PhD candidates connected to Global challenges
Between 2018-2021 global challenges published calls for two multi-disciplinary PhD-projects each year. We received many interesting and ambitious applications. Here is the list of the PhD projects that were supported.
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Candidate | Project | Faculties | Supervisors |
2018 | Nutrition policy and food systems recommendations anchored in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) frameworks: Is that a possibility? Defended thesis 14 Nov. 2024 | Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Humanities | Ingunn M.S. Engebretsen, Jutta Dierkes, Inger Måren, Matthias Kaiser |
2018 | Securing the future: Resilient cities in the context of migration | Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences | Randi Gressgård, Bjørn Enge Bertelsen |
2019 | Addressing the Global Challenges on Antimicrobial Resistance with Inhibitors of bacterial fatty acid synthesis Defended thesis 16 Des. 2024 | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine | Bengt Erik Haug, Ruth Brenk |
2019 | Accounting for maternal deaths in the era of SDGs: Juridification, social practices and implications on maternal death audits in Ethiopia | Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine | Henriette Sinding Aasen, Astrid Blystad |
2020 | Music, Health and Policy. Child-focused and music therapy-based health research to meet European challenges for migrant minors – a qualitative field study | Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Medicine | Viggo Krüger, Marit Skivenes, Ingunn M.S. Engebretsen |
2020 | Small fish for small children: Dietary intake of small fish to reduce child malnutrition in Uganda | Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine | Ragnhild Overå, Jeppe Kolding, Thorkild Tylleskär |
2021 | The global implications of Norway’s electric car revolution | Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities | Håvard Haarstad, Kjetil Rommetveit, Siddharth Sareen |
2021 | Effects of singing on brain plasticity, mood, and quality of life in individuals with, or at risk for, Alzheimer’s disease (ALMUTH) | Faculty of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine. Faculty of Music, Fine Art and Design | Stefan Kölsch, Stavros Skouras, Christian Gold |