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Nordic Social Policy and Global Sustainable Development
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Value-creating marketing (ØAADM4600)
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Visualizing Complexity (MAPD5210)
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Safety of journalists, PS9500
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Health Sciences
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Science and the Media: Challenges for Journalism and Communication (MJ4300)
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Technology and Design (MAPD5000)
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Perspectives on Crisis, Change and Reform in the Public Sector (OASV4700)
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New paper in Nature’s Scientific ReportsProfessor Pedro Lind and a team of researchers from Simula Research Laboratory recently published a new paper. -
Meta-Scientific Literacies in the (Mis-)Information Age
An international research project addressing the role of education in response to the flood of public disinformation and mistrust against science and research. -
Knowledge and Approaches to Teach Socio-Scientific Mis/Disinformation
The flood of socio-scientific information on issues like pandemics, climate change, and natural resource scarcity represents just three of the critical global challenges facing our world today. -
European consumers motivated to support locally-produced foodHow sustainable is local food trade in Norway and other parts of Europe, including buying directly from the producer? As it turns out, sustainability is present in slightly unexpected ways. -
Student financial support and working alongside studies
The purpose of this doctoral project is to gain greater knowledge about working alongside studies. -
Contact SmartMet Lab
Get in touch with us to collaborate on smart monitoring and resilient infrastructure solutions. -
Support services for employees and PhD candidatesThe University Library offers a range of services to support researchers, lecturers and PhD candidates. -
The welfare state has strong support among young peopleAre young adults entitled individuals who won’t contribute to society? Not quite. According to new research, Generation Z are happy to pay their taxes. -
Seven in ten Norwegians say the war in Ukraine has destroyed Norwegian-Russian relations for generations to comeA new survey reveal strong support for Norway’s Russia policies and broad support for Ukraine. -
Support Services and Their Work with Conflict, Control and Violence
This project led by NOVA investigates the Norwegian support services and how they handle conflict/violence in families. -
Literature search services for studentsThe University Library supports you with different types of literature searches. -
Information, Culture and Society
The group studies institutions of culture, information and media from a social scientific standpoint. -
Transnational Collaboration on Bullying, Migration and Integration at School Level (TRIBES)
The project aims at advancing collaboration between stakeholders to evolve and improve scientific measures and guides, building capacity across these challenged areas, working holistically towards ensuring integration. -
ResearchOur research at TRACE builds on more than two decades of sustained investment in longitudinal data collection, methodological development and scientific collaboration. -
Courses and workshops
The University Library offers courses and workshops especially developed for researchers and PhD candidates. -
Scientific Award for Study on Cognitive Training via Smartphones for the ElderlyThanks to the European Project Semester (EPS), Lara and her project group had the opportunity to have their paper featured at a scientific conference, gain valuable teamwork experience, and explore the beauty of Norway. -
Ukrainian refugees who stayed with private hosts integrated faster into Norwegian societyA new OsloMet report shows that Ukrainian refugees who stayed with private hosts integrated faster, allowing municipalities to support more people. -
Space Syntax has Come of Age: A comprehensive review of literature from 1976 to 2023The annual scientific output has grown, has spread to many countries, and contains progress in both theory and applications. The field has become important in urban planning and urban design. -
Organisation of the University Library
The University Library services support academic research, promote information literacy and foster a collaborative environment for learning and innovation. -
Strengthens research network between Norway and UkraineNorwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR) at OsloMet has received financial support from the Research Council of Norway to strengthen research collaboration between Norway and Ukraine. -
The Research and Development Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences
The committee provides advisory support to the leadership of the Faculty of Health Sciences and has been delegated decision-making authority in specific matters. -
International employees reflect on the university's response to COVID-19Several international staff members discuss their experiences adapting to working remotely following the initial outbreak of COVID-19 and the support they got from the university during this challenging time. -
The Doctoral Degree Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences
The committee provides advisory support to the leadership of the Faculty of Health Sciences and has been delegated decision-making authority in individual cases. -
Department of Education
The Department of Education is primarily responsible for admissions, examinations, internationalization of the programs, educational quality, student systems, digital learning resources, student support services, and student administration. -
Shared Administrative ServicesShared Administrative Services is responsible for providing common support that enables various departments and faculties to collaborate and share administrative resources and services across the university. -
Norway’s Child Welfare Services under scrutinyThe Child Welfare Services has faced intense criticism over the past decade. While the agency has made mistakes, it continues to improve in its mission to protect children and support parents. -
Fashion.Textiles.Design: products and practices
Research within the interconnected fields of fashion, textiles and design that integrates sustainable practices with forward-thinking approaches, to support environmental and societal well-being now and into the future. -
IPS in the Nordic Region
The project aims to map the status, organization, and experiences with Individual Placement and Support (IPS) across the Nordic countries. -
Creating a multilingual environment in kindergarten
Kindergartens shall support children's language development in all their languages and create a multilingual environment. Learn more about how to work on a multilingual environment in the kindergarten. -
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? -
The technology and knowledge transfer based on Norway-Czech cooperationThe project focuses on the transfer of technology, intellectual property protection and support of spin-off companies. -
Working together to enhance student active and integrated learning in physiotherapy education (We-SAIL)
This project extends I SAIL through a Nordic collaboration that co creates, pilots, and shares student active, integrated learning approaches to support students’ transition into physiotherapy studies. -
Learning Across Boundaries in Elderly Care (LABCare)
LABCare will investigate how municipalities and educational institutions can create learning conditions that strengthen the role of healthcare assistants and support a sustainable workforce. -
Methodological un-twinings with kindergarten-and research studies
The research group interest is concerned with how methodologies settle and expand possibilities of experimentation. -
Picture-based app for symptom monitoring in hospitalized children
In this PhD project, we will adapt, test, and prepare PicPecc app for use in Norwegian healthcare to support systematic symptom monitoring in children. -
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. -
– We need to imagine a more sustainable future for Norway’s welfare stateIf Norway wants its welfare state to support future generations, and today’s population, research says it will need to imagine its place in a more sustainable global system. -
Supporting caregivers in children’s palliative care through digital access to responsive and equitable services (CHIP DARE)
This PhD project develops and tests a digital solution to support parents in children’s palliative care, enabling more systematic, responsive and equitable response to caregiver needs. -
Renewed perspectives on research use in education (REPOSE)
This project aims to provide new analytical and methodological perspectives that will support researchers and practitioners in meeting the challenge of making productive use of research in education. -
Organising for Outcome - Links between service integration and transitions to employment for citizens with complex service needs
Will service integration improve labour market participation for citizens with multiple service needs? -
A healthy back throughout life – a digital information bank (The BACK Bank)
The aim with this used-initiated project is to establish a digital information bank to enhance confidence, support informed health decisions, and reduce unnecessary healthcare utilization among people with back pain. -
Telehealth instruction and supervision to support caregiver administered functional analysis and behavioral interventions to reduce problematic behavior and enhance behavior repertoire in individuals with rare genetic syndromes
This PhD project aims to explore the utility of telehealth technologies to provide caregiver administered procedures of assessment and interventions to individuals with rare genetic syndrom. -
How do Norwegian Festivals Contribute to Artistic Development, Social Communities and New Forms of Political Participation? (FESTIPOL)
The overall aim is to investigate how support from the Arts Council Norway help Norwegian festivals to reach broader political aims related to artistic development, political participation and social community formation in practice? -
Urban resilience through open science, education, and community engagement in war regions (FORWARD)
Supporting the resilience of communities in war affected regions in Palestine and Ukraine. -
Sustainability
One of the goals at OsloMet is that our research and education shall contribute to sustainable development. -
What determines whether older parents receive help from their adult children?Attitudes alone do not determine who will provide help when the need arises. -
FIT4FOOD2030
To support the European Commission in the development and implementation of the FOOD 2030 policy framework and its action plan, FIT4FOOD2030 aims to establish a sustainable multi-stakeholder, multi-level platform, mobilizing a wide variety of stakeholders at the level of cities, regions, countries, and Europe. -
Complementary Pathways for Adult Refugees: The Role of VET, Skills and Qualifications
The aim of the project is to increase the evidence base which can support policy- and decision-making in EU MS in designing and implementing complementary pathway mechanisms for admission of adult refugees from a first host country to an EU country through use of VET, skills and qualifications. -
