Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences

The Faculty has more than 2600 students and nearly 150 employees. There are five departments and one centre at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences. One of the departments is located in Grimstad. The remaining units and the majority of faculty and staff members are located in Kristiansand.

The picture shows the Faculty's building at campus Gimlemoen in Kristiansand. The building is named after Eilert Sundt (1817-1875) who was a ground-breaking researcher in Norwegian social science.

New book by Trondal: Unpacking International Organisations

Professor Jarle Trondal has published the book "Unpacking International Organisations: The Dynamics of Compound Bureaucracies" along with Martin Marcussen, Torbjørn Larsson and Frode Veggeland.

This book introduces international bureaucracy as a key field of study for public administration and also rediscovers international bureaucracy as an essential ingredient in the study of international organisations. The questions posed by this book are to what extent, how and why international bureaucracies challenge and supplement the inherent Westphalian intergovernmental order based on territorial sovereignty.

Find the book here.

Professor Trondal is a member of the core faculty for the PhD programme in Public Administration .

Digital summer for EU-students at UiA

This year’s students attending the summer school programme on European Integration have been given a central role in one of the University Library’s LA2020-projects. The University Library has received funding from UiA’s Learning Arena 2020 (LA2020) that aims to increase presence of information technology within all aspects of the University’s value chain.

Read more here.

2010 EUROLOC Summer School

The 2010 EUROLOC Summer School in Local Government Studies of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), will be hosted by the University of Agder from Tuesday, 22 June to Tuesday 29 June, in Kristiansand, Norway.

New book by Webersik: Climate Change and Security

Associate Professor Christian Webersik at the Centre for Development Studies has published the book Climate Change and Security. The book focuses on three major threats: resource scarcity, natural disasters and sea-level rise. Read more here (Amazon).

Professor Karen O'Brien, University of Oslo, says the following about the book:

"Climate Change and Security provides a comprehensive and balanced perspective on one of today’s most pressing political issues. Webersik clearly and skillfully weaves together diverse strands of research to present a sobering yet optimistic view of an extremely complex problem; sobering in that he demonstrates that there is no single or perfect solution, and optimistic in that he emphasizes the potential for all levels of society to respond to environmental and social challenges. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand climate change and its implications for human security."

Studytour to Indonesia 2010

19 students from the University of Agder (UiA) travelled to Indonesia in January and February 2010 together with Professor Stein Kristiansen. The studytour report is available by way of a website: www.uia.no/indonesia2010

The topic of the study tour was Human Capital Development and many of the interviews, as well as the lectures, dealt with health institutions and schools. Most of all, the students were impressed by the amazing people and the hospitality they met.