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The industry of aquaculture is a fast-growing industry. An international project from UiS will help solve sustainability issues in this industry by using economic theory.
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The Research Council of Norway is awarding NOK 28 million to a project entitled Biocircle: Increased Innovation Capacity and Innovation Rate for Circular Economy in Western Norway. This project is a collaborative venture between Norce, the UiS, the UiB and several businesses.
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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.
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Gorm Kipperberg has been promoted to professor of environmental economics at the UiS Business School. His research focuses on applied issues in environmental, resource, and energy economics
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All upper secondary schools in Norway can now use the digital tool U-Say. The UiS Business School has participated in the development of the instrument.
UiS is part of the Lean 6σ Learning Academy, organised by European Networks for Performance Enhancement in Mechanical (Manufacturing) and Construction Industry.
UiS Business School is an arena for dialogue and collaboration between academia, business, industry, and decision-makers. We have multiple seminars and conferences in economics and law.
Research shows that occupational health services may be an abeyant asset for alcohol prevention, but need competence, time and resources.
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The University of Stavanger Business School recently submitted two applications to the Research Council of Norway to become Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF). The Norwegian Centres of Excellence scheme is the RCN`s most prestigious call. It allows scientific areas to organize themselves in centers to achieve ambitious scientific goals through cooperation and long-term funding.
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.
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.
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On Thursday, October 29th, the University of Stavanger arranged the annual celebration and conferral of doctoral degrees. UiS Business School doctors Nina Hjertvikrem, May Linn Sikveland, Olaug Øygarden, and Ana Filipa Faria Lopes were reverently celebrated.
A project focusing on the health care sector and how to amplify the voice of the users when applying digital technology.
The research group PARTAKE focuses on community participation as a goal and means to achieve health, coping, good services and participation in working life.
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The project “The role of Universities in building Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems” – UNEEC has been granted 4,5 million NOK in funding from the Norwegian Research Council INTPART programme.