For supervisors

Supervisors' seminars

The Norwegian Artistic Research School offers at least two free supervisors seminars every year. At the seminars, you will meet other supervisors, exchange experiences, and discuss common themes.

Next Supervisor's seminar takes place on 20 October 2025 in Bergen. Theme: Ethics in Artistic Research. You may register here.

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.

→ See The Norwegian Artistic Research School´s calendar for dates and more information about upcoming seminars and Artistic Research Forums.

→ Advancing Supervision for Artistic Research Doctorates is a strategic partnership project co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme. The project offers tools and other resources developed as a contribution to the discussion around the question of supervision in artistic doctorates.

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).