Organisation and leadership
BIOCORE is organised as a collaboration between Norway’s four university natural history museums.
The research school is led by the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo, with two successive leaders, co-leaders at each partner museum, a dedicated coordinator, and an external advisory board with national and international experts, including biannually elected Full Member PhD representatives.
Through this structure, BIOCORE works to support gender equity and diversity and to ensure that opportunities within the research school are shared fairly across Norway’s four university natural history museums.
Institutional partners
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board provides external scientific and strategic advice to BIOCORE. It includes senior researchers from the partner museums, representatives from key national biodiversity agencies and research institutes (Artsdatabanken, NINA, NIVA), and an external chair from a leading international institution. Two Full Member PhD students are elected biannually to the Board.
Chair
Members
- Aino Hosia, University Museum of Bergen
- Inger Greve Alsos, The Arctic University Museum of Norway
- Hugo de Boer, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
- Torbjørn Ekrem, NTNU University Museum
- César Herrero González, PhD student, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
- Lucas Geisler, PhD student, NTNU University Museum
Full Member PhD Cohorts
Full Members are selected PhD students at Norway’s university natural history museums who actively contribute to BIOCORE’s activities and development.
Individual course leaders
- Adriana Lopes dos Santos, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo
- Aino Hosia, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen
- Anders Finstad, NTNU University Museum
- Anneleen Kool, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
- Åse Åtland, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)
- Charlotte Bjorå, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
- Dag Endresen, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
- Dimitar Dimitrov, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen
- Elina Halttunen, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
- Elisabeth Stur, NTNU University Museum
- Galina Gusarova, Arctic University Museum of Norway, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- Håvard Kauserud, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo
- Heidi Lie Andersen, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen
- Inger Greve Alsos, Arctic University Museum of Norway, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- James Speed, NTNU University Museum
- Jarle Bjerke, Arctic University Museum of Norway, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- Kjetil Voje, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
- Kristian Hassel, NTNU University Museum
- Kristine Westergaard, NTNU University Museum
- Mika Bendiksby, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
- Micah Dunthorn, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
- Michael David Pirie, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen
- Nataliya Budaeva, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen
- Nicolas Straube, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen
- Siri Birkeland, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
- Sophie Steinhagen, University Museum of Bergen, University of Bergen
- Stine Svalheim Markussen, Artsdatabanken
- Torbjørn Ekrem, NTNU University Museum
- Vibekke Vange, NTNU University Museum
