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Academic staff community
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Research school RVS is primarily focused on our PhD student members! All resources are spent on making courses that help each member write the best thesis possible.
At the same time, the school is important also for academic staff who have finished their thesis - maybe many years ago.
- Some are supervisors for an RVS member.
- Some take part as staff at RVS courses and use that opportunity to get new friends and discuss core academic interests.
- Some have taken part in RVS courses that are open for more participants than just PhD students.
To further strenghten this aspect of the research school, we have established an "RVS Academic staff community". This is a loose network of (associate/assistant) professors at the RVS partner institutions who would like to stay in touch with us.
There are no obligations attached to a membership. The benefits will be access to our Canvas, maybe receive an e-mail from time to time, and being invited to courses that are open for more than members only. And to be contacted to be academic staff during the regular RVS courses.
If you are in the target group, and find this interesting, feel free to register here.
The "new" RVS is open for registration!
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We are now launching the continuing RVS, or "RVS 3.0" if you like. RVS started as a modest but high quality research school in 2009. We have been a national researcher school (RCN program) from 2016 through 2024. From 2025, we are a joint research school with nine partner universities from Norway, Demark and Sweden.
From mid November, our registration form for new members is open. You find all the information you need on this webpage - and if not, feel free to contact us!
Please note: If you are already an RVS member, you still need to register!
RVS will accept new members continuously through the year, without set deadlines. However, we are very happy for everyone who register in 2024 - that helps us to get an overview!
A continued RVS from 2024!
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There will be a continued RVS from 2024!
The Research School for Religion, Values & Society was established in 2012 as a joint project between Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society (MF) and The University of Agder (UiA). From 2016, it has benefitted from an 8-year grant from The Research Council of Norway (RCN), with a larger number of participating universities.
In 2023, a process was initiated by the RVS board, and led by MF and VID Specialized University, to see if there was sufficient interest for a continued RVS. It turned out that there was, and we are now 9 partner institutions.
RVS will still hold three courses each year: The Summer school at Metochi, Lesbos will continue be a core activity. In addition, we will provide one spring course and one autumn course, probably with a more varied format than during the previous 8 years. We will miss the generous funding from RCN, and so the courses will no longer be free to attend. However, we hope to be able to offer courses that are reasonably priced and very attractive to attend!
The new board will meet April 12 and draw up a plan for the first terms, and we will provide more information before the summer.