Apply for a summer research project within the field of sustainable energy, climate and environment

UiO:Energy and Environment will fund a number of summer research projects within the field of energy, climate and environment. Students currently enrolled in their last year of a bachelor program, a master program or a relevant professional degree program at the University of Oslo are eligible to apply. Students selected for summer research projects will each receive a taxable stipend of NOK 50 000. Application deadline: March 15

Students selected for a research project will perform research addressing sustainable energy, climate and environment issues under supervision of research groups working within the topic at the University of Oslo. There are a total of 18 different projects that students may apply for.

Students are expected to work for 6 weeks full-time equivalents. Reduced time per week down to 50% for 12 weeks can be accepted in some projects. Students selected for a research project will each receive a stipend of NOK 50 000. The stipend will be subject to tax according to general Norwegian tax law. Each student is responsible for providing the necessary tax information. The stipend is paid after confirmation that the student has started the project. 

Selection of candidates:

  • Students currently enrolled in their last year of a bachelor program, a master program or a relevant professional degree program at the University of Oslo can apply for the announced research projects.
  • The final selection of candidates will be done by the project owner/supervisor and UiO:Energy and Environment based on the following criteria:
    • Letter of motivation
    • Professional/academic background
    • Grades
  • NOTE: Students that previously have received an UiO:Energy and Environment summer research project are not eligible for a second project. 

List of summer research projects that students can apply for:

1 - Resolving fluid motion near the air-water interface in model porous media (Natural sciences)

  • Project description
  • Supervisors: Kevin Pierce, Gaute Linga and Marcel Moura, Njord Centre
  • Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
  • Preferred academic background: Physics, Geoscience, or Engineering, with interest in fluid dynamics or hydrology. For details, please see project description
  • Expected research period: Six week duration beginning at any time between April 1st and September 15th, 2023.

Apply

2 - Redox Exsolution of Metal Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Energy Conversion Technologies (Natural sciences)

  • Project description
  • Supervisors: Jonathan Polfus and Andreas Rosnes, Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology
  • Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
  • Preferred academical background: Natural sciences. For details see project description.
  • Expected research period: June-August. For details see project description.

Apply

3 - Characterization and Manufacturing of Pellets for Combinatorial Pulsed Laser Deposition (Natural sciences)

  • Project description
  • Supervisor: Holger von Wenckstern, Kevin Gregor Both, Magnus Andreassen, and Andreas Rosnes, Department of Physics/Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology
  • Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
  • Preferred academic background: Material science. For details, please see project description
  • Expected research period: 26.06.2023 - 04.08.2023

Apply

4 - Chiral nanocatalysts for plasmonic activity (Natural sciences)

  • Project description
  • Supervisors: Athanasios Chatzitakis and Kevin Gregor Both, Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology
  • Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
  • Preferred academic background: Materials science, structural chemistry and physics
  • Expected research period: 6 weeks starting before or after July

Apply

5 - Methane to methanol conversion: can we adopt enzymatic strategies to boost performance (Natural sciences)

  • Project description
  • Supervisors: Petra Ágota Szilágyi, Unni Olsbye, MSc Rafael Cortez Sgroi Pupo, Department of Chemistry. 
  • Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
  • Preferred academic background: Chemistry/Material Science
  • Expected research period: Within the mid-June to mid-August period

Apply

6 - How does pollution impact sperm quality? (Natural sciences)

  • Project description
  • Supervisors: Becky Cramer, Natural History Museum
  • Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
  • Preferred academic background: Biology
  • Expected research period: Within 15 June – 30 Aug

Apply

7 - 2050+ Climate Imaginaries in Norway (Social sciences)

  • Project description
  • Supervisors: Manjana Milkoreit and Andrea Joslyn Nightingale Department of Sociology and Human geography
  • Project suitable for: Students at master a level
  • Preferred academical background: Social sciences. For details, please see project description
  • Expected research period: May 22 – June 29

Apply

8 - Ambition in International Climate Negotiations (Social sciences)

  • Project description
  • Supervisor: Manjana Milkoreit and Andrea Joslyn Nightingale, Department of Sociology and Human geography
  • Project suitable for: Students at master level
  • Preferred academic background: Social sciences. For details, please see project description
  • Expected research period: August 7 – October 29. For details see project description.