AI-MindThe goal of the research is to reduce the burden of dementia by developing novel, AI-based tools. -
Teachers knowledge work in local development work
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The AI Journalism Resource CenterThe AIJRC is a resource center for AI and Data Science in investigative journalism. It is a collaboration between the AI Lab and the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at OsloMet. -
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) – Practice
The RRI-Practice project brings together a unique group of international experts in RRI to understand the barriers and drivers to the successful implementation of RRI both in European and global contexts. -
Research and development at the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design
Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD) carries out R&D within technology, engineering, art and design. -
Sub-strategy for Research and Development
OsloMet shall conduct research of high-quality, develop knowledge to solve societal challenges, and carry out research that contributes to the university’s educational programmes. -
Information technology at the top of publishingThe Department of Computer Science had the highest publication number of computer science departments at Norwegian universities in 2020. -
NOVA's strategy 2023–2026
NOVA – Norwegian Social Research aims to be a leading research institute on the welfare state and people's living conditions and quality of life throughout the life cycle. -
They receive OsloMet's research prize: “We are proud to have built a community of dedicated researchers”For eleven years, the researchers behind The Domestic Violence Research Programme have worked to strengthen knowledge about violence in close relationships. The goal is to make the world a little better. -
About the Centre
TRACE is based at NOVA – Norwegian Social Research at Oslo Metropolitan University, and operates as an open research community. -
Strategic action plan: Centre for the study of professions 2025–2030This action plan builds on OsloMet’s overarching strategy and is developed in line with the Centre for the Study of Professions’ academic profile and societal contribution. -
Scholars at Risk-program at Oslo Metropolitan University
Oslo Metropolitan University is a member of the international network Scholars at Risk (SAR) whose main goal is to protect threatened scholars and promote academic freedom. -
English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
EAP offers courses, workshops, and other instructional events and materials designed to improve the use of English in academic discipline-specific writing and speaking. -
University Library
We are here to spread knowledge, contribute to research and students' learning. -
Strategic Action Plan for the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, 2025-2029
The Faculty of Technology, Art and Design’s (TKD) strategic action plan is based on OsloMet’s University Strategy and sub-strategies. -
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Centre for Youth and Life Course Research (TRACE)
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Memberships and affiliations
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UR-dataEnhancing networking activities in the smart and resilient urban and regional development using data analytics and optimization tools in a data-rich environment. -
Forum for Research Ethics at OsloMet
An interdisciplinary forum for discussion and reflections on research ethics. -
NordSTAR and the AI Lab discuss how AI can contribute to journalismOn Friday, the 1st of April, we organised a panel at the SKUP 2022 conference together with the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. -
What the Industrial Revolution can teach us about today’s technological revolutionTechnological revolutions have happened before, but none are quite so wide-ranging as the one we are currently living through. The past holds examples for how we can mitigate the negative consequences of and make sure the benefits don’t just go to those who already have power. -
Empowering youth and co-creating social innovations and policymaking through youth-focused citizen social science (YouCount)YouCount will, through co-creative youth citizen social science (Y-CSS), with youth aged 15 to 29 years as citizen scientists, produce new knowledge of positive drivers for social inclusion of youth at risk of exclusion, as well as create innovation and new policies. -
Coordinated Online Panels for Research on Democracy and Governance in Norway (KODEM)
KODEM allows researchers to ask questions to four societal groups relevant to research on democracy and governance in Norway. -
Cyber Security
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Youth Participated in Research: "It Changed My Life"What fosters social inclusion? Researchers involved youth across Europe in the research itself. -
Applied Robotics and Embodied AI
The Applied Robotics and Embodied AI research group focuses on the development of heterogeneous robotic systems operating across underwater, surface, and aerial domains. -
Finally, a practical introductory book in quantum physicsProfessor Sølve Selstø has written a practical textbook that provides an innovative approach to learning quantum physics, published by the prestigious Cambridge University Press. -
Partners-in-Care: Municipal Health Care Research and Innovation SchoolPhD candidates are welcome to apply for our research school. -
A Multidimensional Approach to Social Exclusion in Later Life – Health Consequences for Ageing Populations (AMASE)
The overall aim of the project is to enhance research-based knowledge on the multidimensional nature of old age social exclusion and its consequences for health and to identify conditions that minimize social exclusion of disadvantaged groups. -
Work, health and inclusion
What is the role of the workplace in the inclusion of vulnerable groups? What are the consequences of being available for work 24/7? These are some of the questions we are researching in this research group. -
Publications
A selection of the different publications from the Artificial Intelligence Lab. -
The Barnahus Model: Developmental Trends and Institutional Tensions
Based on the Norwegian and international barnahus models, this project will explore how the barnahus model has developed and changed over time, as well as the institutional tensions that permeats the barnahus operation. -
Light-Weight High Performance Concrete for Modular Floating Structures (LITEFLOATCON)
The project aims to build an international and intersectoral partnership for high-quality research development on innovative light-weight high performance concrete (LWHPC) and its application. -
Conditions for including vulnerable individuals in our labor market are not goodHowever, increased use of workplace mentors is showing promising results. Øystein Spjelkavik’s research has led to changes in NAV’s practices. -
Healthy Eating: Utopia or a Contemporary Must
The project explores the questions of healthy eating, obesity, and the influence of advertisements on consumption of food by adolescents and young people in Norway and the Czech Republic. -
What about trustworthiness and sustainability in AI?On the 3rd of June, NordSTAR invited experts from different fields, with different perspectives of AI, to discuss trustworthiness and sustainability in AI. -
Cristina Valenti: I chose research training because I was curious about what it's like to work in a research team"My ambition is to immerse myself in research within eco-social welfare or projects that focus on society's sustainability," says master's student Cristina Valenti. -
PhD Fellow in Smart Materials and Sensing Technologies for Adaptive Repair of Civil Infrastructure -
Researchers have been following 40-somethings since their teens: Who gets left behind?Researchers from Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) at OsloMet have been following the same people for more than 28 years. They now seek to investigate why some people have experienced marginalisation as adults. -
New research sheds light on mortality rate disparities in Alaska during the 1918 flu pandemicExposure to earlier illness likely holds the key to understanding why some groups in Alaska suffered disproportionately high death rates in the 1918 influenza pandemic, OsloMet researchers have found. -
Typhoon Effects on Enterprises in the Philippines (TEMPEST)
This project aims to better understand the economic effects of typhoons. -
Many children with ADHD do not thrive at schoolA new study from OsloMet shows that only around half of children with ADHD thrive at school. Well-being is lowest among those who are taught outside of class for large parts of the day. -
Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society (PANSOC)An OsloMet Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) studying the societal aspects of pandemics. -
A holistic approach to supporting victimized childrenBarnahus is an innovative model of caring for and supporting children who have been the victim of violence and sexual abuse. It provides a safe and supportive environment to meet their legal, medical, and psychological needs. -
Norway has a high sickness absence rate – yet has some of the lowest unemployment in EuropeContrary to worries, Norway’s supportive sick leave policy keeps people healthy and financially secure while supporting a robust workforce. -
FeLT- Futures of Living TechnologiesFrom a perspective of ecological crisis, FeLT engages in the relations and intersections that occur between human beings, living environments and machines. -
NorLife: Nordic Centre for Work–Family Research Across the Life Course
How do people of today combine work and family life throughout their lives? -
The Faculty Administration
Faculty Administration of Faculty of Technology, Art and Design has Faculty Director, four sections and staff. -
Starts up with European prestige fundsAndre Laestadius brought with him the coveted "ERC Starting Grant" for young researchers when he came to OsloMet in autumn 2022. -
Sustainable Materials, Design and Digital Innovation (ORI3010)
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Mathematical Modelling and Quantum Technologies
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Contact the Quantum Hub
Contact information to those affiliated with the Quantum Hub. -
Low-income earners skip going to the dentistThe financial crisis in Europe has led to fewer people with low incomes going to the dentist. This is also the case in Norway. -
The AI Lab is working with Faktisk.noGustavo Mello, leader of the AI Lab, was recently interviewed by kode24 on the new collaborative project: Faktisk Innsikt. -
OsloMet stands in solidarity with victims of warOsloMet condemns the horrifying acts of war inflicted upon the civilian population in Palestine. -
Effective pandemic planning must take social inequalities seriouslyResearchers at PANSOC have been studying pandemic planning for decades. COVID-19 has thrust their work into the spotlight. -
Mental Health of Migrants and Minorities (MAPSY4400)
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Student website
Are you a new student or continuing your studies at OsloMet? Our student website has all the information you need. -
Impact Evaluation of Interdisciplinary Health Assessment
AFI has been commissioned by The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir) to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the initiative "Interdisciplinary Health Assessment (THK)." -
Section for Collections and Systems
We assist you with access to reading lists and library resources. -
