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Is your kitchen clean enough?
Every year, 5,000 Europeans die from diseases contracted from food. Researchers visited people’s homes and discovered both good and bad kitchen habits in different European countries.
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Experimental kitchen studies from all over Europe
How do European consumers perceive the quality of the food they eat? Join us in exploring the thoughts and practices of 40 households from seven European countries.
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Master's Trick: “It was important to set everything else aside”
Anders Blomberg found a clever way to put his phone away. The result was the award for the best master’s thesis at OsloMet.
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NordSTAR paper in ICES
A student project from Evolutionary AI and Robotics is set to be presented and published as a conference paper
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International inclusion from day one
Through a comprehensive onboarding programme and departmental social activities, new international employees at OsloMet are made to feel welcome the moment they set foot on campus.
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Digital & Sustainable Construction (DiSCo)
This research group will create and advance knowledge to meet challenges of digitalization and sustainability.
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Oslo in the summertime
The sun doesn't set until close to midnight, and even then it never really gets dark. You can spend the evening watching the light change at an outdoor café with friends, or go for a relaxing swim in the fjord alone. Oslo in the summer is a pretty magical place.
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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.
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SafeConsume
The objective of SafeConsume is to reduce health burden from foodborne illnesses.
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Photojournalism and News – Theory and Methods (FOTO1200)
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The rise of digital housekeeping: the hidden work of smart technology
Researchers have studied a somewhat overlooked aspect of our household chores: digital housekeeping.
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How do we imagine a sustainable future?
How will people live their lives in 30 years? Now you can share your thoughts about the future with researchers.
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Reference Budget for Consumer Expenditures
The Reference Budget estimates ordinary consumer expenditures for different types of households.
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Understanding citizens' street-level encounters with the welfare state (SN4200)
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In pursuit of plastic-eating bacteria
In a world drowning in plastic, plastic-eating bacteria may offer solutions to the deluge. Professor Colin Charnock has discovered novel ways to find and culture these types of bacteria.
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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.
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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.
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Semester programme in Teacher Education in Design, Arts and Crafts for Years 1- 13 (30 ECTS)
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Investigative journalists may rely more on artificial intelligence in the future
During the Panama Papers leak, journalists made use of machine learning to organise data. A new research project will explore how such methods can be employed in investigative journalism.
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CEOs Personal Risk Attitudes and Corporate Financing and Investment
This project studies to what extent firm policies are affected by managers’ personal assets allocation, asset allocation, and founders' opportunity cost.
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Critical Engagements: Social Sciences in a Changing Society
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Eight ways to experience Norwegian culture in Oslo
Embrace the great outdoors, sample the local cuisine, and hang out with friends at a safe distance. Here are some ways to spend your free time like the locals do.
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Norway leading in digitalization, but not everyone is benefitting
Digitizing government welfare services is supposed to help make services more accessible to everyone. Are they unintentionally leaving people behind?
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MaxBiogas project
OsloMet and Veas collaborate to develop digital technologies that can make biogas production more energy-efficient and minimize environmental impact, and increase digital competence in the water industry.
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Buying popularity: how children are influenced by in-game spending
Kids risk being bullied or isolated if they don’t spend money on skins or equipment. Researchers have mapped how young people get manipulated into spending money while gaming.
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Experimental Studies of Complex Human Behavior
Stimulus equivalence is a behavioral analytic approach where one studies what is characterized as cognitive skills.
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The tiny secret to healthier fish
OsloMet professor believes that the key to developing healthy and sustainable salmon aquaculture is in understanding their micro-RNA.
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Imagining tomorrow: How fiction shapes our vision of a sustainable future
Technology in one form or another is part of all our ideas about the future. However, there are also alternative ways to envision life in 30 years.
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OsloMet Holmlia
OsloMet is located in the Søndre Nordstrand district and features an interdisciplinary, project-based campus.
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Where to live in Oslo: your guide to the best student housing
As an international student, one of the most important decisions you make before coming to Norway is where to live—a choice that will have a significant impact on your experience in Oslo.
