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
The Mongoose on the Loose in Nineteenth-Century Jamaica
by Matthew Holmes
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. ...
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...
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...
Designing a future eHealth service for posthospitalization self-management support
A new study describes important aspects in the development of a digital follow-up service for patients in need of long-t...
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...
Can blueberries prevent dementia?
Drinking juice with a lot of antioxidants, for example from blueberries, can be beneficial in preventing dementia. New r...
Posthospitalization follow-up of patients with heart failure using eHealth solutions
This review suggests that patients with heart failure should receive prompt follow-up after hospitalization, and eHealth...
This invention produces electricity from marine and riverine currents
Researchers at UiS have developed an energy converter that creates electricity from sea currents and river flows.
Countries that do well in the PISA assessment have one thing in common
The most common thing about countries that are 'successful' in PISA, is a higher level of gender equality in the populat...
Norwegian-led research project on childbirth and newborn resuscitation can save 25,000 lives annually in Tanzania
After completing their PhD-projects on childbirth and newborn resuscitation at the University of Stavanger, the four Tan...
Ethics in research
UiS is responsible for research conducted at the university being performed in accordance with laws and existing standar...
In the core of a neutron star
How can the established theory of particle physics, the Standard Model, be used to predict the material properties of th...
All tomorrows parties
The artistic research dance project All Tomorrows Parties by Brynjar Åbel Bandlien aims to investigate the impact that t...
Integrated solar panels in walls and roofs can be efficient power sources
“Norway’s cold climate is very suitable for building-integrated photovoltaics,” says researcher Hassan Gholami. He compl...
Impact case: Breast Cancer School
UiS researchers at the Faculty of Health has identified the urgent need to develop an educational program for Breast Can...
Burden of treatment in patients with chronic heart failure
In this new paper, researcher at the University of Stavanger explore the associations between burden of treatment, psych...
Easier to say recovery than to do recovery
Health and social services in Norway have adapted recovery as base for the mental health and substance use services. Res...
Back to Blood: Pursuing a future from the Norse Past
Why are Vikings and the Norse past increasingly popular?
Bettina Smith: The Artist's Secret
We congratulate Professor Bettina Smith on her new release. Together with pianist Jan Willem Nelleke, Smith has released...
Occupational health services should have an active role in alcohol prevention
Research shows that occupational health services may be an abeyant asset for alcohol prevention, but need competence, ti...
14 recommendations for a successful disputation
A disputation, the public defence of a PhD candidate’s thesis, is a serious matter. How can you prepare as best as possi...
Universities must take a leading role in regional development
Not all regions are like Silicon Valley, and not all universities can or should be like Stanford. Universities play vari...
The importance of religion in encounters with death at work
How do migrant nursing home staff relate to religion in their work with patients who are approaching death?
Who has the most and the least stressful jobs?
A study showed that 15 % of the employees had high-strain jobs. Being female, having low education level, doing shift wo...
Extended individual placement and support (IPS) contributed to participation in job and education
With an expanded model for IPS, 63% of people with severe mental illness who were unemployed found a job or started educ...
Employees with high alcohol consumption may experience impaired work performance
A review of research conducted on more than 92 000 employees in 15 countries suggests that employees characterized by hi...
Midway assessment
All PhD candidates enrolled in the PhD-program in the Social Sciences must go through a midway assessment.
Impact case: The Agder Project
UiS researchers have developed and tested a structured play-based curriculum for children at their last year of preschoo...
Became editor of the highest impact factor journal in Civil Engineering
Professor Dimitrios Pavlou at Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science recently became ...
Children need self-regulation to learn
According to a new study, there is a strong link between self-regulation and mathematical skills in Norwegian children. ...
Co- creating choreographic-pedagogic entanglements through a dance project in primary school
The entanglement of choreographic and pedagogic practices is the theme of the PhD project of Mari Flønes at The Faculty ...
Jazz on the Line: Improvisation in Practice
A book project about improvisation, by Petter Frost Fadnes (Routledge, 2020)
Perceived emotional support from the teacher is associated with higher achievement in reading
A recent Norwegian study shows strong associations between first grade students feeling liked and respected by their tea...
