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There are a total of 19 different projects that you can apply for. You will find the projects as well as the application form under "List of summer research projects that you can apply for".
To be eligible to apply, you must be:
- A bachelor’s student currently enrolled in the final year of your program at the University of Oslo, or
- A master's student in either the first or second year of your program at the University of Oslo?
Exchange students at the University of Oslo are not eligible to apply.
Students selected for a research project will perform research addressing sustainable energy, climate and environment issues under supervision of?research?groups?working within the topic at the University?of Oslo. Students who get assigned to a project will receive?a stipend of NOK 50 000. The stipend will be subject to tax according to general Norwegian tax law.
Info about the summer research project
- Students are expected to work for 6 weeks full-time equivalents.
- Reduced time per week down to 50% for 12 weeks can be accepted in some projects.
- Students selected for a research project will each receive a stipend of NOK 50 000.?The stipend will be subject to tax according to general Norwegian tax law. Each student is responsible for providing the necessary tax information. The stipend is paid after confirmation that the student has started the project.
- There will be a closing event in October 2026. Students will present their projects and findings.
- Students that previously have received an UiO:Energy and Environment summer?research project?are?not eligible for a second project.
Selection of candidates
- Students currently enrolled in their last year of a bachelor program,?a?master program (first and second year) or a relevant professional degree program at the University of Oslo can apply for the announced research projects.
- The final selection of candidates will be done by the project owner/supervisor and UiO:Energy and Environment, based on the following criteria:
- Letter of motivation
- Professional/academic?background
- Grades
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need to upload my transcript of records in the application form?
- No, you do not need to upload your transcript of records in the application form. We can access your grades through our system. However, please ensure you include your student number in the application form.
- Many of the summer projects looks interesting.?Am I allowed to apply for several projects?
- Yes, absolutely. If you meet the preferred academic background, feel free to apply for different projects. If you are offered a project, you will only be able to participate in that particular project. It is not possible to take part in multiple summer projects simultaneously.
- How do I apply?
- Each project has a specific application form located below its description. To apply, simply click on the project you are interested in and then select the "Apply here" box to access the application form.
- Do I have to work during the summer break?
- Ideally, we would like the research period to be during summer recess; however, each project has distinct start and end dates. Please see "Expected research period" section for details on when each project is scheduled to take place.
- Is it obligatory to attend the closing event in October?
- No, but we hope you have the time to attend. This is a great way to showcase your findings and your experience with other students.
- When will I receive the stipend payment?
- You will receive this once your supervisor has confirmed that you have started.
- Do I have to pay tax on the 50 000NOK?
- Yes, you do. The stipend will be subject to tax according to general Norwegian tax law. Each student is responsible for providing the necessary tax information.
List of summer research projects that you can apply for:
1:?Assessing Agency in Norway’s Energy Transition Through the Lens of Procedural Justice (Natural Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor:?Paola Velasco Herrejón and Marianne Zeyringer
- Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
- Number of students on the project: 2
- Preferred academic?background: Development Studies, Environmental Sciences, Human Geography, Psychology, Sociology, Social Anthropology, Economics, Political Science or closely related subject areas
Expected research period: The projects will ideally start from mid-May 2025, but can also begin during the summer recess.
2:?Data and metadata schema for high-throughput characterization of energy materials (Natural Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor:?Holger von Wenckstern
- Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
- Number of students on the project: 1
- Preferred academic?background: Interest in solid-state physics, experience coding in Python or MATLAB, lab experience with characterization (e.g. X-ray diffraction, spectrophotometry, electrical conductivity), thin-film growth/Pulsed Laser Deposition (advantage), interest in combinatorial materials science/high-throughput screening, interest in data-driven research
- Expected research period: April - September
3:?Data visualization of energy system model results (Natural Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor:?Muhammad Shahzad Javed and Marianne Zeyringer
- Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
- Number of students on the project: 1
- Preferred academic?background: Computational Science, Informatics, Mathematics, Physics, Energy Systems or similar. Having experience with Python coding will be mandatory.