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Student-friendly ways to enjoy autumn in Oslo
Whether you’re a returning student or are brand new to Oslo, autumn is a great time to explore the city.
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Discrimination of Muslims in the Labour Market
The topic of this project is the discrimination of Muslims in the labour market.
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Department of Finance
The Department of Finance is primarily responsible for payroll, procurement, accounting, financial management, and business management.
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The light in the North is really beautiful
What's the best way to spend a summer evening in Oslo? Andrew from Spain shares some of his favourite things to do outdoors during the months when it never really gets dark.
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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.
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Caring for Children with Disabilities
The research project will investigate whether children with disabilities have their fundamental rights safeguarded in encounters with the health and care service.
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How to prevent people from becoming radicalised
If we are serious about keeping people from radicalising and committing acts of terrorism, the work begins long before they become active on extremist websites.
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Creative practice – (trans)forming space, place and the environment
This is an interdisciplinary research group which explores and promotes creative and artistic engagements with space, place and the environment.
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Professional Careers and Labour Markets
A research group dedicated to studying the trajectories of professions in education and labour, and their degree of public trust.
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Make new friends and avoid feeling isolated using a tangible cup
Researchers at OsloMet have created a coffee cup that can make information technology more accessible to the elderly. The cup facilitates social contact and finding new online friends.
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Elderly care during the pandemic: Norway and Denmark stand out
Norway and Denmark stand out among the European countries. Both countries had few deaths, both among the population as a whole and in elderly care institutions.
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How artificial intelligence can help the visually impaired
Traditional navigation tools for the visually impaired are often impractical and require extensive training. Yet rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and the increasing computational capabilities of smartphones are opening new doors to enhance navigation assistance.
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Relinking the weak link. Building resilient digital households through interdisciplinary and multilevel exploration and intervention
What roles do socio-technical practices and infrastructures play in shaping security risks in technologies of the home and what tools and interventions can be developed to enable digitally resilient households?
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Europe move towards more restrictive, selective and temporary refugee policies
Over the past decade, European countries have grown more restrictive in whom they grant protection, and for how long that protection is granted.
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Measuring blood sugar without pricking your finger
Diabetic patients should be able to monitor blood sugar levels without pricking fingers. The students are trying to find a solution.
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How does welfare conditionality affect political participation?
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CIRCULAR: Collaborative innovation of circular economy
Transforming the economic system from a linear to a circular economy is critical for realising a sustainable society. Circular-project asks: What are the main governance factors driving the co-creation of an innovative circular economy for reduced consumption?
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Key Operation and Maintenance Strategies for Wind Farms
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How to improve your chances of landing a job in Norway
Learn Norwegian, do your research and don’t be afraid to network. Follow these four steps to help launch your career in Norway.
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Patient specific functional scale to measure rehabilitation goals for patients with acquired brain injury
This project will investigate the Patient Specific Functional Scale (PSFS) as a measure to document and monitor patient-identified rehabilitation goals for patients with acquired brain injury (ABI).
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In-service training to improve the preschool classroom environment for children with special needs
The limited amount of training provided to staff in preschools poses a challenge in implementing evidence-based practices.
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Young people use cannabis in different ways – one group raises concern
Researchers 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.
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Innovating together: Win-win partnerships between startups and corporates
Researchers have followed startups as they meet large companies and found two main paths to success and three common pathbreakers.
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Quality in study programmes
On this page you will find information about how OsloMet work with educational quality in study programmes.
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Solving future challenges with design
"Product design is exciting: You don’t have to stick with one thing, you work across disciplines and I think that’s the way everyone should work", says Nadiya.
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PATGOV: The governance of the European patent system
PATGOV is a research project funded by the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) program.
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Social Impact Measurement for Civil Society Organizations (SIM4CSOs)
SIM4CSOs is an Erasmus + project that intends to empower the operation of non-profits within Civil Society by enhancing their effectiveness, transparency and governance through the application of social impact measurement methods.