Mothers of disabled children work less, take more sick leave, and often leave the workforce entirely“There are schemes designed to alleviate the burden on mothers, but evidence suggests they are not effective,” says NOVA researcher Kaja Larsen Østerud. -
Are we ready to care for our elderly family members?Norway is pushing to shift the responsibility for elderly care away from the state and onto family and communities. This may relieve straining municipal budgets, but will people step up? -
Employee website
OsloMet has a website for employees. -
Opening hours and contact
As a student or employee, you can use the libraries almost around the clock. Please use your card and code outside staffed opening hours. -
Integrated Assessment of Climate Change in an Unequal World of Uncertain Economic Growth
A central policy question is to what extent climate change should be mitigated by abating green-house gas emissions? Conversely, how much damage from climatic change should be accepted? To guide this decision, economists use integrated assessment models of climate change. -
Aphasia makes online searching hard – A democratic problemWhen language fails, using search engines to find information becomes almost impossible. -
Follow the Money: Journalism, data and accountability (JB3370)
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11 NovemberUKRAINETT+ Conference “State and Society Under Pressure: Internal and External Dynamics”
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Evaluation of the The Grant Scheme for Humanitarian Measures to Arriving EEA Citizens who Subsist as Beggars
NOVA was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security to evaluate activities and measures for arriving EEA citizens who subsist as beggars. -
She thought they were going on holiday – then her husband confiscated her and the children’s passportsViolence in close relationships does not stop at national borders. Perpetrators may exploit the family’s ties to another country to threaten and pressure family members. -
"We need to talk about how we assess teacher students"We often discuss how assessment should take place. But do we consider the purpose of assessment? asks an OsloMet researcher. -
Our work on sustainability
The world faces large and complex challenges that we need to solve through collaboration and partnerships. At OsloMet we are committed to do our share. -
Sustainability in education
One of OsloMet’s most important contributions to sustainable development are our students and PhD candidates. -
Transport Infrastructure Engineering
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Investigative Journalism and Cross Border Cooperation (MJ5100)
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Virtual Immersion for Student Awareness of Climate Change
An international research project investigating how Virtual Reality (VR) can be used to raise student awareness of climate change, its consequences and possible responses. -
To touch and be touched: Communication and interaction in physiotherapy practice
Touch as a therapeutic tool is essential in physiotherapy practice and used for various therapeutic purposes. -
An AI solution to aches and painsThe Centre for Intelligent Musculoskeletal Health (CIM), OsloMet's new Centre of Research Excellence, uses AI to develop innovative and effective interventions for musculoskeletal health. -
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. -
The cost of Norway’s housingNorway’s social housing system is too small and complicated to care for the country’s most vulnerable. -
One in four seniors feel digitally discriminated againstMany seniors feel pressured to participate digitally, but just as many celebrate the way the internet enables them to participate in society. -
Classroom Research (PHUV9370)
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Discourses and Power (PHUV9340)
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Educational Design Research Methods (PHUV9450)
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Organization of the Welfare State
The research group will provide knowledge about the organization, implementation, and effects of public services. -
Slipping through the safety netNorway and many other European countries have robust social safety nets. Yet they continue to fail their poorest citizens. -
New project will take a look at Norwegian health cooperation with RussiaSince the mid-1990s, Norway and Russia have collaborated on challenges in the health and social care sector. Researchers at OsloMet have now been commissioned to evaluate a grant scheme for this health collaboration. -
Artificial intelligence in healthcare
At OsloMet we work on developing algorithms and models using machine learning tailored towards applications in medical research that will help to solve the challenges in the healthcare sector. -
Guide to the use of KODEM
This is a guide to how researchers can use existing data in KODEM, as well as buy or apply for a free space for collecting new data. -
Investigative journalism with AI
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Young people may face particular challenges in the post-Corona labour marketThe coronavirus pandemic has resulted in both a global health crisis and a financial crisis on a scale never before seen in modern times. The labour market that emerges in the wake of the crisis may impact younger workers harder than others. -
Young people may face particular challenges in the post-Corona labour market
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in both a global health crisis and a financial crisis on a scale never before seen in modern times. The labour market that emerges in the wake of the crisis may impact younger workers harder than others. -
Cultural-Historical Activity Theory – CHAT (PHUV9350)
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Robotics and Control
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Climate change and ecosystems management in Malawi and Tanzania
A project to strengthen research capacity and capabilities in institutions in Malawi and Tanzania. -
How to communicate effectively during a pandemicThere are some common mistakes the media and health authorities make when communicating a pandemic threat, according to Professor Harald Hornmoen. -
How to get more people to bicycleIn his new book, cycling researcher Daniel Piatkowski shows how we can get even more people out of cars and onto bikes. -
Artificial Intelligence LabOsloMet AI Lab administers research and student projects in artificial intelligence. -
Physiotherapy students contribute to the Homeless World CupAs per tradition, physiotherapy students from OsloMet were on hand to contribute in the nineteenth Homeless World Cup. -
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. -
Philosophy of Science and Research Methods (MGVM4100)
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Arts-Based Research Processes – An Introduction (PHUV9380)
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Three new Ukraine projects for NIBRWork life, municipal cooperation and researcher networks will be strengthened through three new major research projects. -
Young people use cannabis in different ways – one group raises concernResearchers categorize young cannabis users into four groups. For most, it's about curiosity, belonging, or exploring new youth identities. But for a few, usage is linked to loneliness and mental health challenges. -
Department of Facilities Management
The Department is responsible for land use planning, property management and development, access to buildings, physical security, auditorium assistance, events and provide frontline services. -
Cloud-based Services and Operations
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Electronics and Biomedical Systems
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Data Science
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Universal Design of ICT
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Ungdata plus. A longitudinal study of boys and girls in Vestfold and Telemark, Norway
Ungdata plus will collect data on what children and young people in Vestfold and Telemark (Norway) do in their leisure time and examine how this is related to their health and quality of life, and important life outcomes as adults – such as education, work and family life. -
What will the clouds above us be like in the future?Artificial intelligence can now be trained to predict what the cloud cover will look like when the climate changes. -
Using botox to prevent migraine and treat painMillions of people experience chronic pain and migraine, but until recently there were very few treatments available. That’s changing now, thanks to professor Parisa Gazerani’s work. -
Researchers seek to better understand the lives of young people in NorwayUsing a variety of methods, OsloMet researchers are gaining new insights into young people's opinions, struggles and aspirations. -
Innovation Award Winner: “My first thought was: Have they made a mistake?”It all began with a single bachelor’s course for five engineering and computer science students. Now there are nine courses and around 100 students each year. But Tulpesh Patel never expected to receive an innovation award. -
With car and glasses packed with sensors, Chaoru explores the urban environmentChaoru Lu, Associate Professor at OsloMet, displays gadgets that are nothing short of exciting: mobile data collection platforms. -
Behavior Analysis and Radical Behaviorism (MALK4000-403)
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Educational Sciences
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Research and development
Department of Built Environment participate in research groups in priority areas. -
NIBR project receives research funding to strengthen the inclusion of young refugeesA new research initiative aims to develop innovative solutions to improve the integration of young refugees in Norway, placing youth themselves at the center as co-creators in the process. -
Having children does not automatically result in a happier lifeAccording to a study from OsloMet, having children does not increase quality of life, even in old age. -
AI-driven exploration in interdisciplinary projects with Religious Education (KIDU)
PhD project exploring how artificial intelligence can be used in schools in ways that encourage active exploration and dialogue, rather than passive use in Religious Education (RE). -
AI-driven exploration in interdisciplinary projects with Religious Education (KIDU)
PhD project exploring how artificial intelligence can be used in schools in ways that encourage active exploration and dialogue, rather than passive use in Religious Education (RE). -
Fear of failure hinders creativity“Making mistakes helps us learn and improve, and it is by making mistakes that we discover new ideas,” says OsloMet professor Ingeborg Stana. -
Applied Artificial Intelligence
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Mental Health
Our research concerns social, psychological and biological factors that affect mental health. -
EPS projects spring 2026
Overview - EPS projects spring 2026. -
Play, Movement, Nature and Outdoor Education – Nordic Childhoods (BLH3340)
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Only 1 in 10 Ukrainians want to returnVery few Ukrainian refugees say they want to return to Ukraine when the war ends. Half of them wish to stay in Norway permanently. -
Adolescent Physical Violence. Understanding Societal Trends and Life Outcomes for Perpetrators
This project covers the use of violence among Norwegian adolescents and is financed through the Domestic Violence Research Program at NOVA. -
