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This research groups mission is to promote a sense of mattering and belonging where people can connect to a sense of meaning and purpose in ways that also contribute to the common good at a societal and global level.
At the Stavanger Baby and Child Lab, within the Department of Social Studies at UiS, we investigate how infants and toddlers develop their understanding of the (social) world.
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Founder and entrepreneur Murshid M. Ali defended his dissertation for the Ph.D. degree in Management, Economics, and Tourism at the UiS Business School on December 6th, 2021.
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.
Health and social services in Norway have adapted recovery as base for the mental health and substance use services. Research shows that this is easier said than done.
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.
UiS is part of the Lean 6σ Learning Academy, organised by European Networks for Performance Enhancement in Mechanical (Manufacturing) and Construction Industry.
Research shows that occupational health services may be an abeyant asset for alcohol prevention, but need competence, time and resources.
A study showed that 15 % of the employees had high-strain jobs. Being female, having low education level, doing shift work and work outside the regular workplace increased the risk of having a high-strain job.
With an expanded model for IPS, 63% of people with severe mental illness who were unemployed found a job or started education. This is a higher rate than what earlier research on IPS-programs have achieved in the past.
A review of research conducted on more than 92 000 employees in 15 countries suggests that employees characterized by high levels of alcohol consumption may experience greater work impairments than employees who drink less.
This research program area is aimed at preparing better graduate and postgraduate candidates.
By developing a new joint curriculum of PhD courses, candidates will be better equipped in areas of innovation and science.
Spring of 2019, a wind turbine was lifted into place and installed on the Ullandhaug campus. Solar cells have already been installed. The turbine and solar cells are part of a laboratory that will produce energy from solar and wind. Students, researchers and the business community can study the energy mix produced at the lab.
Look to Scandinavia – the museum of the good parts of the capitalism, says Vegard Bye in this interview by Siv Oltedal.
Be inspired by MFamily PhD stories from the Netherlands, Norway and Northern Ireland!
Colab is a group of researchers exploring challenges related to poor mental health among criminals and prison inmates, something that might affect social security and the risk of new crimes.
Societal changes requires adapting welfare services and updated knowledge. The researchers at UiS are exploring several issues related to Nav, mental health, prison care and child welfare, among other things.
The research group PARTAKE focuses on community participation as a goal and means to achieve health, coping, good services and participation in working life.