Easter Opening Hours at the library

An overview of the opening hours at all our library branches during Easter 2023.

The importance of parents in the work to prevent cyberbullying

What role do parents have in the prevention of cyberbullying? The international research project PARTICIPATE will seek a...

– The program is top-notch, prestigious, challenging, engaging, and world-class

Hesam Salehi has a master's degree in business administration with a specialisation in strategic marketing and analytics...

Patients and families engaged in resilient healthcare systems

Patients and their families contribute to the resilience of healthcare systems. This is particularly evident as global h...

Priscila got to work with high-level musicians and performers

Music production and recording was an opportunity to increase their experiences in the field

Extended partnership between UiS and Norway Summit

The UiS Business School has announced the extension of its partnership with the business conference Norway Summit.

Change the way you learn and create real impact

UiS offers unique learning opportunities through ECIU University. Right now there are five student challenges and eight...

Indigenous stories, and the weather in Calcutta: Two new Marie Curie postdoctoral fellows at The Greenhouse

The EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (MSCA) are an attractive and prestigious mobility award that give r...

Greater focus on the role of informal caregivers

Maja Hassel, next of kin and caregiver, thinks this year’s conference theme "Caregivers - from extra work to sound invol...

Two worlds colliding: exploring the boundaries between system resilience and individual resilience

A recent webinar organised by the Resilient Health Care Network focused on the intersection of individual psychological ...

Chandan hopes to be a pioneering marketer and entrepreneur

That's why he chose to study Business Administration at the UiS Business School.

Master program in Law for UiS

UiS Business School has gotten permission to start up a two-year master's program in law. The language of instruction wi...

Compassion with the earthquake victims

Rector Klaus Mohn calls on staff and students to take care of those affected by the earthquake in Turkey.

The library is open 24/7 again

On 6 February the library reopened.

Digital national conference on informal caregivers’ challenges

The pandemic created practical difficulties in organizing the annual national caregiver conference as usual, but in retr...

ECIU to find solutions for closer international university cooperation

How can European universities achieve a deeper, longer-term and flexible form of cooperation? With EU support, the Europ...

UiS has established a PhD community focused on the green transition

PhD students doing research in sustainability and green transition can also now contribute to the interdisciplinary Gree...

Robert Kreuzbauer is promoted to Professor in Strategy

His research focuses on the theoretical and empirical study of companies' innovation and branding strategy and strategic...

Communication training at HelseCampus

Paramedical students in their third year of study and nurses from the municipal health service participated in a joint t...

Prestigious award to a researcher from UiS Business School

Elham Ghazimatin is awarded the «Robert Lusch Early Career Research Award» for her research in marketing.

Data privacy and secure storage in bachelor's and master's theses at UiS

Are you wondering how to store data and your thesis safely? Are you a bachelor's student considering processing personal...

New dean at the Faculty of Health Sciences

Eldar Søreide is the new dean at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Stavanger from September 5th, 2022.

From Ethiopia to UiS to study mechanical engineering

Three doctoral students and two master students share their experiences after one semester with engineering studies at t...

– What I liked most about UiS and the Business School is the degree of internationalization

UiS Business School and Centre for Innovation Research have had two guest researchers this semester.

Four more years with Klaus Mohn as rector at the University of Stavanger

Klaus Mohn has been offered the rectorship of the University of Stavanger for four more years. He will now build the tea...

– UiS ticked all the boxes for an appropriate international master's program

Syed Aqib Ali is taking the MSc in Business Administration at UiS Business School. He patted himself on the shoulder for...

New book: Inspirational Women in Academia

Stereotypical expectations prevail and harm the aspirations of many females working in academia, especially those with a...

– To get the opportunity to publish our own research means a lot

Two master students from UiS Business School have got their research published in an international journal

Students learn about motivation through working as consultants

In Economics of Motivations at UiS Business School, students participated in a case competition as consultants. The winn...

Accessible tourism – rethinking sustainable tourism development

An ongoing project between University of Stavanger and Metropolitan University of Prague addresses an important topic th...

MSc students brought their case studies to a wind farm

– It was perfect that we could go out and see it with our own eyes, says Professor Gorm Kipperberg.

The Caring Futures project on TV2 News

Researchers from “Caring Futures: Developing Care Ethics for Technology-Mediated Care Practices” were interviewed and qu...

Divergent Approaches to the Future of the Health Sector

The Caring Futures research project invited five regional participants to a panel discussion at Sølvberget Library and C...

– This is an excellent achievement for our master' students

Three master students from UiS Business School are one of two finalists in the international marketing competition DMC.

It is not too late to give your opinion on the quality of your study program

The deadline has been postponed till November 21. Therefore all those in their second, third or fifth year of study can...

Deeply moved by the stories of Iranian employees and students

Iranian students and staff talking about the current situation in Iran and how it affects them personally, made a profou...

Bringing together stakeholders in care technology

In the end of September, Health Campus Stavanger, in collaboration with the Caring Futures research project invited rese...

Calls for more international research collaboration

Professor Stephen Billett from Griffith University Australia, is involved in several of SHARE – Centre for Resilience in...

Become a teaching assistant at UiS Business School!

We are looking for talented and motivated students who want to combine their studies with a job during spring 2023. The ...

Become a teaching assistant at UiS Business School!

We are looking for talented and motivated students who want to combine their studies with a job during spring 2023. The ...

