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Latest news from UiS

Winter School and Conference on Teamwork in Healthcare

invites you to the Winter School for doctoral candidates and a conference on teamwork in healthcare, taking place from N...

High interest in the memory bank on the Kielland disaster

The University of Stavanger’s memory bank on the Alexander Kielland accident is widely used by the media, international ...

The students Oda, Maren og Susanne learned about workplace motivation and won 40.000 NOK

Three groups of students from the Master of Science in Business Administration participated in the competition. The winn...

Impact Case: Eco-Friendly Hydrate Inhibitors: From University Research to Industry Innovation

Eco Inhibitors, a spin-off from the University of Stavanger, has brought breakthroughs to the oil and gas industry with ...

Impact Case: Enhancing Risk Communication for Pandemic Response

The COVID pandemic has very quickly became a social crisis, from being a mere health crisis. Research led by the Risk an...

Burning Questions: Korean student's research visit to The Greenhouse

Hyeonbin Park, a Ph.D. student in the Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy at the Korea Advanced Institute o...

Is a nurse assisted remote monitoring intervention useable?

This article reports on the findings from a study which looked at the acceptability and usability of this intervention ...

Professor Dolly Jørgensen wins funding for new collaborative project on extinction and museums

A new collaborative project on extinction histories has been selected for funding by The Research Council of Norway and ...

Melina Antonia Buns selected member of the Young Academy of Norway

Greenhouse member Melina Antonia Buns has been selected as member of the prestigious Young Academy of Norway (AYF).

Promoting resilient healthcare – Insights from SHARE researchers at ISQua 2024

Several of the SHARE research teams recently traveled to Istanbul to attend the 40th ISQua conference, hosted by the Int...

Teachers lack authority. Could coaching be a solution?

Despite political initiatives spanning four decades in the form of countless national, regional and local efforts to sup...

The Resilient Health Care Society Summer Meeting 2024

Sunday 9th of June the SHARE Centre for Resilience in Healthcare hosted the annul Resilient in Healthcare Society Meetin...

Now you can register your contribution to WABF 2025

Do you want to present, participate in a workshop, symposium, or with a poster at the world’s largest conference on bull...

1.5 million euro for research on fluid dynamics

Guang Yin is the first researcher at the University of Stavanger (UiS) to receive the European Research Council's award ...

Ocean Energy in Japan

Aster Hoving tells about a study visit to Japan as part of her PhD studies.

New energy central which will cut greenhouse gas emissions

The UiS energy central will be filled with research and teaching on geothermal energy and electricity.

Apply for seed funding from HelseCampus Stavanger

The innovation projects should be within the three strategic focus areas simulation, integration of care services, and s...

PhD Complete – Skills to Finalise Your Thesis

PhD Complete is a workshop series offered by UiS to support you throughout your PhD journey. The goal is simple: to assi...

The Greenhouse at the 2024 World Congress of Environmental History

The Fourth World Congress of Environmental History will take place at the University of Oulu, Finland from 19 to 23 Au...

Rector's speech to the students at the start of studies 2024

Rector Klaus Mohn welcomed the students to a new academic year during the opening ceremony at Campus Ullandhaug today. R...

Upcoming events

Shut up & write for PhDs

Wed. 27.11.2024

09:00-11:30

Universitetsbiblioteket, Studieverkstedet

Between Displaying and Concealing: Auto Clean Net system to collect waste in South Korean smart urban areas

Wed. 27.11.2024

14:15-15:30

Hulda Garborgs hus
HG N-106

Underwater Close Range Mapping

Thu. 28.11.2024

11:30-12:00

Webinar

Grønnpuls - Managing and Reporting Sustainability Information for SMEs in the Energy Sector