Apply

9 - Sharing material goods for reduced consumption (Social sciences)

  • Project description
  • Project suitable for: Students at master level
  • Supervisor: Ulrikke Wethal and Arve Hansen, Centre for Development and the Environment
  • Preferred academic background: Social sciences. For details, please see project description
  • Expected research period: Summer 2023. For details, please see project description

Apply

10 - Powering Chile with Renewables - Analyzing Energy Demand from the Atacama Desert til Patagonia (Natural sciences)

  • Project description
  • Supervisors: Isabelle Viole and Sabrina Sartori, Department of Technology Systems
  • Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
  • Preferred academic background: Engineering, Economics, Physics or similar quantitative subjects.
  • Expected research period: Summer 2023 

Apply

 

11 - Spill om klima (Samfunnsfag)

  • Prosjektbeskrivese
  • Veileder Ole Smørdal and Anja Amundrud, Department of Education
  • Project passer for: Bachelor og masterstudenter
  • Akademisk bakgrunn: Se prosjektbeskrivelse
  • Periode: Tidligste start er 1. mai. Prosjektet må være ferdigstilt innen 1. oktober.

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12 - Improving computational foundation of an electricity system model (Natural sciences)

  • Project description
  • Supervisor: Max Roithner and Marianne Zeyringer, Department of Technology Systems
  • Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
  • Preferred academic background: Computational Science and/or Informatics and/or Physics and/or Energy Systems and/or Meteorology and/or similar
  • Expected reseach period: Summer/Autumn 2023

Apply

13 - Surveying subsea cables and pipelines with non-ideal sonar (Natural sciences)

  • Project description
  • Supervisor: Andreas Austeng, Gábor Geréb and Peter Näsholm Department of Informatics 
  • Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
  • Preferred academic background: Natural Sciences with proficiency in Matlab, for details, please see project description
  • Expected research period: The timeframe is flexible but the project should be started before the summer vacations in July.

Apply

14 - Bias-correction and spatial downscaling of weather data for energy system modelling (Natural sciences)

  • Project description
  • Supervisor: Marianne Zeyringer and Guillermo Valenzuela, Department of Technology Systems
  • Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
  • Preferred academic background: Natural Sciences, see project description
  • Expected reseach period: To be discussed with supervisors

Apply

15 - EV load curves of high temporal and spatial resolution for electricity system modelling (Natural sciences)

  • Project description
  • Supervisor: Marianne Zeyringer and Tobias Verheugen Hvidsten,  Department of Technology Systems
  • Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
  • Preferred academic background: Renewable Energy Systems, Maths, Computational Science / Informatics, Physics or similar
  • Expected reseach period: Summer 2023

Apply

16 - Planning school workshops to co-create the energy transition (Social sciences and Natural sciences)

  • Project description

  • Supervisors: Beate Seibt, Department of Psychology. Marianne Zeyringer, Department of Technology Systems. Karin Fossheim, Department of Political Science

  • Preferred background of candidate: Social sciences and natural science. For details see project description

  • Project suitable for: Students at master level

  • Expected research periode: To be agreed with supervisors. 

Apply

17 - Mapping trends and tensions in the marketing of plant-based meats (Social sciences)

  • Project description

  • Supervisor: Arve Hansen and Johannes Volden, Centre for Development and the Environment.

  • Preferred background of candidate: Social sciences. For details see project description

  • Project suitable for: Students at master level

  • Expected research periode: Summer 2023. 

Apply

18 - Data for modelling a future net-zero energy system (Natural sciences and Social sciences)

  • Project description

  • Supervisor: Marianne Zeyringer, Department of Technology Systems

  • Preferred background of candidate: Renewable Energy Systems, Computational Science, Meteorology, Mathematics, Physics, Economics or equivalent

  • Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level

  • Expected research periode: To be agreed between supevisor and students

Apply

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