- Expected research period: May-October (part-time)
4:?Energy-efficient Large-scale Inference (Natural Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor:?Ali Ramezani-Kebry
- Project suitable for: Students at master level
- Number of students on the project: 2
- Preferred academic?background: Solid computation/programming/math background, excited and motivated to publish in top AI venues
- Expected research period: Flexible
5:?Evaluating and Advancing Climate Psychology at the Department of Psychology: Impact Assessment and Future Directions (Social Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor: Beate Seibt
- Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
- Number of students on the project: 2
- Preferred academic?background: Psychology students (bachelor/master) with interest in climate psychology, mixed-methods research experience, strong communication skills, Norwegian language proficiency, academic English writing
- Expected research period: April - October (part-time)
6:?Heat + Noise: Listening with Rare Earth Element speculation at the Fen Carbonite Complex in Ulefoss (Social Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor: Andrea Nightingale
- Project suitable for: Students at master level
- Number of students on the project: 3-4
- Preferred academic?background: anthropology, human geography, environmental humanities, artistic-research, creative writing, sound studies
- Expected research period: May - July
7:?High-Entropy Alloy–Based Materials for Sustainable Hydrogen Storage Towards the Atacama Large Aperture Submillimetre Telescope (Natural Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor: Yogesh Kumar Yadav and Sabrina Sartori
- Project suitable for: Students at master level
- Number of students on the project: 1
- Preferred academic?background: Master’s students with background in materials science, physics, chemistry, metallurgy, or energy-related engineering. Prior experience in materials characterization (XRD, TEM SEM, EDS hydrogen storage measurements) is desirable but not mandatory.
- Expected research period: May - August (6 weeks full-time)
8:?How did we survive (or not) the last climate crisis? Tracing the impacts of environmental crises in Little Ice Age Norway (1600-1850) (Social Sciences)
- Project description
- Project 1: Who Died in Times of Climate Crisis? Age, Sex, and Causes of Death in Norwegian Parish Records (1623–1815)
- Project 2: “Climate” in Court: Crisis and Community in Norwegian Judicial Records (c.1590’s–1800)
- Supervisor: Dominik Collet and Ingar Stene
- Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
- Number of students on the project: Up to 4 (2 per project)
- Preferred academic?background:
- Project 1: The project is ideal for final-year bachelor or master students curious about the intersection of climate, environment, and social history—and keen to work with real historical sources.
- Project 2: The project is recommended for master students but might be suitable for some final-year bachelor students with the right qualifications.
- Expected research period: Summer break
9:?Lichen metabarcoding for biodiversity assessment across environments (Natural Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor: Quentin Mauvisseau
- Project suitable for: Students at master level
- Number of students on the project: 1
- Preferred academic?background: Master students with background in biology, with experience in a molecular lab (DNA extraction, gel electrophoresis and PCR). Must have previous experience with molecular lab work and pipetting.
- Expected research period: April/May - June/Mid-July
10:?Life Cycle Assessment of the future telescope AtLAST (Natural Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor: Guillermo Valenzuela and Marianne Zeyringer
- Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
- Number of students on the project: 2
- Preferred academic?background: Anyone with a background in environmental science, materials science, physics, or from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science. Experience with LCA databases (e.g., Ecoinvent, GaBI) is a plus but not required.
