{"id":12487,"date":"2017-06-16T12:30:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T11:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/?p=12487"},"modified":"2017-06-16T12:49:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T11:49:29","slug":"the-times-they-are-a-changin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/en\/2017\/06\/16\/the-times-they-are-a-changin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Times They are a-changin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:no]<a href=\"http:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/files\/2015\/09\/Ultrafiolett-Eystein.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7421\" src=\"http:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/files\/2015\/09\/Ultrafiolett-Eystein-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ultrafiolett Eystein\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Bob Dylan synger om at det er p\u00e5 tide \u00e5 v\u00e5kne opp for tidene har forandrer seg; s\u00e5 ogs\u00e5 for UiB og K2. UiB-styret fattet to vedtak 1. juni som ber\u00f8rer oss. Det ene virker uanselig; vi skal n\u00e5 hete \u00abDet medisinske fakultet\u00bb &#8211; enkelt og greit, men samtidig tydelig og kraftfullt. Det andre vedtaket, at Per Bakke er tilbudt stillingen som dekanus ber\u00f8rer mer. Jeg mottok nyheten med blandede f\u00f8lelser. Jeg ble sv\u00e6rt glad p\u00e5 Pers og egne vegne; Det medisinske fakultet f\u00e5r en ny og visjon\u00e6r leder. Baksiden er imidlertid at K2 snart st\u00e5r uten sjef.<\/p>\n<p>Per har ledet instituttet gjennom en stor og omfattende omorganisering og har klart \u00e5 f\u00e5 grupper fra ulike institutter til \u00e5 jobbe godt sammen med et lavt konfliktniv\u00e5. Under Pers ledelse har virksomheten hatt en imponerende vekst. K2-forskere publiserer regelmessig i \u00abtop tier\u00bb tidsskrifter, f\u00e5r tilslag fra nasjonale (K.G.-Jebsen, NFR, Kreftforeningen) og internasjonale fond og organisasjoner (EU, Novo Nordisk). Vi har klart \u00e5 betale ned gjeld og har skaffet oss et handlingsrom som muliggj\u00f8r strategiske grep for \u00e5 ytterligere \u00e5 forbedre kvaliteten p\u00e5 forskning, undervisning og formidling.<\/p>\n<p>Per etterlater seg med andre ord et institutt med god vitalkapasitet og lite obstruktivitet. N\u00e5r han 31. juli strekker fram h\u00f8yre arm med stafettpinnen, hvem st\u00e5r klar til \u00e5 gripe den og utfordringen med \u00e5 lede K2 videre?<\/p>\n<p>Instituttledelsen tenker at det skal v\u00e6re mulig \u00e5 drive egen forskning og samtidig lede K2, noe Per har vist er mulig med sine om lag 130 artikler publisert siden 2010. Den nye instituttlederen f\u00e5r egen postdocstilling, en administrasjon som kan avlaste, og mulighetene til \u00e5 bygge opp en tjenlig ledergruppe \u2013 alt for \u00e5 legge til rette for h\u00f8y faglig aktivitet.<\/p>\n<p>Vi h\u00e5per at \u00abThe Times They are a-changin\u00bb p\u00e5 en positiv m\u00e5te og at mange, b\u00e5de interne og eksterne, ser mulighetene som ligger i stillingen som instituttleder og s\u00f8ker.<\/p>\n<p>Eystein[:en]<a href=\"http:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/files\/2015\/09\/Ultrafiolett-Eystein.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7421\" src=\"http:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/files\/2015\/09\/Ultrafiolett-Eystein-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ultrafiolett Eystein\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Bob Dylan sings that it&#8217;s time to wake up for the times have changed; also for UiB and K2. The UiB Board made two decisions on June 1st that will affect us. One seems unimaginable; We are now going to be called &laquo;The Faculty of Medicine&raquo; &#8211; simple and straightforward, but at the same time clear and powerful. The second decision that Per Bakke is offered the position as Dean touches us more. I received the news with mixed feelings. I was very happy on Pers and my own behalf; The Faculty of Medicine receives a new and visionary leader. The backside, however, is that K2 will soon be without a leader.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Per has led the department through a major and extensive reorganization and has managed to get groups from different institutes to work well together with a low conflict level. Under Press Management, the business has had impressive growth. K2 researchers regularly publish in &laquo;top tier&raquo; journals, receive grants from national (K.G.-Jebsen, NFR, Cancer Society) and international funds and organizations (EU, Novo Nordisk). We have managed to pay off debt and have provided us with an action room that enables strategic measures to further improve the quality of research, teaching and dissemination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Per, in other words, leaves an institute with good vitality and little obstructivity. When he on July 31st, extends his right arm with the baton, who is ready to grab it and the challenge of leading K2 futher?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The Department Management thinks that it will be possible to conduct own research while leading K2, as Per has shown possible with about 130 articles published since 2010. The new department head gets its own post-doc position, a reliable management and the ability to build up a senior management team &#8211; all to facilitate high academic activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We hope that \u00abThe Times They are a-changin\u00bb in a positive way and that many, both internal and external, see the opportunities that lie in the position of head of department and apply.<\/p>\n<p>Eystein[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:no]Bob Dylan synger om at det er p\u00e5 tide \u00e5 v\u00e5kne opp for tidene har forandrer seg; s\u00e5 ogs\u00e5 for UiB og K2. UiB-styret fattet to vedtak 1. juni som ber\u00f8rer oss. Det ene virker uanselig; vi skal n\u00e5 hete&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/en\/2017\/06\/16\/the-times-they-are-a-changin\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,39969],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nyheter","category-ukens-leder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12488,"href":"https:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12487\/revisions\/12488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/k2info.w.uib.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}