Informatikk:
Research and Teaching in Norway
A Critical Evaluation

NAVF: The Council for Natural Science Research 1992, ISBN 82-7216-813-0

(c) The Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities

Page 10-11. Copied with the authorization of NAVF, Rune Dyre, by Petter Reinholdtsen - petterr@td.org.uit.no

Chapter 1.
Executive Summary and Main recommendations

1.1 General remarks and observations

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1.2 Summary

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1.3 Recommendations

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1 Form groups that actively cooperate

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2 Focus research and improve publications

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3 Concentrate on successful recruitment of senior personnel

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4 No promotion to a tenured position before significant scientific achievements

Due to the lack of senior faculty young researches, sometimes persons without a Ph.D. or still working on their Ph.D., have been offered tenured faculty positions with the full responsibility of such position.

The Committee strongly believes that the current policy will hurt the future potential of informatikk in Norway if it is not rapidly corrected. Besides finding senior faculty, it may be necessary to create and fund a special extended leave of absence for young faculty so that they can concentrate on international level research and finish they Ph.D. Here, as a rule, a stay at some other Norwegian University, preferably even at a place outside of Norway, has to be ensured. Immediate promotion of a Ph.D. graduate to a faculty position inside of his own University should be an exception if not disallowed.

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