Public defences - Page 4

Rupsa Saha will defend her PhD thesis: "Towards a Relational Tsetlin Machine in Natural Language Processing".

Linda Sørensen defends her thesis “Assistive Humanoid Robots for enhancing independence, autonomy, and the ability to engage in meaningful occupations. Perceptions and experiences in users with physical disabilities”. Linda Sørensen has followed the PhD program at the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences.

PhD candidate Andreas Tjomsland will defend the thesis The Inner Mission. Strategies in the Religious Market of Northwestern Norway 1920 –1970 for the PhD degree. Tjomsland has followed the PhD programme.

PhD candidate Sophie Altrock will defend the thesis “From Automation to Augmentation: Exploring Digital Self-Service and the Role of Workers in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Industry 5.0”. Sophie has followed both the PhD. programme at the School of Business and Law, and PhD programme at RMIT university under a joint cotutelle agreement. Her PhD project has been funded through the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie EINST4INE project, grant agreement No 956745.

Rubén Ronald Lliuyacc Blas will defend his PhD thesis: "Advanced Techniques for Hosting Capacity Quantification to Facilitate the Integration of Photovoltaic Distribution Generation into Low-Voltage Grids".

Synne Groufh-Jacobsen will defend her thesis 'Dietary intake, nutritional status, and food literacy competencies among Norwegian youth following plant-based and omnivore diets'. Synne Groufh-Jacobsen has been enrolled in the PhD programme at Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences.

PhD candidate Henrik Siepelmeyer will defend the thesis “It’s a jungle out there: Social norms, waste, and the complex challenge of fostering sustainable household behaviors in multi-family dwellings”. Henrik has followed the Ph.D. programme at the School of Business and Law.

PhD candidate Hilde Kristin Røsstad will defend the thesis Handling Pesticides in Horticulture: Norwegian horticulturists’ Perception of and Praxis with Chemical Plant Protection Products, 1945-2021 for the PhD degree. Røsstad has followed the PhD programme in Humanities and Education with spesialisation in Religion, Ethics, History and Society.

Angela Helen Martin will defend the thesis "The functional role of marine vertebrates in the ocean carbon cycle" for the PhD degree.

José Amendola Netto Andrade will defend his PhD thesis: Modular and Scalable Deep Learning Architectures for Edge-Distributed Autonomous Navigation.

Anita Paulsen will defend the thesis "Sexual health communication in gynecological cancer follow-up care." Anita Paulsen has followed the Ph.D. programme at Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences.

Siri Skar will defend the thesis "Oppslukt i betydningsfulle øyeblikk - Undersøkelser av deltakeropplevelser og skapende prosesser i psykodrama"

Skar has followed the Ph.D. programme at Faculty of Fine Arts

PhD candidate Hildegunn Aslaksen will defend the thesis "The jobs-environment dilemma: Fights over work and nature in an Arctic community". Hildegunn has followed the Ph.D. programme at the School of Business and Law.

Mike Alexander Lund will defend his PhD thesis: Spin Dynamics in Antiferromagnetic Systems.

Stefan Schmager will defend the thesis "Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence: Design Principles for Public Services". Schmager has followed the Ph.D. programme in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Information Systems.

PhD candidate Fang Zheng will defend the thesis "Essays on Global Virtual Teams: Diversity and inclusiveness". Fang is cotutelle candidate, and has followed both the Ph.D. programme at the School of Business and Law and the Ph.D. programme at Syddanske University.

Karin Berle Gabrielsen will defend the thesis "Exploring and Evaluating Strategies to Improve Outcomes in Outpatient Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Norway." Karin Berle Gabrielsen has followed the Ph.D. programme at Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences.

Wahiba Bounoua will defend her PhD thesis: Data-Driven Approaches for Improving Control Loop Performance Monitoring: Oscillation Detection and Characterization

Anders Eickstedt Wiik will defend the thesis "Data visualizations in journalistic media studied from the perspectives of visual-numeric literacy, everyday mathematics and mathematization as a social process" for the PhD degree.

Hanne Beate Sundfør will defend the thesis "A route to active mobility: Evaluating the public health impact of e-bike subsidies on mode share and physical activity levels." Hanne Beate Sundfør has followed the Ph.D. programme at Faculty of Health and Sport Science. 

PhD candidate Ingvild Thu Kro will defend the thesis Framing or Being Framed? A qualitative study of the use of feature films in confirmation teaching within the Church of Norway for the PhD degree. Kro has followed the PhD programme in Humanities and Education with spesialisation in Religion, Ethics, History and Society.

Ida Lysdahl Fahrenholtz will defend the thesis "Development and Evaluation of the FUEL Program."  Ida Lysdahl Fahrenholtz has followed the Ph.D. programme at Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences. 

Aleksandar Avramovic will defend the thesis "Great expectations and even greater societal responsibility? A study on academic work and societal responsibility in Norwegian higher education". Avramovic has followed the Ph.D. programme in Social Sciences with a specialisation in Public Administration.

Ida Maria Landgärds-Tarvoll will defend the thesis «Institutional transitions related to mathematics in economics education: from school to university and from mathematics to economics». Landgärds-Tarvoll has followed the PhD Programme at the Faculty of Engineering and Science, with Specialization in Mathematical Sciences, Scientific Field Mathematics Education.