{"id":1190,"date":"2026-06-19T13:34:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venstresida.net\/ny\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:43:27","slug":"bildung-and-usefulness-in-physics-and-engineering-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venstresida.net\/ny\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/bildung-and-usefulness-in-physics-and-engineering-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Bildung and Usefulness in Physics and Engineering Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>So, after 23 years working in higher education, I finally defended my PhD dissertation, with the title in, well, the title. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I could share a few thoughts about it, but I am pressed for time. I have new course to teach after summer, and a summer school in sustainability to make a few lectures for in addition, so it&#8217;s right back to work for now.<br><br>But you should be able to download the dissertation from here: <a href=\"https:\/\/nva.sikt.no\/registration\/019e72dd34ba-147f4b3b-1606-42f6-a306-46dc35bf54f5\">https:\/\/nva.sikt.no\/registration\/019e72dd34ba-147f4b3b-1606-42f6-a306-46dc35bf54f5<\/a><br><br>And I can share a photo of me, the supervisors and the evaluation comitt\u00e9 below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" width=600 src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/1UfEfOM.jpeg\"><\/img>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">Update: You can now watch a video recording of my presentation of the project below (in Norwegian):<\/mark><\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ronny Kjelsberg - Dannelse og nytte i fysikk- og ingeni\u00f8rutdanning\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jxBqa3WsJ7c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, after 23 years working in higher education, I finally defended my PhD dissertation, with the title in, well, the title. 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