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Dynamic Project Leadership (BAPD3000)
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Supervised Research Project in the Life Sciences (NVHIN)
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Political Ecology of Education (PHUV9490)
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Advanced Topics in Digital Engineering
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Semester Programme in Radiography
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Mechanical Engineering
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Green conflicts and fact-checking: Journalism in the age of disinformation and environmental crisis (JB3380)
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Semester Programme in Paramedic Science
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Research Semester in Pharmacy
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Innovation for Sustainability
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Global Health and Innovation (ERGOB3010)
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Sound and vision: Documentary film and audio production (JB3340)
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Master’s Semester Programme in Mechanical Engineering, autumn
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Innovation within Healthcare (MAFAR4100)
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Education at Green Energy Lab
We foster interdisciplinary research, innovation and education for sustainable energy technology. -
Green shifting the news cycleBy covering the "green shift", journalists can drive the news cycle. -
Green OsloMet
OsloMet wants its staff to be climate conscious, and its students to obtain the competencies necessary to meet both current and future climate challenges with innovative actions and sustainable solutions. -
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. -
Green Transition
The climate crisis is the greatest challenge of our time. Global warming continues, and the natural environment and resource base are under threat in Norway and internationally. -
15 OctoberOsloMet Green Transitions Day 2026
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EGREEN+ – European Green Mastery
Sustainable European competence certificates for landscaping, gardening and floristry. -
Net-Zero Future projectNet-Zero Future – An International Alliance to Minimize Built Environment’s Carbon Footprint. -
Green Revisited: Encountering Emerging Naturecultures
The main objective is to develop a platform to shape and popularize an emerging “naturecultures” paradigm via the arts. -
Research as Soft Diplomacy: OsloMet boosting smart, resilient urban development in SerbiaThe Horizon Europe project UR-Data has been highlighted by Norway’s ambassador to Serbia, H.E. Kristin Melsom, as a strong example of how Norwegian Serbian research can support Serbia’s green transition and strengthen innovation. -
About Green Energy Lab
Green Energy Lab develops knowledge, solutions and skills for the energy systems of the future. -
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". -
Template for project outlines
For PhD application at Faculty of Social Sciences. What a project description should contain. -
Seminar on involving citizens in deliberative processes. OsloMet, Tuesday 3rd December 2019
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Digital vulnerabilities at home (PhD project)
PhD project about digital vulnerabilities from internet connected devices at home. -
The Babies Born Better (B3) project
Babies Born Better is a long term project examining the views and experiences of women who have given birth in the last 3 years. -
Green transition for and by which generation?
In this project we examine the tension between short-term considerations and long-term planning in the context of the green transition. We have a particular focus on the transfer of economic and environmental resources across generations. -
Research at Green Energy Lab
We foster interdisciplinary research, innovation and education for sustainable energy technology. -
OsloMet Introduces Virtual Laboratory for Green EnergyOsloMet launches a virtual laboratory dedicated to green energy research and education. -
Collaboration
We collaborate across sectors and disciplines to drive the green energy transition. -
EPS projects spring 2024
Overview - EPS projects spring 2024. -
EPS projects fall 2024
Overview - EPS projects fall 2024. -
EPS projects spring 2025
Overview - EPS projects spring 2025. -
EPS projects spring 2026
Overview - EPS projects spring 2026. -
Joining forces for the green transitionThe Industrial Revolution drove a level of resource consumption that cannot continue. OsloMet aims to build a powerhouse for green transition that brings together academic communities, students and external partners. -
Urban comforts and green retreats in St. HanshaugenThis popular neighbourhood near OsloMet has it all—independent shops and restaurants, narrow, colourful streets and plenty of green space. -
AFI-Project in the EU SpotlightAFI researcher Aina Landsverk Hagen has been invited to Brussels to present insights from the recently concluded EU project YouCount. -
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. -
Research project on craft skills and processes awarded large EU grantOsloMet is a key partner in an EU project that seeks to collect and exchange crafting skills and creative uses of new technology in an international online database. -
OsloMet Holmlia
OsloMet is located in the Søndre Nordstrand district and features an interdisciplinary, project-based campus. -
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. -
Governing the green shift in Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen and Cape Town (GreenGov)
The GreenGov research project aims to create new and exciting knowledge about the challenges and dilemmas public leaders face in managing the green shift in Oslo, Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Cape Town. -
Green Energy Lab
Interdisciplinary research, innovation and education for sustainable energy technology. -
EPS project: Focus on the process, rather than the end resultThis European Project Semester (EPS) group will teach students fluid dynamics with a user-friendly wind tunnel. -
Mothers in low-income countries experience serious health problems after giving birthMidwives in several countries are working together in an OsloMet project to save more women and children in low-income countries. -
App-based follow-up post cardiac rehabilitation: an implementation project
The aim of this project is to prepare for the implementation of app-based follow-up after participation in cardiac rehabilitation. -
Holistic follow‑up of low‑income families (the HOLF project)
The project will evaluate the effects of a new model developed by Nav to improve follow‑up services for low‑income families -
Green blood: Undressing hierarchies to reduce pressure on land through Forest Finn perspectives
In this project, we explore land‑based and relational perspectives and practices to develop new understandings of how pressure on nature can be reduced. We do so through an interdisciplinary approach grounded in Indigenous and minority perspectives. The project aims to contribute to a shift in environmental discourse by fostering embodied connections to forests and land through the body, clothing, and footwear. -
A Boost for Youth Clubs – A Research Project for Better Youth Services
How can youth clubs be strengthened to provide better services for young people? From 2025, we will follow the five-year initiative "A Boost for Youth Clubs" to develop knowledge about quality, framework conditions, and the club’s role in the local community. -
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. -
Investigative journalists may rely more on artificial intelligence in the futureDuring 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. -
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. -
New ambitious comparative research project on refugees in Europe launchedMigration researchers from across Europe will compare and analyze European authorities' responses to the high influx of refugees. -
11 SeptemberTax Experts: The Hidden Architects Behind the Tax System.
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IMPART - Indigenous representation in majority-based parties
The IMPART project studies majority-based political parties as arenas for Indigenous political activism, through the case of the Sámi people in Norway and Sweden. -
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. -
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. -
Evaluation of a Pilot Project on Integrated Accommodation for Women and Men in a Crisis Center
An evaluation of the pilot project: Integrated accommodation for women, men and children at Romerike crisis center. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
NOVA receives research funding for project on social background and academic careersNOVA at OsloMet has received NOK 10 million from the Research Council of Norway for a new project that will investigate the impact of social background on recruitment to academic careers in the Nordic countries. -
Building a carbon-neutral future"Reducing the carbon footprint in the construction industry is a global challenge that requires global standards," says project leader for the Net Zero Future Project, Mahdi Kioumarsi. -
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. -
Research for better services for families with disabled childrenA new research project led by OsloMet receives NOK 12.4 million from the Research Council of Norway. Together with municipalities and organizations, the project will investigate the child coordinator scheme. -
Study programmes and courses taught in English
Faculty of Technology, Art and Design offers courses, project semester, master's programmes and PhD programmes in English. -
Green media choices: Challenges for media policy, industry, and users in the face of climate change and the sustainable development goals
The project addresses the media industry’s climate challenges and efforts to create a more sustainable industry. -
Training programme on Formative Assessment for the EOI de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
Offered by the EnA FoU Group, OsloMet. Funded by KA1 Erasmus+ Project 2020-2022. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
The Pilot Project (Los-prosjektet) – an evaluation of state subsidies to municipalities targeting young people at risk of dropping out of school.
This evaluation will investigate how municipalities who have been granted subsidies to establish the Pilot Project in their community have organized the project. -
NordSTAR paper in ICESA student project from Evolutionary AI and Robotics is set to be presented and published as a conference paper -
LUILOK 2.0 – localisation of the Faculty of Education and International Studies’ activities
Localisation of the Faculty of Education and International Studies’ activities. -
What motivates Ukrainian refugees to return?Researchers from NIBR will in a new project examine what might motivate Ukrainian refugees to return. -
New Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow joins NOVA to study migrant women in Scandinavian healthcareSociologist Tanja Schroot has joined NOVA as a Postdoctoral Fellow. In her project she will examine how lifelong learning can strengthen the integration of female migrant healthcare workers in Scandinavia. -
Research on discrimination in employmentElisabeth Ugreninov and Justyna Bell at OsloMet will lead a new EU project that will provide new insight into the conditions that either create barriers or facilitate the inclusion of different groups in working life. -
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. -
Launches International Alliance for Zero Emissions from the Built EnvironmentOsloMet will lead international research and education that can contribute to reducing the climate footprint from buildings and the built environment. -
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? -
Can the 15-minute city work for young people?Young people are often overlooked in urban planning, but the European research project HANGOUT seeks to explore how they can play a more central role. -
Emigration among descendants of immigrantsWhat motivates young adults with immigrant backgrounds to leave Norway? A new research project at NIBR aims to find out. -
Master’s programme in transport and urban planningThe master gives students knowledge and skills in sustainable and smart transport planning and urban analysis. -
OsloMet will use artificial intelligence to warn of extreme climate.NordSTAR at OsloMet will work on Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods for forecasting and monitoring extreme climate events in the DHEFEUS project. -
Typhoon Effects on Enterprises in the Philippines (TEMPEST)
This project aims to better understand the economic effects of typhoons. -
Knowledge Integration in Teacher Education through Technology Enhanced Simulation (KITES)
A collaborative, design-based research project that allow students to practice complex challenges in a safe digital environment. -
Gender, Youth and Leisure
This project explores gendered patterns in youths’ leisure activities. -
“Free to play – pay to win”: Understanding young people’s social inclusion through their consumer behavior in gaming
PhD project about social inclusion and exclusion though gaming. -
Designing an intelligent personalized vest for scoliosis brace to improve treatment and monitoring of scoliosis in adolescents
The project will design an intelligent personalized vest for scoliosis brace with wearable sensors. -
WelfareExperiences
The Welfare Experiences project is comparing the experience of receiving benefits in five different countries: Estonia, Hungary, Norway, Spain and the UK. -
Evaluation of Stikkontakten Gamingsenter
This research project aims to evaluate the initiative Stikkontakten Gamingsenter. -
Evaluation of Norwegian Barnahus
This project is a national evaluation of the Norwegian Barnahus model. -
Creative, artificial or colonized intelligence? a critical exploration of AI’s entry into commercial songwriting
The project explores how AI influences creative collaborative processes in songwriting. -
Young people’s Well-being and Civic Participation During the Norwegian Coronavirus Lockdown
This research project investigates how young people experienced the Norwegian coronavirus lockdown. -
How Has Covid-19 Affected Norwegian Youth?
The project investigates how the covid-19-pandemic have affected Norwegian youth. -
Digitalisation of student activity through group work (Digigroups)
In this project, we will study facilitators for successful digital group work. -
Safe pregnancy study – avoiding intimate partner violence in pregnancy
This project aimed to reduce intimate partner violence against women during pregnancy. -
How is e-learning utilized in Norwegian municipalities?
This project investigates how e-learning is implemented and utilized in organizations. -
Youth in Traffic
The project is a literature review of research on youth in traffic. -
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Riverine Rights: Exploring the Currents and Consequences of Legal Innovations on the Rights of RiversThe project will investigate legal cases from New Zealand, Colombia and India, where rivers have been granted personhood rights. -
Mapping hateful utterances about Muslims on Norwegian Social Media
Based on analyses of big data from Norwegian social media the project aims to map hate speech about Muslims. The project will also conduct a meta-analysis of existing knowledge about hate speech about Muslims. -
Social Inequality and Housing over the Life Course: Good Choices or Lucky Outcomes?
The project studies the interplay between housing and other dimensions of social inequality. -
Parenting and Youth Sports: Inequality in Young People’s Leisure Time Activities?
The focus of this project is how parents influence young people's leisure activities. -
National Safety Survey 2020
The project will map concern for crime and victims of crime in Norway. -
National Safety Survey
The project will map concern for crime and victims of crime in Norway. -
Søndre media
This project will empower youths to stay engaged in public expression and participation. -
Integrated Glycomics for Cancer Precision Medicine (GlycoMap)
This project will investigate organoids and new glycomics methods for cancer precision medicine. -
Health in young adults (HEYoung)
The overall objective of this PhD project was to identify risk factors, risk profiles, and risk trajectories for mental and musculoskeletal disorders in young adults. -
Émile Durkheim and modern working life
The project examines the contemporary relevance of Durkheim’s work for today’s working life. -
Life course, welfare, and health among vulnerable children and young people
This project explores the life circumstances of vulnerable children and young people. -
A Life Course Perspective on the Gendered Pathways of Exclusion from Social Relations in Later Life, and its Consequences for Health and Wellbeing (GENPATH)
GENPATH is an international European research project focussing on social exclusion in later life. -
Climate change and ecosystems management in Malawi and Tanzania
A project to strengthen research capacity and capabilities in institutions in Malawi and Tanzania. -
Response to Climate Change in Banská Bystrica City, Slovakia
A project about preparing the Slovak city Banská Bystrica's action plan for climate action. -
Living Conditions for Adults with ADHD
The project will map living conditions and quality of life among adults with ADHD. -
Discrimination of Muslims in the Labour Market
The topic of this project is the discrimination of Muslims in the labour market. -
Precision Teaching with Peer Tutoring in Mainstream Schools
A PhD project about Precision Teaching with Peer Tutoring in the Norwegian school system. -
Personalized treatment – TDM and pharmacogenetics
This project is an assessment of variation in exposure and response to psychoactive drugs. -
The Circular consumption Activities to tRansform households toward material Efficiency (CARE)CARE project empowers households to reduce food waste and extend the lifespan of clothes. -
PATGOV: The governance of the European patent systemPATGOV is a research project funded by the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions (MSCA) program. -
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. -
The authority of expertise in professional tax law practice (TAXLAW)
This project will investigate - across countries and institutions - what characterises tax lawyers' expertise. -
Heterogeneous Investors and Asset Allocations
In this project, we study how Norwegian households respond to monetary policy changes. -
The real effects of financial shocks on short-run and long-run entrepreneurial decisions
This project aims to better understand the effects of financial shocks on entrepreneurial decisions. -
Profiles and political debate
The focus of this project is profiles and political debate, using the YouTube collective GUTTA as the central case. -
NORD-care 3: A Survey of Employees' Everyday Lives and Conditions in Nordic Elderly Care
In this project the researchers are conducting nationwide questionnaire surveys on the everyday lives and conditions of elderly care from the perspective of care workers. -
Direct and Indirect Costs of Disabilities in Children (BUDGET)
The research project addresses the costs aspects of caring for a child with a disability. -
CONTEXT – Creating Integrated Person-centred Care in Different Settings
This project addresses how settings and contexts which enhance people-centred care can be created. -
Politics of Popular Music in a Changing Latin America
This project explores the political and cultural significance of popular music in today's Latin America. -
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. -
Reflex: Revising work time flexibility policies to promote work inclusionIn the REFLEX project, we investigate the relationship between work-time flexibility and work inclusion. -
Student financial support and working alongside studies
The purpose of this doctoral project is to gain greater knowledge about working alongside studies. -
Developing ICT in Teacher Education (DiCTE)
The overarching aim of the project is to develop ICT in teacher education. -
SEGURA – Food for Security: Evidence from Cauca, Colombia
The SEGURA project aims to improve knowledge about the complexities of the food security – conflict nexus. -
Nudging and informed consent
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Children's Level of Living: The Impact of Family Economy for Children's Lives
The aim of the project was to explore how income influence different aspects of children's lives. -
Want Not, Waste Not
This PhD project is a wardrobe study approach to minimizing synthetic textile waste in Norwegian households. -
Teaching problem solving skills to enhance complex human behavior – vocal mediating strategies
The project aims to explore diverse strategies employed in solving different complex tasks – problem-solving strategies. -
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. -
Early Childhoods in the Postdigital: Inquiry into the Literacies of Young Children’s Contemporary Play with New Media Technologies
The project explores young children's play with new media technologies at home and in pre-school. -
BRO: Roadmap for sustainable radical task sharing
The project will develop and test a new model for organizing municipal health and care services. -
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. -
Stress among Youths
In this project, we aim to gain knowledge about how and why youths experience stress and stressors. -
Improving trust-based management in Nordic urban governance and management education
This project explores how ongoing management reforms are conceptualised and put into practice in two Nordic cities. -
Refinancing through the Starter Mortgage Programme – Does it Affect the Subsequent Housing Career?
