Oral: 

Duration: 14 minutes total (11-minute presentation + 3-minute questions). Stick to the time!

Content:

• Start with a clear introduction stating your objectives or research questions.
• Briefly summarize your methods, using visuals if helpful.
• Clearly present your main results with visual aids (charts, graphs, images).
• End with a conclusion that highlights the importance of your findings.

Slide Design:

• Keep text short and to the point; use bullet points and visuals.
• Ensure font size is at least 24 points.
• Use high contrast between text and background.

Presentation upload:

• Directions are coming soon on.

Pitch talk + poster:

Duration: 2.5 minutes. Stick to the time!

Content:

• Briefly introduce yourself and the research topic.
• Clearly state the main research question or idea.
• Quickly share your key findings or unique aspects.
• Explain why your work matters or its potential impact.
• Refer to your poster for details - don't try to cover your entire poster!

Slide Design:

• Prepare your pitch talk in just a few slides. One or two slides will do!
• Keep text short and to the point; use bullet points and visuals.
• Ensure font size is at least 24 points.
• Use high contrast between text and background.

Presentation upload:

• Directions are coming soon on the web page. 

Poster design: see below.

Poster:

Dimensions: A0 portrait orientation (84.1 cm wide × 118.9 cm tall).

Content:

• Include a clear title, authors' names, affiliations, and contact details at the top.
• Organize your poster into sections: Introduction, Objectives, Methods, Results, Conclusions, and References.
• Use visuals (charts, graphs, images) to clearly illustrate your points.

Design tips:

• Ensure images are high-quality (at least 300 dpi).
• Select readable fonts (minimum 24 points for body text, larger for headings).
• Arrange your content logically, guiding the viewer's eye from the top-left to bottom-right.
• Keep the layout clean, avoiding too much text and using white space effectively.

Presentation tips:

• Prepare a quick (30 second) introduction to your poster.
• Be ready to answer viewers' questions.
• Consider offering handouts or providing QR codes for additional details.

Venue

• 9th April 2025, Workshops and Opening Reception: Noatun (Nord University)

• 10-11th April 2025, Conference day 1 and day 2: Scandic Havet (Bodø centre)

Getting to Bodø

Academia has a substantial CO2 footprint, with plane travel to conferences making a large contribution (e.g., Jäckle 2022​). With OIKOS Norway 2025, we want to show that sustainable conferences are possible! We really hope you share or contribute to this goal and will choose non-plane travel options if possible. We'll survey and publish results on travel choices after the conference.

All non-flying travel options offer fantastic landscape (and occasionally wildlife) views and are an experience in themselves! 

... from southern and central Norway and Nordland south of Bodø:

• There are direct trains to Bodø from Trondheim departing twice a day (a daytime train leaving at 7.49 and a night train leaving at 23.05) and it takes eight hours, passing through or past several national parks. The night trains offer very comfortable individual cabins (could be shared by two persons). To book tickets or learn more about destinations and travel times, please visit the website of the train operator Vygruppen​​.
• The Hurtigruten ​and Havila kystrute​ coastal route stops at Bødø (for example you can travel directly from Bergen, Trondheim or other harbors).

... from Troms, Finnmark and Nordland north of Bodø:

• Buses connect Bodø to Narvik. To learn more about destinations and departure times, please visit the website of Reis Nordland​.
• The Hurtigruten ​and Havila kystrute​ coastal route stops at Bødø (for example you can travel directly from Tromsø or other harbors).

... from Sweden

• Buses connect Bodø to Narvik where there is a train line to Sweden. To learn more about destinations and departure times, please visit the website of Reis Nordland​.
• From southern Sweden it may be faster to travel via Åre and Trondheim, or even via Oslo, depending on when you want to arrive in Bodø and use the train operator Vygruppen​​.

... by plane

• Bodø has an airport with direct flights from Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Tromsø, plus many smaller airports in Nordland. From the airport to the city centre it is a 15 minute walk or 5 minute bus ride (see Reis Nordland​. for departure times and routes)

Useful webpages 

https://entur.no/​ A national travel planner where you can select which kinds of transport you wish to include in your search – for example, you can select journeys with long-distance buses and ferries combined.

Getting around Bodø

There is a good and frequent public transport. Please visit the website of Reis Nordland​ to learn more about destinations and departure times.

A phone application Reis (Google Play​ or App Store​) could be conveniently used for time tables and tickets. Apart of the single ride ticket, it is also possible to purchase a bus card for 24 hours, 3 days and 7 days in the Reis App or in Sentrumsterminalen in the Bodø city center. 

Where to stay in Bodø?

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