Theses defense x3

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Written By Tin Phan

Tin supervised three master theses on the program, MsC in Property Development. The students were Desirée Bergene + Josefine Jensrud (co-authors), Sofie Nygård, and Mina Kjerkol Tanberg. This year’s cohort, all chose topics surrounding urban concepts and architectonic quality, exploring what Geltner call the “entrepreneurial and visionary aspects” of property development.

The master thesis supervision process was organised around three milestone seminars and followed a flipped classroom approach, whereby students reviewed and commented on each other's drafts in advance and seminar time was devoted to discussion and feedback. The seminars were intended to support the progression from initial drafts to a near-final manuscript, with an emphasis on constructive peer learning, critical reflection, and the development of a coherent and academically rigorous thesis. Individual supervision was provided when required, complementing the shared seminar format and ensuring continuous support throughout the writing process.

  • Introductory Seminar: Students presented initial drafts of the introduction, theoretical framework, methodology, and references. Feedback focused on the overall structure of the thesis, the alignment between research questions, theory, research design and methods, as well as the positioning of the study within the existing body of literature.

  • Midterm Seminar: Students presented preliminary findings and analytical chapters. The emphasis was placed on discussing emerging results, strengthening the analytical framework, and receiving peer and supervisor feedback on the interpretation and presentation of the empirical material.

  • Final Seminar: Students presented a near-complete version of the thesis. Feedback focused on the overall coherence of the manuscript, the integration of chapters, the quality of the discussion and conclusions, the contribution to knowledge, and the final refinement of arguments and references in preparation for submission.

The students Tin supervised are marked as in red circles, from left: Sofie Nygård, Mina Kjerkol Tanberg, Josefine Jensrud, and Desirée Bergene.

Here are some photos from the graduation ceremony and on the campus lawn. Couldn’t find Sofie and Mina, so had to settle for selfies with Josefine and Desirée. Here are the photos:

Prior to Jensrud + Bergene, Nygård and Kjerkol Tanberg, Tin has served as co-supervisor in 5 instances (1.-5.), with the last three as main supervisor. The prior master theses and defenses were:

  1. Dalen, Søndergård (2022) Man vs. machine: effekter av Spacemaker AI på tidligfase eiendomsutvikling.

  2. Åsheim (2022) Hvordan sikrer utbygger og planmyndighetene at gode boligområder av stor skala bygges i Trondheim og Oslo?

  3. Nygård (2022) En studie av hvordan store norske eiendomsutviklere blir påvirket av EUs taksonomi.

  4. Skaar, Pedersen (2023) Fremtidens tidligfase eiendomsutvikling – Parametrisk analyse og modellering.

  5. Hammer, Solberg (2023) På hvilken måte påvirker Marketers senfase-innsikt tidligfasen av et utviklingsobjekt?- En kvalitativ studie av Marketer Real Estate Technologies AS.

  6. Moi, Moland (2024) Hvordan påvirker nye digitale verktøy etablert praksis i tidligfase eiendomsutvikling?

  7. Bonden Hørthe (2025) Effektivisering av tidligfase-reguleringsprosesser

  8. Forsstrøm, Hovland (2025) Mulighetsrommet for sentrumsutvikling i møte med passive grunneiere i mellomstore norske byer

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