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CenSES annual report 2011
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Master Education
CenSES aim to develop a comprehensive master
program in Social Studies of Energy at NTNU. The
first step in this direction was taken in 2011, by start-
ing to develop a master specialization in technol-
ogy management as part of the new master study
program in renewable energy at NTNU. The devel-
opment of master programs in line with the needs
of society and the recruitment needs of CenSES will
of course be done in conjunction with existing mas-
ter programs at the involved partner institutions
like the Master in Energy, Natural Resources and the
Environment at NHH.
We plan that 20-30 master students will write their
thesis for CenSES every year. In 2011 we had 28 stu-
dents writing their master thesis in CenSES and re-
lated prosjects.
Education
PhD education
The goal of CenSES is to organize a multidiscipli-
nary PhD school to coordinate and strengthen the
education of the centre’s PhD candidates, but also
to attract PhD candidates outside CenSES and from
abroad. So far the strategy seem to have been suc-
essfull. CenSES has been able to recruit many new
and highly competent researchers from Norway
and abroad . At the end of 2011 CenSES had recruit-
ed 25 new PhD students over the Centre budget as
well as 4 post docs.
PhD network
From the PhD network meeting in Selbu where Stewart Clark
gave a course on English writing and Claude Olsen an intro-
duction on writing chronicles. Photo: Carina Reinholtsen
In addition to the 25 PhD students covered directly
over the CenSES FME budget, at the end of 2011
there were 21 candidates writing their PhD thesis
in related projects. These projects are either tightly
integrated with CenSES research areas or are on
related topics with CenSES researchers as senior
personnel.
We have established a network for these PhD
students and the post docs counting around 50
people. In 2011 they had 3 meetings from June to
December, and this is an activity we plan to contin-
ue in 2012. The main advantages are that they get
a meeting place where they see other research go-
ing on in the centre, build their research network
and broaden their perspective on energy research.