Overview of research projects

The project addresses how the spatial context in which people live during different stages of their lives shape their life prospects and socioeconomic outcomes.

ACCESS Life Course Database: Upgrade and Expansion

Through the ACCESS Upgrade infrastructure, researchers and students will gain access to updated and upgraded longitudinal life course data for more than 11,000 men and women born between 1922 and 1966.

Accommodation of Regional Diversity in Ukraine (ARDU)

ARDU's main goal is to produce knowledge of how ethnicity, language and regional-local identity work in the context of political reform in Ukraine.

Active Ageing – Pathways and Outcomes (AgePaths)

This project investigates pathways and outcomes of active ageing in three domains and their interactions: the labor market, civil society, and the family.

Against All Odds?

Why do some care leavers end up doing well as young adults, against all odds? What does "doing well" mean to young women and men, with majority backgrounds? These are questions we seek to investigate in this project.

Algorithmic Governance and Cultures of Policing: Comparative Perspectives from Norway, India, Brazil, Russia, and South Africa (AGOPOL)

This project will produce knowledge on the ways in which advances in artificial intelligence shape policing in different cultural, political, legal and economic contexts.

Amazing grazing

Amazing grazing will bring new knowledge on how sheep rangeland grazing systems can be part of sustainable food and fiber systems.

Applying Artificial Intelligence in Developing Personalized and Sustainable Healthcare for Spinal Disorders (AID-Spine, part I)

We use machine learning methods to develop and validate prediction models for health and welfare outcomes after treatment for spinal disorders.

Artificial intelligence - a novel tool in assisted reproduction technology

The project aims to improve the methods for selecting sperm and embryos and increase the chance of pregnancy and live-born children.

Artificial intelligence – a novel tool in assisted reproduction technology

The project aims to improve the methods for selecting sperm and embryos and increase the chance of pregnancy and live-born children.

Automating Technologies and the Future of Meaningful Work (AUTOMA)

The primary objective of this project is to investigate the influence of workplace automation on meaningful work.

Brain activation during gait and balance

The human body is a biological marvel in many ways.

Can Motivational Interviewing facilitate return to work in sick-listed people with musculoskeletal disorders? (MI-NAV)

We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing on return to work among sick-listed people due to musculoskeletal disorders.

Can responsible investment induce sustainable corporate behavior? Evidence from the worlds largest equity investor

Can responsible investing help to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals?

CHANGE: Environmental systems shift in clothing consumption

In CHANGE, we will investigate what is most essential to reduce the environmental impact of clothing: reduce the amount of clothing that is produced, acquired and disposed of.

CIRCULAR: Collaborative innovation of circular economy

Transforming the economic system from a linear to a circular economy is critical for realising a sustainable society. Circular-project asks: What are the main governance factors driving the co-creation of an innovative circular economy for reduced consump

Cities confronted by protests: Democratic governance for efficient and socially just climate transformation (DEMOCLIM)

DEMOCLIM explores new democratic governance methods in the design and implementation of effective and socially just climate policies that emerge in the face of climate protests in four Scandinavian cities; Oslo, Bergen, Stockholm and Gothenburg.

Co-Creation: Expectations, Challenges and Coping Strategies in Norwegian Local Governments (ECCO)

This research project aims to unravel the expectations of Norwegian local governments to the introduction

Combining Work and Care for Older Parents (CoWorkCare)

The primary objective of CoWorkCare is to generate knowledge on how employees' care obligations for their old parents affect their labour market participation.

CONTEXT – Creating Integrated Person-centred Care in Different Settings

This project addresses how settings and contexts which enhance people-centred care can be created.

Coping with Flexibility. Behavioral Adaptations to the New Pension System and their Consequences in a Lifetime Perspective

The aim of this project is to study how people adapt to the reformed pension system. In particular, we look at adaptations to the increasing flexibility offered – both in terms of savings, and in terms of job planning and ways of combining work and pensio

Crisis Management in a Polycentric Nordic Local Democracy: Different Governance Structures – Different Results? (POLYGOV)

The overall goal of the project is to identify the differences in the Nordic countries’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the outcomes thereof and to relate these differences to policy, governance, organisation and management.

Critical thinking in primary education

KriT is an interdisciplinary project aiming at developing educational models for critical thinking in primary education using children’s literature and news.

Crossbow: Crossing and Managing Boundaries between Work and Non-Work – Co-creating Healthy Teleworking

In this project we aim to map, explore and understand the opportunities and challenges of telework, and to contribute to enhanced organizational preparedness for healthy, sustainable and productive teleworking.

Crosscare-Old: A Cross Sectoral Approach to High Quality Healthcare Transitions for Older People

The project aims to increase the understanding of the role of cross-sectoral factors that constitute barriers for high quality care transitions for older people from hospital to municipal care.

Darkness on the horizon? Exploring the response to contestation of trade policy in Europe

Free trade is under pressure. Fear of job losses and growing inequality has given rise to calls for protectionism and economic nationalism.

Decoding digital media in African regions of conflict (DDMAC)

The key goal of DDMAC is to gather empirical evidence defining and demonstrating the use, spread, content, and agenda-setting role of social media in regions of conflicts in sub- Saharan Africa.

Democracy, Equality, Learning and Mobilisation for Future Citizens (DEMOCIT)

The aim of DEMOCIT is to partake in reducing a growing civic empowerment gap within Norwegian democracy.

Democratic Urban Development in the Digital Age (DEMUDIG)

The DEMUDIG project investigates the extent and influence of citizen participation through ICT and social media in urban governance.

Development of a care pathway for patients with hand osteoarthritis

The project aims to increase our knowledge of the current hand osteoarthritis pathways, the context and mechanisms for shifting tasks between health actors and care levels.

