Med min idrettsbakgrunn som håndballspiller fant veileder Ketil Østrem, i samarbeid med undertegnede ut at det hadde vært interessant å undersøke hva som ligger bak suksessen til håndballspillere på topp internasjonalt nivå.

DynQ (Dynamic Questing Application), as part of the PhD project “Human-centred Design for Mobile Technology in Higher Education” aims for bringing state of the art technology into real higher education.

Rating assessments of microfinance institutions are claimed to measure a combination of creditworthiness, trustworthiness and excellence in microfinance. “Beisland and Mersland”.

In our opinion, it is crucial that rating agencies progress in the development of social ratings, as a complement of financial ratings. In a whole, they both streamline the activities of microfinance institutions towards their mission of reducing poverty and hence mars mission drift.

Som master student i pedagogikk var dette en lærerik erfaring der jeg fikk oppleve hvordan forskning  utføres av dyktige fagpersoner.

"For those readers who ask me what they can do to help fight poverty, one option is to sit down at your computer and become a microfinancier." Nicholas D. Kristof

The main objective of this project is to design an indoor wireless infrastructure for measuring radio channel variations when a fall incident happens. The system prototype has been tested at ICT-Testbed Lab at UiA to collect the required channel characteristics.

A dataset from the Microfinance industry that includes more than 250 hundred variables from up to 15 financial years have been extracted from the rated reports. The inputting of the data was basically done for new reports on exsisting Microfinance Institutions and well as new institutions were added as when they are discovered.Dissemination is an important component of the research process. Great effort and time goes into conducting research. Research work is valuable and can transform lives but only if the findings of research are widely shared with those that can influence policy and practice.

While most MFIs remain as NGOs and dependent on donors, several have begun to transform into banks or non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs). This transformation process includes moving to a shareholder ownership structure, and in most cases, it also includes regulation by banking authorities in the country. Thus, it is of upmost importance to track all these transformed banks and financial institution, to provide up to date information to researchers and academician.

A few months ago, I wouldn’t have seen myself involved in a research project at the University of Agder, much less a Horizon-2020 EU-project where the student assistant position at UiA was meant for master candidates. As a bachelor candidate for IT and information systems it is first and foremost an honor to partake in a project of such magnitude and most importantly, value; value because of the humanitarian aspect of an otherwise highly technical project. With today’s technology, I realize that there are more possibilities than ever to reach one of the main goals of the project, namely “empowered decision making”. How do we aim to empower communities to make decisions in the event of a crisis? At COMRADES, we call this process “empowered decision making”.

"Guitar Recordings" er et studioprosjekt med prosjektleder Rolf Kristensen. I dette prosjektet har ejg vært med på å spille inn trommer og noe perkusjon. I dette innlegget vil jeg vise til prosessen og vise til noen tanker og utfordringer som jeg møtte underveis. 

Vold i nære relasjoner er et stort og omfattende samfunnsproblem, folkehelseutfordring og likestillingsutfordring, og koster samfunnet vårt 4,5-6 milliarder årlig. En av fire kvinner utsettes for vold i nære relasjoner (Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet, 2013).

Considering that more than 60 % of energy produced is wasted as heat, new methods for harvesting energy is important for the future. The Thermo_Print Project researches the amount of energy that the body produces in a heat flux. When we can measure the flux we can use it as a signal to drive processes. In the future pacemakers and other devices might be driven by the body itself. The Thermo_Print Project utilizes the Seebeck effect, together with negative feedback loops to drive small systems. The motivation for this project is to control small motors, like a small fan, LED-lights amongst some, in an art installation, where the prime mover is the person in the installation. The purpose and goal is to instigate a discussion around the boarders of human and machine.

den forberedende delen av et prosjekt knyttet opp mot kommunal toppledelse.

Vi var med på forskningsprosjektet, Mat til Minsten. Vi kom inn i dette prosjektet gjennom mediebyrået MakroMedia, hvor vi er medlemmer.

Vi var tre bioingeniørstudenter (Michal, Ruta og Subaitha) som fikk gleden til å være med på prosjektet "Energitilgjengelighet, helse og prestasjon".