In this project the researchers investigate how persons who receive refinancing through the starter mortgage programme fare. -
Enhancing child’s right for the participation in child protection assessment (COMPENCA)
This project focus on the child´s right to participate in child protection assessment and decision-making. -
Long-term postpartum anal incontinence – prevalence, risk factors and effect of conservative management
The aim of this PhD project is to optimize postpartum care following obstetric anal sphincter injury (OASI). -
Pain, Youth and Over-the-Counter Analgesics (SUS)
This project aims to examine pain and the use of Over-The-Counter (OTC) analgesics among adolescents. -
Computer gaming – an inclusive youth arena?
This PhD project will explore the potential for computer games as an arena for inclusion in youth. -
Birth experiences and breastfeeding in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
The overall aim of the project is to explore childbirth experience and breastfeeding in women with PCOS. -
Young user involvement group in musculoskeletal health
This project will establish a young user-involvement group at the Centre for Intelligent Musculoskeletal Health (CIM). -
NORtritious – digital platform for innovation, development and communication of healthy food and drink
In this project, the business cluster Fremtidsmat wants to continue the development of the innovation platform NORtritious -
Strengthening solidarity for democratic unity across border (SOLIDEM)
The SOLIDEM project focuses on the weakening of trust and solidarity in European welfare states, including Norway. -
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. -
NORPART: Expanding Horizons in Journalism and Media Studies
This project aims to enhance the quality of higher education of journalists in Norway, Tanzania, and Uganda. -
Application of rules in social work studies – how to strengthen students’ legal competence through the use of practical assignments?
The project explores how varied, asynchronous learning resources can strengthen students’ legal competence in social work education. -
Research Literacy in Practice: Tracking and Supporting Early Career Teachers (ReLiP-ECT)
The project investigates how early-career teachers use research to inform their teaching and professional decision-making. -
The Housing Bank – 75th anniversary
The project is an historical analysis of Norwegian housing policy and the Norwegian state’s Housing Bank in recent decades (1996-2020). An illustrated academic book in Norwegian based on a comprehensive selection of oral and written sources is the end goal of the project. -
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. -
Enhancing Integration through Practical Training
The project will foster better intercultural understanding and professional inclusion of students with language and networking challenges. -
The impact of skills training in social work education
The project examines how skills training strengthens social work students’ professional development. -
DARE – Dialogue about Radicalisation and Equality
The project investigates how young people aged between 12 and 30 respond to messages and agents of radicalisation. -
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. -
Work Places in the Health Care Sector: Gender, Class, Ethnicity
The starting point for this project was the growing recruitment of immigrants to the Norwegian health care sector. -
Work inclusion in Norway: A scoping review
The aim of this project is to describe and map research regarding work inclusion in a Norwegian context. -
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. -
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. -
Norwegian network for research on writing in higher education
The project aims at increasing research activity and strengthening research culture in writing research within Norwegian higher education. -
Holistic approach to increased student exchange in early childhood education (HETBLU)The HETBLU project aims to strengthen the culture for internationalization and increased student exchange at early childhood institutions. -
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. -
Enabling Ageing in Place (AgePlace)
In this project the researchers aim to generate new knowledge on the precondition for safe ageing in place. -
Hybrid Deep Learning Cellular Automata Reservoir (DeepCA)
DeepCA is a long-term time horizon project seeking the integration of biological and artificial intelligence. -
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. -
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. -
Child Protection and Pluralism
The aim of the project is to evaluate the effects of a communication campaign about Norwegian child protection services. -
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. -
Digital Sexual Violence against Children and Adolescents
The project will, in a comprehensive literature review, map existing knowledge about digital sexual violence against children and adolescents. -
Democratic Urban Development in the Digital Age (DEMUDIG)
The DEMUDIG project investigates the extent and influence of citizen participation through ICT and social media in urban governance. -
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. -
Digital and navigation health literacy for people with long-term conditions
The overall aim of this project is to gain knowledge about health literacy among people with long-term conditions. -
Smart Development of nano-antibiotics
The project seeks to develop drug formulations of novel antimicrobials, so-called bacteriocins, by applying nanotechnology and artificial intelligence. -
Examination of work-life-balance
In this project, we are investigating the conditions for work-life balance among younger partners in the legal industry. -
Outdoor Learning in Higher Education (OLHE)
The project aims to strengthen knowledge, skills, and practices related to outdoor learning (OL) in higher education across Europe. -
Inclusive education in Nepal (NORHED II)
The project aims to build a strong teaching and research unit on inclusive education at Tribhuvan University in Nepal. -
Somatocognitive therapy in treatment of provoked localized vulvodynia (ProLove)
This PhD project is conducting a randomized clinical trial comparing somatocognitive physiotherapy with standard treatment for provoked localized vulvodynia. -
Voluntary organizations in local emergency management (VOLEM)
The project examines the role of voluntary actors in local emergency management in Norway and Denmark, with a special focus on the collaboration between voluntary organizations and public authorities. The purpose of the project is to provide knowledge about the conditions for efficient public-voluntary emergency management collaboration. -
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. -
Iodine status in different population groups
This project investigates iodine status in vulnerable population groups such as children, young women, vegans, pregnant women, and the elderly. -
Under Pressure? Migration and Labor Market Integration in Norway (UPMIN)
The overarching research question in the UPMIN project is: What institutional and contextual factors enhance immigrants’ and refugees’ employment participation? -
Review of Norwegian Research on Ethnic Discrimination of Children and Young People
The project includes a review of relevant research contributions that deal with ethnic discrimination against children and adolescents in Norway. -
Professionals interviewing maltreated children supported via artificial avatars
The project proposes to develop a new digital interview-training program drawing on expertise in developmental psychology and artificial intelligence -
12-year-olds (non-)belonging on social media: Practices, places, and people
PhD project aimed at understanding how Oslo youths from different backgrounds use social media to create a sense of belonging. -
Living conditions among children and youth with ADHD
The project will map living conditions and quality of life among children and youth with ADHD from their parents’ perspective. -
The Politics of Disability Identity
This project aims to provide knowledge about the politics of disability identity that will help counter the mechanisms of marginalization. -
The Use of Evidence in Architecture and Design
This PhD project aims to investigate the current state of evidence-based design (EBD) practice in healthcare architecture and design. -
Patient safety culture and adverse events in surgical context
The qualitative and sequential PhD project explores patient safety culture and adverse events in the evidence and the surgical context. -
Evaluation of the EWC’s Schools for Democracy programme in Ukraine
The Project aims to conduct a mid-term evaluation of the EWC’s Schools for Democracy programme in Ukraine (2021-2024). -
The Child´s Right to Family Life and Stability in Foster Care
This project will explore how children in foster care can experience family life and stability through human rights-based practices. -
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Citizenship in Education
The PhD project explores how artificial intelligence shapes digital citizenship education, focusing on AI literacy, ethical awareness, and sociotechnical imaginaries. -
Empowered
The research project aims to develop innovative practices, methods and tools that promote ‘digital empowerment’ in schools and teacher education. -
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. -
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. -
Innovative networks and media diversity
The project examines collaboration across small local media outlets, with the aim of strengthening in‑depth and data‑driven journalism. -
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. -
Perceptions about climate in the academic community: a comparative study between Norway and Brazil
The project aims to understand the perceptions and experience of climate change in some academic communities in Norway and Brazil. -
School, motivation, inclusion, learning and enjoyment (SMILE-P) – PILOT
The project examines how pupils experience school enjoyment, motivation and belonging when they go through important transitions in their education. -
IMaT – Inclusive Mathematics Teaching: Understanding and developing school and classroom strategies for raising attainment
This project aims to strengthen mathematics teaching in Norwegian primary and lower secondary schools. -
Co-occurrent pain and psychological distress: From adolescence to adulthood
The project will provide new insight into the long-term consequences of early onset co-occurrent pain and psychological distress. -
DWARF - Drinking Water Readiness for the Future
This project will predict the future trends in Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM). -
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. -
Reinventing Mainstream Classrooms (RE.MA.C.)
The project brings together native language students, migrant students and mainstream (language) teachers. -
Socio-spatial Inequality among Families with Children with Disabilities who are Entitled to Cash Benefits and Welfare Services (UPTAKE)
The research project will provide insight into the uptake and delivery of benefits and services among parents of children with disabilities. -
Housing Market Mobility in Old Age: Attitudes, Drivers and Barriers
The project adresses how elderly people adapt their housing consumption in light of the physical and mental changes associated with ageing. -
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. -
Critical thinking in primary education
KriT is an interdisciplinary project aiming at developing educational models for critical thinking in primary education using children’s literature and news. -
Income inequality in professional and vocational occupations
This project will contribute more knowledge on the consequences of occupational regulation for income inequality within and between occupations. -
State of Knowledge: The Resource Situation in Nursing Homes and Home Nursing
The project summarizes research and available data which illuminates the resource situation (staffing and competence) in nursing homes and home nursing. -
Child Welfare Institutions for Young People with Drug Addiction and Separate Institutions for One Single Young Person
The project investigate the child welfare institutions for young people with drug addiction and separate institutions for one single young person. -
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. -
Minority Students in Upper Secondary School
This project is about school satisfaction, educational drive and school performance among students with immigrant background in Norwegian upper secondary school. -
The Consequences of Growing up in Low-income Families
This project will do a review of existing research on the consequences of growing up in low-income families in Norway. -
Wasted TextilesThe primary objective of this project is to reduce the use of synthetic textiles and the amount that goes to waste. -
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. -
Sustainable wellbeing through investment in social services (SWINS)
The project aims to bridge knowledge gaps on how investments in social services influence macroeconomic stability and the EU’s sustainability transition. -
Shift Reconfiguration and Role Redistribution as a Strategy for Sustainable Home Care
The project aims to explore whether organizational changes can help address the shortage of healthcare professionals in municipal home care services. -
Aesthetic Learning Processes in Science Education
PhD project examining the potential role of aesthetic learning processes in science education within the framework of education for sustainable development. -
Negotiating Belonging and Identity in Nordic Schools: Racialization, Student and Family Voices, and Researcher Positionality – an Ethnographic Case Study
PhD project exploring how racialized students and their families in Nordic schools experience and negotiate belonging and identity within educational settings. -
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). -
Shaping of Geographical Knowledge in Curriculum
The doctoral project examines the shaping of geographical knowledge in the social studies curriculum in the Norwegian curriculum reform Kunnskapsløftet 2020. -
A profile-based political public sphere: profiles and their significance for young people's engagement, attitudes, and trust
The project will analyse the role that influencers and social media profiles play in young people's political engagement, attitudes, and trust. -
MUSKHEL - Musculoskeletal Health Literacy in Adolescents
The MUSKHEL project will respond to the need of increased knowledge of musculoskeletal health literacy in adolescents. -
Shared Frontlines and Democracy: Strengthening Ukraine Expertise and Collaboration in Norwegian Journalism and Education
The project will strengthen cooperation between Norwegian and Ukrainian journalists, provide Norwegians with greater knowledge about Ukraine, and develop tools to expose propaganda and fake news. -
Upper Secondary Education and Training in the Child Welfare Population
A vast amount of research has shown a persistent educational disadvantage in the child welfare population. The project investigates this theme further. -
Inclusive education in Nepal – a study of governance networks in selected municipalities
The main purpose of the project is to identify the characteristics of management networks that are effective in contributing to inclusive education. -
Negotiating Early Job Insecurity and Labour Market Exclusion in Europe (NEGOTIATE)
NEGOTIATE is a research project examining the long- and short-term consequences of job insecurity and labour market exclusion of young people. -
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. -
Artificial intelligence - a novel tool in assisted reproduction technology
The project aims to improve the methods for selecting sperm and embryos and increase the chance of pregnancy and live-born children. -
Artificial intelligence – a novel tool in assisted reproduction technology
The project aims to improve the methods for selecting sperm and embryos and increase the chance of pregnancy and live-born children. -
Teacher Education for a Future in Flux - TEFF Academy
An international research project addressing the need for joint training and further education that help teachers cope with recent challenges in schools. -
Frequent callers to the Norwegian emergency medical communication centres
The purpose of this PhD project is to increase knowledge about so-called "frequent callers" to the emergency medical communication center (EMCC). -
Youth Sexuality and Sexual Risk in a Digital Era (DIGISEX)
The project will shed light on how digital media has created both new opportunities and new forms of risk concerning youth sexuality. -
Teacher education across Europe: Innovative Mobility Opportunities (ΤΕΙΜΟ)
The TEIMO project aims to develop an inclusive, state-of-the-art Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) to enhance teacher education across Europe. -
Digital Leisure for All
The project explores how youth clubs and digital meeting places can serve as inclusive arenas for young people in a digital age. -
Traditional Craftsmanship for a Sustainable Future
The project aims to strengthen the competency of the vocational teachers in traditional crafts by providing courses by craftsmen throughout the education. -
Interpreter-mediated Communication as Part of the Education of Public Sector Professionals in Norway
PhD project exploring to what degree interpreting is a part of the education of Norway’s future nurses, police officers and social workers. -
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis in a life-course perspective (AIS-Life)
The PhD project investigates health and welfare trajectories of individuals with idiopathic scoliosis across the life course and identifies factors influencing long-term health and welfare outcomes. -
AI-driven patient avatar for physiotherapy education
The project will develop an AI-based patient avatar that allows physiotherapy students to practice professional communication skills early in their studies. -
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. -
Child Welfare Services and Risk Assessment
The project investigates how the child welfare services work on risk assessment and safety measures when a child is placed outside the home. -
The multiethnic rural community: Exclusion or inclusion of immigrants?