Digital vulnerabilities at home (PhD project)

PhD project about digital vulnerabilities from internet connected devices at home.

DigiWork: Digital Prism and the Nordic Model of Workplace Democracy under Pressure

Big data and artificial intelligence are radically transforming the ways in which we work, are hired and fired, managed and led. This project investigates the effects of digital transformation of work on the Norwegian model of workplace democracy and trip

Direct and Indirect Costs of Disabilities in Children (BUDGET)

The research project addresses the costs aspects of caring for a child with a disability.

Disadvantaged in the Housing Market: Effects of Public Interventions (DISADVANTEGED)

This project aims to evaluate all major social housing policy instruments in Norway, aimed at helping disadvantaged individuals to better and more stable housing.

Doing Co-operation. A Co-study with Landsforeningen for barnevernsbarn and Sarpsborg Municipality to Enhance Support for Vulnerable Children and Youth (CoChildren)

How can child welfare services and other support services collaborate more effectively to assist children and young people in vulnerable life situations?

Early COVID-19 wave in Norway: Social inequality in morbidity, compliance to non-pharmaceutical interventions and labour marked consequences (CorRisk)

Pandemics like COVID-19 are among the most pressing global threats to human life and economic security. The core idea of CorRisk is that infectious disease pandemics created by influenza or corona-viruses have always been more than just a medical problem

Emigration from today’s Norway: Who, why, and how does it shape Norwegian society? (EXITNORWAY)

Little is known about those who emigrate from Norway today, why they leave, and how their emigration affects Norwegian society.

Enabling Ageing in Place (AgePlace)

In this project the researchers aim to generate new knowledge on the precondition for safe ageing in place.

Engagement, Growth and General Education in Norwegian Folk High Schools (ENGAGE)

ENGAGE investigates the impact and meaning of Norwegian Folk High Schools (FHS) on youth engagement and participation in society. It is the largest study on this subject to date, exploring a largely overlooked aspect in education research.

Epigenetic regulation by Atlantic salmon miRNAs in disease and osmotic stress

This project aims to provide new knowledge on Atlantic salmon miRNAs as regulators of immune responses to other pathogens as well as stress related to sea water transfer.

Equality and Multiculturalism

A comparative study of Norwegian and Dutch processes of alterity and identity.

Evaluation of Ritual Circumcision of Boys (RITOM)

This evaluation shall produce research-based knowledge on whether the Norwegian law on ritual circumcision of boys functions according to its purpose.

Exit and effective reintegration of violent extremist in Scandinavia

The project develops new knowledge and generates research competence to promote exit processes from violent extremism and reintegration into the society.

ExitAge

The objective of the project is to increase the knowledge about the oldest workers and their experiences, as well as how companies handle work exit and the change in mandatory retirement age.

Explaining Social Patterns in Sickness Absence: the Influence of Values, Attitudes and Norms (SAVAN)

The project aims to study the influence of values, attitudes and norms on sickness absence.

FALLPREVENT: Implementation of evidence-based, fall-prevention programmes in the health care services: Quality, competency and effectiveness

In this project we aim to develop and test an innovative user-based programme for the implementation of falls-prevention programmes in Norway.

Family Partner – Co-development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Child Maltreatment Prevention Intervention

The Family Partner project seeks to improve the services directed at the most vulnerable group in society; children growing up at risk of maltreatment.

Far-right Politics Online and Societal Resilience (FREXO)

The FREXO project investigates how online media affect the mobilizing capacity and the broader societal and political impact of far right politics.

Flex-IT: A mixed-method study of cross-domain information technology use in everyday life

The emergence of new technology has increasingly blurred the boundaries between work and family domains, and the consequences for the health and productivity of the labor force remains unknown. These contradictory perspectives make it important to underst

FoodLessons: Culinary Heritage as a Resource in Developing "Food Nation Norway 2030"

This project will take a closer look at how a revitalization of our culinary heritage can be used in business development and value creation.

Gender, citizenship and academic power - GAP

GAP will investigate how globalization and internationalization influence the gender balance in research and higher education.

Global Care Workers in the Norwegian Welfare State: Care Chains, Intersectionality and Social Capital

In this project, attention is drawn to the careers of two groups of migrant care workers in Norway, nurses and au pairs, to the structures that have formed their careers, as well as to the impact on the care institutions of recruiting care workers from ab

GoodAnimal: Animal Welfare for Sustainable Futures

GoodAnimal’s primary objective is to acquire knowledge that will mitigate threats and increase opportunities for sustainable farm and industry practices.

Governing the green shift in Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen and Cape Town (GreenGov)

The GreenGov research project aims to create new and exciting knowledge about the challenges and dilemmas public leaders face in managing the green shift in Oslo, Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Cape Town.

GreenLeAP: Environmental policy change in Latin America

Most countries have hard-to-abate “Achilles heel” sectors for domestic environmental action. In Latin America these are large export-oriented primary industries, like fossil-fuel extraction, mining, and industrial agriculture.

HATCYCLE

The life cycle of hate crimes: Patterns, responses and consequences

Health technology in homebased palliative care for children (CHIP homeTec)

We will conduct an investigation of aspects relevant for the design of digital solutions to support communication for children, families and healthcare personnel in homebased palliative care for children.

HIRE? A Mixed-method Examination of Disability and Employers Inclusive Working Life Practices

Employers' understandings of disability as well as their broader knowledge and skills are likely to influence their risk assessments and hiring practices. HIRE? aims to fill this knowledge gap.

HOUSYOUNG

How can we create sustainable and effective collaborative models for increased inclusion of youth with complex needs through measures including “own home” in the local community.