University of Agder
Overview of UiAs research areas
UiA – research priority areas
• Ehealth
and healthcare technology
• Integrated
emergency management
• Mechatronics
• Multimodality
• Renewable
• Vocational
education
and cultural change
energy
areas such as healthcare, sociology and
UiA – some other centres with external partners
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NORCOWE - Norwegian Centre for Offshore wind Energy (hosted by
Christian Michelsen Research AS)
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Praxis South (a collaborative forum with several institutions and public
authorities involved in social work)
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Centre for Care Research (in collaboration with Telemark University
College)
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Marine center (in collaboration with Institute of Marine Research)
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Norwegian Centre for Microfinance Research (in collaboration with the
Strømme Foundation and other partners)
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RIS - Centre for Advanced Studies in Regional Innovation Strategies
(in collaboration with the Agder Research Foundation and other
partners)
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Centre for Norwegian Teaching Abroad («SNU»). The centre supports
universities that offer Norwegian studies around the world and it is the
only one of its kind in the country
UiA - some other research areas
Faculty of Humanities and Education
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Religion, Ethics and Society, e.g. sociology of religion,
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Media and communication, e.g. multimodality and cultural
change
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Linguistics, e.g. Early Modern Research Group
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Scandinavian languages
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Literature
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Education
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History
UiA - some other research areas
Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
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Information Systems, e.g. e-government
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Working Life and Innovation, e.g. regional innovation
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Political Science and Management, e.g. the EU as a political
system
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Economics and business administration, e.g. microfinance,
behavioural economics, energy economics,
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Sociology and social work
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Development studies
UiA - some other research areas
Faculty of Engineering and Science
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Engineering, e.g. mechatronics, renewable energy
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ICT, e.g. mobile communication systems, system and security
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Mathematical Science, e.g. mathematics didactics
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Natural Science, e.g. tick research, marine research
UiA - some other research areas
Faculty of Health and Sport Science
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Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, e.g. nutrition and society,
physical activity based intervention research and performance
enhancement
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Health and Nursing Science, e.g. e-health, care and health
among the elderly
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Psychosocial Health, e.g. sexology
Faculty of Fine Arts
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Classical Music and Popular Music Performance
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Drama/Theatre
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Visual Art
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Interdisciplinary research on Art in Context