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Gunn Kristin Tjoflot

Senior Adviser - Administration
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Phone +47 22 85 66 62
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Visiting address Sem Sælands vei 1 Geologibygningen 0371 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1047 Blindern 0316 Oslo

Tasks performed

  • Web Editor; Department of Geosciences, and communication- and information responsibilities.
  • Web Editor; Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics/CEED, and editoral member for the PHAB-centre.
  • Member the editoral boards (WWW) at the MN-faculty and titan.uio.no. 
  • Editor and moderator of social media.
  • Moderator for the SCALA Information System.
  • Superuser in Cristin (Current research information system in Norway) 
  • HsE, Safety representative/GEO, meetings in LAMU.
  • Leading safety representative, Dept of Geosciences 2023-26.

Background

  • Web Editor and Information officer at the Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo (UiO) from 2012 to present, and previously Senior Consultant/Advisor for the studies at the department, responsible for quality assurance of studies, and coordinator for the EVU program; Geofag i skolen.
  • Coordinated several major projects at the Department of Geosciences, including a revision of the entire study program in geosciences (InterAct), both at bachelor's and master's level, during 2016-19. In the years 2023-24, I was the administrative coordinator for the launch of the school visit scheme.
  • Coordinator for two interdisciplinary research programs from 1999 to 2011 at Faculty of Medicine, including participant in a research project on simulation and system dynamics. During this period, I was also responsible for information and web editing for several websites. Web Advisor at the HSE section, UiO, and worked part time at two knowledge centres; NKVTS and NSSF (2008 - 2011).
  • Organization Secretary / General Manager for The Student Parliament, UiO in a three-year contract position from 1996 to 1999.
  • Head Engineer (IT), Course Instructor, Faculty of Social Sciences, UiO during the years 1994 to 1996.

Held several board positions in organizations outside the University of Oslo, and in various roles related to the university; including union representative for Forskerforbundet at the Faculty of Medicine, as well as several HSE roles.

Education

  • Cand.polit. (MSc), Dept. of Political Science, University of Oslo
  • Cand.mag. law/social sciences/natural sciences, University of Oslo
  • Information consultant, Web editor, Marketing management, all studies at the Høyskolen Kristiania, Oslo 
  • Project management, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo

Various board positions in organizations among others representative for The Norwegian Association of Researchers, The Faculty of Medicine, UiO, as well as several HsE-positions.