Disputation for Ilia Zlotnikov

Greenhouse online environmental humanities book talks series: Atomic Environments by Neil Oatsvall

Vakkert og virtuost 4

Disputation for Sammy Alaoui Soulimani

UiS Business School Seminar – Simon Says: Examining gender differences in advice seeking and influence in the lab

Exam performance by our dance students

Disputation for Erik Dirdal

Concert with Stine Janvin and students

Concert with the concucting class at UiS and Gjallarhorn

Master class with Jan Willem Nelleke and student concert

Orchestra concert with Are Sandbakken

Researcher Breakfast: Uncovering the nature of dark matter in the multi-messenger era

Waffle Thursday at UiS Bjergsted with the student chaplain

Webinar: Introduction to NVivo

Drop-In: Get your computer ready for digital school exam

Concert with Bjergsted vocal ensemble

Greenhouse online environmental humanities book talks series: Caroline Grego, Hurricane Jim Crow

Drop-In: Get your computer ready for digital school exam

Innovation Seminar Series: Crafting 'Responsible AI'

Innovation Seminar Series: Natural Resources and Innovation

Waffle Thursday at UiS Bjergsted with the student chaplain

Innovation Seminar Series: Social system theory and high-tech entrepreneurship

Olympiad in Engineering Science – OES 2023

Exam concert with conducting student Omer Shteinhart

Learning Environment Committee meeting 24.05.2023

12th edition of the Field Days - Experiments outside the laboratory

Learning Environment Committee meeting 27.09.2023

Learning Environment Committee meeting 15.11.2023

NIKT 2023

Designing a future eHealth service for posthospitalization self-management support

A new study describes important aspects in the development of a digital follow-up service for patients in need of long-t...

Teachers bullying children – a global problem

All over the world, children are being bullied by adults in school. New research now shows that these students could als...

Can blueberries prevent dementia?

Drinking juice with a lot of antioxidants, for example from blueberries, can be beneficial in preventing dementia. New r...

Posthospitalization follow-up of patients with heart failure using eHealth solutions

This review suggests that patients with heart failure should receive prompt follow-up after hospitalization, and eHealth...

This invention produces electricity from marine and riverine currents

Researchers at UiS have developed an energy converter that creates electricity from sea currents and river flows.

Countries that do well in the PISA assessment have one thing in common

The most common thing about countries that are 'successful' in PISA, is a higher level of gender equality in the populat...

Norwegian-led research project on childbirth and newborn resuscitation can save 25,000 lives annually in Tanzania

After completing their PhD-projects on childbirth and newborn resuscitation at the University of Stavanger, the four Tan...

Ethics in research

UiS is responsible for research conducted at the university being performed in accordance with laws and existing standar...

In the core of a neutron star

How can the established theory of particle physics, the Standard Model, be used to predict the material properties of th...

All tomorrows parties

The artistic research dance project All Tomorrows Parties by Brynjar Åbel Bandlien aims to investigate the impact that t...

Integrated solar panels in walls and roofs can be efficient power sources

“Norway’s cold climate is very suitable for building-integrated photovoltaics,” says researcher Hassan Gholami. He compl...

The «Forskningsdagene» Research Festival

The research festival Forskningsdagene is a national, annual ten-day festival under the auspices of the Research Council...

The «Forskningsdagene» Research Festival

The research festival Forskningsdagene is a national, annual ten-day festival under the auspices of the Research Council...

Impact case: Breast Cancer School

UiS researchers at the Faculty of Health has identified the urgent need to develop an educational program for Breast Can...

Nominate for the University Fund’s Presentation and Community Involvement Award

The objective of the prize is to promote outstanding presentation and community involvement at the University of Stavang...

Burden of treatment in patients with chronic heart failure

In this new paper, researcher at the University of Stavanger explore the associations between burden of treatment, psych...

Easier to say recovery than to do recovery

Health and social services in Norway have adapted recovery as base for the mental health and substance use services. Res...

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, Smith has released...

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 need competence, ti...

14 recommendations for a successful disputation

A disputation, the public defence of a PhD candidate’s thesis, is a serious matter. How can you prepare as best as possi...

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. Universities play vari...

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 death?

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 level, doing shift wo...

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 job or started educ...

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 characterized by hi...

Midway assessment

All PhD candidates enrolled in the PhD-program in the Social Sciences must go through a midway assessment.

Impact case: The Agder Project

UiS researchers have developed and tested a structured play-based curriculum for children at their last year of preschoo...

Regulations and forms related to PhD education

Overview of regulations, guidelines, forms and templates for use in the PhD education at the University of Stavanger.

Became editor of the highest impact factor journal in Civil Engineering

Professor Dimitrios Pavlou at Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science recently became ...

Children need self-regulation to learn

According to a new study, there is a strong link between self-regulation and mathematical skills in Norwegian children. ...

Co- creating choreographic-pedagogic entanglements through a dance project in primary school

The entanglement of choreographic and pedagogic practices is the theme of the PhD project of Mari Flønes at The Faculty ...

Jazz on the Line: Improvisation in Practice

A book project about improvisation, by Petter Frost Fadnes (Routledge, 2020)

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 respected by their tea...

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 have learned a lot ...

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 the texts, and appro...

Caring Futures: Developing Care Ethics for Technology-Mediated Care Practices

The research project Caring Futures: Developing Care Ethics for Technology-Mediated Care Practices will further develop ...

Internal series from UiS

UiS publishes two internal series: Reports from the University of Stavanger and Notes from the University of Stavang...

Developing simulation training using 360 ° video

360ViSi is an international collaborative project with the aim of developing innovative learning methodologies in health...

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 practices in nursing homes...