.
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Four editors representing four countries to helm flagship journal.
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A unique type of Viking Age sword with spectacular ornamentation has been found in Stavanger. The closest parallel is a sword from the island Eigg in Scotland found in a grave from the 800s.
The purpose of the new research project is to support advancement of Blastocystis research by bringing together professionals from various
disciplines and countries.
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Researchers at the University of Stavanger (UiS) have managed to run a gas turbine on 100 percent hydrogen.
Our planet faces many challenges that we can only tackle in an interdisciplinary manner. The One Health ambition encompasses human, animal, plant and environmental health by focussing on the interaction between disciplines and effect on the total environment.
FILIORUM - Center for Research in Early Childhood Education and Care leads and participates in a number of projects, both nationally and internationally. Here you will find an overview of completed and ongoing projects that FILIORUM is involved in.
This project (SUBSET) aims to increase the relevance of subsurface course content to actual needs in the energy
industry of the future by establishing an arena for dialogue and collaboration between academia and industry.
The 5-year NORPART project "Applied Informatics for Energy System
Integration" (AI-ESI) aims to make a contribution by conducting joint activities between the partner universities in Norway, Egypt, and Palestine. Academic cooperation will target educational programs development, teaching, research and supervision, and
mutual virtual and physical student/researcher mobility.
Solar Energy Research Group seeks to overcome barriers to world solar adoption by connecting solar energy researchers from different disciplines and perspectives at the University of Stavanger. The research group is a place to share research, projects, dissemination, and ongoing activities. The group also helps researchers find ways to work together and promote joint initiatives.
How can the established theory of particle physics, the Standard Model, be used to predict the material properties of the cores of neutron stars? Researchers at the University of Stavanger might have the answer.
The team consists of employees from the University of South-Eastern Norway, Nord University, the University of Agder, the University of Stavanger, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Volda University College, Østfold University College and Molde University College.
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The PARTICIPATE Project has been awarded NOK 6 million for research on cyber bullying and the role of the parent. "More research on this subject is crucial", Hildegunn Fandrem says.
Our research aims to contributing on a sustainable use of the red seaweed Palmaria palmata in aquaculture. The work focuses on life cycle and nutritional potential.
Marine Sewage Outfalls – Environmental Impact Evaluation (SANOCEAN) focusing on ocean research including blue economy, climate change, environmental research and sustainable energy.
The first Energy Norway conference was arranged 25-26 April 2022. Theme: Subsurface utilization for energy transition.
The industry of aquaculture is a fast-growing industry. An international project from UiS will help solve sustainability issues in this industry by using economic theory.
A creative process with digital technology is a complex process consisting of traditional non-digital and new digital activities. It is important that educators use different pedagogical strategies when involving young children in the process. However, it is not enough to focus merely on the process – the finished product is also important to the children.
The project will investigate beacons or warning fires that were lit during attacks on the country in the Viking Age and the Middle Ages. We will uncover the deeper social organisations at work when a society is facing recurrent threats and explore how war and fear-driven reactions affects and institutionalises societies.
A selection of research articles from the Centre. Use the DOI-link to read abstract.
The Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS has several laboratories within the field of geology and reservoir. Here is an overview of relevant equipment and facilities.
The Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS has several laboratories within the field of chemistry and environmental technology. Here is an overview of relevant equipment and facilities.
Within the field of microscopy, there are several laboratories linked to the Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS. An overview of equipment and facilities follows.
The Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS has several laboratories within the field of biology and molecular biology. Here is an overview of relevant equipment and facilities.
The Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS has several laboratories within the field of sustainable energy systems. Here is an overview of relevant equipment and facilities.
The Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS has several laboratories within the field of automation technology. Here is an overview of relevant equipment and facilities.
The Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS has several laboratories within the field of materials science. Here is an overview of relevant equipment and facilities.
The Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS has several laboratories within the field of computer technology. Here is an overview of relevant equipment and facilities.
The Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS has several laboratories within the field of construction and building materials. Here is an overview of relevant equipment and facilities.
Within the field of drilling and well-technology, there are several laboratories conected to the Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS. An overview of equipment and facilities follows.
The Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS has several laboratories within the field of design, modelling and simulation. Here is an overview of relevant equipment and facilities.
Sina Furnes Øyri and Inger Johanne Bergerød have been awarded a contract research project on a nationwide supervision of the child welfare service's follow-up of children in foster homes in 2022-2023.
The research group for mechanical engineering and materials technology has broad expertise in the design of mechanical components, testing and development of materials, manufacturing methods and methods for load calculations and fluid dynamics.
Mezzosoprano Bettina Smith, Professor of singing at the Faculty of Performing Arts, University of Stavanger, is during the spring of 2022 initializing her project highlighting women in the arts.
The project will explore the impact of an upcoming country wide system audit on the child welfare services’ management and work practices. The project will focuse on the work process related to the follow-ups of children living in foster homes after proven regulatory breaches.
The Porous Liquids project aims at developing a new technology for environmentally friendly and efficient separation of carbon dioxide.
Here you will find an overview of the projects of all current and former Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows affiliated with FILIORUM.
CIIP’s goal is to become an international leading research centre with the primary objective to analyse how technological change and disruptive innovation are changing societies and their production systems – and how this is resulting in economic (low productivity growth, unsecure employment), social (inequality) and political (discontent) challenges in Europe and the USA.
Is there a common Nordic model or a characteristic Nordic approach to evaluation and assessment of quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC)? A new study conducted by FILIORUM – Centre for Research in Early Childhood Education and Care, together with Early Childhood Research Centre at Dublin City University (DCU ECRC), has examined this.
The artistic research dance project All Tomorrows Parties by Brynjar Åbel Bandlien aims to investigate the impact that the HIV and Aids pandemic had on the Norwegian dance scene, the performing arts and cultural life in 1980s and 1990s.
The Subsurface Utilisation and Renewable Energy group addresses the latest issues related to the energy transition, underground hydrogen storage, geothermal heat production and geo-sequestration of carbon.
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Human Reading Assessment is an NRC-funded research project exploring new methodologies for adaptive reading assessment. The project will start in April 2024.
The number of students in petroleum-related topics at universities in Norway has dramatically declined and the supply of people with subsurface competence is approaching a critical low level.
The role of the Norwegian Continental Shelf in the future energy system depends on the national and international business regulations, societal acceptance and license to operate.
Large volumes of subsurface data exist, but current workflows for subsurface understanding are suboptimal, resulting in inadequate utilization of datasets.
The amount of water injected, produced and discharged to sea in aging fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf is increasing. Water handling is energy-intensive and costly, and represents about 50% of the total energy for field operation.
Hydrocarbon (HC) production is energy intensive and emits large amounts of CO2. There is an urgent need to develop concepts and implement new energy-efficient solutions to produce HC resources at the lowest possible emissions.
The main objective of this work package is to improve the reservoir energy production strategy with carbon capture and storage.
The objective of this work package is to develop a holistic petroleum system model and exploration for sustainable use of the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
University of Stavanger together with NORCE, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) and University of Bergen, are the main research institutions in NCS2030.
The centre includes an expert team of geoscientists, reservoir engineers, modellers, data scientists, economics, among others, that will work together with industry experts.