In the project "The Multiethnic Rural Community: Exclusion or inclusion of immigrants?" (MultiRur) is the aim to investigate how immigration affects rural Norway. -
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. -
Unpacking the Modern Working Class: Life Chances, Social Cohesion and Recognition in an Age of Migration
The project raises four crucial question that seek to describe the contemporary working class, its political orientation, lived experience and their media representations -
The Work-retirement Transition
The project aims to investigate characteristics of the work-retirement transition and the factors contributing to when and how the transition takes place. -
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. -
Knowledge-based input network to the rebuilding of Ukraine
The project (HRMODA) will establish a Nordic-Baltic network with specific expertise on Ukraine, to contribute to the country's rebuilding and sustainable development -
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. -
Food security among refugees and asylum seekers in Norway
The aim of the project is to investigate the prevalence of food insecurity and factors associated among asylum seekers and refugees in Norway. -
FALLPREVENT: Implementation of evidence-based, fall-prevention programmes in the health care services: Quality, competency and effectiveness
In this project we aim to develop and test an innovative user-based programme for the implementation of falls-prevention programmes in Norway. -
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. -
Public libraries for immigrants and refugees (PubLIB)
This project consists of an international research group dedicated to studying how public libraries address the needs of recently arrived refugees and immigrants. -
Ocean Air synoptic operations using coordinated autonomous robotic systems (OASYS 2)
The project develops coordinated air sea robotic operations using UAVs/USVs and micro gliders to reduce the cost of ocean observation and monitoring. -
On campus education in health professional programmes
The project explores learning, teaching, and epistemological perspectives in health professional education, with a particular focus on nursing and what unfolds on campus. -
Nurses' work environment, occupational health, and attrition from the profession
In this project, we will examine the development of the work environment for nurses over the past 20 years, compared to other occupations. -
Burdens of Discretion and Documentation – The Moral Consequences of Discretion and Reasoning in Social Work
The doctoral project examines the philosophy of social work in general, and Norwegian welfare administration – particularly the Norwegian Labor and Welfare Administration (Nav). -
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. -
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. -
ConStruct
The ConStruct project aims to develop a cross-continental alliance for high-quality education at the master’s level in transport infrastructure engineering. -
Physiotherapy for non-surgical spine patients
This PhD project investigates how patients with low back pain deemed unsuitable for surgery and their physiotherapists manage treatment and follow-up through evidence-based, biopsychosocial approaches. -
Assessing the Impact and Sustainability of Dementia Villages: Nurturing Thriving in Dementia-Friendly Communities
The PhD project examines how Dementia Villages influence health outcomes, thriving, and quality of life for people with dementia, their informal caregivers, and staff. -
Stepping stones for successful evaluation of mobile app efficacy for risk reduction of type 2 diabetes
In this PhD project, we developed and assessed the feasibility of an evidence-based app designed to promote and monitor lifestyle change in individuals with prediabetes. -
A Fair Chance? How Geography Shapes Life Opportunities (FAIR)
The project addresses how the spatial context in which people live during different stages of their lives shape their life prospects and socioeconomic outcomes. -
Virtual Presence: A Cultural Analysis of the Emergence of 'Telepresence Technologies' as a Solution to Loneliness
The research project will provide a cultural analysis of how loneliness is perceived and represented in relation to the emerging phenomenon of loneliness technologies -
Social Inequalities in Ageing (SiA)
In this project researchers investigate what influences social inequalities in health, and how different organization of welfare institutions can affect social inequalities in ageing. -
How Do We Provide Better, Safer and More Cost-Effective Pathways for Older People?
The project addresses how the spatial context in which people live during different stages of their lives shape their life prospects and socioeconomic outcomes. -
Disadvantaged in the Housing Market: Effects of Public Interventions (DISADVANTEGED)
This project aims to evaluate all major social housing policy instruments in Norway, aimed at helping disadvantaged individuals to better and more stable housing. -
A Study of Cases in the County Board Concerning Care Orders
The project deals with the Child Welfare Service’s and the County Social Welfare Boards’ handling of compulsory care order cases in ethnic minority families. -
Practices and policies of belonging among minority and majority children of low-income families (BELONG)
This project seeks to increase current knowledge of the practices causing marginalization and social exclusion of minority and majority children of low-income families. -
Family Partner – Co-development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Child Maltreatment Prevention Intervention
The Family Partner project seeks to improve the services directed at the most vulnerable group in society; children growing up at risk of maltreatment. -
FoodLessons: Culinary Heritage as a Resource in Developing "Food Nation Norway 2030"
This project will take a closer look at how a revitalization of our culinary heritage can be used in business development and value creation. -
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. -
REDUCE – Rethinking Everyday PlasticsThe project will look at plastic in a systems perspective and investigate how the consumption of plastic products in everyday life can be reduced. -
Norwegian Schools’ Experiences with and Handling of Exemptions and Absences on Religious Grounds
In this project, we aim to investigate how schools handle requests for exemption from teaching and school activities based on religion and life stance. -
Promising Practices: Holistic Work Inclusion of Young Adults
The project will map how young adults are followed up in NAV with the aim of developing the work inclusion practice of this group. -
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. -
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. -
Motivation in health professional education
The project explores what motivates students to start and complete health professional education at OsloMet and how motivation can be strengthened throughout their studies. -
Development of an organoid model for insight into testicular cancer
This project develops a 3D human fetal testis organoid model to study how testicular cancer begins and how risk genes and environmental factors act. -
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. -
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. -
Plateforms: Enabling sustainable food practices through socio-technical innovationThe Research Project PLATEFORMS aims to produce in-depth knowledge on how food practices in the home are affected by innovations in food provisioning platforms. -
Participation in Sports among Norwegian Youth
The aim of the research project is to gain new knowledge about the social position and status of sport participation among young people in Norway. -
Making Transparency Possible
This project seeks to contribute to improving the quality of cross border journalism on global financial markets related to illicit financial flows and tax havens. -
Regulating migration and membership through monetary requirements (REMIMO)
In this research project, the researchers will take a closer look at how time and money affect immigration and integration in Norway in different ways. -
Evaluation of 'Robust Youth'
The main aim of the project is to evaluate 'Robust Youth' which is a program designed to being preventive and promote better health among youth. -
Supporting Content and Language Learning Across Diversity (SCALED)
The aim of the SCALED project is to develop a new online course: interactive and self-study mode that can be adapted to onsite use. -
Navigating the digital landscape: universities partnering for change (NIAGARA)
The project aims to enhance digital resources within university libraries across Tanzania and Zambia, ensuring equal access to library services for all students and staff. -
«Socially excluded» Youth in Disadvantaged Areas?
This PhD project examines how young people experience and negotiate identity and belonging in their everyday lives, in the face of stigma and societal perceptions. -
Parental Restrictions and Violence – A Study Based on UngVold 2023
The project aims to map the relationship between growing up with strict parental restrictions and domestic violence based on data from the YouthViolence 2023 survey. -
Measuring the Therapeutic Mechanisms and Effects of Art (BraArt)
The project investigates how art therapy modulates experimental pain using neural, physiological, and biological measures such as brain activity, stress hormones, and heart rate variability. -
Adulthood healthcare use for co-occurring pain and mental distress – the roles of early life adversity and buffers (PAINMENT)
The PhD project examines how early life adversity, resilience, and social capital influence healthcare use for musculoskeletal pain and mental distress from adolescence to adulthood. -
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. -
Developing sufficient language and professional competence among adult immigrants in health work education
PhD project exploring how upper secondary vocational schools can facilitate the development of sufficient language and professional competence among adult immigrants in health work education. -
Dementia Villages – providing better and safer person-centred care to people with dementia
The project explores how the physical environment of Dementia Villages influences healthcare personnel’s daily work, job satisfaction, and the quality of person-centred dementia care. -
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. -
Economies of Everyday Family Lives in Norwegian Asylum Reception Centres
The project examines developments in financial benefits for families with children in Norwegian asylum reception centres and the consequences these have for families’ everyday lives. -
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. -
Teachers knowledge work in local development work
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Persistent Passion for Professional Education: Consequences for student completion and dropout (PERSIST)
The primary objective of this project is to examine dropout from higher education, with special focus on previously under-studied professional programmes. -
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. -
Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration's Labour Market Engagement
In this project, WRI and PROBA will examine how Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration's (NAV) caseworkers understand and uphold the objective of meeting employers’ needs for labour (a “market perspective”). -
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. -
Local Match in Refugee Resettlement
This project aims to discover how the government can better match newly arrived refugees with Norwegian municipalities through better linking of settlement, skills, and labour needs. -
Welfare State Life Courses: Social Inequalities in the Co-evolution of Employment, Health and Critical Life Events (WELLIFE).
This project is a multidisciplinary Nordic collaboration researching inequalities in health and opportunities in the Nordic welfare states, and how they unfold over individuals life courses. -
International student mobility: drivers, patterns and impacts (MOBILITY)
The project examines how Norwegian policy in this area is shaped by international trends, and the extent to which foreign students contribute to 'internationalization at home'. -
Income Dynamics and Housing Allowances
In this project, we aim to supplement the knowledge of the role non-taxable incomes play in the budgets of low-income receivers of housing allowances. -
Parenting in Ethnic and Religious Minority Contexts in Norway
The aim of the project is to develop research-based knowledge about different forms of parenthood that co-exist in Norway, based on parents’ own perspectives. -
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. -
Implementing a stratified vocational advice intervention in individuals at high risk of long-term sickness absence with musculoskeletal disorders (SVAI)
This PhD project aims to facilitate a sustainable work life for individuals at high risk of long-term sickness absence due to musculoskeletal disorders in Norway. -
Culture and leadership in the learning environment
The project explores how culture and leadership shape the learning environment for nursing students in specialist health services, aiming to develop a model for best practice. -
Disability and Reproductive Health and Rights in Norway
The project will examine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health services in their encounters with people with different disabilities in relation to their reproductive rights. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Social and Digital Participation: School and the Internet as an Integration Arena for Children and Young People with Physical Disabilities
The aim of the project is to map the degree of social participation and the scope of social networks among children and young people with physical disabilities. -
Housing Market and Housing Policy in Norway – an International Comparison
In this project the researchers compare central features of the Norwegian housing market and housing policy with those of Sweden, Denmark, Austria, UK, the Netherlands and Germany. -
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. -
CLIL Network for Languages in Education (CLILNetLE)
The project aims to develop a shared conceptualisation and research agenda for the investigation of bi- and multilingual disciplinary literacies in Content and language integrated learning (CLIL). -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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). -
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) – A comprehensive approach to assessing nursing students’ clinical competence
The project explores experiences with OSCE as an assessment method in bachelor's nursing education at OsloMet, aiming to enhance quality in assessment and students’ achieved learning outcomes. -
Diversity leadership in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)
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. -
Sustainable Future for Education – Inclusive Vocational Practices
This is a Blended Intensive Program (BIP) with a focus on internationalisation in vocational teacher education. -
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. -
Documentary as democratic infrastructure: Countering the fungibility of Sámi representation in the age of AI
Developing ethical visual journalism methods across governance, media, and public contexts. -
Prevention of prejudice and promotion of inclusive school environment through increased diversity competence
The main goal of this project is to develop new knowledge on prejudice, hate speech and practices and attitudes that might cause exclusion in the school context. -
Programming and makerspace in schools: Competences for the 21 st. century and adapted training for gifted students
The project is about developing technology-rich teaching programs for use in adapted education for gifted students.The focus is on the use of programming in teaching as part of a makerspace context. -
New media practices in a changing Africa
The project starts from two significant facts: relatively consistent economic growth in Africa over two decades, and a digital media revolution during the same period. -
The Politics of Music in Presidential Election Campaigns: Brazil 2018-2022
This project explores how populist movements use jingles, arts and music to create new forms of political awareness, participation and critique during the 2018 and 2022 elections in Brazil. -
Challenging the design principle of mixed-worded questionnaire scales
The project focuses on the design principle of combining both positively and negatively worded items in questionnaire scales. -
Exploring Relationships of Trust and Distrust Between Youth Populations and Public Services in Vulnerable Areas (Ungtillit)
The project will contribute to gathering and developing knowledge about what young people's trust and distrust of public helpers is about, an how we can strengthen the relationships. -
Teachers’ Research Literacy for Science teaching (TRELIS)
Project TRELIS aims to prepare research literate science teachers who are able to integrate research-based knowledge with classroom experience to develop rich science learning opportunities for pupils. -
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. -
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). -
Sociology and management of science – Norwegian-Czech cooperation
The main goal of the project is to share experiences and good practices of the Norwegian and Czech sides in the fields of management of science and sociology. -
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. -
Possible consequences of moving patterns for people who have been granted a start-up loan in Oslo municipality
The project examines who the initial loan recipients were and are in Oslo, and what the consequences of selective relocation are for districts and sub-districts in Oslo. -
Baltic UKH urban knowledge hubs – Transformative societal spaces for hybrid libraries in the Baltic sea region
The aim of the project is to provide public authorities and others with tools and methods for the participatory design of accessible and attractive informational spaces and services. -
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. -
The Norwegian qualification programme as a tool for work inclusion
In this project, we investigate how the Norwegian qualification programme can contribute to stable work attachment for the participants and function as an effective tool for work inclusion. -
Epigenetic regulation by Atlantic salmon miRNAs in disease and osmotic stress
This project aims to provide new knowledge on Atlantic salmon miRNAs as regulators of immune responses to other pathogens as well as stress related to sea water transfer. -
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. -
Enhancing student teachers' abilities to facilitate learners' digital competence (ENHANCE)
The project aims to strengthen teacher education programmes across Europe, equipping student teachers with the digital readiness and capacity to empower learners’ digital competence and address digital exclusion. -
Machine learning for the analysis of physiotherapy records
The purpose of this project is to develop a framework for efficiently extracting data from physiotherapy records in private practice, to use this data in reporting and 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. -
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. -
U-YouPa – Understanding Youth Participation and Media literacy in Digital Dialogue Spaces
The key goal of this project is to provide a research-based understanding of the interconnection between cultural and technological preconditions for strengthening youth participation in digital dialogue spaces. -
From Settlement to Adult Life. A Study of the Service Chain for Unaccompanied Minor Refugees
The research project will provide up-to-date knowledge about the services offered to young refugees who have come as unaccompanied minors and who have achieved residency in Norway. -
The Effect of Covid-19 on Welfare Services for Children with Disabilities
How were children with disabilities affected by the shutdown of public services that followed covid-19? This project is a qualitative study of changes in welfare services in Norway. -
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. -
Better adherence of antibiotics through academic detailing of community pharmacists
The purpose of this PhD project is to assess whether Academic Detailing is suitable as an intervention method for pharmacy pharmacists in the subject of antibiotic treatment and resistance. -
Changing Drug Use and Drug Policy
The project aims to provide new insights into young people's patterns of alcohol and illegal drug use, the social meaning of drugs, and the consequences of drug-related sanctions. -
REGAL
The project researches Moreau-Yosida regularization in density-functional theory (DFT). Of particular interest is Kohn-Sham-DFT that uses one-particle orbitals to represent the one-body density. -
Visible Children – Professional Discretion in Child Custody Disputes in Court
The project examines the professional discretion of judges and experts in district courts when parents disagree on custodial issues; where the child should live, contact, and/or parental responsibility. -
Glyco-pathology in dry eye disease
The PhD project investigates how ocular mucin-proteins, and their glycosylation maintain a healthy tear film, while exploring their contribution to the development and progression of dry eye disease. -
Sauna and cold water immersion to prevent and reduce stress and mental disorders
The Clinical Neuroscience project group will investigate whether sauna and cold water immersion can be useful to prevent and treat stress-related conditions such as pain and psychological distress. -
Children's Information Needs During the Settlement Phase (Infobarn)
The project will develop new and targeted information material for children in different phases of settlement, to ensure that they receive relevant and understandable information at the right time. -
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. -
Life Mastery as an Educational Phenomenon in Curricula
PhD project examining how "life mastery", "life capability", "well-being" or "life skills", as a historical educational-philosophical phenomenon, appears in Norwegian curricula in the period of 1939-2020. -
InnoGuard: Hybrid and Generative Intelligence for Trustworthy Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions-funded InnoGuard project advances quality assurance for AI-driven Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems, automating assessment, improving reliability, sustainability, energy efficiency, legal compliance, and trustworthiness. -
Crossbow: Crossing and Managing Boundaries between Work and Non-Work – Co-creating Healthy TeleworkingIn this project we aim to map, explore and understand the opportunities and challenges of telework, and to contribute to enhanced organizational preparedness for healthy, sustainable and productive teleworking. -
Healthcare Access in Rural Border Regions. Realizing Patient Rights Across European Borders (HARBOR)
The overall aim of the HARBOR project is to develop an integrated approach of cross-border interactions and access to health care in European border regions, and to rethink healthcare planning across border regions. -
