Month: March 2026

Announcement of elections in group B to the Department Council K2 and Faculty Board Faculty of Medicine

Attached are announcements (Norwegian and English) for the election of representatives from group B to the Department Council K2 and the Faculty Board at the Faculty of Medicine.

The deadlines for sending written candidate proposals to the faculty's election board, Gjert Bakkevold, gjert.bakkevold@uib.no, are:

Candidates for the Department Council and Faculty Board – proposal deadline April 10

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TNNN Conference 2026 opens for registration

The TNNN Conference 2026 is now open for registration, with a deadline of March 6th, and the opportunity to submit abstracts for both oral presentations and posters. PhD candidates can have both the conference fee and hotel accommodation covered if they register by the deadline.

Austin Rayford is the new innovation consultant at the faculty.

Ausitn is mapping research themes across the faculty based on PhD project titles and exploring the innovation potential within these projects, with the aim of identifying 5–6 candidates and their supervisor teams for further follow up.
If you see innovation potential in your project, you can contact him by email: austin.rayford@uib.no

Kristoffer Lidén: Peace research on the warpath?

The Research Council has established a "portfolio" for "defense capability, national security and preparedness." All research in this field must be made relevant to "total defense." 

Lidén introduces how peace research relates to security policy today.

is a senior researcher at PRIO, focusing on political philosophy and ethics. He is leading a new project on the ethical basis of national emergency preparedness policy.