The research centre NCS2030 will find solutions that maximize the value creation of energy resources on the Norwegian continental shelf, while at the same time achieving the net-zero emission (NZE) goals.
Doctor philosophiae (dr. philos.) is a non-supervised PhD that can be conferred to researchers who have qualified for a doctoral degree on their own.
Through this project, we aim to enhance capability in higher education with a special focus on supply chain & logistics networks performance enhancements satisfying three United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – quality education, gender equality, and decent work and economic growth.
Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science at University of Stavanger is a member of an international consortium that aims at developing didactic materials for integration of digital tools into product development and manufacturing education.
The Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science at University of Stavanger is a member of an international consortium in the Erasmus+ project TEAL2.0.
Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science at University of Stavanger is a partner of an ERASMUS + Project that is aimed at creating strong partnerships between the world of education and the business world, to develop technical-professional training opportunities strongly anchored to the needs of companies in the European aerospace supply chain.
Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science at University of Stavanger is a member of an international consortium that aims at developing didactic materials to improve knowledge concerning the implementation of Lean Thinking in the workplace.
The Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science at University of Stavanger is a member of an international consortium in the European Project BIM4PLACEMENT – European key competences in building and construction.
The Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science at University of Stavanger is a member of an international consortium in the European Project Lean ERASMUS+ KA2.
ScERC is an innovative research cluster that focuses on the circular economy aspects of various eco-friendly technologies with sustainability context.
Future Literacy Lab on digital healthcare was carried out on 8 October 2021 in collaboration between NIFU and UiS as a part of the research project “Releasing the power of users: articulating user interest to accelerate new innovative pathways in the digital health and welfare sector”.
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Which classroom practices are critical for creating an engaging learning environment? UiS researchers from different disciplines are collaborating to find the answer to this, in a new, large research project.
Save the date for our conference on subsurface utilization for energy transition, 25-26 April 2022.
Radioactive Waste Spatialities, Materialities and Societies in the Nordic Region, 1960s to 1990s
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University of Stavanger (UiS) and Stavanger University Hospital (SUS) will work together to find solutions for patients with chronic intestinal diseases.
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Associate Professor and Head of Centre for Innovation Research, Marte C. W. Solheim at the University of Stavanger Business School is awarded the Stavanger-region Chamber of Commerce Award for Competence Sharing for 2021.
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The Research Council of Norway is awarding NOK 28 million to a project entitled Biocircle: Increased Innovation Capacity and Innovation Rate for Circular Economy in Western Norway. This project is a collaborative venture between Norce, the UiS, the UiB and several businesses.
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A new collaboration project for further development of a more environmentally friendly solution for the treatment of drilling mud waste has received 2.8 million from the Research Council of Norway.
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The Research Council allocates NOK 28 million to the ImpactWind Sørvest project, led by NORCE. UiS is an important research partner in the project. Professor Muk Chen Ong leads one of the work packages.
SHARE at UiS arranged a fully digital international symposium for early career research at the end of November.
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University of Stavanger with partners have been awarded the National Centre for Sustainable Utilization of Energy Resources on the Norwegian Shelf (NCS2030).
Oceans cover more than 70 % of the earth’s surface. However, those are still much unexplored.
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Founder and entrepreneur Murshid M. Ali defended his dissertation for the Ph.D. degree in Management, Economics, and Tourism at the UiS Business School on December 6th, 2021.
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A total of 12 companies are on the list of the industry partners of The National IOR Centre of Norway. Chair of Board Thierry Laupretre (Aker BP), sums up the collaboration.
A UiS Research Project. The quality of being immersive is increasingly held to be a desirable experiential characteristic. Immersive experience has been studied in considerable depth in the context of digital media, but there is now a need to conduct interdiciplinary research into its nature as a general phenomenon and into its many important manifestations in communication, action and social contexts.
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Several researchers from the UiS Business School feature in two different rankings of the world's most cited researchers. One of these rankings shows the top 2% of the world's most cited researchers in their field, and the other shows the top 1%.
The DiCoTe project aims to increase digital competence in Norwegian kindergartens by developing resources that can be used in Early Childhood Education Training.
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Doctoral research fellows from all over Scandinavia were gathered in Stavanger when Magne Mogstad taught econometrics at the University of Stavanger Business School last week. Mogstad is one of the world’s foremost experts in the field.
Eight years of research on improved oil recovery are coming to an end. In this article you get the highlights from the research at The National IOR Centre of Norway.
“Norway’s cold climate is very suitable for building-integrated photovoltaics,” says researcher Hassan Gholami. He completed his doctoral degree on the subject at the University of Stavanger.
The MOFSORBMET project is developing MOFs for the adsorption-enhanced recovery of critical metals from the primary (mining) and secondary sources (e-waste). Our initial focus is the metals for batteries and the sustainable recovery of resources from battery waste.
The NewbornTime project aims to improve newborn care using artificial intelligence (AI) for activity and event recognition taken from videos in the time both during and immediately after birth.
The INTERACT intervention is a measure aimed at teachers in upper secondary education who wish to further develop their teaching practice. The initiative focuses on teacher-student interactions in teaching and how one can increase student involvement in learning activities in order to contribute to their social and professional learning.
In this project the main aim is to procure knowledge about the concept user participation applied on infants.
The most common thing about countries that are 'successful' in PISA, is a higher level of gender equality in the population.
To read books together with young children is a common activity – both in early childhood settings and at home. Many children are increasingly using digital books to access stories. You might wonder whether reading on paper and on screen is the same? Does it matter whether children turn pages in a book or swipe pages on an iPad?
The PAN-FIGHT researchers publish a number of research articles and reports. Here is an overview of all related publications.
The project consists of five separate, but interconnected work packages (WPs).
This cutting-edge project researches the power of smells and scents to transform children’s reading.
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University of Stavanger, NORCE, IFE and University of Bergen are partners in an application for a new petrosenter, focusing on subsurface research.
How can academic motivation be stimulated by promoting a mastery-oriented learning environment?
FILIORUM- Centre for Research in Early Education and Care has a Scientific Advisory Board consisting of renowned international researchers in the ECEC field.
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Professor Jennifer Clark of the Knowlton School of Architecture at Ohio State University is appointed adjunct professor at the UiS Business School and the Centre for Innovation Research and affiliated with the UiS Research Network for Smart Sustainable Cities.
Five petroleum engineering students from University of Stavanger reached the finals in the prestigous PetroBowl contest.
In SELMA, researchers and employees in Norwegian Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) centers will collaborate to develop resources to promote Social and Emotional development and Life Mastery. The five core themes of SELMA derive from the Framework plan for kindergartens:
Social interaction, Engagement, Love and joy, Mastery, and Acknowledgement.
University of Stavanger is participating in two new research projects led by NORCE. Together the partners seek new solutions for computing technologies; 3D machine vision and automated well monitoring.
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A UiS-led investment in sustainable aquaculture receives almost NOK 100 million from the government's Green Platform Initiative. The investment will improve fish welfare and reduce the environmental and climate footprint of aquaculture - and is based on expertise from the oil industry.
The project investigates how Norway’s digital infrastructures enable an open and inclusive public sphere.
