Easier to say recovery than to do recovery
Health and social services in Norway have adapted recovery as base for the mental health and...
Back to Blood: Pursuing a future from the Norse Past
Why are Vikings and the Norse past increasingly popular?
Bettina Smith: The Artist's Secret
We congratulate Professor Bettina Smith on her new release. Together with pianist Jan Willem Nelleke...
Occupational health services should have an active role in alcohol prevention
Research shows that occupational health services may be an abeyant asset for alcohol prevention, but...
14 recommendations for a successful disputation
A disputation, the public defence of a PhD candidate’s thesis, is a serious matter. How can you...
Universities must take a leading role in regional development
Not all regions are like Silicon Valley, and not all universities can or should be like Stanford...
The importance of religion in encounters with death at work
How do migrant nursing home staff relate to religion in their work with patients who are approaching...
Who has the most and the least stressful jobs?
A study showed that 15 % of the employees had high-strain jobs. Being female, having low education...
Extended individual placement and support (IPS) contributed to participation in job and education
With an expanded model for IPS, 63% of people with severe mental illness who were unemployed found a...
Employees with high alcohol consumption may experience impaired work performance
A review of research conducted on more than 92 000 employees in 15 countries suggests that employees...
Impact case: The Agder Project
UiS researchers have developed and tested a structured play-based curriculum for children at their...
Became editor of the highest impact factor journal in Civil Engineering
Professor Dimitrios Pavlou at Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials...
Children need self-regulation to learn
According to a new study, there is a strong link between self-regulation and mathematical skills in...
Perceived emotional support from the teacher is associated with higher achievement in reading
A recent Norwegian study shows strong associations between first grade students feeling liked and...
Four signs that your toddler is (about to become) a reader*
Do you read for your toddler? Have you noticed that toddlers that are used to being read to, already...
Recent PhD thesis: Great potential in letting pupils read demanding literature
When secondary school pupils read demanding fiction, they become engaged by the difficult nature of...
Internal series from UiS
UiS publishes two internal series: Reports from the University of Stavanger and Notes from the...
The use of personal life stories in care work
The project "Life Sheet" maps the use of patients’ personal life stories as part of care work...
Developing simulation training using 360 ° video
360ViSi is an international collaborative project with the aim of developing innovative learning...
Midway assessment
All PhD candidates enrolled in the PhD-program in the Social Sciences must go through a midway...
Jazz on the Line: Improvisation in Practice
A book project about improvisation, by Petter Frost Fadnes (Routledge, 2020)