- Expected research period: May - October (part-time)
11:?Little Ice Age – extreme weather in Fennoscandia and its impacts on society (Natural Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor: Kirstin Krueger
- Project suitable for: Students at master level
- Number of students on the project: 2
- Preferred academic?background: Climate, Atmosphere, Ocean-Sea Ice, Environment, History
- Expected research period: June - September
12:?Machine Learning for Subsurface Energy Storage: Physics-Informed Neural Networks and Neural Operators (Natural Sciences)
- Project description
- Project 1: Physics-Informed Neural Networks with Constraint Enforcement
- Project 2: Neural Operators for Subsurface Energy Application
- Supervisor: Mohammad Nooraiepour and Helge Hellevang
- Project suitable for: Students at master level
- Number of students on the project: 2
- Preferred academic?background: Geosciences, Physics, Mathematics, Computational Science
- Expected research period: Flexible start from April, 6 weeks full-time equivalent
13:?Mat, medier og b?rekraft: Hvordan fremstilles sunn og b?rekraftig mat i det norske medielandskapet? (Social Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor: Arve Hansen
- Project suitable for: Masterstudenter
- Number of students on the project: 2-3
- Preferred academic?background: Dette tverrfaglige prosjektet vil rekruttere bredt fra UiOs masterstudenter, men prosjektet vil trolig v?re av spesiell interesse for studenter ved GLOBE, klinisk ern?ring, antropologi, medievitenskap, samt ved studier av b?rekraft i skj?ringspunktet klima, helse og forbruk.
- Expected research period: 1. juni - 30. september
14:?Patterns of climate change worry in adolescents with depression: A nationally representative Norwegian survey (Social Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor: Francis Vergunst
- Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
- Number of students on the project: 1-2
- Preferred academic?background: Students in psychology, special needs education, public health, behavioural sciences, environmental studies, or data science. Some familiarity with quantitative methods is helpful but not required
- Expected research period: May - September (flexible, including part-time)
15:?Peri-urban land extraction for commercial use – how commercial development and infrastructure expansion is causing the conversion of land and loss of nature (Social Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor: Bj?rnar S?ther and Per Gunnar R?e
- Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
- Number of students on the project: 2
- Preferred academic?background: The applicants should be attending a master’s programme in a social science discipline, preferably Human Geography, Sociology, Political Science or Anthropology
- Expected research period: The project should be finalized before September 1
16:?Sirkul?r?konomi i Oslo kommune: Forbruk og varehandel (Social Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor: Ulrikke Bryn Wethal
- Project suitable for: Masterstudenter
- Number of students on the project: 2-3
- Preferred academic?background: Prosjektet vil rekruttere bredt fra UiOs masterstudenter, men vil trolig v?re av s?rlig interesse for studenter ved Senter for Global B?rekraft, statsvitenskap, sosiologi, organisasjonsstudier, samfunnsgeografi, og antropologi.
- Expected research period: Begynnelsen av juni til medio august
17:?Sustainability Contradictions of High-rise Buildings (Social Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor: Per Gunnar R?e and Tanja Winther
- Project suitable for: Students at master level
- Number of students on the project: 2
- Preferred academic?background: Human geography and similar social science disciplines (including sociology, anthropology and political science), as well as master candidates in Development, Environment and Cultural Change. Students must have proficiency in a Scandinavian language, to be able to read documents and web pages in Norwegian
- Expected research period: April - September (tentative)
18:?Towards a Sustainable Future? Mapping Resistance to the Twin Transition in Norway (Natural and Social Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor: Maja van der Velden
- Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
- Number of students on the project: Up to 4
- Preferred academic?background: Last year bachelor students as well as master students, preferably proficient in Norwegian, as most of the documentation needed for the projects will be in Norwegian. As some of the resistance comes from Sámi communities, it would also be beneficial if the team could have a Sámi-speaking member. We want to create a team of students with a variety of backgrounds, such as interaction design, communication and media studies, social sciences (for example, anthropology, human geography, etc.), energy and environmental studies, and more.
- Expected research period: Between June 15 and August 15
19:?Towards novel electrocatalysts: metal-organic frameworks for the conversion of methane or CO2 to methanol (Natural Sciences)
- Project description
- Supervisor: Ken Luca Abel and Petra Agota Szilagyi
- Project suitable for: Students at bachelor and master level
- Number of students on the project: 1-2
- Preferred academic?background: Chemistry/Material Science
- Expected research period: Mid-May - September
Questions?
Contact Nina Strand
Curious about previous projects? You can find an overview of previous projects here.