Charlotte Obhrai's new research project will investigate large offshore wind turbines, and how to improve the design for offshore wind conditions.
See the list of all scientific publications written by researchers affiliated with the IOR Centre.
The UNESCO Chair is a collaboration between The University of Stavanger and the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU) with a purpose to enable leadership, innovation and anticipation in support of the delivery of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals - and beyond - through the application of futures literacy.
The University of Stavanger has one of Norway's
leading research environments within the Early Childhood Education and Care field. All ECEC research at the university is part of FILIORUM, and the researchers are affiliated with different units at UiS and represent different fields of study, perspectives, research methods and traditions.
The library has collected services and resources you will need at the beginning of your project. You will also find advice and guidance regarding the publishing process.
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Could the bacteria in our guts help us improve cancer treatment? This is one of the key questions in a new research collaboration between University of Stavanger and Stavanger University Hospital.
In her doctoral work, Siv Marie Åsen has taken a closer look at what happens to different types of polymers when they are injected in the reservoir. Are the polymers degraded when transported through pipes or through the sandstone reservoir?
Here you’ll find links to statistical and market data resources, and links to databases where you can find the newest research in hospitality and tourism. The Library can help you search for literature and give you access to research and academic resources useful for students and staff at NHS – Department of Leadership and Service Innovation.
This is the library's subject page for studies linked to The department of Early Childhood Education, The department of Education and Sports Science, Norwegian Reading Centre, and Centre for Learning Environment.
The library for performing arts covers the subject areas of music and dance.
Information and useful links to scientific and subject-relevant sources for research and studies in media and social sciences. The library gives you access to resources in sociology, political science, change management, media studies, documentary production and energy, environment, and society.
Here you find relevant resources for study and research in the humanities.
Important deliverables from the Centre are well documented and verified methods for evaluation of IOR potential on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. To gain increased knowledge and better methodologies it is important to integrate and combine different methods for field specific applications.
This forum will focus its work on polymer flooding from pore to core scale, and partly to field scale.
The economic feasibility of implementing new IOR methods on a field needs to be evaluated, preferably taking the uncertainty in the reservoir description into account.
Improved modeling methodology and simulation capabilities for IOR are important to perform reliable pilot and full field simulations.
The main objective of this task was to devise methods and procedures to map volumetric distribution of residual oil saturation in a reservoir after secondary production.
What are the most important parameters from smaller scales that are important to describe flow on a larger scale? Chemical EOR methods have proven their potential on core scale. But, additional oil produced at the core scale does not necessarily imply that the field recovery will be similarly increased.
Effective teamwork and sufficient communication are critical components essential to patient safety in today’s specialized and complex healthcare services. Team training is important for an improved efficiency in inter-professional teamwork within hospitals.
The objective of the pore scale task was to identity mechanisms that influence fluid transport, chemical reactions, and oil recovery.
This research group focuses on the mineralogical and geological background of tested rock material for a variety of core flooding experiments and to search for the most economic and fastest toolbox of methods to gain substantial results within this objective.
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In December 2020 the Research Council of Norway announced that KATS will receive funding for phase 2, and the project will therefore continue until March 2024.
This research group is dedicated to the theoretical and empirical study of social and spatial justice from a cross-disciplinary perspective.
The PlaySpace (PS) editorial team now calls for new submissions dedicated to artistic research focusing on decolonization.
The National IOR Centre of Norway was evaluated this fall. Now the report is complete. A consensus expert panel provides green light for three new years with research on improved oil recovery at University of Stavanger.
SR-bank's Innovation Award 2017 was given to Arild Lohne, NORCE and PhD student Oddbjørn Nødland, UiS. Both are researchers at the National IOR Centre of Norway.
The Scientific Advisory Committee of The National IOR Centre of Norway has spoken: The Centre should be proud of its fundamental research.
50 of the IOR Centre's researchers, project managers and PhD students were gathered at Sola strandhotell for a day of good talks, inspiration and socialization.
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Do you want to learn more about the smallest building blocks in nature? UiS have invited three world famous physicists to tell us in everyday language about the role particles play in nature and the strong forces binding them together.
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A look at how the Centre for Innovation Research in Stavanger has evolved in line with rapidly changing surrounds and shifting views on innovation policy. What has the Centre learnt through the last few years?
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Professor Natalia Kucirkova has won the UKLA Academic Book Award 2021 for her book ‘How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books’.
This forum will focus its work on upscaling procedures needed in the numerical simulation tools and workflows used and developed in the IOR Centre.
The ultimate goal for this forum is to give advice on where and how to implement Smart Water EOR.
At core scale we focus on IOR mechanisms; improving macroscopic and microscopic sweep efficiency.
How can we achieve better health for humans, animals, and the environment? This is the challenge students and researchers will work on when the education project NorBra receives support for four new years.
Saeed Moghadam-Saman defended his PhD at the University of Stavanger 21 May 2021.
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The Department of Energy Resources at UiS is investing in new equipment and new research areas within geotechnics and geophysics, in collaboration with Anko. This gives our students the opportunity to learn subjects and techniques that can also be used outside the petroleum industry.
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Six different research communities at the University of Stavanger (UiS) have applied to become Norwegian centres of excellence in research. In addition, researchers at the university are working in close collaboration on two applications from Stavanger University Hospital.
In the eHealth @ Hospital-2-Home project, a digital health service for chronically ill patients will be developed, and new forms of interaction between patients and health personnel will be tested.
To ensure that new and relevant research becomes known and easily applicable in ECEC, we have created this collection of digital resources based on recent ECEC research for use by teachers and educators in their professional development.
FILIORUM – Centre for Research in Early Education and Care has three focus areas within the research: play, communication and belonging.
UiS researchers at the Faculty of Health has identified the urgent need to develop an educational program for Breast Cancer (BC) survivors. Known as Breast Cancer School, it has enhanced breast cancer survivors' quality of life based on patient participation and interaction with experts and peers.
Mário Helder Lopes da Silva has developed a method for qualification of new partitioning tracers for use in Partitioning Inter-well Tracer Tests (PITT).
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The University of Stavanger is investing in hydrogen research. Olena Zavorotynska is one of several researchers who, with the support of the Akademia agreement, will take a closer look at the opportunities hydrogen provides us in the energy mix of the future.
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Janine Anne Campbell is the first researcher to publish in the UiS archive for open research data.
A digital exhibition chronicles the reintroduction of beavers in Scandinavia 100 years ago.
Energy transition towards clean, sustainable, and affordable energy solutions is on top of the global, national, and local agenda.
Running research projects in the Energy Systems Engineering group.
Our work connects researchers, educators and students at UiS with partners in industry, business and public sector with focus on energy technology.
In this page you find the courses taught at University of Stavanger related to energy technologies and system integration.
We use state-of-the-art tools like advanced physical models, artificial neural networks, and integrated design, control and optimization algorithms.
Energy transition towards clean, sustainable, and affordable energy solutions is on top of the global, national, and local agenda.
Energy transition towards clean, sustainable, and affordable energy solutions is on top of the global, national, and local agenda.
The group focuses on developing innovative techno-economically sustainable solutions and has a broad network of academic and industrial partners.
