"It has been a tough prioritisation process across a pool of applications with great thematic and academic breadth and consistently high quality," says Christer Hyggen, who leads the initiative.
The final portfolio of the initiative Inclusion of More Children and Young People now encompasses research on key arenas in the lives of children and young people, including early childhood education, school, transitions in education, health and welfare services, the legal system, and digital media.
The projects examine both factors that can create exclusion — such as school absence, vulnerable transitions, social inequality, and lack of access to services — as well as factors that can promote participation and inclusion, such as a sense of belonging, rights, and coping.
"We believe that this portfolio helps to strengthen the knowledge base for more inclusive practices and services, whilst also building interdisciplinary research collaboration and laying the groundwork for further external funding within the thematic area of the initiative."
The projects contribute to the overarching goal of developing OsloMet as a research university and to the broader societal mission of "no children or young people left behind".
The following projects have received funding
- School Absence: Interprofessional Collaboration and Student Participation in Attendance Cases (SAFE), (project leader: Guri Skedsmo, LUI)
- School, motivation, inclusion, learning and enjoyment (SMILE-P) – Pilot, (project leader: Silje Hølland, LUI)
- Transitions After Upper Secondary Vocational Education (project leader: Marianne Dæhlen, LUI)
- Transitions and Thresholds in Infant–Toddler groups (TRANSIT), (project leader: Natalia Meireles Santos Da Costa, LUI)
- Inclusive Health Services for Young People (project leader: Åse Røthing, HV)
- Pathways to Resilience and Inclusion among Children and Adolescents (Pathways), (project leader: Dawit Shawel Abebe, HV)
- Knowledge-based Service development in Grünerløkka district, (project leader: Kjetil Wathne, SAM)
- Children in Custody Disputes (barn-i-tvist), (project leader: Kari Sjøhelle Jevne, SAM)
- Losing control of the scroll: Short-form video, self-regulation and youth inclusion, (project leader: Jan Malte Runge, SAM)
- Marginalization among young adults: The importance of negative life events in adolescence and social inequality (NEGLIEV), (project leader: Patrick Lie Andersen, NOVA, SVA)
- Inclusive digital future for young people (INDIFU), (project leader: Dag Slettemeås, SIFO, SVA)
Further information about the individual projects will follow in due course.