Crosscare-Old: A Cross Sectoral Approach to High Quality Healthcare Transitions for Older People
The project aims to increase the understanding of the role of cross-sectoral factors that constitute barriers for high quality care transitions for older people from hospital to municipal care. -
Leisure activities for Children and Youth in a Gender Equality Perspective
In this project, NOVA will review research from the last ten years that address children and youth’s leisure time in combination with perspectives on gender, gender equality and gender stereotypes. -
The Future of Nordic Youth in Rural Regions: A Cross National Qualitative Longitudinal Study in Four Nordic Countries
The research project aims to understand the experiences of rural youth, their sense of belonging and hopes for the future. It will study similarities and differences between the Nordic countries. -
Physiotherapy for young adults with long-term health disorders: Body and culture
The project aims to develop new knowledge about physiotherapy for young adults with long-term health disorders, to contribute insights into how physiotherapists best can help this group of patients. -
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. -
Young People’s Establishment in the Housing Market
The project aims to generate knowledge about young people’s establishment in the housing market, including moving out from their parental home, experiences in the rental market, and establishment as homeowners. -
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. -
Digital Nordic Borders
Our project investigates the tensions between Nordic openness and security that characterize surveillance practices at the Nordic borders, with a particular focus on new forms and tools of digital surveillance. -
Age-friendly Housing Solutions
This project addresses examples of age-friendly homes for older people, as well as obstacles municipalities and housing developers encounter during the phases of planning and building such housing solutions. -
DQUANT Dissipative Quantum Chaos Perspective on Near-Term Quantum Computing
DQUANT is a research project with the main goal of developing a theory describing present-day quantum computers. It was funded through QuantERA, a European cofund programme in Quantum Technologies. -
The Epistemologies of Digital News Production
The project studies journalists’ concrete judgments, handling of sources and data, and their overall knowledge-producing activities in distinct stages of the news production process that ultimately lead to news publishing. -
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? -
Consequences of the Pandemic for Living Conditions and Equality
In this project we will investigate the consequences of the pandemic for living conditions for children and young people, equality in families and for individuals, including children and adults with disabilities. -
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. -
The importance of students for the rental market in the cities and study centers for the access to housing for different groups
The purpose of the project is to examine in more detail the importance of students to the rental market in general, and in particular to the rental market for disadvantaged groups. -
The Work of Child Welfare Services When There is Concern About the Child's Sexual Behaviour
The project aim is to discuss what can be good measures in the child welfare services work with children and young people with problematic or harmful sexual behaviour and their parents. -
Can responsible investment induce sustainable corporate behavior? Evidence from the worlds largest equity investor
Can responsible investing help to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals? -
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. -
SAFE@HOME: Technologies of care for aging migrants
The project will examine how the “Live Safely at Home” reform functions when it encounters diverse ageing lives, families, and everyday practices that fall outside the standard models of municipal services. -
Children with a Refugee Background – Measures for Inclusion and Belonging (Barnfluk)
The project aims to discover the experiences children and young people who come to Norway as refugees have with the settlement and integration process, and how municipalities work with this group. -
Transitions and Thresholds in Infant–Toddler ECEC groups (TRANSIT)
The project investigates how kindergarten practices at the time of entry for the youngest children (0-2 years) influence how children and families with migrant and minority-language backgrounds are included. -
Growing Up and Looking Forward (GULF) - Young people with bodily impairments in transitions
The purpose of this project is to obtain new knowledge about adequate ways of collaboration between youths, their parents, and service providers in health- and welfare services in transition to adult life. -
ExitAge
The objective of the project is to increase the knowledge about the oldest workers and their experiences, as well as how companies handle work exit and the change in mandatory retirement age. -
Sexual Culture in Youth
The project will investigate how young people negotiate, experience and handle issues related to sexuality, sexual health and risk - in light of both contemporary youth culture, and other social and societal conditions. -
Municipalities in the European Multilevel Union Administration: Towards Multi-Hatted Local Governments?
The project addresses today's developments in the EU's multi-level Union administration, where administrative bodies located across different levels of governance are increasingly interconnected in the implementation and application of EU legislation. -
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. -
The Source Criticism And Mediated Disinformation (SCAM)
The SCAM project will identify the main challenges related to the ways in which technology and platforms affect the distribution of disinformation in public spheres and ways to detect and counter it. -
The Impact of Temporary Work Agencies on the Politics of Work
The Impact of Temporary Work Agencies on the Politics of Work is a research project funded by the Research Council of Norway under the Welfare, Working Life and Migration programme. -
FOOdIVERSE: Diversifying sustainable and organic food systemsThe purpose of the FOOdIVERSE project is to produce practice-oriented knowledge on how diversity in diets, novel food supply chains and food governance contributes to more organic and sustainable food systems. -
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. -
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. -
Descendants of Immigrants and the Concerned Welfare State
This project examines the ongoing, relational negotiations between the welfare state and the public's understanding of problems, on the one hand, and processes of change in the minority population, on the other. -
SuSOcean
The Norway-Korea Partnership on Smart, Sustainable, and Scaleable Ocean Structures (SuSOcean) project aims to develop a cross-continental alliance for high-quality education at the master’s level in ocean civil engineering. -
Digitizing sexual violence. The role of technology in creating and regulating sexual harms
The rapid technological development has changed how sexual violations are committed, investigated, and prosecuted within the legal system. The project examines the intersection of law and technology in relation to these changes. -
Positive Environment in Public Participation and Engagement for Responsible Research and Innovation (PEPPER)During his MSCA-fellowship project, Go Yoshizawa examines positive experiences of public engagement in top-down, expert-led public engagement or bottom-up, grassroots activities such as citizen science and open innovation. -
Including Children and Young People in the Voluntary Service
The purpose of this project is to look into how well different groups of young people are included in the volunteering, and what tools organisations and authorities use to include these young people. -
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. -
Video streaming between caller and dispatcher in medical emergency calls
This project investigates effects that the use of video between the caller and the dispatcher in medical emergency calls may have on the patient and how video is perceived by the user groups. -
HEYoung intervention study
The project will co-develop an intervention with end-users and conduct the initial stages of a full-scale RCT on the effectiveness of a person-centered intervention for adolescents with persistent pain. -
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. -
The Potential of ‘GameChange’: Supplementary Educational Measures to Facilitate Secondary Education Completion Among At-Risk Youth (GameChanger)
What can be done to enable more students to complete secondary school? The project GameChanger focuses on the impact that initiatives outside of school can have on students when they are in school. -
Obesity treatment and everyday life – children’s experiences
In this PhD project, we conduct research on children and adolescents defined as obese or overweight, and their experiences of participation in a lifestyle intervention. -
From Primary Care to Specialised Clinic – Analysing The Health Service for Immigrants in Norway and the Dynamics of Professionalisation, 1975–1988
This doctoral project examines "The Health Services for Immigrants "(1975-1988) in Norway, focusing on how healthcare professionals developed the necessary competencies to treat this new patient group of immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees from the global south. -
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. -
Sino-Norway Welfare Policy Dialogue (SINOPO)
The aim of SINOPO is to help solve the problem of poverty among persons with disabilities in China. The project focuses on labour market inclusion, accessibility and the development and provision of assistive devices. -
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. -
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. -
Sustainability Performances, Evidence and Scenarios (SPES)
The aim of the SPES project is to generate new knowledge about the nexus between economic growth, human flourishing and sustainability, fostering the transition towards the sustainable human development in European countries and regions. -
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. -
Solidarity in European Societies: Empowerment, Social Justice and Citizenship (SOLIDUS)
Overall, the project analyses the acts and policies of solidarity we see developing across Europe, the extent to which they involve dialogic and inclusive processes, and what outcomes and relevance for policy developments they have. -
From Cape2Cape - Development of internationalisation in Vocational Education
The PhD project investigates how internationalization can be implemented in upper secondary education. The collaboration aims to equip vocational students with better preparation to work in international workplaces, regardless of the country they are in. -
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? -
Transnational Protection of Children at Risk in Non-convention Countries
This Ph.D. project focuses on cases where children have their habitual residence in Norway while being at risk in a country which has not ratified the Hague Convention for the protection of Children of 1996. -
Literacies for Health and Life Skills
The “Literacies for Health and Life Skills” (HLS) project aims to develop and implement a new didactic approach that will enable pre-service teachers to facilitate the development of young people´s health and life skills. -
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. -
Classroom activities for the six-year-olds – 20 years on (Klassprax_20)
The project investigates and evaluates the classroom activities of six year old children. -
Crisis Management in a Polycentric Nordic Local Democracy: Different Governance Structures – Different Results? (POLYGOV)
The overall goal of the project is to identify the differences in the Nordic countries’ handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the outcomes thereof and to relate these differences to policy, governance, organisation and management. -
Vibrant Connections
In the project Vibrant Connections, we are particularly involved with how music, both traditional and new songs, can contribute to the preservation and renewal of immaterial cultural heritage in kindergartens and in kindergarten teacher training programmes. -
Practical placement in the Global South
The purpose of the project is to enhance practical placement in the Global South to achieve a more stable and permanently increased number of students, based on a more quality-assured collaboration with the Global South. -
GoNano: Governing Nanotechnologies through Societal Engagement
Aligning future nanotechnologies with societal needs and concerns. -
PolkaNorski Implemented
The development of language skills and world knowledge in Polish-Norwegian multilingual children. -
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. -
The effect of a digital patient intervention on self-reported adherence to medications
In this PhD project we will create and validate a self-reported adherence questionnaire and use this to evaluate the effect of a digital patient intervention designed to increase adherence to medications in a specific patient group. -
Mobilizing for diversity and quality (MOBILIZE)
We aim to increase the recruitment of immigrants and their descendants into Norwegian research. -
Implementation and practice of the training practice scheme in the counties
The project examines how the training practice scheme — a two-year, practice-based pathway in upper secondary VET — is implemented and used by Norwegian counties to reduce dropout and include more students in vocational education and training. -
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. -
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. -
The Public Sense of Criminal Justice
The project aims to provide new knowledge on different aspects of the public sense of criminal justice in the Norwegian population. -
Development of a care pathway for patients with hand osteoarthritis
The project aims to increase our knowledge of the current hand osteoarthritis pathways, the context and mechanisms for shifting tasks between health actors and care levels. -
Unscrupulous competition and the professionalization solution – The case of real estate brokerage
The aim of my PhD-project is to explore how and to what extent the professionalization of business occupations can contribute to disincentivizing unethical market activities. -
Knowledge on Technology-facilitated Sexual Abuse against Children and Adolescents – Offenders, the Offended, and Arenas
The project will generate new knowledge about sexual abuse of children and adolescents, with the main emphasis on technology-facilitated sexual abuse. -
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. -
Ambulance workers’ assessment of self-determination and capacity to consent
The aim of this PhD project is to investigate ambulance workers' knowledge and experiences to assess the right to self-determination and capacity to consent in prehospital meetings with patients with mental health illnesses and/or drug-related issues. -
Youth inclusion in rural areas
In this project, we will study Vekstverket, Atico Solør Kompetanse AS, an initiative that has been operating for around five years in a rural area with high youth exclusion, and which so far appears to have achieved good results. -
Nudging healthy and pro-environmental behavior
Conceptual and applied studies addressing changes in choice architecture aimed at increasing wellbeing and pro-environmental behavior. -
Young people with multicultural backgrounds and their understanding of news on social media
We aim to examine how the unique life experiences and backgrounds of multicultural groups shape their attitudes toward news. -
Social Rented Housing in Oslo. Dilemmas in a Market-oriented and Means-tested Housing Sector
Social rented housing is one of the most important policy instruments in the municipality of Oslo’s social housing policy. -
Family Care and Labour Market Participation in Senior Years (FamLab)
The main research question in this project is: What characterizes the interplay between labour market participation and engagement in family care for men and women with parents in need of care, and what are the conditions affecting adjustments within the two spheres? -
Gender equality, Diversity and Societal Security
This project empirically and theoretically explores how increasing levels of diversity in the personnel of Nordic security forces (military, police and security organizations) relate to changing perceptions of trust and security, both within these organizations and in their broader interactions with society. -
Improving practices together (IMPRATO)
We will explore and develop knowledge about collaboration aimed at promoting participation in physical education for children and young people. -
Teachers' and leaders' representation and participation in collaborations established to strengthen teacher education (REPRESENT)
The purpose of this survey is to gain increased knowledge about teachers’ and leaders’ representation and participation in collaborations established to strengthen the quality of teacher education programs. -
Universal basic income trials in modern welfare states: A knowledge review
Producing a state-of-the-art review of research on universal basic income experiments in modern welfare states. -
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. -
Co-Creation: Expectations, Challenges and Coping Strategies in Norwegian Local Governments (ECCO)
This research project aims to unravel the expectations of Norwegian local governments to the introduction of new forms of co-creation, analyse how co-creation practices challenge established forms of governance based on Classical Public Administration and New Public Management. -
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. -
FUSILLI - Fostering the Urban Food System Transformation through Innovative Living Labs ImplementationThrough experimental methods and knowledge sharing, researchers will explore new ways of producing and distributing food in European cities. OsloMet and the municipality of Oslo are Norwegian partners in the project, which has been supported by Horizon 2020, the EU's framework program for research. -
SOCRATES
Seeking radical breakthroughs toward efficient and powerful data analysis available everywhere. -
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. -
Inhibitor-Mediated Programming of Glycoforms (IMProGlyco)
We will develop methods for altering the naturally occurring carbohydrate surface (so-called glycocalyx) found on all the cell's surfaces in humans. -
Multilingual Beliefs and Pedagogies of English Language School Teachers in Norway
PhD project exploring how to foster multilingual pedagogies in English language teaching in schools in Norway through researching the multilingual beliefs and pedagogies of English teachers in linguistically rich and diverse school contexts. -
Child welfare in Norway: Service quality, welfare, and social inequality from a life-course perspective
The project will generate new knowledge about the child welfare population’s backgrounds, life outcomes, and living conditions in adulthood. -
A close look at professionals’ daily work to promote inclusion and quality of life among children and young people
The project will lay the groundwork for research and development efforts across services that work with children and young people. -
Living at home longer with social welfare technology (BoVEL)
Development and use of social technology to improve current municipal health and care services for older adults. -
Far-right Politics Online and Societal Resilience (FREXO)
The FREXO project investigates how online media affect the mobilizing capacity and the broader societal and political impact of far right politics. -
Russian policies of influence in the populist-pragmatic nexus
The main goal of the project is to provide new knowledge about how Russia pursues its interests vis-à-vis Norway and other European countries, in particular how the interaction between domestic politics in Russia and domestic actors in Russia's European neighboring countries shapes Russia's actions. -
The Social Sustainable City - the Role of Strategic Planning for Local Housing Markets Heterogeneity
The primary goal of the project is to generate new knowledge to measure inclusion in the housing market and use this to understand the local dynamics of the housing market. The knowledge can be used to stimulate cities to develop a more active and comprehensive housing policy. -
Coping with Flexibility. Behavioral Adaptations to the New Pension System and their Consequences in a Lifetime Perspective
The aim of this project is to study how people adapt to the reformed pension system. In particular, we look at adaptations to the increasing flexibility offered – both in terms of savings, and in terms of job planning and ways of combining work and pension uptake. -
Global Care Workers in the Norwegian Welfare State: Care Chains, Intersectionality and Social Capital
In this project, attention is drawn to the careers of two groups of migrant care workers in Norway, nurses and au pairs, to the structures that have formed their careers, as well as to the impact on the care institutions of recruiting care workers from abroad. -
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). -
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. -
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. -
The Sofus study – parents' stress after an ultrasound examination
We aimed to describe the association between prenatal diagnosis of fetal anomaly and psychological stress in the parents after an ultrasound examination. -
Choosing wisely: Assessments of treatment for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain
We aim to gain new knowledge about physiotherapists and GPs' assessments of the choice of treatment for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. -
Educators and learners meet artificial intelligence
This project is dedicated to exploring both teachers' and students' perspectives on the implementation of artificial intelligence in an educational context. -
Investigating Microplastics and Nanoplastics Uptake in Edible Plants (MICRO-PLANT)
We investigate how micro- and nanoplastics affect edible plants and human health through plant uptake, packaging contamination, and sustainable solutions for safe food production. -
Contingent life courses (C-LIFE): Tracing health and welfare in the Nordic countries
Establishing a Nordic comparative register‑based dataset for research on welfare, health, and employment in the Nordic countries. -
Self-determination and capacity to consent: ambulance staff encounters with people living with mental health illness and substance abuse
We aim to increase knowledge about how ambulance staff act when encountering patients with mental health and/or substance use disorders. -
EQUALS-EU
The project aims to give more women access to technology, digital skills and leadership positions. -
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. -
Diet, gut microbiota and metabolic regulation
We study the effects of dietary fat quality and fiber on metabolic regulation, and explore the association between diet, gut microbiota, and metabolic regulation. -
Help to Find Temporary Accommodation – What Promotes Good Practices in the NAV Offices?