Distributed energy conversion technologies, using fuel flexible solutions, energy storage and smart technologies are essential parts of the energy transition towards carbon free solutions.
This research group focuses on exploring and implementing green and sustainable chemistry into novel biodegradable and non-toxic compounds.
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Public defence: Utku Ali Rıza Alpaydin defended his PhD at the University of Stavanger 24th of March 2021.
Organic chemistry provides useful tools to attack some of the big challenges we are facing in society.
UiS is responsible for research conducted at the university being performed in accordance with laws and existing standards and principles.
How do microbes affect human health, animal health and food security?
Stavanger Municipality, UiS, and NTNU are establishing an interdisciplinary collaboration that will promote art and the artist's role in society.
Can we produce energy, limit land use and create industrial opportunities by using our house facades as solar panels?
Enhancing Upper Secondary Students’ Engagement and Learning through Video-based Professional Development on Teaching Interactions
In «University of Stavanger: Open Journals» and «UiS Scholarly Publishing Services» you’ll find journals, books, and serials that are published open access at UiS. Contact the University library if you want to publish on one of these platforms.
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With her latest book " The Future of the Self: Understanding Personalization in Childhood and Beyond ", Natalia Kucirkova addresses the opportunities, but also the threats, implied by a personalized reality.
The PhD programme in artistic research provides for the three research disciplines dance, music and documentary film.
The NewbornTime project is about improved newborn care by using artificial intelligence (AI) for activity and event recognition in video from the time during and after birth.
The goal of the INTERACT project is to investigate how digital video-based dialogue can support teachers in the work of strengthening the quality of interactions in the classroom to again increase students' engagement and learning.
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Professor Kjersti Engan is listed as the 11th most influential woman in the field of artificial intelligence.
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A comprehensive meta-analysis of prior research has found, overall, that children ages 1 to 8 were less likely to understand picture books when they read the digital, versus the printed version. However, when digital picture books contain the right enhancements that reinforce the story content, they outperform their print counterparts.
The project shall improve the quality and internationalization of education in social work and sociology at the partner institutions, through student and staff mobility between Cuba and Norway in both directions.
Why are Vikings and the Norse past increasingly popular?
A proposed centre of excellence (SFF), Quark-Lab will build a bridge between the collider physics and gravitational wave astronomy communities based on fundamental theory.
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Gorm Kipperberg has been promoted to professor of environmental economics at the UiS Business School. His research focuses on applied issues in environmental, resource, and energy economics
Full name of project: Building resilience through education for Sustainable, Collaborative and Smart Cities (RESICITIES)
Greencoin addresses the challenge of how to promote pro-environmental behaviours among urban citizens.
The main objective of the project is to provide security and dependability in the management and orchestration of network and data resources in 5G Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC).
The ECIU University Research Institute for smart European regions (Smart-ER) will design, develop and implement smart city research.
We congratulate Professor Bettina Smith on her new release. Together with pianist Jan Willem Nelleke, Smith has released the CD "The Artist's Secret" with works for song and piano, written by female composers.
Numerous projects are carried out by Cluster on Industrial Asset Management (CIAM) affiliates and experts. These include PhD projects, industry projects and international projects.
While our outlook is global, a lot of our research is focused on the Stavanger region. Several regional muncipalities have smart city and sustainable development as priority areas.
The 7th IOR NORWAY is arranged 26-28 April 2021. The digital event will be co-organized with the 14th International Symposium on Reservoir Wettability and its Effects on Oil Recovery.
270 participants caught up on the newest in IOR research at this year's big IOR event at University of Stavanger.
The sixth annual conference hosted by The National IOR Centre of Norway is history. Hopefully the participants got a refill of both knowledge and entertainment.
SHARE is led by the University of Stavanger. NTNU Gjøvik and Oslo University Hospital are main partners.
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All upper secondary schools in Norway can now use the digital tool U-Say. The UiS Business School has participated in the development of the instrument.
The project aims to strengthen the capacity and quality of nursing and midwifery education at partner universities in Malawi and Tanzania.
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Using mathematical models, doctoral student Filippo Malaguti at UiS will contribute to testing Rosenberg Worley's floating offshore wind solution Flexifloat.
– You are given the opportunity to study risk analysis in one of the most internationally acknowledged research environments within this discipline, says Ingrid Glette-Iversen.
COVCOM aims to develop effective, evidence-based video communication for translating complex but important health messages about infectious diseases and pandemics.
The PhD-Supervisory Qualification Programme at UiS is offered to academic employees from all faculties at the UiS.
Each spring, 30 participants, both potential, new and more experienced supervisors, complete the course.
The research community Transforming Education – towards a sustainable future brings together researchers from different disciplines within the Faculty of Arts and Education to study transformative approaches to educational aspects of sustainable development.
Shaghayegh Javadi can welcome the Christmas holidays as Doctor Javadi after defending her PhD thesis November 25th, 2019.
Samuel Erzuah defended his PhD thesis 24 September. Now he is moving back to Ghana as Dr. Erzuah.
With a thesis on a very topical theme, CCUS, Mohan Sharma graduated as the sixth PhD at the Centre.
In her PhD work, Remya Nair has investigated how "smart" salt water can increase oil recovery. 15 March she defended her doctoral thesis.
Oddbjørn Nødland was the fifth PhD candidate to graduate from The National IOR Centre of Norway.
Auditorium E-164 was packed at the public defence of Mona Minde's doctoral degree.
On June 6th, Laura Borromeo defended her dissertation. Her thesis evaluates if Raman spectroscopy could be applied to enhanced oil recovery investigations.
Kun Guo defended the degree philosophiae doctor 12 April. He is the second PhD student to graduate from The National IOR Centre of Norway.
Aojie Hong was defending the degree philosophiae doctor Thursday, December 14th. He is the first PhD student to graduate from the National IOR Centre of Norway.
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The University of Stavanger has received NOK 18.7 million from Norad to implement simulation-based education in nursing and midwifery with partner universities in Malawi and Tanzania.
UiS is part of the Lean 6σ Learning Academy, organised by European Networks for Performance Enhancement in Mechanical (Manufacturing) and Construction Industry.
UiS Business School is an arena for dialogue and collaboration between academia, business, industry, and decision-makers. We have multiple seminars and conferences in economics and law.
We aim to answer following RQ: How to enable the eco-system to ensure diffusion of responsible digital innovations in welfare sector?
We aim to answer following RQ: How to create a boundary innovation space to activate user driven or user-inspired innovations?
We aim to answer following RQ: What are attitudes, concerns and expectations of users in relation to welfare technology?
With around 25 participants PhD candidate Jaspreet Singh Sachdeva defended his thesis in a video conference in Teams Monday 20 April. Now he can finally call himself a doctor.
The purpose of Emanuela Kallesten's project is to understand how stress state and pore pressure affect the permeability of compacting rocks at reservoir conditions.
Dhruvit Berawala's PhD project deals with numerical modelling of shale gas production and CO2 injection in shale gas reservoirs for enhanced recovery.
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Repsol, IKM Acona and Vår Energi awarded a total of nine prizes and NOK 275,000 to bachelor and master students at UiS.