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Publications

  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin; Waaler, Hans Thomas & Iversen, Tor (2005). Simulering av ventetid og effektivitet i sykehus. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet). ISSN 0029-2001. p. 1472–1475. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2026). Feltarbeid i Patagonia: Masteroppgaven i geologi tok Ole-Jacob til Sør-Amerika - Institutt for geofag. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Lundmark, Anders Mattias (2026). Teaching for students or with students? [Internet]. geo.uio.no. doi: https:/www.mn.uio.no/geo/english/about/organisation/geodidactics/news/teaching-for-students-or-with-students.html. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin; Kjøll, Hans Jørgen; Galland, Olivier & Scheiber, Thomas (2026). The pressure from magma can fold solid rock in less than one day. [Internet]. partner.sciencenorway.no. doi: https:/partner.sciencenorway.no/geology-mineralogy-natural-sciences/the-pressure-from-magma-can-fold-solid-rock-in-less-than-one-day/2658836. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin; Kjøll, Hans Jørgen; Galland, Olivier & Scheiber, Thomas (2026). Magmatrykket kan folde solid fjell på under én dag. [Internet]. forskning.no. doi: https:/www.forskning.no/geofag-geologi-partner/magmatrykket-kan-folde-solid-fjell-pa-under-en-dag/2659015. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin; Åkesson, Henning & Andreassen, Liss Marie (2026). Mainland Europe’s largest glacier may be halved by 2100. [Internet]. Titan.uio.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Mazzini, Adriano (2025). Lusi-utbrotet avslørt som ei av verdas største naturlege utsleppskjelder. [Internet]. titan.uio.no. doi: https:/www.titan.uio.no/energi-og-miljo/2025/lusi-utbrotet-ei-av-verdas-storste-naturlege-utsleppskjelder.html. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Werner, Stephanie C. (2025). GEO-professor tildelt 12 millioner til forskning på eksoplaneter. [Internet]. titan.uio.no. doi: https:/www.titan.uio.no/universet/2025/geo-professor-tildelt-12mill-til-forskning-pa-eksoplaneter.html. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin; Gaina, Carmen & Minakov, Alexander (2025). Ready for the fourth and final GoNorth expedition to explore the Arctic Ocean. [Internet]. geo.uio.no. doi: https:/www.mn.uio.no/geo/english/research/news-and-events/news/2025/ready-for-the-final-gonorth-2025-expedition-to-the-arctic-sea.html. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin; Åkesson, Henning & Andreassen, Liss Marie (2025). Norges største isbre står i fare for å halveres innen århundreskiftet - Titan.uio.no. [Internet]. Titan.uio.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Treichler, Désirée (2025). Smeltende isbreer øker tapet av ferskvann og hever globale havnivåer. Titan.uio.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2025). Inevitably, the glaciers are shrinking, but stricter climate policies could save twice as much ice mass. Titan.uio.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Mazzini, Adriano (2025). The Borealis Mud Volcano in the Barents Sea reveals vulnerable polar seep ecosystems. https://www.mn.uio.no/geo/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Treichler, Désirée (2025). Melting glaciers are reducing freshwater supplies. sciencenorway.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2025). Uunngåelig at isbreer minker, men strengere klimapolitikk kan redde to ganger mer ismasse. Titan.uio.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Åkesson, Henning (2025). Økt snøfall kan redde truede isbreer i Sør-Amerika. Teknisk Ukeblad. ISSN 0040-2354. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2025). Glaciers are shrinking, but stricter climate policies could save twice as much ice. sciencenorway.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Conrad, Clinton Phillips (2025). New research explains rapid ground uplift in Southeast Greenland. Phys.org. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2025). https://www.titan.uio.no/naturvitenskap/2025/landhevning-raskest-paa-soeroest-gronland.html. https://www.mn.uio.no/geo/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2025). Kan permafrost vises i et kunstgalleri? Titan.uio.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2025). Editor's highlight of Vikings article about the Eldgjá eruption. https://www.mn.uio.no/geo/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2025). Opplev "Den lille istiden": Ei lita, men innhaldsrik utstilling om tilpassingar i førre klimakrise. Titan.uio.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2025). Bidrar til "Vulkanen våkner" i NRKs Katastrofe TV-serie! https://www.mn.uio.no/geo/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2025). Art meets Permafrost Science: A successful collaboration. https://www.mn.uio.no/geo/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin; Åkesson, Henning & Kjellin, Simen (2024). Studietur i Jotunheimen ble til unik utstilling om oppdagelsen av istiden. [Internet]. Titan.uio.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2024). New VISTA centre at UiO for CCS research – VICCO. https://www.mn.uio.no/geo/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2024). Nytt VISTA-senter ved UiO for forskning på CO2-lagring. Titan.uio.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Åkesson, Henning (2023). GeoOnsdag Spesial "Arven etter Esmark" - Sjå opptak frå foredraget. [Internet]. UiO.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2023). "The Man in the Moon" is 200 million years older than thought. https://www.mn.uio.no/geo/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2023). «Mannen i månen» er 200 millioner år eldre enn antatt. Forskning.no. ISSN 1891-635X. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2023). Volcanic eruptions and the Viking society – The VIKINGS project and use of HPC resources. https://www.mn.uio.no/geo/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mazzini, Adriano & Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2021). The Indonesian Lusi eruption – a significant source of greenhouse gases. Titan.uio.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Parmentier, Frans-Jan W. (2021). Fægriprisen 2021 tildelt Frans-Jan W. Parmentier for artikkel om permafrost. [Internet]. Titan.uio.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin; Krüger, Kirstin & Brenna, Hans (2021). Supervulkan kan endre vindsystemet i den tropiske stratosfæren. [Internet]. www.forskning.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin; Brenna, Hans & Krüger, Kirstin (2021). Supervolcano eruption can change the periodic wind system in the tropical stratosphere. [Internet]. www.phys.org. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Nooraiepour, Mohammad (2020). Porous Media Tea Time Talks – A new webinar series. [Internet]. https://www.mn.uio.no/geo/english/research/projects/saltprec. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Braathen, Alvar (2020). Om Svalbards geologi på direkten! [Internet]. https://www.geo.uio.no. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Braathen, Alvar (2020). Svalbard’s geology live. [Internet]. https://www.unis.no/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin & Schmidt, Louise Steffensen (2020). Avrenning av smeltevann fra landbaserte isbreer til Barentshavet. [Internet]. https://arvenetternansen.com/. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2005). Mot aktivitetsbasert finansiering av eldreomsorgen i kommunene? Kommunal rapport. ISSN 0801-6410. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2004). Kapasitetsutnytting og ventetider ved to ulikt organiserte sjukehusavdelingar - resultat frå ein simuleringsmodell over pasientstraumar. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2007). Nytt fra Institutt for helseledelse og helseøkonomi (2006/2007). 7Letras. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin; Iversen, Tor & Waaler, Hans Th. (2006). Simulering av ventetid og effektivitet i sykehus - Separate eller kombinerte avdelinger for akutte og elektive pasienter. Helseøkonomisk forskningsprogram ved Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 9788277561653. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2005). Nytt fra Institutt for helseledelse og helseøkonomi (2005). Institutt for helseledelse og helseøkonomi. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2004). Nytt fra Institutt for helseledelse og helseøkonomi (2004). 7Letras. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tjoflot, Gunn Kristin (2003). Nytt fra Senter for helseadministrasjon (2003). Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive

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