In this project, we focus on NAV's work in providing assistance with temporary housing. -
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? -
Qualification and Social Inclusion in Upper Secondary Vocational Education and Training (SAFETY-VET)
The main objective of the project is to generate knowledge about factors of importance for attainment in and completion of upper secondary VET among student groups with a potential risk of non-completion or drop out. We also study the importance of gender-segregated educational choices and young people's educational and occupational aspirations. -
Socioeconomic risk groups, vaccination and pandemic influenza (PANRISK)This project proposes to study the “forgotten” socioeconomic risk factors for unequal influenza outcomes and consequences. It will bear important implications for health. -
Promoting and inhibiting factors for education and employment among young adults receiving welfare benefits or health services due to persistent pain and psychological distress
Persistent pain and psychological distress in young adults can negatively impact participation in education and employment, leading to significant consequences. -
Effect of fiber-rich cereal products on metabolic regulation in people with gut symptoms or coeliac disease
We investigate the effect of cereal fiber on gut symptoms, gut microbiota, and metabolic regulation in people with coeliac disease or gut symptoms. -
Teacher Education Schools in Vocational Teacher Education
Development of an organizational theoretical, didactic model for collaboration between educational institution and field of practice. -
Parent and child centres
Generating knowledge about assessments at parent and child centres. -
Pro-social behavior in rats
We studied pro-social and empathetic behavior in rats by having one rat restrained in a plastic tube and a cagemate that could release the rat. -
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. -
Long-term follow-up of cardiac patients with a smartphone-application
We investigated both the feasibility and the effectiveness of using an app to monitor and provide individualized follow-up for patients who had participated in cardiac rehabilitation. -
Exploring Quality of Maternal and Newborn Care in Palestine (EqualMatPal)
This PhD project will utilize mixed methods to explore the quality of care provided to new mothers and their newborn children in Palestine -
Vocational Teachers as Facilitators in the School-to-Work Transition (School4Work)
We will develop knowledge that will enable vocational teachers to facilitate students’ transition from the school-based part of vocational education and training (VET) to apprenticeship. -
Searching for Qualities
Investigation and research on the quality in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) for children under the age of three years. -
The Back Complaints in the Elders, Norway (BACE-N)
Part of the Back Complaints in the Elders consortium, established to create standardised methodology for large cohort studies on the burden of back pain in the elderly. -
Young and active – meaningful physical activity to improve physical fitness and enhance health-related quality of life
Can web-based activity and exercise registration and counselling increase the activity level and enhance the health of overweight and obese adolescents? -
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. -
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. -
IMAGINE – Contested Futures of SustainabilityWhen you think about the future, what do you imagine? Flying cars, tubed food, or high-tech clothing might be among the images that come to mind. IMAGINE sets out to study these images of the future as imaginaries. Imaginaries are the many ways in which we humans think about the future and ways in which they can become possible. Our project looks specifically at how we imagine sustainable futures. -
Imagining tomorrow: How fiction shapes our vision of a sustainable futureTechnology 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. -
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. -
Extending product life yields a greater environmental impact than any other measureSustainable consumption should not be reduced to reuse and recycling, according to SIFO researchers. -
Few have seen how turbulence unfolds. Now you can see it through smoke, light and dance.A dance performance that makes turbulence visible can show us that it is present in all aspects of life – and is useful, open to influence and something we can live with. -
OsloMet launches PhD programme in Innovation for SustainabilityThe University Board approved the establishment of a new doctoral programme in Innovation for Sustainability. -
Early COVID-19 wave in Norway: Social inequality in morbidity, compliance to non-pharmaceutical interventions and labour marked consequences (CorRisk)
Pandemics like COVID-19 are among the most pressing global threats to human life and economic security. The core idea of CorRisk is that infectious disease pandemics created by influenza or corona-viruses have always been more than just a medical problem and that their epidemiology and impact are profoundly shaped by social and economic structures. While the state of the art mainly studies medical risk factors, this project proposes to study the "forgotten" socioeconomic risk factors for unequal morbidity, compliance to the NPIs and labor market consequences. -
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. -
OsloMet at Design Days in BrusselsJulia Jacoby, Head of studies at OsloMet, is taking part at The Design Days to speak about 'Design research initiatives from OsloMet’. She welcomes a lively debate on the impact design has on transitioning towards a more sustainable future. -
About SIFO
New knowledge, empowering consumers. -
Natural, organic and vegan: greenwashing is now harder to detectMarketing regulations are having an effect, but it has not become easier for consumers to make sustainable choices when buying clothing and cosmetics. -
Edible Cities Network: Integrating Edible City Solutions for social resilient and sustainably productive citiesThe Edible Cities Network (EdiCitNet) works towards making cities around the world better places to live through the implementation and institutional integration of Edible City Solutions. -
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. -
– Fast and fair transformations to low-carbon societies are difficult without critical climate educationProfessor Hanne Svarstad argues that rapid and just climate action requires that people are offered education to understand the most important consequences of the various climate mitigation alternatives. -
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. -
Systemic Design and Sustainability
The research group is built on the intention to bring together people for exploratory, open, inclusive, and critical discussions. -
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. -
YouHope: Practicing hope
In YouHope we will challenge myths and stereotypes of integration issues concerning youth citizens in super-diverse urban communities. -
Policy Evaluation Network (PEN) – Public policies addressing health-related behaviours in Europe
The Joint Programming Initiative a Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life (JPI HDHL) brings together 26 countries that align research programming and fund new research to prevent or minimise diet-related chronic diseases. -
Sustainable Finance (ØABED3600)
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Master’s Thesis Collaboration in Health and Technology
Gain access to new knowledge through master’s thesis projects at OsloMet. Help educate the workforce of the future and increase the visibility of your organization. -
10 new research projects for a durable democracyTen new research projects have been awarded funding from OsloMet’s strategic research area A Durable Democracy to contribute to increased knowledge about what strengthens and weakens democracy. -
The best way to work from homeOsloMet students created a manual with good tips on working from home or anywhere else. -
Eleven new research projects on the inclusion of children and young peopleIt has now been announced which projects have been awarded small research grants from the thematic initiative Inclusion of More Children and Young People at OsloMet. -
Semester Programme in Art and Design – Art and Dissemination (30 ECTS)
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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. -
How SIFO works towards the UN Sustainable Development GoalsTake a look at some of SIFO's projects targeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals. -
Mechanics, Mechatronics and Material Technology
The focus is to drive interdisciplinary applied research by fostering industry collaborations and to educate and train the next generation of researchers and engineers in mechanics, mechatronics, and materials technology. -
Three new Ukraine projects for NIBRWork life, municipal cooperation and researcher networks will be strengthened through three new major research projects. -
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Should rivers be granted the same rights as humans?Axel Borchgrevink is busy investigating what happens when rivers are granted the same rights as humans. -
Youth Participated in Research: "It Changed My Life"What fosters social inclusion? Researchers involved youth across Europe in the research itself. -
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. -
Three new Ukraine projects for NIBR
Work life, municipal cooperation and researcher networks will be strengthened through three new major research projects. -
In search of the ideal sperm cellCan artificial intelligence increase the success rate of assisted reproduction technology? -
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. -
Research proposal - template, PhD programme in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education
Template for research proposals in connection with applications for a PhD position or admission to the PhD Programme in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education at the Faculty of Education and international Studies. -
Measuring blood sugar without pricking your fingerDiabetic patients should be able to monitor blood sugar levels without pricking fingers. The students are trying to find a solution. -
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Large grant for research on autonomous searchesOsloMet researchers have received NOK 11.84 million for research into machine learning inspired by the eyes' search for visual information. -
Call for papers for Sustainable welfare in a global context
Here you will find information on the call for papers for the conference. -
Apply to a PhD program at the Faculty of Health Sciences
Read about the application process to the PhD programmes at the Faculty of Health Sciences. -
Awarded millions to research youth sexuality in a digital ageNOVA at OsloMet has been granted eight million NOK from the Research Council of Norway's FRIPRO funding for groundbreaking research. The researchers will investigate youth sexuality and sexual risk in a digital age. -
Clothing research at SIFOClothing, textiles and sustainability is one of SIFO's core research areas. -
Five things internationals working in Norway think you should know before moving hereAre 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. -
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. -
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). -
Application process for PhD programme and PhD courses in Social Sciences
Application process for the PhD programme in Social Sciences at SAM. -
Podcast on entrepreneurship at OsloMetIn this podcast, we have invited two of OsloMets experts on innovation, Ranveig Strøm and George Anthony Giannoumis. -
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. -
Where students become entrepreneursGründergarasjen at OsloMet provides a unique environment where engineering and computer science students can transform their ideas into real start-ups. -
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. -
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. -
Brand new clothes end up as waste due to overproductionEnormous amounts of clothing never get worn. Much of it contains plastic and other synthetic fibres. -
Making battery replacement easier for dronesGiorgio Salvemini wants to enhance the efficiency of drones by enabling them to automatically switch to fully charged batteries. -
Measuring brain activity to discover mental health issuesCould there be a way for your doctor to diagnose depression and anxiety based on your brain activity? -
Research and development
The Department of Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering prioritizes research in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Control, as well as Biomedical Engineering. -
Experimental kitchen studies from all over EuropeHow 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. -
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. -
Making ICT solutions more accessibleWhen Anna makes healthy food information more accessible to food producers, she learns how ICT solutions can be used more easily by all. -
How Tawfique aims to enhance the production of biogasMaster's student Tawfique is interested in how control engineering can be utilised within renewable energy., and explores this in Norway's largest wastewater treatment plant. -
Participatory Design (MAIKT-DESIGN)
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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. -
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. -
It takes courage to createResistance and obstacles are needed to unlock creativity, according to Arild Berg, artist and professor at OsloMet. -
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. -
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. -
Application process for individual PhD courses at the Faculty of Health Sciences
If you are admitted to a PhD programme at another institution or have completed your master's degree, you can apply to take individual PhD courses with us. -
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. -
What happens when rivers are given rights?Researchers have been looking at what happened when rivers were granted status as legal persons. In New Zealand, they are seeing particularly promising developments in indigenous peoples’ rights and conditions. -
A multitude of research that benefits both society and students«The wide range of knowledge and expertise that we find among our employees makes our education more research based. In that way, it also benefits children and young people in Norway,» says Sølvi Mausethagen. -
Oslo in the summertimeThe 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. -
Technology and Sustainability
We conduct research into how technology, sustainability and societal challenges intersect in consumption and everyday life. -
Do you work from home when you're sick? You're not aloneNew technology makes it possible to participate in many activities from home, even when you're sick. But because the opportunity is there, you might feel pressured to contribute, says researcher Cathrine Egeland. -
How children use clothes to fit inA new study shows how children in Oslo explore social norms and community through their wardrobes and why being like everyone else is more important than standing out. -
Multilingual childhoodAn online resource inspiring kindergartens to encourage outdoor activities and language learning. -
Where to live in Oslo: your guide to the best student housingAs 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. -
Research and development at the Faculty of Health Sciences
Our staff has high competence in health and behaviour sciences. We contribute to develop knowledge-based health services and practice founded on user involvement. -
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. -
Europe move towards more restrictive, selective and temporary refugee policiesOver the past decade, European countries have grown more restrictive in whom they grant protection, and for how long that protection is granted. -
Social Sciences
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Theories in Library and Information Science, PS9300 og PS9350
