The oil university – what now?

UiS’s role in the green transition.

As a central knowledge institution in an oil-dominated region, the University of Stavanger has long played an important role in sustaining the petroleum economy, through research, education, and workforce development.

In this panel discussion, we reverse the perspective:

How can UiS also serve as an arena for critical reflection, resistance, and transformation?

What role can research and education play in challenging the oil and gas industry, and in opening up new and more sustainable ways of living in a region shaped by extraction-based prosperity?

Panel:
Freddie Daley, Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex
Shweta Narayan, Global Climate and Health Alliance
Anders Riel Müller, UiS & Ghosts of Empire in the North Sea Research Collective
Helge Bøvik Larsen, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger (UiS)

Language: English.


In English:

Rethinking the Oil University

UiS’s role in the green transition.

As a major knowledge institution in an oil-dependent region, the University of Stavanger has long played a key role in sustaining the petroleum economy, through research, education, and workforce development.

In this panel, we turn the question around:

How can UiS also become a space for critical reflection, resistance, and transformation?

What role can research and education play in challenging the oil and gas industry and in opening up new, more sustainable ways of living in a region shaped by extractive wealth?

Panel :
Freddie Daley, Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex
Shweta Narayan, Global Climate and Health Alliance
Anders Riel Müller, UiS & Ghosts of Empire in the North Sea Research Collective.
Helge Bøvik Larsen, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at UiS

Language: English.