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