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University of Oslo

Oslo, Norway

Units: Geosciences、 Sociology and Human Geography

The University of Oslo has Geosciences and Sociology and Human Geography departments. Research of GIS / RS is mostly hosted in the Department of Geosciences, with a focus on glaciology. The University offers a 2-year Master’s program in GIS and a 3- to 6-year PhD for those who already have a master’s degree.

Professors:

  • Andreas MaxKääb: Earth Observation technologies, Geoinformatics, GIS and RS’s application to cold regions, and to natural hazards in such regions;
  • François Renard: Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Remote sensing, Geohazards, Hydrogeology, Geomechanics, Environmental geology.

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Trondheim, Norway

Units: Geography、 Road Transport and Geomatics

The GIS/RS program at NTNU is located in the geography department and the civil engineering department. The GIS/RS program in thegeography department focuses on glaciers and climate, while the GIS/RS program in the civil engineering focuses on transportation, architecture, and urban planning. The University offers a 2-year Master’s program in GIS and a 3- to 6-year PhD for those who already have a master’s degree.

Professors:

  • Tomasz Opach: Geographic visualization, cartographic animation, thematic mapping, Cartographic representation of cultural landscapes;
  • Jan Ketil Rød: geographic information systems and science, effects of climate change, environmental hazards, Accessibility of health services, Disaggregated studies of armed conflicts, urban planning;
  • Terje Midtbø: data structures for terrain modeling, Methods for distribution of geographic information on the Internet, Handling of geographic phenomena which includes a temporal component;
  • Lizhen Huang: information modeling for GIS-ITS-BIM integration, smart and sustainable Built environment, Digital twin, Energy demand analysis;
  • Erling Onstein: GIS and geomatics in general, modeling, standardisation and specification of geographical information, validation and quality assessment of information, building information modeling (BIM);
  • Hongchao Fan: 3D city modeling, Laser Scanning, photogrammetry, spatial data mining and knowledge discovering by using crowdsourcing data.

University of Bergen

Bergen, Norway

Units: Geography

GIS / RS at the University of Bergen is mainly hosted in the Department of Geography. The GIS / RS research at Bergen has a general focus on policy, environment and landscape management. The University offers a 2-year Master’s program in GIS and a 3- to 6-year PhD for those who already have a master’s degree.

Professors:

  • Gidske Leknæs Andersen: GIS, Remote sensing, Arid lands, Cultural landscape, Ecology;
  • Erling Moxnes: System dynamics, Modeling, Natural resources, Economics;
  • Birgit Kopainsky: System dynamics modeling, Food security, Sustainable Development, Adaptation to climate change.