What the committee does
UiB's innovation work draws on the full breadth of the university's academic fields. Ideas from students and staff should be able to be realized and contribute to a better functioning and more sustainable society.
The committee has a central role in carrying out UiB's commitment to innovation. It works to build a culture of innovation at the university, and to improve the sharing of information and the coordination of innovation work across units.
The committee advises on how UiB can secure good conditions for innovation, and identifies initiatives that strengthen research-based innovation among academic staff and students. It also advises on how innovation activities can be developed further, and how the administrative support functions should be organized.
In addition, the committee works to increase external funding from national and European sources.
What the committee can decide
The committee does not make decisions. Its advice goes to the university leadership, which decides.
How a matter reaches the committee
Members may propose matters for consideration, and the chair sets the agenda. If you have a matter you believe the committee should look at, approach the pro- or vice-dean with responsibility for innovation at your faculty, or contact the innovation section in the Division of Research and Innovation.
The committee emphasizes discussion and the exchange of experience, with the aim of developing best practice in the matters it considers.
Members of the committee
The committee is designed to cover innovation work across the whole organization. One pro- or vice-dean with responsibility for innovation sits on the committee from each faculty, together with a representative from the University Museum. These members are appointed for four years. Students and temporary academic staff each have one representative, appointed for one year.
Members from 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2029
Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation and Cooperation Kjell-Morten Myhr, chair
- Vice-Dean for Research and Communication Eivind Heldaas Seland, Faculty of Humanities
- Vice-Dean for Organization and Innovation Miriam Skag, Faculty of Law
- Vice-Dean for Research and Innovation Øyvind Frette, Faculty of Science and Technology
- Vice-Dean for Research, Doctoral Education and Innovation Silje Skrede, Faculty of Medicine
- Vice-Dean for Research Torbjørn Torsheim, Faculty of Psychology
- Vice-Dean for Research Frode Guribye, Faculty of Social Sciences
- Vice-Dean for Education Ørjan Djønne, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design
- Vice-Dean Nils Anfinset, University Museum of Bergen
Appointed for one year, 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026
- Student representative Maria S. Økland
- Representative for temporary academic staff, Doctoral Research Fellow Johanne Kalsaas
Meetings, agendas and minutes
The committee meets five times in the 2025/2026 academic year.
- Thursday 18 September, 12.30–15.30
- Wednesday 17 December, 14.00–16.00
- Wednesday 11 February, 12.30–15.30
- Wednesday 15 April, 12.30–15.30
- Wednesday 10 June, 12.30–15.30
Minutes are published as soon as they have been formally approved by the committee's members.