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Consumption Research Norway (SIFO)

SIFO’s research aims to understand the role of consumption and consumers in the society, and to provide the knowledge basis for public consumer policies.

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How SIFO works towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Take a look at some of SIFO's projects targeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Publications

Featured Research

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Is your kitchen clean enough?

Every year, 5,000 Europeans die from diseases contracted from food. Researchers visited people’s homes and discovered both good and bad kitchen habits in different European countries.

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Doing laundry during the Coronavirus outbreak

Most of us are concerned with practising good hygiene and keeping the places we live and spend time clean. But does our vigilance extend to what we wear? Here are some things you can do to avoid spreading the virus through your clothes.

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We need to take better care of our personal data

Websites often make it difficult to understand what kind of personal data they are collecting from visitors. The rules governing data collection should be tightened, argues one OsloMet researcher.

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