4 employee appraisals, parts of a webinar, one more meeting, and a joint response letter

Today I have had 4 employee appraisals (total to date: 57), attended part of a webinar held by NORECOPA and Norway´s Council of animal ethics, and a meeting among the departments of the faculty in relation to plans for reorganizing who stays in what building. After that latter meeting, I drafted a joint response letter to these plans on behalf of the three departments.

4 meetings and flower and photo event

Today I have attended the faculty leadership meeting, received flowers as a thank you for serving as chair of the board of the Centre for gender studies for the last two years, presented and discussed the proposed faculty strategy at a digital staff meeting at Norwegian School of Hotel Management, participated in a research administration meeting and presented and discussed the faculty´s research report for 2019 at the meeting of the board of the Faculty of social sciences.

A meeting, a seminar and a dinner

Today I took part in the appointments committee meeting for the position as head of department at the Norwegian School of Hotel Management, which included an interview. I also chaired the 50% seminar of my Ph.d. student Joakim Jiri Haaland - Erik Paulsen was commentator; co-supervisor Børge Baklien was also present; 14 people were present. The seminar was marked with dinner afterwards.

Two meetings

Today I have attended two meetings, first appointments committee meeting regarding Head of department for Norwegian School of Hotel Management, then an information meeting centrally in relation to the NOKUT inspection next week. The latter was held in conjunction with the rector meeting (for 1 hour plus lunch).

Two meetings and a supervision session

Today I have attended a meeting of the appointments committee for Head of department at the Norwegian School of Hotel Management, attended a planning meeting for the event series "Forum for forskning" (Forum for research), and given Ph.d. supervision.

Two dialogue meetings

I attended a second dialogue meeting with department leadership yesterday (at the Norwegian School of Hotel Management), and the third and last today (at Department of Social Studies), along with the rest of the leadership of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

A seminar and a meeting

Today I have attended the University of Stavanger´s annual Phd candidate - supervisor seminar, with the theme Open Science and Predatory journals, at Scandic forum hotel. I have also attended a appointments committee meeting in relation to the position as Head of department at Norwegian School of Hotel Management.

Three meetings and then some

Today I have attended the Faculty of social sciences´ leadership group meeting, chaired a start-up meeting with two PhD scholars and supervisors, and attended the meeting of the appointments committee responsible for the position as head of department at the Norwegian School of Hotel Management.

Dissertation dinner attended

Yesterday evening I attended the dissertation dinner of Dr. Lukasz Andrzej Derdowski, at Norwegian School of Hotel Management (University of Stavanger), in my capacity as Vice-Dean of Research.

Two meetings including RCN info meeting

Two meetings attended so far today - the first meeting of the appointment committee for Head of department at Norwegian School of Hotel Management, and an information meeting about applications to Research Council of Norway, for Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Health Sciences. At the latter I offered introductory remarks along with fellow Vice-Dean of Research Henriette Thune (health sciences). Some 30 people were present.