Geotechnical Engineering
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Structural Engineering
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Smart Water Engineering
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From PhD candidate to full-time faculty memberMarco Tagliabue arrived in Oslo from Italy in February of 2015 armed with just two suitcases and an ambition to pursue his doctoral studies. Then he never left. -
Finding full acceptance 7,000 kilometres from homeMaster's student Austin Lavender discovered his love for Norwegian culture, language, and the northern climate while studying on exchange, so he decided to settle in for his graduate degree. -
What motivates Ukrainian refugees to return?Researchers from NIBR will in a new project examine what might motivate Ukrainian refugees to return. -
What characterizes Norwegian entrepreneurs? And why are there so few of them?How do financial shocks affect who dares to take the leap and what we can do to strengthen entrepreneurship and innovation? -
Adult children increasingly help their elderly parents navigate the online worldNew research from OsloMet reveals that adult children in Norway are more likely to help their elderly parents use the internet and their smart phone than with any other kind of task. -
Norwegians among the least lonely in EuropeThe Nordic countries stand out with a low prevalence of loneliness. The welfare state, health and culture explain a lot. This is revealed in a new book about loneliness in Europe. -
The Network for Family ResearchA research network at Norwegian Social Research (NOVA). -
Kindergarten collaboration with multilingual families
Kindergartens need knowledge about children's language environment at home and in their free time. Download tools to assess children's language environment. -
Beyond access: improving quality of early years reading instructions in Ethiopia
The objective of the project is to improve the quality of education for primary grades in Ethiopian schools. -
Sustainable Societies in the 21st Century: From Welfare States to Eco-social States (WEST)
The WEST project examines what we call the ecological dilemma of the Norwegian welfare state. -
Many young people have sex for the first time to “get it over with”For many adolescents, having “had sex” equals having had penetrative intercourse. Several say they had sex the first time mainly to avoid being the one who “hasn’t done it” — not because it felt right in the moment. -
Podcast on entrepreneurship at OsloMetIn this podcast, we have invited two of OsloMets experts on innovation, Ranveig Strøm and George Anthony Giannoumis. -
About SmartMet Lab
SmartMet Lab is a strategic initiative hosted at the Department of Built Environment (BE) at the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD). -
Innovation and Enterprise Development
We research people's opportunities, innovation, and participation both within organizations and as part of societal development. Through our groundbreaking and action-oriented research, we aim to contribute to a fair and sustainable future. -
Holistic follow‑up of low‑income families (the HOLF project)
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Building Technology
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Evaluation of the Children's and Family Agency's arena flexible team for child welfare
The project will generate knowledge that can shed light on whether the Children and Family Agency's arena-flexible team is functioning as intended and whether there is a need for changes in the measures. -
Department of Research and Development (R&D)
The department is responsible for developing and supporting OsloMet as a research and innovation institution. This work is carried out in collaboration with the leadership and all research environments at the university. -
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Expanding collaboration with SingaporeOsloMet is expanding its collaboration with the National University of Singapore. -
SOCRATES
Seeking radical breakthroughs toward efficient and powerful data analysis available everywhere. -
Equipment and other services for the visually impaired
The library in P48 has a book and text scanner. The equipment is useful for visually impaired, dyslexic, and others with reading difficulties, or who wish to have text read aloud. -
Transport, Infrastructure, and Urban development (TransFrUrban)
The field of the research group is smart mobility, smart infrastructure, and urban planning. -
Why you should start drawing againMost people stop drawing as children. Drawing has a number of benefits, however—even for adults. -
Bringing Home Languages to Light: Perspectives from Polish Families and Professionals in Norwegian ECECs
PhD project exploring how home languages are supported and implemented in Norwegian early childhood education and care (ECEC), as viewed from the perspectives of minority parents and pedagogical leaders. -
Network for Educational Research
This network is a platform for further developing educational research at the Faculty of Health Sciences, in collaboration with other stakeholders in education and healthcare. -
The Study of Professions
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Single PhD courses in Engineering Science
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Norway leading in digitalization, but not everyone is benefittingDigitizing government welfare services is supposed to help make services more accessible to everyone. Are they unintentionally leaving people behind? -
Decisions on contact between parents and children in child welfare care measures
The main purpose of this study is to develop knowledge on how child welfare employees and County Social Welfare Boards assess and justify the organization and extent of contact between children, siblings and parents after a care measure. -
10 JuneHow can art, design and technology shape transdisciplinary research?
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NordSTAR
NordSTAR is a Centre of Research Excellence in modern AI that aims to establish a new paradigm in AI basic research. -
Circles of care – Family caregivers’ experiences with recurrent nursing home admissions for relatives living with dementia
The project explores family caregivers’ experiences with repeated transitions between home and nursing homes for people with dementia, and how these affect caregiver burden, relationships, and care quality. -
A new artificial intelligence research centreOsloMet has unveiled a new artificial intelligence research centre. The centre, it is hoped, will help strengthen Norway's position as a leading actor in the AI field. -
Norwegian study looks at how the Coronavirus pandemic is affecting people’s health and careersThe coronavirus pandemic is affecting the majority of employed adults in Norway, but in different ways. -
Education as resistance in GazaDuring the brutal war in Gaza, young Palestinians risk their lives to go online and pursue an education. For many, war itself is a source of motivation. -
Developing tools for safer bridges and tunnelsThe Research Council of Norway has allocated NOK 500,000 to the research project "InfraGuard", which aims to explore new technology for safer transport infrastructure, with a particular focus on bridges and tunnels. -
Teacher Research Literacy (TREL): Comparative Trajectories in the Nordic-Baltic Region
TREL aims to identify good practices in the Nordic-Baltic educational context. -
Sub-strategy for Societal Improvement
OsloMet shall have a strong national and international profile characterised by our knowledge and ability to listen, communicate and collaborate. -
YouHope: Practicing hope
In YouHope we will challenge myths and stereotypes of integration issues concerning youth citizens in super-diverse urban communities. -
Humanitarian Report 2019: Between the Welfare State and Voluntary Work
This project aims to give a comprehensive picture of what services are available for certain vulnerable groups in Norway. -
Design for Health
The focus of the research group is to contribute with knowledge and bring health research evidence into co-design for the concrete innovative personalized healthcare services and assistive technologies. -
Bachelor’s Semester Programme in Mechanical Engineering, spring
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From Conversation to Text: AI-Supported Prewriting in Lower Secondary School
PhD project examining how students develop ideas and experience authorship when, during prewriting, they use a chatbot that only asks questions and does not generate text. -
Work in Progress
Work in Progress aims to promote successful social and professional trajectories among youngsters leaving institutional care. -
Impact of cancer chemotherapy treatment on hearing, smell and cognitive function (CanHear)
This PhD project investigates how two different types of chemotherapy may affect sensory functions such as smell and hearing, as well as cognition, in individuals undergoing cancer treatment. -
Claudia van der Laag appointed expert reviewer for the European CommissionProfessor Claudia van der Laag has been appointed to the prestigious role of Independent Expert Reviewer for the European Commission. -
2026 08 JunPublic defence: Lea Graff
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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. -
21 SeptemberThe Fourth International CHILDLIFE Conference
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12 JunePublic defence: Ann Marie Hestetun-Mandrup
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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. -
Mathematics, Science and Computational Thinking (MASCOT)
MASCOT is an interdisciplinary, collaborative and innovative research collaboration that aims to develop knowledge about teaching, learning and assessment processes of computational thinking in teacher education and school. -
Negotiating Artistry and Agency in AI music
A study on musicians’ interaction with computer-generated and automated music systems -
The Network for Ageing Research at OsloMetA Centre for Welfare and Labour Research initiative aimed at coordinating ageing research expertise at OsloMet. -
Where students become entrepreneursGründergarasjen at OsloMet provides a unique environment where engineering and computer science students can transform their ideas into real start-ups. -
Housing as a Welfare Good for Young NEETs
This project explores how housing conditions affect young people who are neither in education, employment, nor training (NEETs) in Oslo. -
About NIBRWe are a social science research institute at OsloMet. Our key qualifications consist of place and governance studies, nationally and internationally, in selected policy areas. -
KunstForsk – Arts-based- and artistic research
The purpose of the research group KunstForsk – Arts-based and artistic research is to establish a research community interested in the arts' distinctive research processes, to facilitate arts-based research and artistic research. -
Introduction to Norwegian Kindergartens and Schools
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Delayed language development
Some children struggle with language. Learn more about delayed language development and download assessment tools for children's language skills. -
Close by, from a distance?How does technology in education affect students’ connection with school, university or education in general? -
Positive feeding of the preterm infant (PoP)
The purpose of the study is to develop a feeding strategy based on developmentally supportive care and the preterm infant's cues. -
