Nominate candidates for knowledge dissemination award

By Red.

14 November 2023 16:25

Nominate candidates for knowledge dissemination award

In December, NHH will hand out the Award for Excellent Knowledge Dissemination. The winner receives NOK 40,000 and you can nominate candidates until 8 December.

Portrait Søreide
Tina Søreide, award winner in 2020. (Photo: Helge Skodvin)

The award is handed out every three years, and Tina Søreide was the previous award winner in 2020.

The person or group that wins the award may stand out by having:

  • actively participated in improving dissemination work at NHH
  • communicated insight and work methods from the economic-administrative field of research to persons outside academia
  • been an agenda-setter in Norwegian or international public debate
  • used new tools or communication channels to reach new audiences
  • contributed to increasing interest in the economic-administrative field among the general public, the business sector or the public administration using scientific argumentation
  • a genuine interest in and willingness to disseminate knowledge and insight of their field to a wider audience

It can be awarded for individual performances or for efforts spanning over many years, and to both individuals and research groups/communities at NHH. 

The Committee

Rector appoints the committee that will assess the nominations. The committee must have both communication and research expertise as well as an external member from an editorial environment.
Director of Communications and External Relations Geir Mikalsen has been appointed as committee leader.

Established in 2011

The award was established in connection with the 75th anniversary in 2011. Its purpose it to honour and stimulate excellent dissemination and communication of knowledge and insight in the area of economics and administration. The award is conferred on the basis of a broad definition of dissemination, but it must be of high quality both in form and content.

Previous award recipients:

 

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