The MELD project has involved the advice, skills and hard labour of a large number of people - we are truly thankful to everyone who has contributed!
This page gives examples of how to cite the corpus and the articles on this site.
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Ana Llopis Alvarez defended her thesis December 2nd. She has investigated how living conditions affect how well we are doing. And why is it that immigrants generally experience a poorer quality of life than Norwegians, even though they live in the same neighborhood?
This page gives examples of how to cite the MEG-C corpus and the related articles on this site.
This page contains the Middle English Grammar Corpus (MEG-C) and its accompanying materials (Manual and Catalogues).
Tijana Voake defended her PhD thesis 22 January, and is now ready for new challenges.
The field of complex analysis focuses on the study of calculus involving the complex numbers.
Research activities within the materials physics
group focus on the structure and dynamics of novel materials.
In its broadest sense, mathematical physics may be construed as the application of rigorous mathematical methods to problems in physics.
Subatomic Physics and Cosmology covers particle and nuclear physics, as well as astroparticle physics, Big Bang-physics and gravitational waves (PACT).
The mathematical statistics group does research both in statistical methodology and the application of such methodology to real life problems. The group mainly concentrates on the following research fields:
Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which classically is devoted to the study of solutions of polynomial equations in several variables, so called algebraic varieties.
Synapse Lab researchers have received funding for two projects as part of the Norwegian Research Council’s grant for addressing problems in society and business.
PP2A and PP4 (Protein Phosphatase 2A and Protein Phosphatase 4) are conserved enzymes found in all eukaryotes and are in fact crucial for biological functions in all kinds of eukaryotic cells.
The research group lead by Hanne R. Hagland studies metabolic flexibility in cell systems.
The research group led by Professor Peter Ruoff studies cellular metabolism and circadian systems using both molecular biology and computational methods.
Photosynthesis is the fundamental metabolic process on earth that has successfully enabled organisms to sustain evolutionary extinction. Molecular machines operating in photosynthetic organisms could provide humans with a blueprint for a corresponding technology development to balance climate change.
The Norwegian Reading Centre is an active research centre within the Faculty of Arts and Education at the University of Stavanger, Norway.
The PAH synthesis at UiS began as a bachelor thesis driven project to provide analytical reference materials for environmental scientists at our local environmental research facilities, now NORCE.
The Pumps and Pipes initiative fosters collaboration and transfer of knowledge between oil and gas and the health sector.
FILIORUM– Centre for Research in Early Education and Care at the University of Stavanger was established to gain both more and broader methodological research in the ECEC field. The goal is to conduct research that ensures high quality in Norwegian kindergartens, and foster belonging, communication, and play for all children.
Ocean Technology Innovation Cluster Stavanger (OTICS) connects researchers, educators and students at UiS with partners in industry, business and public sector with focus on ocean technology.
Cultural sociology studies the repertoires of meaning and interpretation that people deploy when they navigate everyday life, work life, lifestyles, family, and civil society. The research group explores the significance of micro interaction.
The demand and development of global wind power energy have significantly increased in the past decades. The wind power could be captured and converted into electricity through the wind turbine.
This area focuses on Wind and Wave Load and Response Modelling and Monitoring.
UiS researchers study a range of issues connected to Offshore and Subsea Technology.
UiS researches offshore fish farms and methods to prevent water contamination.
Research and education today cannot be conducted without using state of the art software products. For an academic institution usual marked prices are unaffordable. We are thankful that software companies generously donate software that we can use in public research and the education of bachelor, master, and PhD students.
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The University of Stavanger Business School recently submitted two applications to the Research Council of Norway to become Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF). The Norwegian Centres of Excellence scheme is the RCN`s most prestigious call. It allows scientific areas to organize themselves in centers to achieve ambitious scientific goals through cooperation and long-term funding.
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FILIORUM-The Centre for Research in Early Childhood Education and Care at the University of Stavanger and the Early Childhood Research Centre at Dublin City University (DCU ECRC) have entered a collaboration on a new research project on Nordic Approaches to Evaluation and Assessment in Early Childhood Education and Care.
A disputation, the public defence of a PhD candidate’s thesis, is a serious matter. How can you prepare as best as possible?
MELD is a text corpus consisting of local documents: administrative texts and letters that can be related to specific locations. It is intended as a resource for linguists and historians alike, and for anyone interested in the everyday life of people in late medieval England.
Not all regions are like Silicon Valley, and not all universities can or should be like Stanford. Universities play various roles in regional restructuring and development.
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Associate Professor Ari Tarigan from the Department of economics, safety and planning is part of a group of researchers from Polish and Norwegian universities that was awarded almost 2 million euros for their project “Greencoin”, an interactive system that will promote environmentally friendly behaviour among citizens through a reward system.
This research program area is aimed at preparing better graduate and postgraduate candidates.
This and much more was discovered by Gunnar Nerheim when he dived deep into the history of the first Norwegians in Texas.
A recent Norwegian study shows strong associations between first grade students feeling liked and respected by their teacher, and their achievement in reading.
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Professor Natalia Kucirkova from the Centre for Learning Environment is awarded the Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship for the period 2021-2023. She is the first Jacobs Fellow from a Norwegian University.
62 research assistants visit in 300 classrooms to test the reading- and writing skills of 5500 Grade 3-students in the Two Teachers project.
The research project “Resilient” aims to increase well-being and motivation among lower secondary school pupils. The project has received 20 million kroner from the Research Council of Norway.
Our research mainly focuses on the development of biological markers using molecular biology techniques for the purpose of environmental monitoring.
UiS researchers have developed and tested a structured play-based curriculum for children at their last year of preschool, to foster a more even and better foundation before school start through care, play and learning.
Principal investigator Ingunn Størksen is professor of Pedagogical Psychology at the Centre for Learning Environment, UiS.
Principal investigator Kjersti Lundetræ is professor in Special Educational Needs and director at the Norwegian Centre for Reading Education and Research, University of Stavanger.
Principal investigator Sigrun K. Ertesvåg is professor of Educational Psychology at the Norwegian Center for Learning Environment and Behavioural Research in Education, University of Stavanger.
Principal investigator Edvin Bru is professor in Educational Psychology at the Centre of Learning Environment, University of Stavanger.
Elisabeth E. S. Rongved is communications and knowledge exchange adviser at the University of Stavanger.
By developing a new joint curriculum of PhD courses, candidates will be better equipped in areas of innovation and science.
The ROADMAP project has the overall objective to establish a European «doctrine on disaster risk and crisis management», funded on the mutual cooperation between scientific communities and disaster risk management authorities.
The RISKSEC 2.0 project studies local climate change adaptation – from risk governance to securitisation strategies?
At ITSRG we conduct interdisciplinary research and development activities on mechanisms and applications for safer road tunnels using the state of the art information and communication technologies. We employ a plethora of techniques such as image processing, artificial intelligence, mathematical modelling, discrete-event simulation, wireless communication and sensor technologies.
Aiming to promote innovation and achieving increased tunnel safety, a research group has been established at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (IDE) at the UiS with its members and collaborators representing the fields of ICT and tunnel safety.
School in motion is part of an effort to create a better knowledge base for future work with physical activity in secondary schools.
