Havana conference om comparative welfare and people`s experience of the welfare system cancelled

The conference “Comparative Welfare: Cuban and Nordic Welfare: People`s experience of the welfare system”, which was to be held in Havana, Cuba, November 27th to December 1st, has been cancelled by the University of Havana. I was invited to speak as a keynote speaker.

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Today I have had this Autumn´s 6th writing day, with some 400 words added altogether to three manuscripts. This included drafting an abstract and title for an invited book chapter, "A biosemiotic perspective on the human condition and the environmental crisis", starting on an article on Cuban and Norwegian human development, and revising my article "Wasted GDP in the USA". In August I have written (only) about 1.500 words.

To be keynote speaker at comparative welfare conference in Havana 2023

The conference “Comparative Welfare: Cuban and Nordic Welfare - People`s experience of the welfare system” will be held at University of Havana, Havana, Cuba, November 27th - December 1st 2023. I have been invited as one of the keynote speakers. The conference is organized in relation to our joint project "Cuban and Nordic welfare" (CubaNor, University of Havana and University of Stavanger).

5 meetings

Today I have attended 5 scheduled meetings. This included a meeting with Osnaide Izquierdo, head of department at University of Havana´s Department of sociology, who is visiting University of Stavanger this week along with three colleagues in relation to our bilateral CubaNor project.

3 meetings

Today I have attended 3 scheduled meetings. This included welcoming guests from University of Havana in relation to our CubaNor project which is mostly focused on student exchange.

4 meetings

Today I have attended 4 scheduled meetings. This included a steering group meeting for the CubaNor project.

CubaNor dinner

Yesterday I attended a social event in relation to the exchange of two Cuban master students within the NORPART project Cuban and Nordic welfare.

Two meetings and performance appraisal

Today I have attended a planning meeting about the faculty´s Academic day (Fagdag), and a steering group meeting for the NORPART project CubaNor. I have also had my annual performance appraisal with the Dean of the faculty, Gro Ellen Mathisen.

A forum and a meeting

Today I attended the biannual "Lederforum" (leadership forum) at University of Stavanger, which was focussed on strategy. I also attended a meeting of the steering group for the NORPART project "Cuban and Nordic welfare" (our first since this Spring).

3 meetings and supervision

Today I have attended a meeting in the steering committee for the NORPART project "Cuban and Nordic Welfare", chaired a meeting with leaders of program areas for research, had a research career consultation (as Vice-Dean of research) and had a PhD supervision session.

Last day in Havana

Friday: This was the fifth and last work day in Havana, in relation to our NORPART project "Cuban and Nordic Welfare". All days we have worked with our partners from University of Havana´s Department of sociology. It has been a really nice stay both with regard to work and otherwise.

Second work day in Havana

Today, during our visit to Havana, we have discussed the format of e-compendiums, met with the first secretary at Norway´s embassy in Cuba, and visited a communitarian project in Old Havana. We also met the Dean at University of Havana.

NORPART meeting in preparation of trip next week

Today I have attended an administrative meeting in relation to our NORPART project "Cuban and Nordic welfare" and our trip to Cuba next week.

Two meetings today

First the leadership group at UiS Faculty of social sciences, then a planning meeting in the NORPART project "Cuban and Nordic welfare" ahead of our trip to Havana in a couple of weeks.

Webpage for NORPART project "Cuban and Nordic welfare"

A webpage for our NORPART project "Cuban and Nordic welfare" (2019-2023) has now been launched - see here. More info is to follow. The page sorts under the University of Stavanger´s overview page on research in health and welfare.

NORPART meeting

Today I have attended a meeting on our NORPART project "Cuban and Nordic welfare", with participation from NettOp, The University of Stavangers IT development unit, focussed in the main on preliminary planning of development of teaching materials.

Cuba seminar chaired

Today I chaired a half-day seminar on developments on Cuba, in relation to our NORPART project "Cuban and Nordic welfare" (2019-2023), featuring a lecture by political scientist Vegard Bye, "Cuba from Castro to post-Castro", and presentation of the NORPART project by project leader Siv Oltedal. Some 18 people attended.

Cuban exchange project featured in UiS intranet news story

There is a news story today on University of Stavanger´s intranett titled "Cubansk utvekslingssamarbeid" featuring the NORPART project I am involved in as member of the Steering Committee. The article features an image from our visit to Havana in January.

Mention of NORPART project on UiS webpage

Our project "Cuban and Nordic welfare" is mentioned in the University of Stavanger news story "Two UiS projects allocated NORPART grants!"

First NORPART meeting

Another meeting I attended today, with two department colleagues, was a first planning meeting on our new NORPART project "Cuban and Nordic welfare" (effective from January 1st 2019).