Team Hagen
As a team we have broad disciplinary background and extensive leadership experience, serving in leadership roles at all levels of the UiB organization: the rectorate, deanship, heads of department and research center management.
We have a strongly commited to the university’s pivotal role in society and are dedicated to safeguarding the university’s core values in a time when they are under pressure.
UiB aims to be among Europe’s leading universities, internationally recognized for high quality in research and education. As a societal institution, we will contribute to sustainable and democratic development and be an attractive and inclusive place to study and work.
Margareth Hagen
Rector candidate
UoB has strong research environments across a wide range of disciplines.
We will provide support and recourses to help researchers succeed in competition for national and international research funding.
Margareth Hagen is UoB’s current rector. She is professor in Italian literature and has long experience as a leader at UoB
Sigrunn Eliassen
Pro-rector candidate – Education
Young researchers contribute substantially to UiB’s research and renewal.
With their international profile, they are crucial for our research-intensive university, and for professional and academic networks for the future.
We will ensure that our internationally recruited scholars are well integrated into our academic community and establish and maintain external networks.
Sigrunn Eliassen is a professor Theoretical ecology and Vice-dean for education at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology.
Kjell-Morten Myhr
Vice-rector candidate for Research and Innovation
Our team will highlight career paths, increase contact with external academic partners and build networks within research institutes, innovation hubs, university hospitals, the public sector, and industry.
Kjell-Morten Myhr is a professor of neurology and the head of the Neuro-SysMed research center. He has extensive experience in mentoring students and young researchers towards a career at the University of Bergen and beyond.
Kristoffer Chelsom Vogt
Vice-rector candidate for PhD education and international relations
Our team will strengthen career guidance and individual mentoring opportunities, and offer competence and professional development programs for young researchers.
Professor Kristoffer Chelsom Vogt is Head of Department of Sociology. He conducts research on educational choices, dropout rates in high school, and boys’ challenges in the education system
Team Hagen’s election platform:
PhD education and young researchers
PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and young researchers contribute significantly to UiB’s research and renewal. With their international profile, they are crucial for our research-intensive university environments, and for our future professional and academic networks.
We will continue to work towards enhancing UiB`s support for young researchers and be an attractive employer. A recruitment position at UiB should provide the best conditions to compete for permanent positions in academia and beyond.
Our team will:
- strengthen career guidance and individual mentoring opportunities, while offering competence and professional development programs for young researchers.
- increase contact between external academic partners to build networks and highlight career paths within the research institute sector, innovation hubs, university hospitals, the public sector, and industry.
- ensure that our internationally recruited scholars are well integrated into our academic community and establish and maintain external networks.
- advocate for the interests of young researchers and strong PhD education towards national policy makers.