Thu. 28.11.2024

13:00-14:00

UiS Campus Ullandhaug, Elise Ottesen-Jensens hus
EOJ 101HH / Teams

18th International Meeting on Behavioural Science Applied to Healthcare

Fri. 29.11 09:00

sat. 30.11 16:00

University of Stavanger

Disputation for Aleksandra Szwedo

Fri. 29.11.2024

09:00-14:00

Måltidets hus, i7

Staying Well and Being Productive

Fri. 29.11.2024

09:30-11:30

Online

PhD Workshop: On Stage - voice, body, language and nerves

Mon. 02.12 09:00

tue. 03.12 12:30

UiS Campus
AR V-209

Disputation for Maria Korkou

Mon. 02.12 15:00

tue. 03.12 18:00

Kjølv Egelands hus
KE E-164

Researcher breakfast: Peatlands – Nature's Carbon Storage

Thu. 05.12.2024

09:00-10:00

Universitetsbiblioteket, Campus Ullandhaug.

Unleashing the Potential of Enterprise Asset Management systems.

Thu. 05.12.2024

11:30-12:00

Webinar

Tracking the public perception of heat pumps

Thu. 05.12.2024

12:00-12:00

UiS Campus Ullandhaug, Elise Ottesen-Jensens hus
EOJ276/277 / Teams

Current health issues in Norwegian salmon farming and the challenges estimating their costs

Thu. 05.12.2024

13:15-14:15

UiS Campus Ullandhaug, Elise Ottesen-Jensens hus
EOJ276/277 / Teams

Dual Book Launch: Healing Through Writing & Rebuilding Family Bonds

Thu. 05.12.2024

15:00-17:00

Dataverkstedet

Bøker & Beats - student concerts in the library

Fri. 06.12.2024

12:15-13:00

Universitetsbiblioteket, campus Ullandhaug

Christmas concert by Bjergsted Jazz Ensemble and Bjergsted Vokal Ensemble

Sat. 07.12.2024

20:00-21:30

Spor 5

The 2024 Nobel Prizes Explained for Everyone

Mon. 09.12.2024

18:00-20:00

Sølvberget
Møteplassen

Battery Day

Tue. 10.12.2024

08:00-16:00

Kjølv Egelands hus
KE E-102

Latest research news

Winter School and Conference on Teamwork in Healthcare

invites you to the Winter School for doctoral candidates and a conference on teamwork in healthcare, taking place from N...

Impact Case: WiKIT: Transforming Children’s Learning with evidence-based EdTech

WiKIT is a social enterprise that was spun off from the University of Stavanger, and was created with the goal to bridge...

Now you can register for the world's largest conference on bullying

Registration is now open for the World Anti-Bullying Forum (WABF), which will take place in Stavanger from June 11-13, 2...

Is a nurse assisted remote monitoring intervention useable?

This article reports on the findings from a study which looked at the acceptability and usability of this intervention ...

Promoting resilient healthcare – Insights from SHARE researchers at ISQua 2024

Several of the SHARE research teams recently traveled to Istanbul to attend the 40th ISQua conference, hosted by the Int...

The Resilient Health Care Society Summer Meeting 2024

Sunday 9th of June the SHARE Centre for Resilience in Healthcare hosted the annul Resilient in Healthcare Society Meetin...

The Greenhouse at the 2024 World Congress of Environmental History

The Fourth World Congress of Environmental History will take place at the University of Oulu, Finland from 19 to 23 Au...

Literary Birding in Taiwan

Endre Harvold Kvangraven describes the experience of a research trip to Taiwan as part of his PhD studies at the Univers...

Could scented books encourage more kids to read?

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

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

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

Detects cerebral stroke using artificial intelligence

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

Successful UiS Aerospace rocket launch

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

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

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

The Mongoose on the Loose in Nineteenth-Century Jamaica

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

The impermanence of permafrost: learning how to be discontinuous

"Earth Ice Bone Blood" by Charlotte Wrigley.

Why get involved in a research study?

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

Protocol for the randomised control trial

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

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

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

New evidence for quark matter cores in massive neutron stars

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

Problem-solving in kindergarten

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