NORDAB Newsletter - What is NORDAB? / Who are we?

First published: 27.11.2024

The Norwegian Doctoral Academy in Business is a research institution for PhD students within Economic-Administrative disciplines.
NORDAB is a collaboration between 14 member institutions, where we aim to strengthen doctoral education across institutions by coordinating doctoral courses with high international quality, enhancing offerings for small academic fields, and fostering national and international networking.
As a student or academic professional at one of our member institutions, you are welcome to attend any of our activities or courses. You are also welcome to apply for funding for courses, seminars or workshops that aligns with our purpose of enhanced doctoral education within the field.

How is NORDAB relevant for you?

As a doctoral candidate, NORDAB is a place to find relevant courses within your field and across Norwegian educational institutions. We will arrange seminars and workshops for PhD students, which offer the opportunity to expand your network and contribute to your academic development.
As an academic professional, NORDAB are accepting applications for funding for anyone interested in arranging courses, workshops or seminars that contribute to the purpose of the doctoral academy.

Interested in arranging courses, seminars or workshops for PhD candidates?

As a part of our mission to strengthen the doctoral education within our field, NORDAB has an open call for activities, where we welcome applications for funding for PhD activities. Anyone at our member institutions is eligible to apply for funding. The applications will be assessed by our board.
More information regarding the criteria for NORDAB funding and applications can be found on our website.
If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact our administrative coordinator Helene Sommerbakk (helene.sommerbakk@ntnu.no).

Find relevant courses on our website

On our website, we feature a comprehensive selection of courses for PhD students. We have divided the courses into three categories:
1.    NORDAB courses
o    Here you can find courses by our member institutions who have received funding from NORDAB. These courses are especially tailored to our purpose as a doctoral academy
2.    Highlighted courses
o    This category includes courses by our member institutions that we want to highlight for our students. If you are responsible for a PhD course you believe will be particularly interesting for our students, you can notify our administrative coordinator Helene Sommerbakk to get the course listed.
3.    Relevant courses from our member institutions
o    This site includes a list of relevant PhD courses within the economic-administrative field from our 14 member institutions.

Who are our members?

NORDAB consists of 14 member institutions. If you are a PhD candidate or an academic professional at one of these institutions, you are welcome to attend our courses and activities, or apply for funding.
Our member institutions are:
·        Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Project host
·        Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (HiNN)
·        Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL)
·        Kristiania University College
·        Nord University (NORD)
·        Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
·        Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)
·        Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet)
·        University of Agder (UiA)
·        University of Stavanger (UiS)
·        University of South-Eastern Norway (USN)
·        UiT – The Arctic University (UiT)
·        Molde University College (HiMolde)
·        BI Norwegian Business School (BI)

Do you want more updates about NORDAB? – Join our newsletter!

When new activities are planned, we would like to get the word out. If you are interested in staying updated on the latest courses, planned activities and new calls for activities from NORDAB, you can sign up for our newsletter here. We aim to send updates 3-4 times a year.
We would appreciate if you could forward this message to any colleagues and PhD students who would be interested in NORDAB. If you have any questions, please contact our administrative coordinator, Helene Sommerbakk.