Internationalization of higher education - experiences from the SiU partnership between UiB, UMass Amherst, and MUN Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu (kerim@uib.no) Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research & Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bergen, Norway
Key Partners! Partnership program in climate dynamics 2008-2012 (SiU) University of Bergen, Bjerknes Centre, ResClim (UiB) University of Washington (UW), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)! Partners in Higher Education - ice, ocean, atmosphere interactions 2013-16 (SiU) University of Bergen, Bjerknes Centre, ResClim (UiB) University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA (UMass) Memorial University, New Foundland, Canada (MUN)! Collaboration with Nordic research schools (2014 - ) University of Bergen, Bjerknes Centre, ResClim (UiB) Bert Bolin Climate Centre climate research school (SU) The PhD School of Science, Niels Bohr Insitute (KU)
Key Activities! Monthly webinar! Student and staff mobility! Co-advising of PhD students! Guest lectures and intensive short courses! Annual graduate student conference (Nordic)! Annual top level summer school and workshop (ACDC) Bi-annual field courses at Arctic field stations (UMass) Shared development and application of dynamic ice sheet models (MUN) Shared development and application of state of the art climate models (MIT) Collaboration on developing advanced instrumentation in ocean monitoring (UW)
ACDC2009: AMOC variability UiB Marine Research station, Bergen
ACDC2010: Ice Ocean Interactions MIT Fablab, Lyngen, Norway
ACDC2011: Past Warm Climates Friday Harbor Labs, Washington State, USA
ACDC2012: Landscapes and Climate Snøheim, Dovre, Norway
ACDC2013: Dynamics of the last Deglaciation Nyksund, Vesterålen, Norway
ACDC2014: Dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet Qeqertarsuaq, West Greenland
Journal Articles
Conference Sessions
Nordic climate PhD student conference ON C PHD F NC E R E E for PhD students connected to ResClim and the Climate Research School at the Bolin Centre Bergen, Norway 29. - 30. September 2014 Come join us for two days of Science and fun at Fjordslottet on Osterøy, situated close to Bergen. We invite you all to send in an abstract for either a presentation or a poster. For more information visit resclim.no, where you can register your abstract. Abstracts 1. May 2014 Organized by PhD students for PhD students from the Nordic climate research schools.! First conference on Osterøy 2014 with 30 UiB and SU PhDs.! Annual event alternating between SU, UiB and KU.!
Main Motivation! Long term goals (beyond funded programs): establish lasting collaborations between partner institutions at the faculty level. promote co-supervision of graduate students. promote the use of professor II positions for distinguished researchers from the USA and Canada. continue co-organization summer schools and field courses. seek additional funding to promote mobility of students and faculty. develop joint research projects in cryosphere sciences, climate dynamics, quaternary geology and geophysics.! Challenges: attracting exchange of North American students to Norway limited duration of visits by faculty between partner institutions significant administrative load to support activities
Talking points! Short term vs long term mobility! Intensive courses vs semester courses! Web based vs traditional courses!! SiU/NFR seed funds vs N.American co-funding! Including non N. American partners! Researcher mobility vs Proff. II!! Link to projects and research schools! National partnerships/competence building!! Student lead vs Proff. lead activities! Field work/group projects vs traditional teaching! Recruitment, publications, degrees, outreach
Main achievements! Immediate: exposure to cut edge science; venue for high level scientific discussions; scientific as well as social activities are key to the success; interaction with the best international students and lecturers.!! Long term: active network for both students and lecturers; long lasting partnerships and project collaborations; visibility and recruitment of students and scientists to Norway.
Further Reading! ACDC home: http://www.uib.no/en/rs/acdc/! Facebook group: acdcsummerschool! Film: https://vimeo.com/108883495! ResClim: http://www.resclim.no! Twitter: #acdcsummerschool! Annual reports
kerim@uib.no