Events

The IRG Symposium 2026 is made possible in cooperation with Hvaler kommune and Testarena Skagerrak.

The Innovation Research Group (IRG) was established in 2014 to conduct and disseminate high-quality research in innovation. To achieve its mission, IRG is committed to organise academic writing workshops and symposia. Special theme in the 10th academic writing workshop is the Interreg ØKS Greenbizz2 project draft.

We are pleased to host Julia FROMM, a multidisciplinary artist and researcher at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, and a DOC Fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Her current research focuses on tactile design for adolescents with chronic pain. We invites students and faculty at Østfold University College to experience a fresh, art‑based approach to design thinking. The session foregrounds empathetic exchange, deep listening, and intersubjective understanding as practical design capacities that bridge sensing and making.

The IRG Symposium 2025 on Facilitating Resilience Embracing Islands Innovation is supported by the Interreg FREIIA project on location at Strømtangen lighthouse part of The lighthouse workshop for environment, tourism and innovation.

The Innovation Research Group (IRG) was established in 2014 to conduct and disseminate high-quality research in innovation. To achieve its mission, IRG is committed to organise academic writing workshops and symposia. Special theme in the 9th academic writing workshop is Facilitating Resilience Embracing Island Innovation Approaches.

Skriveverksted som del av satsingen på publiseringer fra Interreg FREIIA våren 2025.

Skriveverksted som del av satsingen på publiseringer fra Interreg FREIIA våren 2025.

Skriveverksted som del av satsingen på publiseringer fra Interreg FREIIA våren 2025.

Skriveverksted som del av satsingen på publiseringer fra Interreg FREIIA våren 2025.

The Interreg North Sea program project FREIIA's objective is creating skills, resources, competences, capabilities, and structures that support the innovations and resilience needed for effective transformative policies in the participating island communities. The FREIIA project targets developing a design thinking-based and practice-oriented framework supporting local stakeholders The project maps the current state of the Ouessant island innovation system and challenges facing island communities as a basis for interventions to advance the development capacity in the meeting with these challenges.

Skriveverksted som del av satsingen på publiseringer fra Interreg FREIIA våren 2025.

Skriveverksted som del av satsingen på publiseringer fra Interreg FREIIA våren 2025.

Kort planleggingsmøte for forskningsgruppa på innovasjon med fokus på publiseringer: Hvordan øke antall publiseringer basert på Interreg FREIIA? Hjertelig velkommen.

Monday February 17, John-Erik Andreassen will have his 50% seminar. For those of you who are not familiar, John-Erik is an associate professor at the Østfold University College, but is doing his PhD at UiS. Elin Merethe Oftedal is the main advisor and Gunnar Andersson (at Østfold) is the co-advisor.

The opponent will be Thomas Laudal, Associate Professor of International Business Strategies at the University of Stavanger Business School.

The seminar will take place from 14:00 to 15:30. Due to the current economic situation, we will have the event on Teams (find the link below).

The Interreg North Sea program project FREIIA's objective is creating skills, resources, competences, capabilities, and structures that support the innovations and resilience needed for effective transformative policies in the participating island communities. The FREIIA project targets developing a design thinking-based and practice-oriented framework supporting local stakeholders The project maps the current state of the Groix island innovation system and challenges facing island communities as a basis for interventions to advance the development capacity in the meeting with these challenges.

Kort planleggingsmøte for forskningsgruppa på innovasjon. Tradisjonen tro planlegger vi skrivesamling i mai - juni. I tillegg blir det informasjon om status for Interreg FREIIA og diskusjon på veien videre i prosjektet. Hjertelig velkommen.

Obeya dagseminar i Bergen samler entusiaster fra akademina og næringsliv for å sammen utforske Obeya og Lean. IRG er med og deler erfaringer med studentprosjekt tett på større EU-finansierte prosjekter som Interreg FREIIA og EEA FETREC. Basis for presentasjonen er bachelorpresentasjonen til Ellen og Linnea fra våren 2024.

The IRG Symposium 2024 on Facilitating Resilience Embracing Islands Innovation is supported by the Interreg FREIIA project on location at Strømtangen lighthouse part of The lighthouse workshop for environment, tourism and innovation.

Kort planleggingsmøte for forskningsgruppa på innovasjon. Tradisjonen tro planlegger vi forskningssymposium i september. I tillegg blir det informasjon om status for Interreg FREIIA og diskusjon på veien videre i prosjektet. Hjertelig velkommen.