Child Welfare Services and their Work With Cases of Violence and Abuse
This project aims to fill the knowledge gap about how the child welfare service tackles violence and abuse cases. -
InfraGuard
The primary objective is to solidify the developed framework for response analysis of critical sea-crossing transport infrastructure and assessment of traffic/vehicle performance, elevate the technology readiness level (TRL), and pave the road toward commercialization. -
Knowledge for Practice – the Knowledge Foundation for Social Work and Child Welfare
The research group conducts research directed towards development of knowledge and professional qualification in social work and social pedagogy. -
Using the libraryThe library is open to everyone! Find information about the libraries, lending rules, overdue notice, curriculum, facilitation and compensation. -
Complementary study programmes in Norwegian
Are you a refugee with a degree in teaching, bioengineering or nursing from outside the EU/EEA? When you are proficient in Norwegian and English, you can apply for these programmes. -
Education at Green Energy Lab
We foster interdisciplinary research, innovation and education for sustainable energy technology. -
Sub-strategy for Education
The sub-strategy for Education has three overarching objectives: Teaching that motivates learning, engaged students in an active study environment, and strong links between education and working life. -
"I feel like I have a place to stay anywhere in the world"Vivianne from Norway and Alicia from Switzerland are pursuing a Master's Degree in International Development, Education and Sustainabilities. -
He receives OsloMet's prize for Promising Researcher: “I always wanted to help others”Bineeth Kuriakose believes that artificial intelligence (AI) has great potential to help people – if it is used in an ethical and transparent way. -
They receive the Society Improvement Award 2025: "A shift is happening now, where we better understand nature’s importance for us"Researchers Marte Indset and Gro Sandkjær Hansen receive the award for their work on sustainable land use management. "We have conducted research together with the field practitioners, not on them," they explain. -
How to make AI we can trustArtificial intelligence offers great promise, but suffers from a trust deficit. Researchers at OsloMet are seeking to make this technology more trustworthy and, ultimately, more sustainable. -
How can we make the best possible recovery after a stroke?Every year, around 12,000 Norwegians have a stroke. Research fellow Solbakken has good advice for those affected. -
One in ten young people experience sexual harassment in sportsSexual violations among youth in sports are more common than we think – and not just from adults. Peers are often the perpetrators. -
Mental health and life satisfaction among youth with disabilities and experiences of services in the post-pandemic period (D-youth)
This project will provide new knowledge on mental health, life satisfaction, and use of services among youth with disabilities in the Nordic countries during the post-pandemic period. -
Digital health technology: implementation hinders and possibilities in non-critical emergency care cases
This qualitative study explores the barriers and opportunities related to implementing digital health solutions in non-critical emergency care within the Norwegian healthcare context. -
Strategies for Competence Integration and Lifelong Learning in European Destinations. Female Migrant Healthcare Workers in Scandinavia (SCILLED)
SCILLED will study professional development and lifelong learning among female migrant healthcare workers in Scandinavia. -
Strategies for Competence Integration and Lifelong Learning in European Destinations. Female Migrant Healthcare Workers in Scandinavia (SCILLED)
SCILLED will study professional development and lifelong learning among female migrant healthcare workers in Scandinavia. -
From Unskilled to Skilled workers – Adults Obtaining a Trade Certificate through the Practice Candidate Scheme
PhD project exploring how adults without upper secondary education learn their trade, develop a vocational identity, and obtain a trade certificate through the Norwegian practice candidate scheme. -
Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) Study Groups in Physiotherapy Education
The project investigates OsloMet’s voluntary first-semester PAL scheme in physiotherapy, emphasizing safe learning environments, bridging theory and practice, PAL leaders’ development, and further development of the scheme. -
Learning Model for Self-Determination - II
People with intellectual disability have lower levels of self-determination than others. In this project, we conduct a community-based intervention aimed at enhancing self-determination skills, such as setting goals and making decisions. -
Digital Learning Arenas
The research group focuses on research on digital competence and digitalisation in education policy, pedagogy, didactics, and schooling – across all levels, subjects, and teacher education. -
Sustainable Built Environment (SustainaBuilt)
This research group research sustainable engineering solutions for the built environment. -
Lack of knowledge affects people with visual impairments"Employers do not know enough about visual impairment and therefore choose not to hire applicants," says research fellow Gagan Chhabra at OsloMet. -
26 OctoberNORDLOCH Oslo Conference 2026
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26 OctoberNORDLOCH Oslo Conference 2026
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Palliative care for children and adolescents in Oslo Municipality, Søndre Nordstrand
The purpose of the project is to increase participation through strengthened and seamless services for children with life-threatening and/or life-limiting conditions and their families. -
Poverty and Violence: Children’s Exposure to Violence in Light of the Family’s Economic Situation
The project examines what existing research tells us about connections between family economic conditions and children’s and young people’s exposure to violence in the family. -
UK native named Student of the YearCarla Louise Hughes embraced the challenge of starting graduate school in a new country during a pandemic. Now, she is making an impact as a member of the team at the Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society. -
Clothing research at SIFOClothing, textiles and sustainability is one of SIFO's core research areas. -
Research ethics
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Sustainability and Technology in Work and Learning
The group focuses on learning in schools and work, primarily within technological fields. -
Cosmopolitan Turn and Democratic Sentiments (CONSENT)
CONSENT is a large bilateral project between Norway and Romania. The main objective is to investigate empirically, both in Romania and Norway, to what extent the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is considered to be relevant when developing politics and law. -
Staying on Track – completion in vocational education and training
A longitudinal interview study following vocational students with low grades from lower secondary education through upper secondary vocational education and training (VET). -
Innovation Award to Gustavo MelloAI Lab leader Gustavo Mello was awarded the Innovation Award for his many efforts to create and strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations between the AI Lab and other research groups at OsloMet. -
"We must take seriously the complex and meaningful lives children and young people live”Christer Hyggen will lead OsloMet's thematic research initiative on the inclusion of more children and young people. -
We do not know enough about the digital everyday lives of children and young peopleHalla B. Holmarsdottir is investigating how technology affects the lives of children and young people. -
How to make digitalisation work for all citizensWe can access bank accounts, healthcare, and social benefits through the internet using our phones and computers, yet not everyone is able to take advantage of these technologies. -
Together against PutinThe conflicts between the different ethnic groups in Ukraine have been exaggerated according to researchers at OsloMet. -
Unemployment is harmful to your health – especially if you are a manMen suffer more health problems as a result of unemployment than women, according to recent research from OsloMet. -
Norway’s hidden gender inequalityNorway is a gender equal and diverse country, but disparities in parenting roles persist with detrimental economic implications. -
Socioeconomic background of parents influences young people’s payment difficultiesThe probability of young people ending up with debt problems is linked to their parents’ socioeconomic background. -
Narcissistic leaders: Not always a bad thing?Is it possible to make positive use of narcissism in the workplace and could it have any real benefits? Researchers have examined this in a new study. -
"Ukraine faces a massive emigration problem, a real headache"Trust in Ukrainian authorities weighs heavily when refugees consider returning. A new report shows how both politics and personal circumstances shape the decision to stay or go back. -
Bringing the classroom to life with VRHow can we make teaching about climate change more engaging? Deniz Atal Demirbacak is researching how virtual reality (VR) can be used to engage lower secondary pupils. -
Academic Language and Practice
The aim of the research group is the exploration and analysis of language use in multilingual and multicultural academic contexts, in particular the use of Norwegian and English in higher education. -
Subjective discounting of delayed rewards
The project examines preference for immediate versus delayed rewards in animal models and in humans to identify variables that control choice. -
Sports Research at the Ungdata Centre
The project aims to update and widen our knowledge about participation in sports and physical activity and experiences with sports among children and young people in Norway. -
Subjective discounting of delayed rewards
The project examines preference for immediate versus delayed rewards in animal models and in humans to identify variables that control choice. -
Work Research Institute (AFI)
AFI is a social science institute performing multidisciplinary, action-oriented research. -
Innovation for Sustainability
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English proficiency requirements for international exchange students
You have to document your English proficiency in order to qualify for exchange at OsloMet. -
Teaching Practice and Learning Outside the Classroom (ULUK)
The interdisciplinary research group examines teaching and learning outside the traditional classroom throughout the school years. -
Anxiety and depression more common among adults with ADHDAccording to new research, there may be several reasons for this. -
Wealthy cities' role in reducing textile wastePromoting slower consumption and more local reuse are among the suggestions for what wealthy cities can do to reduce textile exports to poor countries. -
Elderly with no partner or family contact face higher risk of early deathA large Norwegian study shows that social isolation and loneliness can significantly increase the risk of early death among older adults. -
The world needs better data on refugees and displaced peopleRecord-high numbers of refugees create an urgent need for updated, accurate, and comprehensive statistics. – Absolutely crucial for making good policy. -
How is e-learning utilized in Norwegian municipalities?
