University of Agder Faculty of Engineering Science Department

University of Agder Faculty of Engineering & Science Department of Mathematical sciences

Campus Kristiansand Ui. A #5 IN NORWAY Campus Grimstad Students: 11 000 Employees: 1100 Faculties: 6 STUDY PROGRAMS 6 22 >100 Ph. D. Master Bachelor

Departments @ Faculty of Engineering and Science ICT Mathematical Sciences Natural Sciences Engineering Sciences

Faculty Administration Faculty Board Faculty of Engineering & Science Director Dean HR, Accounting, …. Strategy & Quality Assurance Education Services “EVU” Continuing Education Research Services IT Technology & Services Faculty Management Team Dep. of Mathematical Sciences Natural Sciences Engineering Sciences Information and Communication Technology About 2500 students, 250 courses 6 BSc, 5 MSc, and 4 Ph. D specializations 250 employees (incl over 50 Ph. Ds students) 4 170 Scientific Staff

Dep. of Mathematical Sciences • 1 of 4 Departments at Faculty of Technology and Science • The Faculty has two Departments in Kristiansand two in Grimstad • The Department of Mathematical Sciences is situated in Kristiansand • 25 scientific staff • 1 postdoc in Mathematics Education • 20 Ph. D students in Mathematics Education

Studies Department of Mathematical Sciences • Ph. D in Mathematics Education • Master in Mathematics Education • Bachelor in Mathematics and Physics • Bachelor in Mathematics and economics • Mathematics in Teacher Education (from pre-school to university) and Economical studies

Center of Excellence in Teaching Mathematics • Mat. RIC focuses on mathematics teaching and learning within the study programmes of other subjects such as engineering, natural sciences, economics and teacher education.

Research • Two Research groups - Mathematics Education • Subgroups • Strong within the two groups link between Mathematics and Didactics of Mathematics

Research areas in Mathematics • Geometry of Banach Spaces (3 reseachers) • History of Mathematics (2 researchers) • Stochastic Analysis (Partial Differential Equations) • Statistics • Recurrence in Ergodic Theory • Fluid mechanics • Differential Equations

Research in Mathematics Education • Mathematics teaching developmental research and classroom studies • Mathematical modeling • Teaching and learning mathematics from kindergarten to university • Mathematics in vocational education • Mathematics learning task design • Digital tools / ICT in mathematic teaching and learning

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