Communication days 2026

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Torger Grytå / UiT

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

Whether you're a student or a professional at UiT, Communication days will be packed with opportunities to enhance your skills and improve your chances of funding, media contact and dissemination of your research.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Monday 23.3 – ILP 1.059 SIGN UP REQUIRED

The sign up forms will be piblished soon.

0830-0900: Breakfast and coffee SIGN UP REQUIRED

0900-1000: Crash course in communication - 4 15 minute courses in communication planning, media pitching, fixing your UiT personal page and becoming visible on social media. With employees at Section for communication. SIGN UP REQUIRED

1015-1100: My 15 year communication journey to bring down the crowberry. With professor Kari Anne Braathen. SIGN UP REQUIRED

1100-1200: Free lunch! SIGN UP REQUIRED

1200-1245: Navigating the Norwegian media world for non-Norwegians. With professor Gunhild H. Gjørv. SIGN UP REQUIRED

1300-1345: 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

1400-1500: Portrait photo booth and communications help desk.

Tuesday 24.3 – TEO 1.425

0915-1000: Impact, Michaela Aschan

1015-1100: The communication stairway / communication planning, Audun Hetland / Jan Fredrik Frantzen

1115-1200: Presentation technique - part 1, Audun Hetland

1315-1400: Presentation technique - part 2, Audun Hetland

1415-1500: Op-ed / popular science text 101, Jan Fredrik Frantzen

Wednesday 25.3 – TEO1.425

0915-1000: Research communication theory, Trine Kvidal-Røvik

1015-1100: Innovation, Bernd Striberny (InnoHub, UiT)

1115-1200: Research communication in social media. 3 reasons to do it, and 3 reasons to avoid it, Jan Fredrik Frantzen

The content is provided by the Faculty of health sciences, Faculty of humanities, social sciences and education, Section for communication and external speakers.

Starts: 23.03.26 kl 08.30
Ends: 25.03.26 kl 12.00
Where: ILP 1.059 (Didaktikken) and TEO1.425
Location / Campus: Tromsø
Target group: Ansatte, Studenter, Besøkende, Inviterte
Contact: Kjetil Rydland
Phone: 95176509
E-boastta: kjetil.rydland@uit.no
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