This project investigates how e-learning is implemented and utilized in organizations. -
NAV and Domestic Violence
In this project, we examine how NAV works with issues related to domestic violence and how individuals exposed to violence experience their contact with NAV. -
Sexual Harassment in Young People’s Digital Everyday Lives
In this project the researchers will investigate how young people aged 13–19 experience and cope with sexual harassment online. -
Challenging Picturebooks in Education: Rethinking Language and Literature Learning
We study explorative approaches and inclusive learning through challenging picturebooks in schools, kindergartens and libraries. -
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. -
OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Fellow - call for applications
We announce a call for applications to become an OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Fellow. -
About NOVANOVA is one of the largest social science research institutes in Norway. The institute conducts research on different aspects of society and the welfare state. We focus on the entire life cycle, from cradle to grave. -
Teacher Education Panel Study (TEPS)
The Teacher Education Panel Study (TEPS) is a comprehensive study on the implementation of teacher education in Norway. -
Mapping of substance abuse in the Department of children and families in the city of Oslo
The aim of the project is to contribute to developing knowledge about how child welfare institutions detect substance abuse at the earliest possible stage. -
The best way to work from homeOsloMet students created a manual with good tips on working from home or anywhere else. -
How do Norway, Sweden and Denmark address urban segregation differently?The Scandinavian countries have attracted migrants from around the world. While some of the measures they have adopted to combat segregation are similar, policy responses in the three countries also indicate significant divergences. -
Communities influence kids, but parents shape communitiesMost parents have reflected on how the neighbourhood they live in affects their children’s futures. Yet most research ignores parents' role in actively shaping the communities their children grow up in. -
Our way of life threatens future generationsIf current trends continue, today’s six-year-olds are expected to face twice as many wildfires and five times as many droughts during their lifetimes compared to today’s adults. -
What Characterizes Adolescents Attending Municipal Youth Clubs in Terms of Well-being?
The purpose of the study is to investigate municipalities’ potential to actively use youth clubs to promote issues concerning adolescents’ health and well-being. -
Safe and Simple Point of Contact with Relatives
Research and innovation project with loneliness-reducing technology in elderly care in Oslo, where Nursing Home agency, City of Oslo (SYE) and No Isolation will adapt the consumer technology KOMP for use in institutions. -
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 tripartite collaboration. -
Survey of old peoples' living situation and housing preferences for the future
The project investigates the housing situation of the elderly and their housing wishes and plans for the future. -
Fundamentals of PhD Supervision
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Health and Welfare Studies
The Department for Health and Welfare Studies maintains a long-standing research tradition at NOVA on the topic of welfare state services and benefits, organisation and users. -
A PhD experience that opens up a world of possibilitiesMariya Khoronzhevych is working toward her doctorate in social work and social policy. Along the way, she has had rewarding off-campus experiences that offer a complement to her professional journey at OsloMet. -
A whole new way of organising social servicesAs a master's student at OsloMet, Ley Muller learned to analyse and engage with alternatives to the American approach. -
English as a Lingua Franca For Inclusive Multilingual Classrooms (ENRICH)
ENRICH aims at developing a high-quality Continuous Professional Development infrastructure. -
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. -
R-INSECURE: Responsible Internationalization, Inclusion, and National Security in Norwegian Research Organizations in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape
R-INSECURE addresses the evolving tensions between national security and internationalization and inclusion, in the Norwegian higher education and research sector. -
Critical perspectives on work integration of immigrants
The project focuses on how work inclusion may improve the social inclusion of migrants within comparative urban settings. -
Promoting Integrity as an Integral Dimension of Excellence in Research
Research integrity is a growing concern. From the perspective of the research work floor, including the daily work of journal editors or research managers, PRINTEGER will analyse how current instruments of integrity policy operate in practice. -
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. -
COMPRESSED − A longitudinal study of compressed work schedules within the health, care and welfare servicesWith increasing need for more workforce in the healthcare-sector, the offers of the future is reliant on how we precure sufficient staff and maintain the health of the workers. -
Upbringing, Family Life, and Seeking Help in 'Closed' Religious Communities
This project aims to build knowledge about upbringing and family life in religious communities that can be understood as closed, and the significance of this closed nature for children's rights. -
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. -
Public housing, place and solidarity. A comparative project on belonging, tenant participation and public housing
This project will examine the relationship between tenant participation and belonging in three different contexts and housing regimes in Malmø, Oslo and Quebec. -
This robot can help children with health challenges out of isolationEven when the pandemic has been brought under control, many children will be unable to attend school for various reasons. Can robots help improve their school experience? -
How Machine Learning Uncovers Hidden Trends in Online HateA long term study of posts on Facebook and X in Norway shows that hate speech is growing, but much of the toxicity comes from a small group of users. -
OsloMet gets digital top laboratoryOsloMet students get a state-of-the-art digital laboratory within construction engineering, building technology and sustainable design. -
OsloMet Introduces Virtual Laboratory for Green EnergyOsloMet launches a virtual laboratory dedicated to green energy research and education. -
Won award for breakthrough heat pump studyAn OsloMet-led research team has won an Innovative Technology Recognition Award demonstrating how multiple propane air-to-water heat pumps operating in cascade can deliver continuous, energy-efficient heating in Nordic winters. -
How does welfare conditionality affect political participation?
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Transitions in Late Careers: Obstacles and Opportunities
In this project, we aim to identify the barriers workers may encounter as they age, with a focus on critical turning points and transitions. -
Enhancing Integration through Practical Training
The project will foster better intercultural understanding and professional inclusion of students with language and networking challenges. -
Meaningful writing instruction, play and audience awareness in primary grades
PhD project which focuses on how first-grade pupils write for real audiences and how they develop audience awareness when provided with a play-based writing instruction. -
Rising concern for capacity-overload in Norwegian municipalities“Record-high immigration and new restrictions aimed at making Norway less attractive to people fleeing their countries.” This is how a new OsloMet report summarizes the key developments in the field of immigration. -
Potential research project ideas for PhD Fellowships at Oslo Business School
We reference to the advertisement for PhD fellowships, these are some relevant project ideas within the different research areas of Oslo Business School. -
Quality of Life
We conduct research on health-promoting, preventive, and therapeutic interventions with improved quality of life as the overarching goal. -
VocEdData
The project studies students’ motivation, mastery, and learning experiences in both school-based and workplace-based training, aiming to generate knowledge that can enhance vocational education. -
The tensions of street-level social work for migrant inclusion – discretion, differentiation and deportability (TESMI)
We focus on street-level social work aimed at migrants in Finland, Norway and Sweden, and on how they experience such it. -
What characterizes the kindergarten's translanguaging practices in working with multilingual children aged 3–5?
