Linn Vassvik (Fakultet for miljøvitenskap og naturforvaltning (MINA)) forsvarer sin ph.d.-avhandling "Viktigheten av ville bier, eplehagestruktur og alternative blomsterressurser for pollinering og produksjon av epler i Norge" fredag den 16. januar, 2026.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis:
"The importance of wild bees, orchard design, and alternate floral resources on apple pollination and production in Norway"
Norwegian title of the thesis
"Viktigheten av ville bier, eplehagestruktur og alternative blomsterressurser for pollinering og produksjon av epler i Norge"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
“Reconciling ecological and agricultural intensification as a means to close the yield gap – opportunities, limitations and knowledge gaps.”
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence
Friday 16 January 2026, at 12.15 at Gullvepsen, Bikuben
The disputation can be attended by using the following link in TEAMS:
All are welcome to attend, either physically or digitally, but please read the guidelines below before you open the link. This is to make sure that the disputation can be held without interruptions and noise.
Evaluation committee
First opponent: Dr. Maxime Eeraerts (Ghent University, Belgium).
Second opponent: Dr. Lina Herbertsson (Lund University, Sweden).
Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Siri Lie Olsen (MINA/NMBU).
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Associate Professor Erik Trond Aschehoug (MINA/NMBU).
Co-supervisors: Dr. Anders Nielsen (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research - NIBIO), Dr. Bjørn Arild Hatteland (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research - NIBIO), Dr. Joseph Chipperfield (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research - NIBIO) and Professor Michael Garratt (University of Reading, UK)
Guidelines for digital attendance:
- Do not use the camera.
- Mute your microphone.
- In Zoom you will first be placed in the waiting room. Please introduce yourself with your name, rather than with your IP address or computer name.
- If anyone has a question and wants to oppose ‘ex auditorio’, please write in the chat window of Zoom (1) “XY (your name) has a question" and (2) the question in brief. The chair of the defense will evaluate whether your question is opportune, and you will be given the word after the two opponents have concluded.
- When you are being given the word, you switch on your microphone and camera. Ensure briefly whether you are being heard.
- We advise you to test your own equipment before attending.
- The chat is not to be used for general discussions.
The doctoral thesis is available for public review. For those of you who want access to the thesis in pdf-form, please send an email to Brage Monsen – brage.monsen@nmbu.no.
NB! This offer is before the defense only. After, the thesis will be available via NMBU's library.