PhD Education at the University of Stavanger

Nordic Master Programme in Social Work and Welfare - NOSWEL

Erasmus Mundus in Social Work with Families and Children

PhD Programme in Social Sciences

The PhD programme in Social Sciences at the University of Stavanger is divided into five research...

The Faculty of Social Sciences

Education and research at the Faculty of Social Sciences is diverse, and includes tourism, media...

Sustainability Transformation

This programme area addresses the governance of energy transitions.

The conference Gender Studies Now 2023

The conference Gender Studies Now 2023 is hosted by the Centre for Gender Studies at the University...

Visit from Cuba to enhance internationalization

A delegation from The University of Havana visited UiS to discuss Norwegian/Cuban conference and how...

Solve challenges from regional industries and get 10 ECTS

InGenious- Sustainability and innovation driven program

UNESCO Chair on Leadership, Innovation and Anticipation

The UNESCO Chair is a collaboration between The University of Stavanger and the Nordic Institute for...

The potentialities of digital technologies in surviving violence

The project ‘Safety and Resilience through Digital Practices’, will examine the potentialities of...

Cuban and Nordic Welfare

The project shall improve the quality and internationalization of education in social work and...

Research group in Interactionist Cultural Sociology

Cultural sociology studies the repertoires of meaning and interpretation that people deploy when...

How to encourage and develop Postgraduate Supervision?

This research program area is aimed at preparing better graduate and postgraduate candidates.

ISPAS: Paths to Successful Innovation

By developing a new joint curriculum of PhD courses, candidates will be better equipped in areas of...

How is thinking related to behavior?

The Cognitive Lab provides the natural sciences with a meeting place for the health sciences...

PHD 1-2-3

Are you a new PhD candidate? Here you will find an overview of the course of study. The overview...

Dr. philos (PhD Programme in Social Sciences)

Doctor philosophiae (dr. philos.) is a non-supervised doctorate that can be awarded to academics who...

Populism, a necessary challenge for democracy?

The research group aims to understand how socio-political practices and processes work in...

How to support offender rehabilitation through improving interagency collaboration in criminal justice systems?

Colab is a group of researchers exploring challenges related to poor mental health among criminals...

What characterizes good welfare?

Societal changes requires adapting welfare services and updated knowledge. The researchers at UiS...

The Norwegian School of Hotel Management

The Norwegian School of Hotel Management has been educating hotel managers and other leaders in the...

Department of Social Studies

The Department of Social Studies trains social workers and child care welfare officers.

Department of Media and Social Sciences

The Department of Media and Social Sciences offer academic programmes within, and do research on...