On Track has developed and tested the efficacy of an early intensive reading intervention for students at risk of reading difficulties.
Inspired by the growth mindset research in psychology, this project hypothesize that there is systematic under-performance in the Norwegian education system due to cultural conditions.
The Agder Project: An intervention to promote school readiness and human potential.
Aiming to help preschool teachers develop a more intentional and systematic practice stimulating skills that are critical for adjusting to school and for later-life success, and investigate how this change in practice affects child development.
Improving youth well-being, motivation and academic achievement through social and emotional learning.
UiS Synapse Lab develops and investigates interventions for promoting motivation and learning in education and work life.
UiS researchers join forces for the benefit of evidence-based policymaking and organizational change.
Synapse Lab consists of social science researchers at the University of Stavanger, in addition to collaborating scholars at other universities.
What best practices, knowledge, competences and technology could be implemented to achieve safe, sustainable and efficient Asset Management practices in the tunnel industry?
Curriculum and other necessary learning material in the form of book excerpts has to be registered for clearance in Bolk when it is copied and made available for the students.
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Spring of 2019, a wind turbine was lifted into place and installed on the Ullandhaug campus. Solar cells have already been installed. The turbine and solar cells are part of a laboratory that will produce energy from solar and wind. Students, researchers and the business community can study the energy mix produced at the lab.
Professor Dimitrios Pavlou at Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science recently became member of the editorial advisory board in the journal Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.
The Reading Centre’s Research Unit for Assessment of Literacy Skills (RUALS) develop reading- and writing assessments that provide accurate information on pupils’ skills, and that are useful for addressing individual learning needs.
Stavanger AI Lab opens up for several types of collaboration with society. We see it as our social mission to raise competence in AI. At the same time we want to be contributors to innovation in the field of artifical intelligence.
The researchers in this project aim to create a scientifically based playful learning curriculum for 5-year-olds in daycare.
Can Norwegian daycare centers improve children's developmental trajectories by more systematically cultivate key school readiness skills known to promote future learning?
Solheim is an engaged academic and communicator. She is Professor of Innovation and Vice Rector for Innovation and Society at the University of Stavanger. Solheim is a public speaker on diversity and innovation.
This research project will contribute to strengthen access to and the quality of healthcare services for adolescents who have mental health problems and conditions. InvolveMENT focuses on user involvement within the healthcare services.
The QUALinCLINstud project addresses the urgent need for improved quality in clinical supervision and assessment of student nurses in nursing homes.
The primary goal of the Resilience in Healthcare (RiH) project is to reform the quality of current healthcare systems by establishing a new and comprehensive Resilience in Healthcare framework.
Many leaders in primary care experience a lack of effective tools in dealing with quality and safety issues to ensure that patients receive the best possible care and safe healthcare services.
The Applied AI and Digitalization in Drilling Group at IEP, Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Stavanger, bridges the gap between industrial domain expertise and latest advances in Artificial Intelligence.
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On Thursday, October 29th, the University of Stavanger arranged the annual celebration and conferral of doctoral degrees. UiS Business School doctors Nina Hjertvikrem, May Linn Sikveland, Olaug Øygarden, and Ana Filipa Faria Lopes were reverently celebrated.
A project focusing on the health care sector and how to amplify the voice of the users when applying digital technology.
NoRS-EH is an interdisciplinary initiative that aims to reinforce and strengthen the contribution of Norwegian humanities scholars to environmental research and the great global challenges that we currently face.
The research is concentrated on six specialisations. You will find more detailed information about each research subject and contacts by clicking on the links below.
Our research groups study human, animal, plant and environmental health in an interdisciplinary way.
FILIORUM's vision is High quality in diverse Early Childhood Education and Care settings. The centre conducts excellent and practice-oriented early childhood education research at a high international level and is a key contributor to the ECEC sector.
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A young an amibitious research group received the Lyse Research Prize for 2019, having been recognized on the national and international physics scene.
According to a new study, there is a strong link between self-regulation and mathematical skills in Norwegian children. “Children need self-regulation in order to take advantage of existing learning opportunities”, says the researcher.
Researchers at the Norwegian Reading Centre will study the use of storybook apps and print picture books in language focused reading activities in kindergartens. The aim is to develop an app that kindergarten staff can use to consider to what extent specific features of e-books are appropriate for such activities.
DigiHand explores the emergence of handwriting skills in digital classrooms.
In collaboration with the Agency for Education, City of Oslo, the Norwegian Centre for Mathematics Education and Inspera, researchers at the Reading Centre will develop adaptive tests to be used in primary school. This form of assessment adapts to the skill level of the students, provides a more precise picture of each individual student, and gives schools better opportunities for adapted instruction for students on all levels.
Reading is a basic skill which is fundamental for children’s learning and development. PIRLS is a large international comparative study of the reading literacy of children in grade 4 and 5.
There are different types of courses for PhD candidates at the University of Stavanger.
A recent Norwegian study shows strong associations between first grade students feeling liked and respected by their teacher, and their achievement in reading.
– This course is useful for anybody interested in experimental design, says Ph.D.-student Dominik Stelzeneder.
Do you read for your toddler? Have you noticed that toddlers that are used to being read to, already have learned a lot about being a reader?
When secondary school pupils read demanding fiction, they become engaged by the difficult nature of the texts, and approach the texts in a manner that is relevant for the subject of literature, a new PhD thesis shows.
How significant is the teacher-pupil ratio when it comes to the learning outcome and learning environment of elementary school children? The question has caused great debate, however international studies are divided on the matter. Two Teachers is one of two large research projects investigating the effect of an increased teacher-pupil ratio for Norwegian pupils.
Structural geology is the study of tectonic deformation. We focus on the deformation of the upper crust and how it affects erosion and sedimentation in sedimentary basins, forms faults and folds that compartmentalize reservoirs, and makes ductile materials, such as salt, flow.
Basin scale studies focus on improving the understanding of paleogeographic evolution, tectonic and sedimentary interaction, and petroleum systems by integrating surface and subsurface data.
Provenance research tracks the transport routes of sediment. Such research is done for various reasons, such as paleogeographic, paleogeologic, and tectonic reconstructions of basins, basin surroundings, and continental-plate configurations.
Light detection and ranging (lidar) research focus on the planning and collection of lidar data as well as the processing and interpreting of 3D outcrop models.
Geophysics uses measurements of physical quantities to make inferences about the geological properties of the Earth and other planets. Geophysical methods are used in many fields of science and engineering. Specialized areas include environmental geophysics, exploration geophysics, and near-surface geophysics.
Geographic information science (GIS) research focuses on the analysis of spatial relationships, defining uncertainty, and using GIS for decision-making.
Value can only be created through our decisions. Uncertainty is inseparable from all significant decisions. You can’t make good decisions without embracing uncertainty.
Geosciences is an important expertise area within the energy sector, environment, construction among others.
Here you will find information on how to proceed when you apply for admission to one of the PhD programes at UiS.
Talking with their classmates about topics that are relevant to their everyday life, can give teenagers a sense of belonging and contribute to increased well-being and motivation in school.
Look to Scandinavia – the museum of the good parts of the capitalism, says Vegard Bye in this interview by Siv Oltedal.
