Team Samdal

Team Samdal will lead through dialogue and team work

If successfully elected, Team Samdal will work towards developing the University of Bergen (UiB) into a more invigorating and open institution for knowledge with increased impact. We want to create an organisation where every employee and student feels part of a larger, more open and generous community, which they are proud to belong to.

The strength and quality of what we achieve as an institution lies in dialogue, interaction and team spirit.

If successfully elected, we will do this by:

• Strengthening university democracy and encourage open discussions. A strong and well-functioning university democracy includes both the employees and the students in key decisions.
• Enhancing the cross-organisational collaboration between scholars and central administrative units in order to achieve academic goals.
• Strengthening the UiB's national and international impact as a visible and viable, research-intensive university. We want to empower ground-breaking and curiosity-driven research and innovative artistic development by supporting great ideas.
• Contributing to societal change through an understanding of innovation based upon each disciplines’ prerequisites.
• Improving the academic, physical and social learning environment at the UiB, where our students can develop as scholars and as individuals.
• Establishing safe and secure conditions for staff and students both abroad and at the UiB in order to protect our international partnerships, our reputation, research and in particular our own values and security measures.

Who we are

We want knowledge and people to be at the forefront of all decisions we make. We have in-depth knowledge of the organisation and of the higher education sector. This is the very reason we place such emphasis upon transparency, trust and mobilising the entire UiB community to work together towards a common goal.  

Rector candidate: Oddrun Samdal (born 1967) is a professor of health promotion/health psychology at the Faculty of Psychology. She has extensive leadership experience both within education and research, with over ten years as a research group leader, in addition to holding office as Head of Department, Vice Dean of Education, and 8 years as Vice Rector of Education at the University of Bergen. Whilst in the above-mentioned positions, Samdal continued to pursue her own research. She has published widely through more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters and has also served as the Data Manager and the Norwegian Principal Investigator of the international study “Health Behaviour in School-aged Children” (hbsc.org) and work-package leader of several EU-funded projects.

Pro-rector candidate: Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (born 1964) is a professor of meteorology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. He has extensive leadership experience as research group leader and Head of Department of Geophysics. Since 2019 Kvamstø has been Dean of Marine Sciences within the UiB’s priority area Marine Sciences. Kvamstø had a leading role both as a researcher and on a strategic level in the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR) from establishment, the Centre of Excellence award, and through the 10 first years of operation.

Vice-rector candidate Education: Arne Tjølsen (born1959) is a professor at the Faculty of Medicine. He has extensive experience from commissions of trust and leadership positions at the UiB, both at departmental and faculty level. From 2009 until 2017, he was Vice Dean of Education at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry.

Vice-rector candidate Global Relations: Camilla Brautaset (born 1971) is a professor of modern economic history at the Faculty of Humanities. She is a member of the Faculty Board and was chairing the University of Bergen´s Advisory Board for Academic Cooperation with China (2018–2020).

Vice-rector candidate Innovation and Infrastructure: Kristine Jørgensen (born 1978) is a professor of Media Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences and is currently a member of the Faculty Board. She was instrumental in establishing the first knowledge cluster at UiB, Media City Bergen.

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