PhD project aimed at understanding how kindergartens create opportunities for children to use of their mother tongue. -
A FAIR Trade: Making words, data, and power Findable, Accessible, Interpretable, and Responsible for a FAIR Market
This project explores how artificial intelligence can help make financial communication clearer, fairer, and more accessible for everyone. -
The importance of elective subjects in lower secondary school
To what extent, and in what ways, do elective subjects in lower secondary school contribute to students’ motivation, sense of mastery, and their choice of educational programs in upper secondary school? -
Six myths about gender, family and work life in NorwayNorway is widely regarded as a pioneer in the area of gender equality. What does the latest research tell us about the strides women have made in society and the state of gender equality more broadly? -
Five measures that can prevent violence against childrenLess severe violence against children and young people is declining, whereas severe forms of violence remain stable. According to OsloMet researchers, there are five measures that can reduce severe violence. -
EUROSHIP – Closing Gaps in Social Citizenship. New Tools to Foster Social Resilience in Europe
The overall aim of the EUROSHIP project is to provide an original and gender-sensitive assessment of the current gaps in social protection across Europe. -
Social Sciences
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International impulses at Norway's most urban universityBetween the multicultural city of Oslo, colleagues from around the world, and a strong commitment to Open Access publishing, prospective PhD students and researchers will encounter a diverse, international environment at OsloMet. -
OsloMet invites you to the SDG Conference 2026The annual sustainability conference in the higher education sector will take place in Oslo on February 2–3, 2026. -
Quantum Hub publications and media
The Quantum Hub's most important publications and dissemination activities. -
Sustained employment of 'hard-to-place' citizens in small and medium sized enterprises: A mixed-method study in Norway and the Netherlands (ENGAGE)
We aim to develop new knowledge about how small and medium sized enterprises (SME) can contribute successfully to the sustained workplace inclusion of vulnerable ‘hard-to-place’ citizens, and can be supported effectively in doing so. -
The Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study (NorLAG)
A multidisciplinary and longitudinal study that includes data on well-being, health, work, care, and family relations in the second half of life (age 40+). -
Standardized methods and assessments in the police's crime prevention work
When should the police target children and youth for crime prevention initiatives, and when should they not? In this project, I study the police's methods and justifications for doing what they’re doing in person-oriented prevention (which involves both focused deterrence strategies and social crime prevention). -
Polyvocal Interpretations of Contested Colonial Heritage (PICCH)
PICCH aims to identify key instances of colonial audio-visual heritage across the three archives and open up a dialogue between the archives and a variety of users. -
Improving personalized treatment in health care for lower spine disorders
The aim of the study is to deepen the understanding of how patients with lower spine disorders, general practitioners (GPs), physiotherapists and hospital doctors make decisions about treatment. -
Competency at Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) offices
The purpose of the project is to investigate how competence is developed at local NAV offices. -
Coordinated Care for Children: Enhancing Quality in Health and Welfare Services to Families with Disabled Children (CoCare)
How can the child coordinator scheme contribute to improved quality and coordination of health and welfare services for families with children with disabilities? -
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. -
Experience downtown Oslo like a localJoin OsloMet student Olaug for a tour of her favourite places to eat, swim, shop and hang out—just a few minutes from campus. -
Advancing musical traditions through technologyWhat started as a digital aid for kindergarten teachers quickly evolved into an ambitious project to renew and preserve the Norwegian song repertoire, for children and adults alike. -
More than just work: How an immigrant finds belongingState-run integration programs tend to view immigrants through an employment-colored lense. Erika Gubrium thinks she has found a better way. -
Making universal design truly universalExamples of universal design are all around us but mostly focus on helping people with physical disabilities while designers often forget about accommodating cognitive disabilities. -
Local government was key to managing the pandemicA major Nordic study shows that local authorities played a crucial role in handling COVID-19 – and why trust and flexibility are key to surviving future crises. -
OsloMet AI Lab granted status of Excellent Academic Environment with NordSTARNordic Centre for Sustainable and Trustworthy AI research (NordSTAR) will be OsloMets high quality academic environment in modern Artificial Intelligence. -
LUILOK 2.0 – localisation of the Faculty of Education and International Studies’ activities
Localisation of the Faculty of Education and International Studies’ activities. -
Follow-up Research – Living Conditions, Upbringing and Education. Area Studies in Loddefjord and Olsvik
The theme of this project is the process and implementation of an area initiative in the Municipality of Bergen. -
DISCo: Digital infrastructures for sustainable consumption: Redirecting, reorganizing, reducing and reimaging consumption
DISCo aims to produce knowledge on how consumption can move in a more sustainable direction by applying digital technologies. -
Private accommodation as an alternative during the influx of Ukrainian refugees (PRIVATBO)
During the refugee influx from Ukraine from 2022 and onwards, the number of refugees staying outside reception centers before settlement in Norwegian municipalities increased significantly compared to previous years. This project aims to gain more knowledge about how IMDi and the municipalities' follow-up these refugees and how the refugees have experienced staying in private accommodation before settlement. -
Research-Based Teaching and Collaborative Learning in Physical Education (FUSK)
The project aims to bring pupils, teachers, student teachers, and teacher educators together in the joint development of physical education as a school subject. -
Facilitating change from within
The project investigates how core reflection and Bildung can be used to promote professional development in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE). -
(Re)habilitation – Individuals, Services and Society
The group conducts research in the fields of rehabilitation and children’s habilitation. The service users’ life situation, service delivery and cooperation between users and professionals. -
Vocational Education and Training in Transformation (FYKE)
The group works on projects related to continuous changes in professions, work and education. -
Abstracts
Abstracts for the conference "Tracing, shaping and reshaping culinary heritage" 5.-6. September 2022. -
Media Narration Group (MNG)
This research group examines how the media present and reflect different perspectives on reality through various forms of production and expression. -
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. -
Guidelines for collection development
OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan university shall be a leading provider of research-based knowledge for the welfare society. -
Charter and Code – The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R)
The Charter and Code are key elements in the EU’s policy to boost researchers’ careers. -
New EU project will strengthen education and resilience in Palestine and UkraineFORWARD will give students in Palestine and Ukraine tools to help their communities become more resilient in the face of war. -
Using AI to improve investigative interviews with childrenResearchers and experts in the field of interviewing children are using artificial intelligence to develop new training methods for the police and the Child Welfare Services. -
The oil fund will not be there for our grandchildrenA close look at the principles governing the management of Norway’s oil fund shows that it may run out in two generations or less. -
Expanding knowledge about Ukraine through research and academic collaborationOsloMet is home to some of Norway's leading experts on Ukraine. With the country under full-scale attack from Russia, their research, knowledge of the region, and collaborations with other Ukraine scholars have never been so important. -
Special Education and Inclusive Practices (SpecInc)
This research group focuses on children, young learners’ and adolescents’ participation, fellowship, development and learning from kindergarten throughout primary and secondary education. -
Structural Engineering Research Group (SERG)
This research group investigates broad aspects of structural engineering using a variety of experimental, computational and theoretical techniques. -
Centre for the Study of Professions (SPS)
Exploring the practice, politics and ethics of professions and professional practice. -
Meeting the mandatory GEP-requirements: The four building blocks
Under Horizon Europe, having a gender Equality Plan (GEP) will be an eligibility criterion for higher education establishments from EU Member States and Associates Countries, such as Norway. -
Transport and urban planning
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Activity Friend for Persons with Dementia
The project addresses what role the "activity friend" volunteers play in municipal health care and for people with dementia in Norway. -
Young People and Political Extremism
NOVA has initiated a research project about political attitudes and engagement among Norwegian youth. Trust and mistrust in societal and political institutions among ordinary and radical youth is central to the study. -
Let's Become Inspirers and Architects of a Sustainable School
The project targets challenges in the school environment and aims to foster inclusive teaching practices by developing "green skills". -
Evaluation of Guttas Campus 2024–2025
In 2024 and 2025, NOVA will carry out an evaluation of the learning course Guttas Campus. -