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Why is it so challenging to distribute COVID-19 information to the elderly in Norway?People consume information in different ways. Catering to the needs and habits of the majority when conveying information can amount to discrimination against other groups—including the elderly. -
Data resourcesHere you will find an overview of our data sources. -
Fundamental Concepts and Discourses in Business Administration, Innovation and Governance, PS9100
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Media Development and Media Production, PS9200
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Safety of journalists, PS9500
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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. -
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Applying for admission to single PhD courses at the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design
If you are admitted to a PhD programme at another institution, you may apply to take standalone PhD courses. -
Young researchers are joining quantum activitiesNordSTAR has a series of research activities in the context of Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence. -
Data Visualisation (MOKV3500)
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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. -
Social inequality, health and work inclusion: theory, research approaches and empirical findings (SP9300)
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Media, Environment and Society (MMS)
MMS researches how the media covers climate and environmental issues, as well as the societal implications of this coverage. -
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. -
The design of streets and roads has a lot to say for public healthCity planners, architects and geographers from OsloMet contribute to Skarnes becoming a more health-promoting settlement, which better includes families with children, the elderly and disabled citizens. -
A calculator can provide more keyhole-labelled foodsA new nutrition calculator can make it easier for food producers to label their products with the Norwegian Keyhole mark. As a result, more food items can be Keyhole-labelled. -
KlimaVel
How are the sustainability of the welfare state, social justice, economic frameworks, and the shaping of the climate conversation interconnected? -
Action Research and Practice Research (SP9250)
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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. -
Robotics and control inspiration at Ocean LabThe master`s programme Applied Computer and Information Technology (ACIT) with the specialisation Robotics and Control gathered bachelor students at OceanLab for inspiration and grilling in the sun. -
Extremism is an expression of dissatisfactionResearchers have studied conversations on Twitter among Islamist extremists and far-right extremists. -
“Studying public health nutrition in Norway is really interesting”Theresa Stegemann from Germany wanted to go abroad for her master’s. She found what she was looking for at OsloMet – and loves living in Oslo! -
Python programming and data science for journalists
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You’ve probably heard of “one-night stands” – but have you heard of “one-night friendships”?Researchers believe this might be a uniquely Norwegian phenomenon. -
Slipping through the safety netNorway and many other European countries have robust social safety nets. Yet they continue to fail their poorest citizens. -
Development, Power and Inequality
The research group (UMU) is based in the Section for Development Studies, in the Department of International Studies and Interpreting. Our members are engaged in research into the overall questions of power, development and inequality, both in the Global South, as well as between countries in the Global South and the Global North. -
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. -
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. -
Single PhD courses in Innovation for Sustainability
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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. -
Communication award winner: “I have never been clever, but I am creative”Ingun Grimstad Klepp is a professor and has severe dyslexia. She believes that it is her ability to find her own solutions that has brought her to where she is today. -
‘Universal design will be important in the future; all the big tech companies are focusing on it.’‘People are trying to find practical digital solutions to complex problems. This is a good reason to study Universal Design of ICT,’ says Faisal. -
Maryam helps a public transport company to get ahead of technological developmentThe public transport company Ruter likes to be at the forefront of technology development and hired OsloMet graduate Maryam to explore the possibilities of quantum technology. -
Single PhD courses in Engineering Science
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GoodAnimal: Animal Welfare for Sustainable Futures
GoodAnimal’s primary objective is to acquire knowledge that will mitigate threats and increase opportunities for sustainable farm and industry practices. -
OsloMet launches a master's programme in mechanical engineeringOsloMet launches a Master of Science programme in mechanical engineering in 2024. The new master has a particular focus on sustainable technology. -
Women are persistently underrepresented in the mediaNorway is widely recognised as an egalitarian country, yet the media industry has failed to live up to this ideal. -
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 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. -
Current Research in Library and Information Science, PBIB9300 or PBIB9350
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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. -
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. -
Close by, from a distance?How does technology in education affect students’ connection with school, university or education in general? -
Finding community in extremismSometimes, youth feel like strangers in their own countries. In the face of real and perceived injustices, some find community in extremism. -
Erasmus+ gave a lot extraThe two research assistants from Germany knew a lot about predicting electricity prices, which OsloMet benefits from. -
Intelligent Health
This initiative will contribute to develop knowledge and technological solutions that foster improved health and counteract diseases. -
Unit for Innovation and Competence Development (EIK)
The Unit for Innovation and Competence Development (EIK) works to promote lifelong learning and dissemination of knowledge in aesthetic subjects. -
About the Knowledge Centre for Vocational Education and Training
Spreading knowledge about technical and vocational education and training in Norway and the Nordic region. -
Engineering Science
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Replay or renew? Learning from 20+ years of Norwegian-Russian collaboration on health and social welfare in the Barents region (RE:BARENTS)
RE:BARENTS will examine the impact of Norwegian–Russian collaboration on health and social welfare in the Barents region since 2000. -
Semester Programme in Master of Aesthetic Practices in Society (30 ECTS)
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Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care (VERB1060)
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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. -
Contact the Quantum Hub
Contact information to those affiliated with the Quantum Hub. -
About NorLAG
The Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study (NorLAG) is the first longitudinal and multidisciplinary study on ageing in Norway. -
Web Publishing and Information Architecture (MOKV2400)
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Critical Engagements: Social Sciences in a Changing Society
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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. -
Evaluation of the «National strategy Housing for welfare 2014-2020»
The evaluation of "National strategy Housing for welfare 2014-2020" will assess the development of housing social work in the municipalities during the strategy period: what has improved and what are the challenges? -
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Together against PutinThe conflicts between the different ethnic groups in Ukraine have been exaggerated according to researchers at OsloMet. -
Norway’s hidden gender inequalityNorway is a gender equal and diverse country, but disparities in parenting roles persist with detrimental economic implications. -
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. -
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. -
Clinical PhD candidates in the Bridge-Building Initiative
The Faculty of Health Sciences has employed ten clinical PhD candidates in five-year bridge-building positions. -
Acting with Masks (DTV2100)
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Interactions in Health and Technology (HETEK4000)
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Norwegian Network for Class ResearchThe Norwegian Network for Class Research (NNK) emerges from the class and inequality research environment at NOVA, OsloMet, with the purpose of enhancing the quality and extent of class and inequality research in Norway. -
Eight out of ten food adverts aimed at children violate WHO guidelinesSIFO researchers have mapped adverts for unhealthy food and drink that children see on their mobile phones. -
Buying popularity: how children are influenced by in-game spendingKids 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. -
Immigration to Regulated Professions Under ScrutinyPreviously, it was difficult for nurses from countries outside the EU to find relevant work in Norway. New programs make it much easier, but not all problems are solved. -
Using artificial intelligence to detect and fight dementiaDementia affects millions of people each year. It’s a problem that most of us will encounter in our lives and it does not yet have any cure or even effective early detection methods. -
Partners-in-Care: Municipal Health Care Research and Innovation SchoolPhD candidates are welcome to apply for our research school. -
Information for parents/guardians about Young in Oslo 2023Around 60,000 pupils from year five to the third year of upper secondary school from all Oslo districts are invited to participate in Young in Oslo 2023. -
The rise of digital housekeeping: the hidden work of smart technologyResearchers have studied a somewhat overlooked aspect of our household chores: digital housekeeping. -
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. -
The Faculty Board of the Faculty of Health Sciences
The Faculty Board of the Faculty of Health Sciences (HV) is the faculty’s supreme body and reports to the Rector via the Dean. -
Oral Storytelling as Artistic Research
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Follow the Money: Journalism, data and accountability (JB3370)
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Ideas and concepts in Social Work and Social Policy (PS9400)
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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. -
Predicting extreme weather using artificial intelligenceExtreme weather events are hard to predict. New AI tools might just have the solution. -
09 SeptemberPublic defence: Anniken Lucia Willumsen Laake
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Food, Health and Sustainability (MAVIT4700)
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Robotics and Control
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Looking at the urban planning of the future‘When we look at how sustainable cities can be built using smart transport solutions, we feel we’re helping to shape the future.’ -
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. -
Semester Programme in Art and Design – Fashion and Industry (30 ECTS)
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New paper on bio-inspired artificial intelligence and roboticsMerging Pruning and Neuroevolution: towards Robust and Efficient Controllers for Modular Soft Robots -
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. -
Oslo, the divided cityA deep socioeconomic divide splits Oslo from east to west. It will continue to deepen unless it is more widely acknowledged and addressed. -
Sustainability in outdoor education: A Norwegian experienceThrough their semester at OsloMet, exchange students got opportunities to get in touch with the local nature, city, and people. -
Investigative journalism with AI
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Phd Research Fellowship in glycomics and sepsis
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Practice Oriented Systemic Design
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Knowledge baseHere you will find an overview of research-based knowledge about technical and vocational education and training. -
Employee website
OsloMet has a website for employees. -
Transport and urban planning
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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. -
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. -
The Nordic Disinformation Resilience Network
Across Europe there has been a growing worry about the ways in which disinformation, AI-generated deepfakes, conspiracy theories and the information infrastructures are weaponized in local, national, and international conflicts. -
Our Ukrainian ResearchNIBR has conducted research in and about Ukraine and with Ukrainians since 2008. We have a broad expertise in political reforms, ethnic groups, language, and identity at both local and national levels. -
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. -
Norway is lovely, so why are people leaving?The people who leave can have as much impact on a country as those who come in. Yet not much is known about Norway's 30,000 annual emigrants. -
Centre for Digitalization, Culture and Society (CEDIC)
CEDIC delivers new multidisciplinary knowledge for a complex, digital society, with a combined focus on public policy and institutional factors, technological, ethical and legal factor, socio-material structures and local practices. -
Department of Computer Science
The department offers higher education in computer science and information technology, and has extensive research and development activity. -
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. -
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. -
Football for everyone—or mainly for boys?The opportunities offered to boys and girls who play football in Norway are different, according to research from OsloMet. "This can have consequences that go far beyond elite sports," says Marlene Persson. -
Evaluation of Ritual Circumcision of Boys (RITOM)
This evaluation shall produce research-based knowledge on whether the Norwegian law on ritual circumcision of boys functions according to its purpose. -
Abstracts
Abstracts for the conference "Tracing, shaping and reshaping culinary heritage" 5.-6. September 2022. -
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. -
About the Centre
TRACE is based at NOVA – Norwegian Social Research at Oslo Metropolitan University, and operates as an open research community. -
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. -
"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. -
Sustainability, nature, health, and movement
We study movement, health, and nature in the kindergarten. -
Apply for membership in the Norwegian research school on digitalization, culture and society (DIGIT)CEDIC is the host for a new national research school. -
Collaborating with leading universities on sustainable materials and infrastructureThe Department of Built Environment is taking significant steps towards collaboration with the world-leading universities MIT and the University of Toronto. -
Educational leadership
The research is about Educational Leadership and is connected to the National Leadership Programs we carrying out on behalf of The National Directorate. The research topic is professional learning for school leaders. -
Teacher Research Literacy (TREL): Comparative Trajectories in the Nordic-Baltic Region
TREL aims to identify good practices in the Nordic-Baltic educational context. -
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. -
Ung Arena: A sustainable municipal service to reduce mental and social problems among young people?
