University of Agder Overview of UiAs research areas

UiA – research priority areas Ehealth and healthcare technology Integrated emergency management Mechatronics Multimodality and cultural change Renewable energy Vocational areas such as healthcare, sociology and education

UiA – some other centres with external partners NORCOWE - Norwegian Centre for Offshore wind Energy (hosted by Christian Michelsen Research AS) Praxis South (a collaborative forum with several institutions and public authorities involved in social work) Centre for Care Research (in collaboration with Telemark University College) Marine center (in collaboration with Institute of Marine Research) Norwegian Centre for Microfinance Research (in collaboration with the Strømme Foundation and other partners) RIS - Centre for Advanced Studies in Regional Innovation Strategies (in collaboration with the Agder Research Foundation and other partners) Centre for Norwegian Teaching Abroad («SNU»). The centre supports universities that offer Norwegian studies around the world and it is the only one of its kind in the country

UiA - some other research areas Faculty of Humanities and Education Religion, Ethics and Society, e.g. sociology of religion, Media and communication, e.g. multimodality and cultural change Linguistics, e.g. Early Modern Research Group Scandinavian languages Literature Education History

UiA - some other research areas Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences Information Systems, e.g. e-government Working Life and Innovation, e.g. regional innovation Political Science and Management, e.g. the EU as a political system Economics and business administration, e.g. microfinance, behavioural economics, energy economics, Sociology and social work Development studies

UiA - some other research areas Faculty of Engineering and Science Engineering, e.g. mechatronics, renewable energy ICT, e.g. mobile communication systems, system and security Mathematical Science, e.g. mathematics didactics Natural Science, e.g. tick research, marine research

UiA - some other research areas Faculty of Health and Sport Science Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, e.g. nutrition and society, physical activity based intervention research and performance enhancement Health and Nursing Science, e.g. e-health, care and health among the elderly Psychosocial Health, e.g. sexology Faculty of Fine Arts Classical Music and Popular Music Performance Drama/Theatre Visual Art Interdisciplinary research on Art in Context