What’s new at DIGIT

We have welcomed the third class of DIGIT members into the programme! Last year, we enrolled 26 new PhD and postdoctoral experts into the school. From November 26 to 29, we met in Oslo for this year’s kick-off course on Digitalisation, culture and society. https://www.digitresearchschool.no/news/kick-off-for-digits-third-cohort

DIGIT is now accepting applications for the DIGIT class of 2025! Read more, spread the word, and apply here: https://www.digitresearchschool.no/enrollment

Call for course and workshop proposal: The call for course and workshop proposals is now open, and all partners are welcome to apply! NEW: Our PhD and postdoc members are also eligible for support. The deadline is March 15. Read more here: https://www.digitresearchschool.no/course-workshop-proposal

DIGIT course on Digitalization and the World of Work. In October, we met in Oslo to learn about digitalization in the world of work. Read more here: https://www.digitresearchschool.no/news/digit-course-on-digitalization-and-the-world-of-work

A glimpse from our most recent writing retreat: https://www.digitresearchschool.no/news/a-glimpse-from-our-writing-retreat-at-rmskog

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Upcoming DIGIT activities

FROM OUR PARTNERS

USN - Relevant PhD course offered by our partners: Current trends in e-Health research – March 26-27, April 29-30, and May 27 in Drammen. This course aims to introduce students to the broad field of eHealth and the latest research developments in the area: https://www.usn.no/forskning/doktorgradsutdanning/vare-ph-d-utdanninger/person-helse-og-samfunn/ph-d-kurs/ph-d-kurs-nyere-forskning-i-e-helse

KS - Webinar series on digitalisation in the Norwegian municipal sector (in Norwegian): https://www.ks.no/fagomrader/digitalisering/styring-og-organisering/webinarrekke-om-digitalisering/

KS - eKommune conference 2025 - April 8-10 - Oslo (in Norwegian) eKommune is organized by KS, and is the annual meeting place for anyone engaged in digitalization and innovation within the municipal sector. https://www.ks.no/fagomrader/digitalisering/styring-og-organisering/ekommune-2025-kommune-i-stormen---forstelinje-i-en-digital-tid/

UiO - Relevant PhD course offered by our partners: TIK9025 – Innovation, welfare and policy: The case of automation and AI technologies - 22 – 28 May - Oslo/Online. Although the theme of the course is potentially relevant for a broad variety of different types of innovations, the course will specifically focus on, and discuss examples about, automation and artificial intelligence technologies. https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/sv/tik/TIK9025/

DigDir - Digitaliseringskonferansen 2025 - June 11-12 - Oslo (in Norwegian). This conference is Norway's largest meeting point for those working on digitization in the public, private, and voluntary sectors. https://www.digdir.no/digitaliseringskonferansen/digitaliseringskonferansen-2025/1172

OTHER EVENTS

DigitalNorway: Tech breakfast seminar - AI as a driver for future learning - Jan 28 (09:00-10:00) - Oslo/streaming (In Norwegian): Topic: the rapid advancements in EdTech with presentations from Sana and Telenor. https://digitalnorway.com/events/tech-frokost-edtech/

OII: Summer Doctoral Programme - July 14-25 - Berkeley, US. The Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Programme (SDP) will bring together up to 30 advanced doctoral students engaged in research related to the Internet and other digital technologies. Application deadline: February 7, 2025. https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/study/summer-doctoral-programme/#continue

STANDING REMINDERS

The Research Council of Norway (RCN) has an ongoing call for grants for stays abroad for RCN-funded doctoral and postdoctoral fellows: https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/call-for-proposals/2019/personal-overseas-research-grant-for-doctoral-and-post-doctoral-fellows/

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Note that our activities are primarily open to DIGIT researchers enrolled in the research school and alumni. However, some activities, such as several of the seminars are open to everyone. If you are not a member but wish to attend some of our events, please get in touch.

For DIGIT members, we provide funding to attend our courses and workshops. We do not provide funding to attend the events described under the “partner and associates”-section above. We do not fund travel and accommodation for DIGIT alumni.

DIGIT is a Research School for Quality and Relevance, funded by the Research Council of Norway and hosted by CEDIC at the Oslo Metropolitan University.