PROTEXT: Protest in context. Social workers, protest and social change in different welfare regimes
PROTEXT aims to provide empirical, contextualized and comparative data about social workers and collective actions in different countries. -
Children and Young People in Sport – Knowledge for a More Inclusive Sports Sector
What influences Norwegian children and young people's participation in organised sport – and who gets left behind? -
Revolutionizing child interviews: How AI technology could enhance legal protection in UkraineSoftware developed at OsloMet could help improve the precision of child interviews in Ukraine, ensuring that stories of abuse are brought to light. -
Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD)
The Faculty of Technology, Art and Design offers higher education and R&D activities within technical subjects, arts and design. -
Erasmus+ gave a lot extraThe two research assistants from Germany knew a lot about predicting electricity prices, which OsloMet benefits from. -
Work Inclusion in North and South: Comparative Urban Contexts (WINS)
The WINS project focuses on how work inclusion may improve the social inclusion of migrants within comparative urban settings. -
Assessment for Learning in Citizenship Education (ALiCE)
The project aims to develop a framework for assessment, with a focus on formative assessment, in the context of citizenship education across Europe. -
Digital follow-up of patients with type 1 diabetes in the specialist health service (DigiDiaS)
This project aims to increase knowledge about user-guided treatment and digital tools in the follow-up of patients with type 1 diabetes at an endocrinology outpatient clinic. -
The Norwegian WHO Labour Care Guide trial (NORWELCG)
The Norwegian WHO LCG trial aims to uncover the impact of the LCG on labor interventions, maternal and newborn outcomes, and the childbirth experience, all tailored to Norway's unique healthcare system. -
Information Systems based on Metadata (METAINFO)
The METAINFO research group investigates how to improve people’s access to digital information. -
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. -
Understanding benefit sanctions in social assistance in Norway
This project focuses on what happens before a benefit sanction is imposed in social assistance in Norway. -
Work Inclusion in North and South: Comparative Urban Contexts (WORKINC)
This research group investigates how work inclusion may improve the social inclusion of migrants within comparative urban settings. -
Technology and Innovation in Organisation and Society (TIOS)
At TIOS, we conduct research on how technology and innovation shape and may contribute to sustainable, inclusive, and resilient organisations and societies. -
Researching the health effects of basic income in NorwayWorld-leading researchers on basic income gathered in Oslo in September for a two-day conference. -
Making Persons with Disabilities Full Citizens (DISCIT)
DISCIT aims to produce new knowledge enabling Member States, affiliated European countries and the European Union to achieve full and effective participation of persons with disabilities in society and economy. -
Researching the health effects of basic income in Norway
World-leading researchers on basic income gathered in Oslo in September for a two-day conference. -
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (UHPED)
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Gender Equality Plan for OsloMet 2025–2028
The Gender Equality Plan is in line with the requirements of the EU and the Research Council of Norway (RCN). -
Department of Built Environment
Department of Built Environment offers bachelor's and master's programmes in engineering, and has R&D activities. -
DigiGen – The Impact of Technological Transformations on the Digital Generation
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Improving aquaculture sustainability by modulating the feed-microbiome-host axis in Fish
The ImprovAFish project takes a transdisciplinary approach to address critical knowledge gaps related to the feed-microbe-host-axis in Atlantic salmon aquaculture production. -
Key Inclusive Development Strategies for Life-Long Learning (KIDS4ALLL)
KIDS4ALLL aims to pilot an innovative action that will experiment a learning method and learning environment in formal, non-formal and informal educational contexts to address the integration challenges of migrant children. -
Public health nurse’s in Child and Family Health Centres work to prevent and detect child maltreatment
This project initially aims to investigate attitudes and knowledge and current practices among Norwegian PHNs in CFHC to prevent and detect child maltreatment. -
European Consortium for Advanced Heat Pump Research
The purpose is to identify areas of research, establish parameters, and perform and report on research related to the application of advanced heat pump technology. -
Fetal monitoring in women with low risk of complications (LISTEN)
The project mainly performs research about fetal monitoring during labour and birth, in healthy women with low risk of complications. -
OsloMet's strategyThe strategy will give direction for Oslo Metropolitan University towards 2050. Oslo Metropolitan University develops knowledge to solve societal challenges. -
Master’s Semester Programme in Mechanical Engineering, autumn
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OsloMet research projects awarded prestigious Horizon 2020 grantsTwo international research projects coordinated by research teams at OsloMet have been awarded a total of six million Euros as part of the European Union’s flagship research programme, Horizon 2020. -
Major investment in sustainable energy launchedOsloMet has taken a step toward a greener future with the opening of the Green Energy Lab – a platform for research, innovation, and education in sustainable energy technology. -
Interventions in Work and Everyday Life
This research group’s main focus is on the development and evaluation of complex interventions in work and everyday life. -
Will develop smart maintenance of bridges and roadsOsloMet is investing eight million in strategic funds to develop smart monitoring and maintenance of infrastructure through innovative technology and data-driven solutions. -
Exhibition Arena OsloMetWe work with the dissemination, communication, and promotion of OsloMet’s academic activities at Campus Pilestredet and Campus Kjeller, including exhibitions, performances, book launches, and research dissemination projects. -
Knowledge baseHere you will find an overview of research-based knowledge about technical and vocational education and training. -
Optimising health literacy amongst parents with immigrant backgrounds (OPAL)The aim of the OPAL project is to develop knowledge about the health literacy of parents with immigrant backgrounds, as well as design and evaluate solutions to promote their health literacy. -
Ageing Research and Housing Studies
This research group is a department of the Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) and combines the best from two large research fields. -
Roles and responsibility in quality work
Here you will find an overview of roles and responsibilities in OsloMet's quality work. -
Strengthening teacher education in lesser taught languages (STELT)
The main aim of the project is to strengthen foreign language teacher education for French, German and Spanish in Norway. -
Organisation and Management
Research within the organization and management department spans across topics such as motivation and incentives, leader-member-relationships, organizational climate, virtual teams, health issues at work, gender and leadership, and work conditions for the self-employed. -
Immuno-microbial signatures in colorectal cancer
The project aims to define immuno-microbial signatures that can be used for non-invasive detection of colorectal cancer and pre-cancer stages. -
Reference Budget for Consumer ExpendituresThe Reference Budget estimates ordinary consumer expenditures for different types of households. -
PhD projects in Engineering Science
Overview of PhD projects in Engineering Science with name of the PhD student, working title of the project and name of the main supervisor. -
Information for young people and guardians who participate in research about Flyt
Here you will find information about what it means to participate in the research project GameChanger. -
Designing an intelligent gamified solution for treatment of scoliosis among children and adolescents
This PhD project focuses on understanding needs of youth with idiopathic scoliosis and to examine how the needs can be improved by using a digital solution – e.g. a smartphone application. -
Media, War and Conflict
The research group investigates and analyses journalism in and about war, conflict and peace processes. -
Economics and Methodology
The departments primary research interests and competence cover a variety og fields within economics and research methods. -
Moving to NorwayAre you thinking of moving to Norway to join OsloMet? We have one campus in the city centre of Oslo and one right outside of Oslo. -
Evaluation and Assessment (EnA)
This research group focuses on themes related to evaluating subject didactics, teacher education, teaching methods and learning materials. -
Midwifery Sciences
Our research focuses on pregnancy, birth, postnatal care and women’s and children’s health. -
Disease and Environmental Exposures
This research group is concerned with diseases and disorders that have a clear correlation to environmental factors both biotic and abiotic in origin. -
Innovative, sustainable public procurement of food and catering services
The project enables the participating public organizations to try out new and innovative public procurement strategies and practices. -
Working at OsloMetThe concept of work-life balance is firmly embedded in Norwegian society and working life. At OsloMet, we believe employees perform better if they are able to balance work, family and free time. -
Young in Oslo 2026Young in Oslo is a unique Ungdata-study that has been conducted since the mid-1990s. The survey provides important information about what it is like to grow up in Oslo, and how this has changed over time. -
Political Dynamics of the Cultural Sector (POLYCUL)
This project depart from the hypothesis that explanations for developments in cultural policy, and in particular its failure to realize programmatic goals, are found in the dynamics of interest-based politics that at work in the cultural sector.