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Søndre media
This project will empower youths to stay engaged in public expression and participation.
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Predrag wanted to study something useful and relevant
Driven by a need to study something both relevant to current issues and beneficial to society, he chose the Master's Degree in International Development, Education and Sustainabilities at OsloMet.
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No pedagogical reasons to continue offering hybrid teaching
Combining remote and in-person teaching demands more preparation from both teachers and students. It also results in poorer learning outcomes.
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Problems with EndNote – tips and solutions
Is EndNote not working quite as it should? Here are some suggestions on how you can solve common errors and problems in EndNote.
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Research
Our research at TRACE builds on more than two decades of sustained investment in longitudinal data collection, methodological development and scientific collaboration.
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Research and development at the Faculty of Education and International Studies
Research, development and innovation activities at the faculty are focused on contributing to society, to our target groups, and to our region. We contribute with relevant knowledge of high quality.
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WellDebt: Debt problems, illhealth and labour market marginalisation
The project aims to fill knowledge gaps on the interrelationships between debt problems, poor health and labour market marginalisation.
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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.
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The welfare state has strong support among young people
Are young adults entitled individuals who won’t contribute to society? Not quite. According to new research, Generation Z are happy to pay their taxes.
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Only 1 in 10 Ukrainians want to return
Very few Ukrainian refugees say they want to return to Ukraine when the war ends. Half of them wish to stay in Norway permanently.
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How students from a small Louisiana town experience Oslo
After two months in Oslo, three students from Louisiana Tech University share their experiences with studying, Norwegian culture, and life in a larger city.
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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.
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Sustainable European Welfare Societies: Assessing Linkages between Social and Environmental Policy
How can researchers and policymakers approach issues of welfare state and environmental sustainability in mutually supportive ways across policy fields?
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How do political parties stop hate speech on Facebook?
A study shows that political parties tend to hide hate speech on Facebook rather than deleting it. This is unfortunate, according to journalism professor Karoline Andrea Ihlbæk.
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Wealthy cities' role in reducing textile waste
Promoting slower consumption and more local reuse are among the suggestions for what wealthy cities can do to reduce textile exports to poor countries.
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Nutrition
Our research encompasses a multidisciplinary approach, ranging from molecular biology and gut microbiota to the societal and cultural dimensions of food, nutrition, and health.
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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.
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EPS projects fall 2024
Overview - EPS projects fall 2024.
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Quality areas
On this page you will find information about OsloMets quality areas
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New language courses for refugees
“Academic dugnad” for refugees at OsloMet has started up with new language courses in Norwegian and English for refugees.
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Providing for the future: to use or not to use Norway’s oil and gas
How did a desire to preserve oil and gas for future generations and protect the environment turn into the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world and the foundation of the Norwegian welfare state?
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Screen quality matters more than screen time
How much time children and teenagers spend looking at screens is on many parents’ minds. Yet researchers insist it is the quality of that time that should concern us most.
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Norway invests billions to promote gender equality in Africa – but much of the work goes unseen
Norwegian state funds are meant to advance gender equality in some of the world's toughest markets. A new study shows much is being done – but often behind the scenes.
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Five things internationals working in Norway think you should know before moving here
Are you considering applying for a PhD or academic position at a Norwegian university? We asked the experts—our own international employees—for their advice on how to navigate the transition to working in Norway.
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Do you have an assignment you’d like master's students to tackle?
Intelligent Health facilitates private and public master's thesis collaboration on topics within health and technology.
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With car and glasses packed with sensors, Chaoru explores the urban environment
Chaoru Lu, Associate Professor at OsloMet, displays gadgets that are nothing short of exciting: mobile data collection platforms.
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Green shifting the news cycle
By covering the "green shift", journalists can drive the news cycle.
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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.
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Predicting extreme weather using artificial intelligence
Extreme weather events are hard to predict. New AI tools might just have the solution.
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How Machine Learning Uncovers Hidden Trends in Online Hate
A 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.
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From PhD candidate to full-time faculty member
Marco 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.