Ongoing PhD projects
Below you will find information about our active PhD candidates and their research.
Kjetil Rustenberg
Department of Information Systems
Ongoing · Est. Autumn 2026
PhD Research Fellow
- kjetil.rustenberg@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 38 14 26 18
- Supervisors: Jaziar Radianti, Terje Gjøsæter, Bjørn Erik Munkvold
- Estimated submission: Autumn 2026
Osman Ibrahim
Department of Information Systems
Ongoing · Est. Spring 2027
- Supervisors: Bjørn Erik Munkvold
- Estimated submission: Spring 2027
- Public PhD — Oslo Municipality, Beredskapsetaten
Tien Ngoc Ha
Department of Information and Communication Technology
Ongoing · Est. Autumn 2026
PhD Research Fellow
- tien.n.ha@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 37 23 37 57
- Supervisors: Daniel Romero
- Estimated submission: Autumn 2026
Pham Q. Viet
Department of Information and Communication Technology
Ongoing · Est. Autumn 2026
PhD Research Fellow
- viet.q.pham@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 37 23 31 33
- Supervisors: Daniel Romero
- Estimated submission: Autumn 2026
Prasenjit Dhara
Department of Information and Communication Technology
Ongoing · Est. Autumn 2027
PhD Research Fellow
- prasenjit.dhara@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 37 23 31 79
- Supervisors: Daniel Romero, Jaziar Radianti
- Estimated submission: Autumn 2027
Fabien Sechi
Department of Information and Communication Technology
Ongoing · Est. Autumn 2027
PhD Research Fellow
- fabien.e.sechi@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 37 23 37 20
- Supervisors: Nadia Saad Noori
- Estimated submission: Autumn 2027
Minh Tuan Hua
Department of Engineering Sciences
Ongoing · Est. Autumn 2026
PhD Research Fellow
- minh.tuan.hua@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 37 23 37 18
- Supervisors: Filippo Sanfilippo
- Estimated submission: Autumn 2026
Hareesh Chitikena
Department of Engineering Sciences
Ongoing · Est. Autumn 2026
PhD Research Fellow
- hareesh.chitikena@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 37 23 37 91
- Supervisors: Filippo Sanfilippo
- Estimated submission: Autumn 2026
Muhammad Hamza Zafar
Department of Engineering Sciences
Ongoing · Est. Spring 2027
PhD Research Fellow
- muhammad.h.zafar@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 37 23 37 44
- Supervisors: Filippo Sanfilippo
- Estimated submission: Spring 2027
Syed Kumayl Raza Moosavi
Department of Engineering Sciences
Ongoing · Est. Spring 2027
PhD Research Fellow
- syed.k.moosavi@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 37 23 31 95
- Supervisors: Filippo Sanfilippo
- Estimated submission: Spring 2027
Kay Arne Sørgård
Department of Global Development and Planning
Ongoing · Est. Spring 2028
PhD Research Fellow
- kay.a.sogard@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 38 14 25 20
- Supervisors: Karl Emil Pull, Christian Webersik, Ilan Kelman
- Estimated submission: Spring 2028
Tererai Obey Sithole
Department of Global Development and Planning
Ongoing · Est. Autumn 2027
PhD Research Fellow
- tererai.o.sithole@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 38 14 27 98
- Supervisors: Hanne Haaland, Hege Wallevik
- Estimated submission: Autumn 2027
Active PostDoc researchers
Lucia Herrera
Department of Information Systems
Ongoing · April 2026 – March 2029
Postdoctoral Fellow
- lucia.c.herrera@uia.no
- Phone
- +47 38 14 17 67
- Supervisors: Jaziar Radianti, Terje Gjøsæter, Rania Elgazzar
- Period: 20.04.2026 – 19.03.2029
Stella Polikarpus
Department of Information Systems
Ongoing · March 2026 – November 2027
Postdoctoral Fellow
- stella.polikarpus@uia.no
- Supervisors: Jaziar Radianti, Terje Gjøsæter
- Period: 05.03.2026 – 20.11.2027
Completed PhD projects
Below you will find information about completed doctoral research at CIEM.
Meseret Assefa Adamu, 2026
Department of Information Systems
Defended 10 June 2026
- Thesis: Cybersecurity culture amid rapid digital transformation
- Supervisors: Marko Niemimaa, Paolo Spagnoletti
Ravi Sharan, 2026
Department of Information and Communication Technology
Defended 10 April 2026
- Thesis: Wireless communications and signal processing
- Supervisors: Baltasar Enrique Beferull Lozano, Sibi Raj B Pillai, Tim Majchrzak
Lucia Castro Herrera, 2025
Department of Information Systems
Defended 14 February 2025
- Thesis: Exploring the emergence of situational awareness through social media listening practices in crisis management
- Supervisors: Terje Gjøsæter, Tim Majchrzak, Devinder Thapa
Pragyan Thapa, 2025
Department of Information Systems
Defended 27 February 2025
- Supervisors: Devinder Thapa
Mari Aarland, 2024
Department of Information Systems
Defended 22 October 2024
- Thesis: Resilience in the management of supply chains for critical infrastructures
- Supervisors: Terje Gjøsæter, Bjørn Erik Munkvold
Sindisiwe Magutshwa, 2024
Department of Information Systems
Defended 22 May 2024
- Thesis: Towards a sociotechnical resilience for digital infrastructure in times of crises
- Supervisors: Jaziar Radianti, Margunn Aanestad
Ahmed Abouzeid, 2024
Department of Information and Communication Technology
Defended 16 April 2024
- Thesis: Artificial intelligence for uncovering deception in social media during political crisis
- Supervisors: Ole Christoffer Granmo, Morten Goodwin, Christian Webersik
Raju Shrestha, 2024
Department of Information and Communication Technology
Defended 26 July 2024
- Thesis: Wireless communications, radio map estimation, spectrum surveying, unmanned aerial vehicles
- Supervisors: Daniel Romero
Kristine Steen-Tveit, 2022
Department of Information Systems
Defended 10 November 2022
- Thesis: Enhancing common situational understanding in natural disaster management
- Supervisors: Bjørn Erik Munkvold, Jaziar Radianti
Mohammad Tafiqur Rahman, 2021
Department of Information Systems
Defended 2021
- Thesis: Decision support for distribution of humanitarian emergency relief
Mehdi Ben Lazreg, 2020
Department of Information and Communication Technology
Defended 2020
- Thesis: Crisis management — use of social media in crisis situations
Hossein Baharmand, 2018
Department of Information Systems
Defended 2018
- Thesis: More flexible emergency relief communication in natural disasters
Vimala Nunavath, 2017
Department of Information Systems
Defended 2017
- Thesis: Processing of information data in emergency situations
Completed PostDoc projects
Kristine Steen-Tveit
Department of Information Systems
Completed Autumn 2025
- Supervisors: Bjørn Erik Munkvold
Aima Khan
Department of Management and Innovation
Completed Autumn 2025
- Supervisors: Hossein Baharmand
Ahmed Aboughonim
Department of Information Systems
Completed Spring 2023
- Supervisors: Bjørn Erik Munkvold