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The book Meeting the Inclusion Challenge in Innovation – Giving Voice to Users was presented by some of the authors at the university library at the University of Stavanger. The book editors are Professors Tatiana Iakovleva, Elin M. Oftedal, and John Bessant.
Activities within the research group EduWorkSoCo exhibit a thematic coherence centered around the following three perspectives: Graduate employment and entrepreneurship, international higher education and female researchers within the academic working environment.
The Responsible Tourism online seminar week (18th-22nd March 2024) organized in Nordic cooperation deals with current topics of responsible tourism, such as climate change and tourism, accessibility and ethics in tourism, concrete actions to promote responsibility and future of tourism.
Radicalization of Gender and Anti-democracy: the Case of Incels in Nordic-Europe. INCELNOR-MA aims to generate and share insights into incel communities, shedding light on the broadcasting strategies employed by incels and exploring the visual culture that serves as a medium for communication and mobilization in the context of gender-radicalization and political masculinities.
Students from different study programs across UiS were invited to engage in a challenge-based learning activity, aiming at generating new ideas for developing the future hotel.
On 18-20 September 2024 NHS – Department of Leadership and Service Innovation at the University of Stavanger, hosted the Nordic Symposium 2024 under the theme “The roles of humans and technology in shaping the future”.
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A portable, low-magnetic MRI machine gives researchers an indication of whether a child is going to follow typical or atypical cognitive development. The results will be used to implement measures adapted to each individual child.
Safety and Resilience Through Digital Technologies: A Participatory Study with Women at the Intersection of Gender-Based Violence and Immigration in Norway (SaRe-DiGT) is a Marie Curie research project on the interconnectedness of digital technologies, gender-based violence, and immigration in Norway.
The conference Gender Studies Now 2023 is hosted by the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Stavanger, 1 - 2 June.
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An ongoing project between University of Stavanger and Metropolitan University of Prague addresses an important topic that has received little attention in the past, that of accessible tourism. The 2-year collaboration has led to knowledge exchange, curricula and course development and learning for all stakeholders, and will impact both future education and research.
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The Norwegian Hotel School’s master’s students were welcomed to UiS with a three-day kickoff at Viste Strand Hotel.
A delegation from The University of Havana visited UiS to discuss Norwegian/Cuban conference and how to increase the numbers of Norwegian exchange students to Cuba and vice versa.
Welcome to the annual National Conference in Political Science at the Department of Media and Social Science at the University of Stavanger.
The UNESCO Chair is a collaboration between The University of Stavanger and the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFU) with a purpose to enable leadership, innovation and anticipation in support of the delivery of UN’s Sustainable Development Goals - and beyond - through the application of futures literacy.
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After 15 years at British universities followed by two years at the UiS Business School, Rune Todnem By joins the established leadership and organisational change community at the University of Stavanger Faculty of Social Sciences as Professor of Leadership.
Here you’ll find links to statistical and market data resources, and links to databases where you can find the newest research in hospitality and tourism. The Library can help you search for literature and give you access to research and academic resources useful for students and staff at NHS – Department of Leadership and Service Innovation.
Information and useful links to scientific and subject-relevant sources for research and studies in media and social sciences. The library gives you access to resources in sociology, political science, change management, media studies, documentary production and energy, environment, and society.
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As part of the very first ECIU University pilot, students Arne Kragseth and Elisabeth Stene came up with a triple solution for a better mobility in the Stavanger region.
The project shall improve the quality and internationalization of education in social work and sociology at the partner institutions, through student and staff mobility between Cuba and Norway in both directions.