We have projects on topics such as technology, hope, trust, creativity, sustainability, and societal security.
The research group is rooted in AFI's action research tradition, and works with innovative, social science research methods. We often work across sectors and in collaboration with both small and large societal actors.
In addition to projects funded by the Research Council of Norway, NordForsk, and the EU, we receive assignments from ministries, municipalities, organizations, and businesses. We publish in leading journals and with international publishers.
This research group belongs to The Work Research Institute.
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Most recent scientific publications
Andersen, Bengt ; Skrede, Joar; Grevstad-Nordbrock, Ted (2024). The significance of culture for social sustainability – a discussion of cultural security and insecurity in neighbourhoods. 14 s. Local Environment : the International Journal of Justice and Sustainability. Vol. 30 (tandfonline.com).
Hagen, Aina Landsverk ; Lorenzen, Sara Berge (2024). Chasing balloons as scientific practice: On transformative cocreation and epistemic ethics of care in the emerging field of youth citizen social science. 22 s. International Journal of Action Research. Vol. 20 (budrich-journals.de).
Hagen, Aina Landsverk ; Engerbakk, Bjørk; Lorenzen, Sara Berge ; Tolstad, Ingrid M. (2024). Rebels in their own job: How digging into a municipal mystery turned invited youth participation in an urban planning process into uninvited activism. Children & society (wiley.com).
Canto Farachala, Patricia; Norvoll, Reidun ; Brattbakk, Ingar ; Budryte, Paulina (2023). Participatory communication and citizen social science: Lessons learned and new ethical and political challenges. 22 s. Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics. Vol. 25 (units.it).
Canto Farachala, Patricia; Norvoll, Reidun (2023). Guest Editorial of thematic series YouCount: Action Research and Citizen Social Science. 4 s. International Journal of Action Research. Vol. 19 (https://budrich-journals.de/).
Reichborn-Kjennerud, Kristin (2025). Sustainable Urban Transitions and New Public Management. The Norwegian Experience. 145 s. Palgrave Pivot (springer.com.)
Omland, Maren ; Hontvedt, Magnus; Siddiq, Fazilat; Amundrud, Anja; Hermansen, Hege ; Mathisen, Maiken Andrea Simmersholm; Rudningen, Gudrun ; Reiersen, Frederick Alexander (2025). Co-creation in higher education: a conceptual systematic review. Higher Education (springer.com).
Rudningen, Gudrun (2024). Digital Collectives: Shifting Social Boundaries in an Emerging Digitalised Newsroom. 18 s. Anthropological Journal on European Cultures. Vol. 33 (berghahnjournals.com).
Wittrock, Christian ; Nelhans, Gustaf; Myhr, Anne Ingeborg; Borgen, Svein Ole (2025). Norwegian engagement with RRI and the propagation of RRI by the Research Council of Norway. De Grandis, Giovanni; Blanchard, Anne (Red.) The Fragility of Responsibility : Norway’s Transformative Agenda for Research, Innovation and Business. s. 49-79. Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter) (degruyterbrill.com).
