Entries by Janne Iren Robberstad

GSO online session: Ecosystem Restoration

21. May 2021 in /by

We are so excited to be partners with the UN this year, their experts will help us with the scientific facts, and issues. As a part of this, Tim Christophersen will give a lecture on Ecosystem Restoration, followed by a Q&A.  The lecture will take place on Zoom on Friday June 18th, at 2 PM […]

Congratulations, Dr. Ben-Horin!

27. February 2021 in /by

It is with great pleasure we congratulate Oded Ben-Horin with his dissertation “Improvising the Bridge” today, and his new official title: Doctor! Oded is one of the “founding fathers” of the GSO, and led the production of the first operas.  He is still the visionary coordinator of the GSO and much of his doctoral work […]

Introducing Dr. Giedre Straksiene

26. February 2021 in /by

From January 2021 Giedre Straksiene, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher in the Global Science Opera, in the context of HVL’s University project. She came from Center for Studies of Social Changes (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities) at Klaipeda University (Lithuania). Her main research area focuses on development of communicative competence; various teaching/learning drama methods […]

Welcome Romania!

8. February 2021 in /by

Welcome to Felicia Calmuc, a new member in our GSO-community. She teaches English and French in a public school in Craiova, Romania. Her school is one of few that offers extracurricular activities to students between 4 and 19 years. Part of this offer will now include creative STEAM-work. She is part of the main team […]

GSO and the key drivers of education

28. January 2021 in /by

Three major global drivers in education, necessary for meeting the challenges of the 21st century, are: education for sustainable development, demographic change, and technological advances. Without addressing the demands of these drivers, our education systems are, most likely, rooted in narrow, robotic learning, blinkered to what is happening around us in the world, focussed solely […]

Scholarship

15. December 2020 in /by

Opening doors to education is exactly what we wish to do with our collaborative STEAM-education effort. Our dedicated partners at NUCLIO have initiated this scholarship-program, which GSO is honoured to be a supporter of. For those of us who have enough “stuff”, maybe this year, instead of gifts we don´t need, we can help give […]

Ecosystem Restoration

7. December 2020 in , /by

Ecosystem Restoration is the scientific topic for the 2021 Global Science Opera production. What is Ecosystem Restoration, and why the UN has dedicated a decade to focus on it. (1 minute crash-course) 2021 – 2030 is the United Nations International Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. This is also the scientific topic for the 2021 Global Science […]