A new research projects aims to develop new measures for middle school students who struggle with reading. To successfully reach this goal, collaboration with schools and teachers in the project development phase is essential.
At the reliable systems lab, we design and evaluate computer systems to create more reliable, secure and accessible digital infrastructure.
This research project examines how humans in the past approached, and formed relationships with, animals as a physical reality and as a source of creativity in the realm of ideas.
The Queer Research Group organizes seminars addressing current research topics and projects under development, mainly based at institutions in Norway, but with transnational and interdisciplinary reach.
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Synapse Lab and UiS Business School is pleased to announce the appointment of Austrian Simone Häckl as our new Associate Professor.
Overview of regulations, guidelines, forms and templates for use in the PhD education at the University of Stavanger.
Now you can do a Minor in Gender Studies at UiS. The minor is a 30 ECTS in-depth study programme consisting of three courses that critically engage with contemporary questions about power, (in)equality and discrimination.
Be inspired by MFamily PhD stories from the Netherlands, Norway and Northern Ireland!
The University Library have an agreement with Norsk Standard which gives students and staff at UiS a 70% discount when buying standards.
The Research School in Economics and Business Administration (ECOBA) educate researchers who study how people and firms behave and interact within and between organizations and markets.
The goal for OTICS is to achieve high-quality research through international and national cooperation, and to establish the University of Stavanger as one of the leading research institutions in Ocean Technology.
The Cognitive Lab is the only arena at UiS where all faculties meet and collaborate on research at the highest level. The lab provides the natural sciences with a meeting place for the health sciences, psychology and various disciplines that study social conditions, human behaviour and learning.
Are you a new PhD candidate at the Faculty of Science and Technology? Here you will find an overview of the course of study for the PhD programme in Science and Technology.
Are you a new PhD candidate? Here you will find an overview of the course of study. The overview applies to all candidates who are admitted to the PhD programme in Social Sciences.
Are you employed in a company and wish to pursue a PhD alongside your job? Or does your public sector organisation need research expertise? Then an Industrial PhD or Public Sector PhD might be the right fit for you and your organisation.
UiS publishes two internal series:
Reports from the University of Stavanger
and Notes from the University of Stavanger.
Stavanger University Library offers guidance on how to make and store publicly available research data, and how to create data management plans.
The CIESL-project aims at gaining knowledge on teachers' implementation of classroom interaction when participating in a governmental initiated intervention on classroom management, and how teachers' learning are linked to student learning and outcome. okuserer på klasseleiing.
A dance performance by Hagit Yakira, associate professor at the Faculty of performing arts.
Start your workday with inspiring sessions while enjoying your breakfast!
Meet other researchers, expand your network, catch up on the latest research at UiS, get useful tips and training.
The Researcher Breakfasts are for researchers, PhD students and anyone else interested. Hosted by the Research Department and the University Library.
We have collected a range of frequently asked questions related to different aspects in PhD education at the University of Stavanger. For more comprehensive information, please visit the Guide for PhD education at UiS.
Stavanger Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Stavanger AI Lab) connects researchers, educators and students at UiS with partners in industry, business and public sector with focus on AI research and development.
Due to an increase in the amount of data available through technological advancements, AI and machine learning approaches can be employed to convert the data into contextual information, leading to a step change in the field of energy and petroleum engineering.
All PhD candidates enrolled in the PhD-program in the Social Sciences must go through a midway assessment.
The evaluation committee’s mandate is to assess the thesis and issue a written reasoned recommendation to the Faculty whether they find the thesis worthy of being defended for the doctoral degree at the University of Stavanger.
The library can help you with Open Access publishing. Publishing Open Access means that your research is open and available for a larger audience.
The library can help you with many steps of the publishing process. We can assist you with open access, choosing the right journal, and publishing on UiS Publishing Platforms.
Energy Engineering and Geoscience is a subfield within the doctoral programme in Science and Technology at UiS.
Offshore Technology, Mechanical and Structural Engineering is a subfield within the doctoral programme in Science and Technology at UiS.
Chemistry and Biological Science is a subfield within the doctoral programme in Science and Technology at UiS. The subfield has specialisations in chemistry, biochemistry, and environmental technology. The doctoral programme is linked to the research within each of these specialisations.
Risk Management and Societal Safety is a subfield within the doctoral programme in Science and Technology at UiS. The subfield has specialisations in risk management, societal safety, industrial economics, and city and regional planning. The doctoral programme is linked to the research within each of these specialisations.
How can we develop and maintain livable, safe and robust urban environments that address climate changes and cater to a sustainable future?
The area of Information Technology, Mathematics and Physics is a subfield within the doctoral programme in Science and Technology at UiS.
A book project about improvisation, by Petter Frost Fadnes
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The entanglement of choreographic and pedagogic practices is the theme of the PhD project of Mari Flønes at The Faculty of Performing Arts.
The PhD programme in Educational Sciences and Humanities encompasses two research disciplines that overlap in some areas, but which also each have their own distinctive characteristics.
The library can help you with bibliometric analysis. Bibliometrics are ideal for analysing and evaluating scientific production and authorship.
Have you as a researcher been asked to enter ORCID? This page helps you find out what it is and why you should use it.
The research group aims to understand how socio-political practices and processes work in interaction and changes.
Colab is a group of researchers exploring challenges related to poor mental health among criminals and prison inmates, something that might affect social security and the risk of new crimes.
In 2020 The University of Stavanger (UiS) was awarded a UNESCO professorship on the topic of diversity, inclusion and education.
Societal changes requires adapting welfare services and updated knowledge. The researchers at UiS are exploring several issues related to Nav, mental health, prison care and child welfare, among other things.
The research centre consists of members from the University of Stavanger and our partner institutions.
The PhD programme in Science and Technology at the University of Stavanger offers five specialisations.
The transition from reading primarily on paper to reading on a variety of screen devices introduces a new media ecology which invites new modes of understanding and exploring reading, across disciplines and paradigms.
DEMCI is an interdisciplinary program area with participants from different disciplines and departments.
The PhD programme in Health and Medicine is a doctoral programme at the Faculty of Health Sciences. Health and Medicine describes a field of research which works to improve the medical services and thus public health.
Below is an overview of the start-up phase of the PhD education. The process from employment and admission to the PhD studies until a written agreement and an approved plan of education.
Course of action in the completion phase of the PhD education.
You can read more about the different elements in the programme description for the PhD programme in Social Sciences
Robert Moshiro defended his thesis on making births in low-income countries safer.
Cristin displays your research and helps make it available and accessible. The library can answer your questions about Cristin.
Focusing on data, we will obtain value and impact by computing while maintaining privacy and trustworthiness.
How and why do I cite? Which citation style should i choose? What should my citation look like, and is my bibliography correct? This page gives you information and useful links to answer these questions.
PhD candidates in the Social Sciences and neighbouring fields are invited to participate.
Green transition and sustainable development is all about using resources smarter and more efficiently. The researchers in the ENSYSTRA project seek to accelerate the transition to enable a more integrated mix of renewable energy.
In this page you find the courses taught at University of Stavanger related to artifical intelligence and machine learning.
The ComNet research group finds innovative and advanced solutions in the area of communication technology and emerging wired and wireless networking paradigms.
