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Latest news from UiS
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...
Are you our next ECIU student ambassadors?
Do you want to represent UiS within an international consortium of European universities? This might be something for yo...
Introducing a PhD centred on health economics
The eHealth@H2H team has expanded! We welcome Katharina Gottschlich to our team as the newest PhD student.
He has 3D printed a training model for spinal anesthesia
Øyvind Time's master's thesis can help make everyday life easier for healthcare personnel who must learn how to take a f...
12 million for research in algebraic geometry
Professor Helge Ruddat has received NOK 12 million to investigate and classify the mathematical concept of Fano manifold...
Energy students awarded for their efforts
Repsol awarded a total of four prizes and NOK 120,000 to master students at University of Stavanger.
UiS ends institutional cooperation with Israel
The UiS board discussed Israel at its meeting on 6 June 2024.
Supportive leaders make employees more satisfied and engaged
A recent collaboration between Lyse and researchers at the UiS School of Business and Law has proven to be highly benefi...
Nominate for the University Fund’s Presentation and Community Involvement Award
The objective of the award is to promote outstanding presentation and community involvement at the University of Stavang...
He is Energy Professional of the Year
Reidar Bratvold won the prize as Energy Professional of the Year at the SPE gala.
KCE center manager awarded Ruth Wong professorship to give opening lecture at prestigious education conference in Singapore
Elaine Munthe has received the Ruth Wong Professorship for 2024 at the National Institute of Education and is attending ...
Gastro-surgical nurses involved in eHealth study finish recruitment
In the eHealth @ Hospital 2- Home study we have asked two different patient populations and two different clinical group...
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 ...
Kathy Lette traced her roots at UiS
When the world-renowned writer Kathy Lette traced her roots in the Australian TV program "Who Do You Think You Are?", sh...
Tent camp for Palestine on campus
The organization Students for Palestine Stavanger will have a tent camp on the Ullandhaug campus from Thursday, May 16th...
Students at UiS Partner with Industry to Tackle Environmental Challenge
In a remarkable demonstration of applied learning and industry collaboration, master's students from the UiS School of B...
Eight million for research project on populism in the Nordic region
In February, the Research Council of Norway announced funding for research projects for young talents. The upper funding...
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...
Upcoming events
Opening Ceremony for the Start of Studies
Mon. 12.08.2024
12:00-13:00
Information meeting: Outbound exchange spring 2025
Tue. 20.08.2024
13:00-13:30
Symposium: The Middle Ages in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Relevance, Reimagination, Inspiration
Thu. 22.08 09:00
fri. 23.08 16:30
Drop-in: Outbound exchange spring 2025
Mon. 26.08.2024
09:30-14:30
Greenhouse online environmental humanities book talks series: "Entangled Encounters" by Daniel Vandersommers
Mon. 26.08.2024
16:00-17:00
Greenhouse online environmental humanities book talks series: "Sand Rush" by Elsa Devienne
Mon. 02.09.2024
16:00-17:00
Information meeting: Students who have applied for outbound exchange spring 2025
Tue. 03.09.2024
14:15-14:45
UiS School of Business and Law Seminar: Moral Balancing
Wed. 04.09.2024
12:15-13:15
Election in the USA: What Will Happen?
Wed. 04.09.2024
19:00-21:00
Researcher Breakfast: Building trust in AI
Thu. 05.09.2024
09:00-10:00
Greenhouse online environmental humanities book talks series: "The Ecological Plot" by John Macneill Miller
Mon. 09.09.2024
16:00-17:00
Latest research news
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...
Associate professor of KCE appointed new member of editorial board
Melissa Bond, associate professor 2 at the Knowledge Center for Education, has been appointed as a member of the editori...
What being involved in a research project is like as intensive care nurses in Norway
Linn Tjemsland and Linn Elisabeth Furseth are both intensive care nurses who work in the cardiac intermediate unit at St...
Bringing the world's largest conference on bullying to Norway
The world's largest anti-bullying conference, the World Anti-Bullying Forum, will be held in Stavanger, Norway, in 2025....
Bettina Ebert has received eight million NOK to research medieval adhesives
Conservator Bettina Ebert at the Museum of Archaeology has been awarded eight million by the Research Council of Norway....
Assessing a nurse-assisted eHealth intervention
This article describes the second major phase of an intervention designed to enhance patient experiences during the crit...
What do patients say a future eHealth service needs?
The use of digital apps and wearables to track our health information is on the rise. Thus, eHealth is a resource that m...