PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Efthymia Ratsou Stæhr, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK), will defend her PhD thesis "Adaptability in School Architecture: Conceptualisation, Evaluation, and Lifecycle Implications" on 16 April 2026.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Tilpasningsdyktighet i skolearkitektur: Begrepsavklaring, evaluering og implikasjoner gjennom byggets livsløp"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"Contextualising adaptability: history, approaches and examples"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
16 April 2026
10:15 Trial lecture
12:15 Public defence
Place: Auditorium Hippocampus, VET building, NMBU
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Mario Rinke, University of Antwerpen, Belgium
Second opponent: Professor Hilde Remøy, TU-Delft, Netherlands
Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Asmamaw Tadege Shiferaw, REALTEK, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisors: Associate Professor Leif Daniel Houck, REALTEK, NMBU
Associate Professor Tor Kristian Stevik, REALTEK, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Professor Thomas K. Thiis, REALTEK, NMBU
The doctoral thesis is available for public review. If you would like access to it, please send an email to phd-realtek@nmbu.no