This study will evaluate Ung Arena, a free, low-threshold service where young people can receive help and support in addressing various mental health and social challenges. -
The Faculty Administration
Faculty Administration of Faculty of Technology, Art and Design has Faculty Director, four sections and staff. -
OsloMet stands in solidarity with victims of warOsloMet condemns the horrifying acts of war inflicted upon the civilian population in Palestine. -
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. -
No pedagogical reasons to continue offering hybrid teachingCombining remote and in-person teaching demands more preparation from both teachers and students. It also results in poorer learning outcomes. -
Seeing the solution: Dry eyes and the bacteria that live thereDry eyes are hard to diagnose, but researchers estimate that as many as half of Norwegians might be afflicted. -
Are measures designed to control the spread of Coronavirus working? And at what cost?Svenn-Erik Mamelund is something of a rarity: a social scientist who specialises in pandemics. It is little wonder, then, that the OsloMet researcher is in high demand. -
International inclusion from day oneThrough 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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
"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. -
A simple brain test can detect early signs of Alzheimer’sA routine brain test already available in many hospitals, combined with artificial intelligence, can detect early signs of Alzheimer’s disease — without needles or expensive brain scans. -
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. -
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. -
Mental Health
Our research concerns social, psychological and biological factors that affect mental health. -
Electronics and Biomedical Systems
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Universal Design of ICT
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Introduction to the Master’s programme in Applied Computer and Information TechnologyOsloMet offers a Master’s programme in Applied Computer and Information Technology (ACIT), with no fewer than eight specialisations. -
Anxiety and depression more common among adults with ADHDAccording to new research, there may be several reasons for this. -
An out-of-control race: why we fear artificial intelligenceThe majority of people view AI as an existential threat and have little confidence in the authorities’ ability to regulate it. A researcher says there are some steps that should be taken. -
OsloMet gets digital top laboratoryOsloMet students get a state-of-the-art digital laboratory within construction engineering, building technology and sustainable design. -
Needs-led research in the Bridge-Building Initiative
The Bridge-Building Initiative aims to ensure that user needs are reflected in our research. -
Migration and minority health
Our research is concerned with migration and ethnic minority health in a multicultural context. -
Applied Artificial Intelligence
This research group aims at bridging the gap between theory and applications in the real world. -
Learning and Collaboration
We are researching forms of learning and interaction in both education and professional practice, specifically related to nursing and health care, humanities and social sciences. -
Screen quality matters more than screen timeHow 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. -
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. -
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. -
Norway invests billions to promote gender equality in Africa – but much of the work goes unseenNorwegian 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. -
Cyber Security
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Applied Artificial Intelligence
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Cloud-based Services and Operations
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Data Science
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Mathematical Modelling and Quantum Technologies
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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. -
How can we go from fast to slow fashion?The solution is right in front of our noses, says professor in clothing and sustainability. -
Parents teach their children differently about money. Their lessons reproduce class divisionsNew research shows that Norwegian middle- and upper-class parents give their children fundamentally different attitudes toward money. This may reinforce social inequality in Norway. -
Have studied young skiers: “We got the sense that something has changed”When sociologists researched young people’s participation in cross-country skiing, they saw no one waxing their own skis. -
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. -
Reflections on a pandemic
Two episodes, part 1 and 2, about the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Small Children, Large Cities: Kindergarten Qualities, Inequalities, Communicative complexities
The research group is concerned with understanding kindergarten quality, and what constitutes a good kindergarten life, in relation inequalities in children’s socio-economical living conditions outside the kindergarten. -
Design students aim to solve problems and improve people’s livesRob Starling chose OsloMet for his master’s degree in product design because he wanted to expand his digital toolkit and explore the department’s impressive workshop facilities. Now he has embarked on a whole new career within service design. -
Transport, Infrastructure, and Urban development (TransFrUrban)
The field of the research group is smart mobility, smart infrastructure, and urban planning. -
Education and Society
The research group aims to contribute to educational innovation, transcend disciplinary boundaries and illuminate the potential of the practical and aesthetic subjects within education and society. -
Structural Engineering
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Smart Water Engineering
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Transport Infrastructure Engineering
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Product design and cultural sustainability
The research group works with projects related to the main areas of product design, aesthetics and culture for a sustainable future. -
Oceanlab
Oceanlab – the ocean laboratory is OsloMet's meeting point for research and innovation within ocean technology and sustainability. -
Experimental Studies of Complex Human Behavior
Stimulus equivalence is a behavioral analytic approach where one studies what is characterized as cognitive skills. -
Sustainability and Technology in Work and Learning
The group focuses on learning in schools and work, primarily within technological fields. -
Memberships and affiliations
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How to prevent people from becoming radicalisedIf we are serious about keeping people from radicalising and committing acts of terrorism, the work begins long before they become active on extremist websites. -
Protecting women in journalism in a climate of disinformation and hatePhysical and virtual violence against journalists is making it harder to stop the spread of disinformation and hate speech. -
New hope for treating phantom painMany people with amputated arms and legs struggle with phantom pain. At OsloMet, a new treatment is being studied, in which Pål Røhnebæk and other patients practice moving their amputated legs. -
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. -
NordSTAR
NordSTAR is a Centre of Research Excellence in modern AI that aims to establish a new paradigm in AI basic research. -
Building Technology
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Geotechnical Engineering
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02 SeptemberDisplaced human capital: retraining, labour-market integration and social adaptation in Norway, Poland and Ukraine
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Autonomous Systems and Networks (ASN)
This research group's work primarily involves autonomous system and networks, as well as parallel processing. -
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. -
Learn from global experts behind award-winning journalistic investigationsLearn how to use digital tools for smarter, faster, and more precise journalistic investigations in a global context. -
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. -
Make new friends and avoid feeling isolated using a tangible cupResearchers 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. -
Elderly care during the pandemic: Norway and Denmark stand outNorway 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. -
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. -
Product Design and Culture
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Philosophy, Art and Culture
Through philosophy, art and culture we understand the world and each other. This research group wants to rise the quality of the teacher educations by focusing on aesthetics and philosophy. -
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. -
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. -
Finance and Accounting
The group conducts research and teaching in the fields of Finance, Accounting and Auditing, and Business Law. -
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. -
Help with IT, sound, image and filmAV Services produce films, audio, digital textbooks and images for teaching resources and larger events. Borrow AV equipment and get IT help in Library P48. -
OsloMet Action Plan – The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R)
OsloMet's HRS4R action plan for the period 2024-2027. -
Challenging Picturebooks in Education: Rethinking Language and Literature Learning
We study explorative approaches and inclusive learning through challenging picturebooks in schools, kindergartens and libraries. -
Acute/critically ill and injured
This research group focuses on facilitating and developing equal, safe and high-quality emergency health services. -
Building technology, building materials and building physics (B3)
The research group advances building sustainability through climate adaptation, material innovation, and AI-driven solutions for enhanced environmental performance, climate resilience, energy efficiency, and indoor environment. -
Information Systems based on Metadata (METAINFO)
The METAINFO research group investigates how to improve people’s access to digital information. -
Department of Product Design
The department offers bachelor's and master's degree programmes in product design. -
Media, War and Conflict
The research group investigates and analyses journalism in and about war, conflict and peace processes. -
Ageing, health and welfare
The group’s research focus are on factors that can facilitate healthy aging. Our prioritized areas are health interventions that includes physical activity, nutrition and health technology. -
Digital Journalism
This research group investigates what digitalization means to journalism as a profession and practice, as well as to the education of journalists. -
Quality of Life
We conduct research on health-promoting, preventive, and therapeutic interventions with improved quality of life as the overarching goal. -
Social Work and Public Health (SAFE)
The SAFE research environment main goal is to examine the association between life events, social inequality, living conditions and health, and the link between social work and public health. -
Joining forces with BMW and GoogleNordSTAR exchanges ideas about artificial intelligence and safety in cars with BMW and Google and lays the foundation for cooperation. -
Research about the Norwegian national school leadership education
Norwegian universities and colleges have since 2009 offered national school leadership programs on behalf of the Norwegian Directorate of Education. -
09 OctoberPublic defence: Matthew Prescott Oxman
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Government responses to high influxes of protection seekers (GOVREIN)
A comparative analyses of eight European countries' responses in 2015/16 and 2022/23 -
Silenced airwaves: Media as democratic infrastructure
What are the societal consequences when press freedom is lost? -
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. -
Associate Professor in Historically Oriented Research on Professions, Knowledge and Expertise
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The IPIC Study
Effects of an interprofessional education programme on patient participation among older people in intermediate care services: A quasi experimental study. -
Qualify Unification in Europe for Shifting Trust. A Comparative Research on Muslims Responses to the Politics of Threat in France, UK, Spain, and Norway (QUEST)
What does it mean to ‘be Muslim’ in a polarized Europe? -
Centre for Work Inclusion (KAI)
The Centre for Work Inclusion (KAI) has a goal to produce and disseminate knowledge to increase the employment opportunities of groups outside, or on the margins, of the labour market. -
Midwifery Research and Education Development (MIDRED)
Our main objective is to strengthen the quality and relevance of local midwifery research and education in Ghana and Palestine. -
Decoding digital media in African regions of conflict (DDMAC)
The key goal of DDMAC is to gather empirical evidence defining and demonstrating the use, spread, content, and agenda-setting role of social media in regions of conflicts in sub- Saharan Africa. -
The practice of interprofessional collaborations within primary health care for children with disabilities
Interprofessional collaboration is vital in providing well-functioning healthcare across services. Interprofessional collaboration is challenging. -
DigiGen – The Impact of Technological Transformations on the Digital Generation
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Flipped classroom in science education (FiNa)
Flipped classroom in science education (FiNa) aims at developing and investigating learning design based on digitally supported flipped classroom in order to facilitate student active learning. -
Emigration from today’s Norway: Who, why, and how does it shape Norwegian society? (EXITNORWAY)
Little is known about those who emigrate from Norway today, why they leave, and how their emigration affects Norwegian society. -
Picturability: Inclusive Learning through Visual Texts
The network’s aim is to bring together and strengthen the Nordic cooperation on (children's) literature research on visual texts. -
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? -
Labour-market integration of Ukrainian refugees in Norway (UKRINT)
The Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the largest yearly influx of refugees in Norway to date. -
Piloting emotion-informed interventions for strengthening digital democratic resilience
Disinformation and emotionally manipulative political content are increasingly highlighted as one of the greatest challenges facing democratic societies today. -
Medicines and Patient Safety
Inappropriate medicine prescribing, errors during medicine administration and lack of inter-professional cooperation on medicines are the most frequent causes of patient injury. -
Text and Disciplinary Didactics
The research group is engaged in research on text and didactic use of texts. -
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. -
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? -
A more open classroom, with room for richer perspectives
Norwegian pupils in lower secondary school are increasingly reluctant to express their opinion and participate in discussions. -
New Pension System: Legitimacy, Behavioural Effects and Sustainability (PensjonsLAB)
A long-term research contract on the issues of old age pension and labour market activity among seniors financed by The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. -
European Labour Market Under Pressure – New Knowledge on Pathways to Include Persons in Vulnerable Situations (Paths2Include)
PATHS2INCLUDE will expand our understanding of the multidimensional aspects of labour market discrimination, the impact of different policy frameworks, and the gaps and possible need for change on various levels in order to detect mechanisms and processes that shape barriers or facilitate inclusive labour markets in Europe. -
UR-dataEnhancing networking activities in the smart and resilient urban and regional development using data analytics and optimization tools in a data-rich environment. -
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. -
CENSU - Climate Change Energy Sustainability
CENSU is a Norwegian-Tanzanian-Mozambican university collaboration within education and research which focuses on sustainable gas extraction and governance in the context of vulnerable communities and climate change. -
Applying Artificial Intelligence in Developing Personalized and Sustainable Healthcare for Spinal Disorders (AID-Spine, part I)
We use machine learning methods to develop and validate prediction models for health and welfare outcomes after treatment for spinal disorders. -
Evaluation of Guttas Campus 2024–2025
In 2024 and 2025, NOVA will carry out an evaluation of the learning course Guttas Campus. -
WOOLUME: Polish sheep wool for improved resource utilisation and value creation
The main objective of Woolume is to explore how an under-utilized natural resource – wool from remote mountain regions – can be maximized into materials in local sustainable industry innovation systems that offer high returns on investment and contribute to an optimized, next-generation circular economy. -
GreenLeAP: Environmental policy change in Latin America
Most countries have hard-to-abate “Achilles heel” sectors for domestic environmental action. In Latin America these are large export-oriented primary industries, like fossil-fuel extraction, mining, and industrial agriculture. -
Engagement, Growth and General Education in Norwegian Folk High Schools (ENGAGE)
ENGAGE investigates the impact and meaning of Norwegian Folk High Schools (FHS) on youth engagement and participation in society. It is the largest study on this subject to date, exploring a largely overlooked aspect in education research. -
Teacher Education Panel Study (TEPS)
The Teacher Education Panel Study (TEPS) is a comprehensive study on the implementation of teacher education in Norway. -
(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. -
Pregnant plus
Developement and testing of a mobile application for the management of gestational diabetes. -
Using alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) during police interviews
People with speech and language disorders face an increased risk of violence and sexual assault, but very often, they do not get the chance to tell their story to the police. -
English as a Lingua Franca For Inclusive Multilingual Classrooms (ENRICH)
ENRICH aims at developing a high-quality Continuous Professional Development infrastructure. -
Food2Gather: Exploring foodscapes as public places for integration
FOOD2GATHER investigates the roles food play in creating public spaces, shaping opportunities for communication and relations between places and the peoples that inhabit it. -
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. -
Integration or return for Ukrainian refugees? (NOR-RETIN)
Will I ever go home? Will they ever return? -
ACT UP! Active Citizenship through Theatre for Urban Politics
ACT UP! delivers an innovative theatre-based educational methodology for promoting active citizenship among student in urban climate politics. -
Relinking the weak link. Building resilient digital households through interdisciplinary and multilevel exploration and interventionWhat 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? -
Academic Careers: Examining the Significance of Socio-Economic Background (ACCESS)
ACCESS investigates how socio-economic background influences the recruitment and careers of academic professionals in the Nordic countries. -
Area Review of Housing Solutions and Health and Care Services for the Elderly
How can the state and municipality more effectively facilitate elderly people to age in place? -
A better start for vulnerable children: Can child abuse and neglect be prevented through broad social policy interventions (UPSTREAM)
The goal is to contribute new knowledge on whether child neglect and abuse can be prevented through broad social policy instruments. -
Evaluation and Assessment (EnA)
This research group focuses on themes related to evaluating subject didactics, teacher education, teaching methods and learning materials. -
Better Provision for Norway's Children in ECEC
A major Norwegian study in on the quality and effectiveness of ECEC. -
Paternalism in doctor-patient communication
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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. -
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. -
Structural Engineering Research Group (SERG)
This research group investigates broad aspects of structural engineering using a variety of experimental, computational and theoretical techniques. -
Democracy, Equality, Learning and Mobilisation for Future Citizens (DEMOCIT)
The aim of DEMOCIT is to partake in reducing a growing civic empowerment gap within Norwegian democracy. -
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. -
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? -
Department of Built Environment
Department of Built Environment offers bachelor's and master's programmes in engineering, and has R&D activities. -
Admission for international exchange students
How to apply for exchange at OsloMet and select courses. -
Disability and Disease during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Implications for Preparedness Policies
A global influenza pandemic is imminent and public health preparedness plans that address the needs of vulnerable populations are indispensable. -
Implementing a Teaching Module Combining Quality Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice, and Knowledge Translation at an Interdisciplinary Master’s Program – QUALIMP
In recent years, the demand for evidence-based practice has increased in health services. -
Outside the auditorium – characteristics of informal learning situations among nursing students in bioscience
We specifically aim at mapping students' use of digital learning methods, with emphasis on what happens outside the auditorium in student-driven activity. -
Health-promoting initiatives towards youths’ mental health
Mental health challenges are increasing in the young population. How can different sectors work together to prevent mental health challenges in this group? -
Lacritin-incorporated nanoparticles as new and improved treatment of dry eye disease
We are developing the protein lacritin, which is found in tears, to become a medicine for dry eye disease. -
Norms of gender and sexuality – what do young people say?
