Research at UiS
Find information about the research activity at University of Stavanger.
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Research centres, networks and clusters
Research centres at UiS
- Centre for Sustainable Utilization of Energy Resources on the Norwegian Shelf (NCS2030)
- Centre for Resilience in Healthcare (SHARE)
- Centre for Innovation Research (CIR)
- Centre for Research in Early Childhood Education and Care (FILIORUM)
- The Greenhouse – Centre for Environmental Humanities
National research and educational centres
Research networks and clusters
- Smart city research
- Cluster on Industrial Asset Management (CIAM)
- Stavanger AI Lab
- The Cognitive Lab
- Ocean Technology Innovation Cluster Stavanger (OTICS)
Research institute NORCE
UiS is one of the largest owners in the independent research institute NORCE.
PhD Education and Research Schools
Research at the UiS faculties
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...
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...