Novel information retrieval and web mining solutions for next generation search engines and intelligent systems, using cutting edge machine learning and AI.
We investigate the function of biological systems, from intracellular molecular networks to complex microbial communities, and use mathematical models and experimental methods to explain and predict behavior.
The learning program ROBUST aims to increase well-being, motivation and academic achievement among lower secondary school pupils through social and emotional learning. ROBUST will be evaluated in the research project Resilient.
Research activities vary from fundamental to applied research, with machine learning, deep learning and robot technology as main focus or tool.
The PhD programme in Social Sciences at the University of Stavanger is divided into five research schools: Research School in Economics and Business Administration, Research School in Politics and Society, Research School in Social Work and Welfare, Research School in Archeology and Cultural Heritage studies and Research School in Service Leadership, International Business and Hospitality Management.
A node for research, innovation and education in artificial intelligence at University of Stavanger (UiS).
Digital Society is an interdisciplinary and multi-methodological research group focused on the digital transformation and its social and political implications.
LaTeX is an advanced document preparation system designed for large and complex documents. LaTeX is a great tool if you are writing a paper containing mathematical equations and symbols. The built-in algorithms ensures that the document will have consistent structure, high typographical quality and a professional look.
Overwhelmed by large amounts of non-numerical data? NVivo is a great tool if you need to sort through qualitative data such as interviews, surveys, articles or data from social media. NVivo can help you structure your data analysis process, and make your work more efficient.
Tableau allows you to quickly make large and unmanageable data into easy-to-read overviews. You can convert data into charts, tables and other graphic visualisations. These visualisations can easily be shared with others.
It can be challenging to keep track of the literature you use of in your studies and research. It is not always easy to know how to display your in-text citations correctly in your work, or what the requirements are for a complete and correct reference list. EndNote is a tool that can help you with this. EndNote is used at most universities and colleges.
Rayyan is a free, web-based tool that lets you screen your references for systematic reviews or other large literature reviews. Rayyan facilitates collaboration by allowing multiple people to screen the same references independently (blinded). You can use Rayyan after you have performed your literature search and collected the results in EndNote or Zotero.
At the Museum of Archaeology, you meet the past in new and modern exhibitions. Here you get the story of all those who have lived and worked here before us, and experience how they have lived their lives and adapted to the changing climate and natural environment through the millennia.
The connection between traditional research and Artistic Research keeps growing stronger and internationally, Artistic Research is a field under great expansive development.
The research project ENGAGE will provide teachers with more knowledge on reading difficulties in middle school, and on effective measures for pupils who struggle with reading.
The ProCrits project will reveal the effects of tendering on the resilience of critical services.
Funded by the European Union's H2020 research and innovation programme, BuildERS works on increasing the social resilience capital of European communities and citizens.
Get an overview and information of the various stages in the PhD programme. If the candidate, through the course of the programme, requires information that cannot be found in this guide, we recommend that they contact thesis supervisor, or alternatively their employer/the Head of Department or the faculty’s PhD coordinator.
A paved road from the Viking Age was found during an archaeological excavation at Madla in Stavanger. The road dates all the way back to 850 AD.
People have wandered in the mountains of Gjesdal in the western part of Norway since time immemorial. Archaeologists have discovered a new addition to the site-complex from the Stone Age at the lake Stora Myrvatnet.
The PAN-FIGHT project studies how to fight pandemics with enhanced risk communication. Messages, compliance and vulnerability during the COVID-19 outbreak are central themes.
The research project Caring Futures: Developing Care Ethics for Technology-Mediated Care Practices will further develop care ethics in an increasingly technological health and welfare sector.
This research group delivers new knowledge about societal safety and the concept of risk itself.
What was life like in Rogaland in the Middle Ages?
There is much that is yet to be explored about medieval Stavanger and the region Rogaland. That is something researchers at the Museum of Archaeology hope to do something about.
This research network performs interdisciplinary research for smart sustainable urban development and collaborates closely with regional, national, and international players.
Childbearing - Qualitative Research Network (BfiN) is an international research network which aims to promote and develop international cooperation in the field of qualitative childbearing research.
Approximately 40.000 (5 percent) children and teenagers in Norway experience bullying on a regular basis. Nearly as many are bullies.
Visit the Iron Age Farm at Ullandhaug and experience life in the Late Iron Age. Sit around the open fire and hear stories about everyday life 1500 years ago. As the only one of its kind in Norway, the Iron Age Farm has been rebuilt on the original remains and ruins of a farm that dates back to the Migration Period, approximately 350 – 550 AD.
Bullying can have serious and long-lasting consequences for the victim. Children that have experienced being bullied can develop various difficulties. Even though the bullying has stopped, victims of bullying may struggle with the consequences for years afterwards.
The Scandinavian media model is under pressure. Investigating these pressures across the region provides new insight into the structural framework conditions that change people’s everyday media use.
FILIORUM– The Center for Research in Early Childhood Education and Care emphazises on high quality in the diverse ECEC within three research areas - belonging, play and communication.
Creating a smart city requires joint efforts of city planners, technologists, energy experts, social scientists, artists and others.
Centre for Gender Studies is located at The Faculty of Social Sciences. We conduct research and offer courses in interdisciplinary gender studies.
The research group PARTAKE focuses on community participation as a goal and means to achieve health, coping, good services and participation in working life.
At BMDLab we deal with biomedical data analysis and medical applications. We employ signal- and image processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence and statistical analysis.
The aim of our interdisciplinary research is to develop new knowledge of relational work in health and welfare professions such as nursing, medicine, and social work.
Knowledge of patients' life experiences strengthens patient care. By exploring the patient's own experiences of health, illness and suffering, we want to strengthen patient care with a special emphasis on meetings between patients, health care professionals and carers.
RCN supported petroleum research has triggered large volumes of oil resources. Ensemble Kalman Filter technology, one of the prioritized research fields at the Centre, is estimated to account for a significant part of the reserve increase.
Theme 2 works with the integration of field data such as pressure, temperature, seismic data, tracer data, geophysical data, and geological data into a field scale simulation model.
We develop knowledge that examines the effect of digital learning resources and simulation on quality and competence in health education and clinical practice.
Theme 1 focuses on understanding, modeling, and upscaling the microscopic and macroscopic displacement efficiency when various EOR fluids are injected into a porous rock.
The National IOR Centre provides solutions for improved oil recovery on the Norwegian continental shelf through academic excellence and close cooperation with the industry.
The network brings together researchers, clinical practitioners, and representatives of other stakeholder groups to strengthen carer research.
Health-promoting perspectives are becoming increasingly important for people living with various health challenges. Development of knowledge and interventions are necessary to enable people to cope with everyday life and to promote health.
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The project “The role of Universities in building Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems” – UNEEC has been granted 4,5 million NOK in funding from the Norwegian Research Council INTPART programme.
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Dr. Kristoffer Svendsen started as an associate professor in law at UiS Business School earlier this year. He is a lawyer educated in Australia, Russia, USA and Norway.
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After 20 years studying and working in British universities, whereof six years as Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Rune Todnem By is joining the University of Stavanger Business School as Professor of Leadership.
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