Communication days 2026

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Torger Grytå / UiT

Welcome to open lectures and workshops on communication! In English!

Welcome to open lectures and workshops on communication! In English!

Whether you're a student or staff at UiT, Communication Days will be packed with opportunities to enhance your skills and improve your chances of securing funding, engaging with the media, and disseminating your research.

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Monday 23.3 – ILP 1.059

08:30–09:00: Breakfast and coffee

09:00–10:00: Crash course in communication – Four 15-minute courses on communication planning, media pitching, improving your UiT personal page, and becoming visible on social media. With employees from the Section for Communication. SIGN-UP REQUIRED

10:15–11:00: My 15-year communication journey to bring down the crowberry. With Professor Kari Anne Braathen. SIGN-UP REQUIRED

11:00–12:00: Free lunch! 

12:00–12:45: Navigating the Norwegian media world for non-Norwegians. With Professor Gunhild H. Gjørv. SIGN-UP REQUIRED

13:00–13:45: Research communication in Alaska – and how it relates to the rest of the Arctic. With Joseph Besl, Research Communications Specialist and Media Professional, University of Alaska Anchorage. SIGN-UP REQUIRED

14:00–15:00: Portrait photo booth and communications help desk.

Tuesday 24.3 – TEO 1.425

09:15–10:00: Impact, with Professor Michaela Aschan

10:15–11:00: The communication stairway / communication planning. With Associate Professor Audun Hetland / Communications Officer Jan Fredrik Frantzen

11:15–12:00: Presentation technique – Part 1, Audun Hetland

13:15–14:00: Presentation technique – Part 2, Audun Hetland

14:15–15:00: Op-ed / popular science text 101, Jan Fredrik Frantzen



Wednesday 25.3 – TEO 1.425

09:15–10:00: Research communication theory. With Professor Trine Kvidal-Røvik

10:15–11:00: Innovation, with Senior Advisor Bernd Ketelsen Striberny (InnoHub, UiT)

11:15–12:00: Research communication in social media: Three reasons to do it, and three reasons to avoid it, Jan Fredrik Frantzen

 

Starts: 23.03.26 at 08.30
Ends: 25.03.26 at 12.00
Where: ILP 1.059 (Didaktikken) and TEO1.425
Location / Campus: Tromsø
Target group: Employees, Students, Guests, Invited
Contact: Kjetil Rydland
Phone: 95176509
E-mail: kjetil.rydland@uit.no
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