Supervisors' seminar - The research school as a support and resource for supervisors of PhD students in Artistic Research
When: 27 Novemver 2025 from 14:00 to 15:00
Where: Online (Zoom)
In the seminar, you will be introduced to the National Artistic Research School. The research school aims to provide PhD students with an introduction to ethics, methods, and theory, and serves as a platform for discussion and development of the various PhD projects.
The seminar will emphasize how the research school can be a support and resource for you as a supervisor of PhD students in artistic research.
Language: English
Supervisors' seminar - Ethics in Artistic Research
When: 20 October 2025 from 14:00
Where: Bergen, UiB Learning Arena, Nygårdsgaten 5 (part 1 and 3) and Kulturhuset, Vaskerelven 8 (part 2)
The supervisors´ seminar consist of three parts:
Part 1:
14:00–14:10 – Welcome and round of presentations
Led by Jostein Gundersen, chair of the research school´s board
14:10–14:40 – Ethics in the Norwegian Artistic Research School (language: EN)
What do PhD students learn in our seminars? What questions do the PhD students raise?
Presentation by members of the research school´s board
14:40–14:55 – Walk from UiBs Learning Arena (Nygårdsgaten) to Kulturhuset (Vaskerelven)
Part 2:
15:00–16:00 – Law, ethics, and aestethics (language: NO)
Open seminar, organized as part of Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF): A conversation about legal and ethical challenges that may arise when depicting other people's realities. Participation: KriStine Ann Skaret, PhD student at Inland University and Tom G. Eilertsen, partner in the law firm Bull
16:00–16:20 – Walk from Kulturhuset (Vaskerelven) to UiBs Learning Arena (Nygårdsgaten)
16:20–16:30 – Coffees
Part 3:
16:30–17:00 – Ethics in Artistic Research: A dive into the new Guide (language: EN)
Presentation by members of the working group
17:00–17:25 – Open floor: Questions and discussion
How can the new guide support your supervision of PhD students?
17:25–17:30 –Wrap-Up
17:30 – End
Artistic Research Forum
Supervisors are also most welcome to attend the Artistic Research Forum, which normally are organized in March and October as an combination of physical and online events.
Resource
We recommend that you use the Norwegian Artistic Research School´s exposition to find recourses about Artistic Research and supervision. The objective of the Research School is to give PhD students an introduction to methods, theory and research ethics, as well as training in disseminating the results of artistic research. The exposition elaborates on these themes, and includes also several project examples and an overview of completed and current PhD projects.
You might also be interested in the report institutions responsability for educating supervisors published by the Universites Norway (UHR) - Research (2003, in Norwegian).


