Celine Nygaard

Celine is International Adviser at the University of Stavanger (UIS) in Norway and is in charge of implementing internationalisation across all departments of the Faculty of Social Science. She handles all international agreements at the faculty level and supports the academic staff in applying for and managing international programmes, projects and funding. She is also currently Norway’s representative in the Nordlys university network. Prior to her current position, Celine was an international coordinator at the Faculty of Arts and Education, where she was in charge of all mobility and international activities of the faculty.  Celine holds a Master’s degree in comparative religion from the University of Tromsø – the Arctic University of Norway. Her formal education includes several study periods abroad as well as internships at the Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Armed Forces. Celine was elected as Steering group member of the Expert Community European Collaborative Programmes for the 2022–2024 term.