The study explores how young people understand and relate to gender and sexuality, and how they navigate norms, expectations and possible sanctions in their social environments. -
Organic-PLUSThe aim of Organic-PLUS is minimising, and eventually phasing out contentious inputs from certified organic agriculture. -
Healthy Food at the Sports Arena
The aim is to assess the selection of foods and beverages at children’s sports arenas in Norway and to identify facilitators and barriers to offer healthy food at the sports arena. -
CHANGE: Environmental systems shift in clothing consumptionIn CHANGE, we will investigate what is most essential to reduce the environmental impact of clothing: reduce the amount of clothing that is produced, acquired and disposed of. -
JUSTIN School and work
This research group develops new insight into participation problems in school and work. We spotlight how participation problems can be understood, investigated, and solved. -
From Boys to Men: Diverging Developments of Masculinity with Varying Consequences? (FRAGMEN)
What are the characteristics of masculinity and masculine practices in contemporary Norway? -
The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training's Competency Package for Inclusive Practice
How does professionals in schools and kindergartens use The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training's competence package for inclusive practice? -
Spinal cord injury, gut microbiota, and metabolic health
We aim to investigate the relation between gut microbiota and metabolic regulation in people with spinal cord injury by the use of omics technology. -
Care orders from a parental perspective
The main purpose of this study is to develop knowledge about child welfare care orders. -
Extracellular vesicles as signaling factors from skeletal muscle cells
We research the role of extracellular vesicles as secreting factors from skeletal muscle, what they contain, and whether they can affect other cells. -
PREMIUM EU
Policy REcommendations to Maximise the beneficial Impact of Unexplored Mobilities in and beyond the European Union -
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. -
The role of pedagogy in teacher education
A study of the relationship between pedagogical research and teacher education from 1930 to today -
Strategies for Achieving Equity and Inclusion in Education, Training and Learning in Democratic Europe (STRIDE)
STRIDE will provide a new, comprehensive and comparative knowledge-base on effective education reforms, policy initiatives and interventions aimed at reducing inequalities in education, training and learning outcomes in Europe. -
The ocular microbiota and its role in health and dry eye disease
Our aim is to identify microbial risk profiles for disease development and severity by in-depth characterizations of the ocular microbiota of dry eye disease sufferers. -
Shades of Grey: Negotiating Age Norms, Class and Gender in the time of Pension Reform
How employers and employees maneuver under the new circumstances in The Norwegian pension reform. -
Evaluation of minority counsellor pilot projects in upper secondary schools and adult learning centres
NOVA researchers will evaluate two pilot projects placing minority counsellors in secondary schools in vulnerable urban areas and adult learning centres. -
Evaluation of the renewal of vocational subjects
NIFU, OsloMet and Fafo are carrying out a research-based evaluation of the renewal of vocational subjects, commissioned by the Norwegian Directorate of Education. -
Mind the gap: Bridging knowledge and decision-making across sectoral silos and levels of governance in ecosystem based management (EcoGaps)
EcoGaps addresses apparent gaps between ecosystem science knowledge and its use in regional and local policy-decisions in land-use planning and water management. -
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. -
Universal Design of ICT (UD-ICT)
The research group focuses on better understanding of the ICT challenges faced by diverse users in diverse situations, and also designs, develops and evaluates ICT systems with users to ensure universal design. -
Nanoparticulate drug carriers for delivery of cutting-edge antimicrobials to biofilms
We are developing nanoparticles that can act as carriers for new antibiotics to better treat biofilm-based infections. -
Equality and Multiculturalism
A comparative study of Norwegian and Dutch processes of alterity and identity. -
TRANSFORM
Advanced Materials and Technologies for Sustainable and Resilient Structures: Global Solutions through Adaptable Educational Modules. -
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. -
Violence against ambulance staff
Our aim is to understand what leads up to the violence ambulance staff experience and what can be done to reduce this risk in ambulance services in Norway. -
Peopleless offices – The role and flows of information in digital workplaces
This research seeks to advance knowledge on what happens to information-related practices when the physical setting of a workplace loses its primacy and work is instead carried out in an elusive digital workplace. -
Brain activation during gait and balance
The human body is a biological marvel in many ways. -
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. -
Teaching Practice and Learning Outside the Classroom (ULUK)
The interdisciplinary research group examines teaching and learning outside the traditional classroom throughout the school years. -
Bacterial components and their effect on energy metabolism in human skeletal muscle cells
Obesity and type 2 diabetes are associated with changes in gut microbiota and disturbed energy metabolism. Is there a crosstalk between gut bacteria and host energy metabolism? -
SafeConsume
The objective of SafeConsume is to reduce health burden from foodborne illnesses. -
Causality, complexity and evidence in pharmacovigilance
Detecting unknown adverse reactions of marketed medicines is challenging and needs improved methods to assess causality, as well as improved quality of clinical observations. -
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. -
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. -
TRUST: Transforming Relations in Urban Sustainability Transitions
TRUST delivers new knowledge and innovative theatre-based tools for participatory processes to better accommodate diverse personal narratives and situated experiences in urban sustainability transitions. -
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+). -
Amazing grazing
Amazing grazing will bring new knowledge on how sheep rangeland grazing systems can be part of sustainable food and fiber systems. -
AI-MindThe goal of the research is to reduce the burden of dementia by developing novel, AI-based tools. -
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. -
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? -
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. -
Economics and Methodology
The departments primary research interests and competence cover a variety og fields within economics and research methods. -
Blocking of stimulus control and the conditioning of new reinforcers
How can social consequences be established as conditioned reinforcers in children with autism, and what can challenge the establishing? -
Academic Career Structure Reform: Negotiating Institutional Maintenance and Disruption
This dissertation investigates early academic career structure reform that aims to make academic careers more secure, and in particular, why many academic career structures remain relatively stable despite the implementation of these reform policies. -
Experimental Analysis of Behavior – Translational and Conceptual Research
The research group researches sources of behavioral variability and new behaviour. -
International COVID-19 Student Well-being studyWith this study, we intend to investigate how changes due to the COVID-19 outbreak may have impacted your well-being and health. -
Inequalities in Ageing Well and the Significance of Transitions in Later Life (TRILL)
TRILL addresses the impact of later life transitions on opportunities for ageing well. -
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. -
Insider: National Security through Private Sector Regulation? Critical Evaluation of Insider Threat Programs and Security Compliance in Current Geopolitical and Regulatory Context
INSIDER will map and analyse the fundamental tensions between national security interests and private sector profit motive, often disavowed by policymakers. -
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. -
Recognition of Prior Learning and language hand in hand, a case study among adults applying to the healthcare worker programme
How can we, in the best possible way, bring out both the linguistic resources and the previously acquired competence of adults who are applying to the healthcare worker programme? -
Exploring the built environment microbiomes of Norwegian nursery schools and nursing homes
We spend much of our lives indoors where we interact with building microbiomes. We have developed methodologies to identify the microbes to which target groups are routinely exposed. -
Sustainable Built Environment (SustainaBuilt)
This research group research sustainable engineering solutions for the built environment. -
Knowledge Summary on Age-Conscious Leadership
The purpose of the knowledge summary is to map and analyze research that highlights the significance of leadership for the development and maintenance of senior and older employees. -
CAMELOT: Governing the long term in an age of non-linear climate riskCAMELOT investigates how societies can govern long-term climate risks in an age of uncertainty and potential tipping points. -
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. -
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. -
Evaluating the Ombudsman against Bullying
NOVA is responsible for a research-based evaluation of the regional ombudsman office. -
CONTRA – Conflicts in transformations
CONTRA explores how institutionalising productive conflict can increase the transformative capacity needed in the transition towards more sustainable cities. -
LG R&D Heat Pump
Air source heat pump systems, both air-to-air and air-to-water, utilized for heating buildings in Nordic countries characterized by cold and humid climates, and for heating and cooling systems adapted to other European climates. -
Migration for Welfare: Nurses within Three Regimes of Immigration and Integration into the Norwegian Welfare State (WELLMIG)
WELLMIG brings together the perspectives that migrants not only depend on, but also make significant contributions to the welfare state. -
Gender, citizenship and academic power - GAP
GAP will investigate how globalization and internationalization influence the gender balance in research and higher education. -
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. -
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. -
Negotiating Artistry and Agency in AI music
A study on musicians’ interaction with computer-generated and automated music systems -
Evaluation of The Government’s Annual National Integration Conference
The evaluation is an effort to establish whether the conference has reached its goals both with regard to the final conference and its preliminary, regional meetings. -
The big city library survey 2025
How are libraries actually used and what needs do the users have? -
Family Counselling: Equal Services for a Diverse Population?
The researchers investigate what it implies for the family services to provide equal services in different local contexts, and what kind of challenges the services experience when trying to provide equal services. -
Mental health among child welfare workers
We examine the relationship between work conditions and mental health among employees in the child welfare services. -
Sexual abuse in the immigrant population - experiences with seeking help and reporting
The researchers will investigate whether individuals of immigrant background who have been exposed to sexual abuse are less likely to seek help or report to the police than victims without this background. -
Hand hygiene, infections prevention, and antibiotic use in nursing homes
The purpose of this study is to increasing adherence with hand hygiene, contributing to the reduction of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and reducing the use of antibiotics in nursing homes. -
Organization of the Welfare State
The research group will provide knowledge about the organization, implementation, and effects of public services. -
Design Literacy
Research that develops and challenges practice is a common driver for the Design Literacy research group. Our research is grounded in a sustainable and socio-ethical perspective on design literacy. -
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). -
LASTING: Sustainable prosperity through product durability
How can the lifespans of consumer goods be increased? -
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. -
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? -
Sustainable Partnerships and Research Collaborations SPARC
How can a systemic change for collaborative partnerships develop the implementation and integration of sustainable thinking at OsloMet? -
Reconnect: Regulated Occupations: Mobility, Qualification and Labour Market Outcomes
RECONNECT provides new knowledge on the consequences of occupational regulation for labor mobility and immigrants’ opportunity to integrate with their occupation of training. -
Ungdata
Ungdata is a cross-national data collection scheme, designed to conduct youth surveys at the municipal level in Norway. NOVA administers the national database which is used as a basis for many research projects. -
The Labour Progression Study (LAPS)
Our main aim was to investigate clinical consequences when using two different guidelines for assessing labour progression in order to reduce the caesarean section rate without jeopardizing the mother's or child's health. -
Young in Oslo 2023Young in Oslo is the City of Oslo’s Ungdata survey – a unique study that has been conducted since the mid-1990s. The 2023 survey will provide answers to what it’s like for children and young people to grow up in Oslo – after living with a pandemic for almost two years. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
ADvanced hEalth intelligence and brain-insPired Technologies (ADEPT)
The research group leverages advanced and intelligent technologies to contribute to better health outcomes while also developing cutting-edge bio-inspired technologies. -
Child Welfare in Norway 1990-2011
A register data study of Norwegian child welfare clients. -
Work in Progress
Work in Progress aims to promote successful social and professional trajectories among youngsters leaving institutional care. -
Inequality in Youth – A Qualitative, Longitudinal Research Database
Inequality in youth is a qualitative, longitudinal research database on youths in Norway, intended to be a parallel to the quantitative Ungdata surveys. -
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. -
Strength2Food: Food quality for sustainability and healthStrength2Food assesses the impacts, exchanges knowledge, and informs policy making on sustainable food chains. -
The pharmacy as a health care service – best practice for "Over the counter (OTC) counselling"
To ensure correct use of medication, information and patient-centered communication in the use of over-the-counter drugs is essential. -
Clinical pharmacology of antiseizure medications
Pharmacological treatment is challenging and needs individualized monitoring. -
Safety during ambulance transits – use of force and coercion in the ambulance service
We explore ambulance personnel's experiences with and understanding of what coercion is, how often, in what situations and in what forms coercion is used. -
Work, Health, and Inequality: Challenges in the Norwegian Labor Market
Work is a cornerstone of modern life, offering material and social benefits that enhance quality of life and health. However, many workers still face adverse working conditions that can potentially harm their health and well-being. -
Immigrant lives in Norway over time and place (SITUATE)
SITUATE aims to understand how immigrants draw on and actively refer to their integration experiences as they situationally understand time, place/space and changing identity with reference to their personal integration trajectories. -
Nordic Liveable Cities: Imaginaries, Practices and Prospects
This NordForsk-funded network and workshop series critically examines urban ‘liveability’ and ‘liveable cities’ as these are constituted and contested in Nordic contexts. -
COIL in Deaf Studies and Sign Language
Establish a basis for a sustainable system for a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) module in deaf studies and sign language. COIL can be described as virtual student and staff exchange as a strategic tool for internationalization of the curriculum. -
Involving young people in research and development of services, with the school health service as an example (UngPuls)
UngPuls will test knowledge-based methods for youth participation in research and service design. -
Tomorrow’s Inequalities in the Making: Processes of Life Chance Differentiation within and outside of Education (LIFECHANCES)
In LIFECHANCES we investigate how differences between young people may become inequalities in life chances over time. -
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. -
Futures and Policy Lab
OsloMet's Futures and Policy Lab, is a hub for futures-oriented critical thinking, development of futures methods and techniques, and research-driven experimentation and organizational development rooted in futures studies. -
Transdisciplinary studies of AI in professional conduct
How does the reliance on AI tools change the conditions for responsible professional conduct? What methods and approaches are best suited to identify and assess disruptive and unforeseen effects of AI applications in this domain? -
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. -
Effects of reinforcement on behavioral variability
The effect of reinforcement and extinction on behavioral variability and the effects reinforcement and punishment have on rule-governed insensitivity. -
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. -
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. -
Labour, Democracy and Governance
We research the transformation of labour relations in an era defined by technological disruption and algorithmic governance, shifting geopolitical landscape and security realities, and evolving regulatory, governance and management paradigms. -
Motivation and Mastery. Evaluation of Flyt – A Life Skills Programme for Young People in Vulnerable Life situations
To what extent does the programme help to build up the students who participate and make them better equipped to complete and pass upper secondary school? -
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. -
Words for Wellbeing – Quality of life and language impairment in adolescents and young adults
We aim to adapt a vocabulary assessment tool to Norwegian and try it out on different groups of adolescents and young adults with and without language impairments. -
Literature Review on Cousin Marriages
Literature review: Research on cousin marriages as seen in the light of the individual right to decide about one's own life. -
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. -
Young in Norway
Young in Norway is Norway's first major longitudinal study of youth. It follows people from adolescence to adulthood. The last data collection was carried out in autumn 2020 and spring 2021. -
Young in Oslo 2021Young in Oslo is a unique study that has been conducted since the mid-1990s. The new survey in 2021 will provide answers to what it is like for adolescents to grow up in Oslo – and how young people's everyday life has changed over time. -
Hospital at home for children
The overall aim of this study is to improve competence and collaboration skills among nurses in order to secure high quality health services when advanced hospital treatment is moved to the patient’s home. -
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. -
The Long-term Consequences of the Coronavirus Pandemic for Pupils in Lower Secondary School
We will investigate how schools worked to mitigate the long-term impact of the pandemic for different groups of students. -
Nobel X in Urbanism conferences
Focus on integrated transport land use planning, people`s behaviour and policies, with digital tools and smart data to create sustainable communities and cities. -
Combining Work and Care for Older Parents (CoWorkCare)
The primary objective of CoWorkCare is to generate knowledge on how employees' care obligations for their old parents affect their labour market participation. -
Follow-up research of "Sport for all in Oslo"
In this research, NOVA at OsloMet, in collaboration with the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, evaluate the program «Sport for all in Oslo» from its inception in 2018 until 2024. -
Nobel X in Urbanism conferences
Focus on integrated transport land use planning, people`s behaviour and policies, with digital tools and smart data to create sustainable communities and cities. -
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. -
Luxury, Corruption and Global Ethics: Towards a Critical Cultural Theory of the Moral Economy of Fraud (LUXCORE)
Why is corruption still increasing worldwide, despite universal recognition by all relevant international organizations that it needs to be fought? -
UngVold 2023 – Trends in Exposure to Violence
In 2023, NOVA collected new data for the Youth Violence survey from more than 16,000 Norwegian youth, mapping Norwegian children and adolescents’ experience of violence and abuse during their upbringing. -
HOUSINGWEL – Centre for Housing and Welfare Research
HOUSINGWEL aims to be a hub for research on housing and welfare in Norway. -
Labour and Democracy HubA meeting place for research, dialogue, and debate on democracy, work, and freedom of expression – at a time when democratic values are under pressure. Together, we explore how democratic principles can be defended and strengthened, both in the workplace and in society. -
DRUGTREND: Youth cultures and emerging patterns of drug use in a digital age
The main objective of DRUGTREND is to enhance understanding of the cultural and social factors driving changes in youth drug use patterns, with a specific focus on the role of social media platforms. -
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. -
Adolescents in Oslo in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The aim of the study was to map young people’s everyday life and quality of life, and how they experience the COVID-19 pandemic while they were still subject to strict restrictions. -
The Domestic Violence Research ProgrammeThe programme studies time trends in the prevalence of violence and assault, violence as phenomenon, and how violence is approached by the welfare- and justice systems. -
Social technologies and social relationships – the moral implications of using technology to stay connected
A pressing issue in contemporary technology ethics is what happens to our social relationships when they intersect with social technologies. -
International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2016 (ICCS)
The ICCS 2016-study investigates students’ knowledge and understanding of societal values, civic society and political systems. -
Overview of research projects
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Flex-IT: A mixed-method study of cross-domain information technology use in everyday lifeThe emergence of new technology has increasingly blurred the boundaries between work and family domains, and the consequences for the health and productivity of the labor force remains unknown. These contradictory perspectives make it important to understand to what extent, when and for who cross-domain IT use is healthy and/or unhealthy.
