NorDoc, Nordic Doctoral Training in Health Sciences, initiates, facilitates and intensifies collaboration among the Nordic doctoral schools and faculties in all relevant fields of health and medical sciences.
The theme for the 2025 summer school is readiness and sustainability in research.
Programme
Sunday August 10th
Registration and social program
- 15.00-17.00 Registration at Georg Sverdrups hus
- 18.00 Social program and networking
- City walk approx. 90 min. (fully booked)
- Meeting point at Slottsplassen (The Palace Square)
Monday August 11th
Registration, preconference workshop, opening and poster session
- 08.00-12.00 Registration at Georg Sverdrups hus
- 08.30-11.30 Preconference workshop: Writing the summary for article-based PhD dissertations in medicine. David Burke, Academic Librarian, Academic Writing Centre, University of Oslo (Auditorium 2)
- 10.45 Lunch at Union (Fredrikke) and poster session
- 12.00-12.25 Opening and welcome to the NorDoc Summer School 2025. Vicedean Grete Dyb, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Head of NorDoc
Greetings from the host institution, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. Dean Hanne F. Harbo, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo
Topic #1: My Phd
Chair: Professor Grete Dyb
- 12.25-12.50 The road to a successful PhD in times of research assessment reforms and a rapidly changing society.
By Professor John Creemers, President of Orpheus, The organisation of Phd education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System. - 12.50-13.45 Panel debate: PhD success in a changing research landscape. Professor Uta Sailer, University of Oslo; Professor Pascal Madeleine, Aalborg University; Professor John Creemers, KU-Leuven; Yimeng Chen, PhD candidate, University of Oslo; Korbinian Schelzig, PhD Candidate, University of Copenhagen
Break and posters
Topic #2: Readiness, sustainability and innovation in research
Chair: Professor Grete Dyb
- 14.05-14.25 Research during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic – knowledge needs vs education.
By Professor Gunnveig Grødeland, Centre for Pandemics and One-Health Research, University of Oslo. - 14.25-14.45 Health Research through a Sustainability Lens. By Professor Eivind Engebretsen, SUSTAINIT – Sustainable Health Unit, University of Oslo.Innovation in a changing world.
- 14.45-15.05 Innovation: Design Thinking and Tools for Translating Research into Real-World Applications. By Postdoctoral Fellow Joseph Maloba Makokha, UiO Growth House, the innovation unit for life sciences, health and technology at the University of Oslo.
- 15.05-15.30 Q&A
Break and posters
Topic #3: Publication in a changing landscape: Publication scammers
Chair: Professor Jonny Hisdal
- 16.00-16.20 How publication scammers try to trick you, and ways to avoid it. By professor Sune D. Müller, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo.
Topic #4: Artificial intelligence and open science
Chair: Professor Jonny Hisdal
- 16.25-17.05 Opportunities and dilemmas when using AI in your research.
By Senior Academic Librarian Andrea Gasparini. - 17.05-17.35 Open Science - the sky is the limit! How to build an open science source of health data for the future (EBRAINS project). By Prodean for research and innovation, Professor Jan G. Bjaalie and PhD candidate Camilla Blixhavn, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo.
Closing, social program and networking
- 17.35 Closing day 1
- 18.00 Bites and drinks at Domus Biblioteca
Tuesday August 12th
Poster session and coffee break
- 08.00-09.00 Poster session
- 08.30-09.00 Coffee
Topic #5: The Phd journey
Chair: Professor Uta Sailer
- 09.00-9.30 Help - I am PhD! The key resources of positive doctoral experience: Evidence from researh on doctoral education. By Professor Kirsi Pyhältö, The Centre for University Teaching and Learning, Department of Education, University of Helsinki.
- 09.30-09.45 Phd candidates psychological wellbeing. By Karl Henrik Storhaug Reinås, PhD candidate and president of UiODoc.
- 09.45-10.00 Q&A
Break and rearrangements
Workshops 1-8. Presentation design, sustainability, writing your thesis, using AI and other relevant topics
Chair: Senior Academic Librarian Matthew Good
10.15-12.15
- W1: Applying a Sustainability Lens to Health Research. Professor Eivind Engebretsen, SUSTAINIT – Sustainable Health Unit, University of Oslo, Researcher Carolina Rau, SUSTAINIT – Sustainable Health Unit, University of Oslo (Grupperom 1)
- W2: Am I good enough? Fear, Shame and Growth in the PhD journey. Ann-Mari Lofthus PhD (Grupperom 4)
- W3: Mastering Presentation Techniques: Effectively Communicating Your Research Findings. Professor Jonny Hisdal, Institute for clinical medicine, University of Oslo; Post doc Sole Lindvåg Lie (Auditorium 2)
- W4: Conducting Research in Clinical Settings: Pathways to Success. Head of section Elisabeth Gjefsen, special advisor Ingrid Bånerud and professor John-Anker Zwart, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo (Undervisningsrom 3)
- W5: AI based tools in research. Associate professor Andrea Gasparini, University of Oslo Library (Undervisningsrom 1)
- W6: On authorship ethics: Cats, machines and other co-authors. Professor Bjørn Hofmann, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo (Grupperom 2)
- W7: Building your career: Strategies for ph.d. candidates' success. Senior advisor Else Marie Lingaas, Office for research and international cooperation, University of Oslo (Undervisningsrom 2)
- W8: Translating your ph.d. work into real-world applications. Postdoctoral Fellow Joseph Maloba Makokha, UiO Growth House, University of Oslo (Grupperom 7)
Lunch, coffee and poster session
- 12.15 Lunch at Union (Fredrikke) and poster session
- 13.15 Coffe
Topic #5: Building global capacity
Chair: Professor Grete Dyb
- 13.20-14.00 The world is bigger than me - capacity building of PhD programs in a global perspective. By Associate professor Kåre Moen, Institute of Health and Society, Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, University of Oslo
Flashtalks
- 14.00-14.40 The five best posters, presented by PhD candidates
Best presentation award and closing words, annoucement of NorDoc Summer School 2026
- 14.40-15.00 Best Ph.d.-presentation award. Professor Jonny Hisdal, Institute for clinical medicine, and Professor Uta Sailer, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo
- 15.00 Closing NorDoc Summer School 2025. Professor Grete Dyb.