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User Studies and Systems Evaluation (MBIB4840)
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Introduction to Programming (PROG1000)
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Business Decision-Making Using Data (ØAMET2200)
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Introduction to Behavior Analysis (MALKA211)
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Knowledge and Misinformation: Teaching and Learning in a Digital Society (PHUV9510)
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AI-journalism: Python Programming and Data Science for Journalists
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Management Control Systems (ØABED4500)
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Master Thesis Preparation Workshop - Quantitative Methods (SFV4800)
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Natural Science Related to Nursing (MASY4000)
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Introduction to the Development Enterprise (UTVB3003)
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Introduction to Norwegian Kindergartens and Schools
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Interactions in Health and Technology (HETEK4000)
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National and Global Nutrition Challenges (MAPHN4100)
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Organizational Behavior and Leadership (BALH3000)
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Technology and Design (MAPD5000)
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Behavior Analysis 1 – General Principles of Behavior Analysis (PSYK1420)
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Introduction to International Development, Education, and Sustainabilities (FLKM4110)
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Education and Religion in Development (UTVB2210)
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Structural Engineering
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Leadership (OAS4300)
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Science and the Media: Challenges for Journalism and Communication (MJ4300)
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Physiotherapy for Health Conditions (FYB2210)
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Sustainable Design Approaches (MAPD4100)
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Risk Management (ØABED4300)
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Research Methods 1 – Introduction to Quantitative and Qualitative Methodology (PSYK2100)
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The Publishing Game
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Mathematical Modelling and Quantum Technologies
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Investigative Journalism and Cross Border Cooperation (MJ5100)
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Management Control Systems (ØABED3400)
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Media in War, Crisis and Conflict (MJ4401)
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Cultural Understanding and Communication (BAPD2210)
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Value-creating marketing (ØAADM4600)
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Derivatives (ØABED4300)
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Public Health Nutrition Policies and Interventions (MAPHN4200)
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Culture and Identity – Nordic Childhoods (BLH3220)
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Sustainable welfare policies in the making: Global challenges to the Nordic welfare model (SN4100)
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Public Health (SYKP2200B)
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Technology and Society (STKD6610)
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Business Analytics (ØABED2200)
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Sustainable Business (ØAADM3600)
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Themes in Library, Archives and Museums: An Exploration of Practice (BIBV3060)
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Neuro-insights: Data Science Approaches in Neuroscience
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Facts and Fiction (JBV3010)
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Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance (HETEK4300)
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Research Methods and Bachelor's Thesis in Radiography (RAB3900)
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Norwegian Language for Foreign Students – Beginner Level
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Health Communication (MAVIT5100)
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Norwegian Language for Foreign Students – Intermediate Level
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Ethical Considerations in the Application of Behaviour Analysis (MALKA218)
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Microeconomics II (ØASØK2000)
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Corporate Finance (ØABED3000)
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Development Studies 1 in Vietnam (in collaboration with Kulturstudier)
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Corporate Finance (ØABED4001)
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Research and Development in Biomedical Laboratory Science - Bachelor's Thesis (BIOB3900)
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E-assessment (MAIKT-EA)
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Geotechnical Engineering
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Crash Course in Norwegian Language and Culture
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Digital media and culture (BIBV3040)
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Civil Engineering
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Philosophy of Science and Design Research (MAPD4000)
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Public Health and Health Management (xxxx1050)
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European Project Semester (EPS)
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Environmental Economics (ØASØK4200)
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Innovation within Healthcare (MAFAR4100)
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Cross-Cultural Communication (ØAADM3300)
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Product Design – Design in Complexity
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Professional English Course A (ØASPR2000)
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Social Sciences
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International Connections and International Sign among Deaf People
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Follow the Money (JBV3000)
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Semester Programme in Behavior Analysis
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Semester Programme in Radiography
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Sustainability in Education - Place, Justice, and Environmental Awareness
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Semester Programme in Occupational Therapy
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Semester Programme in Pharmacy
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Dynamic Project Leadership (BAPD3000)
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Semester Programme in Health, Technology and Innovation
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Microeconomics (ØASØK4100)
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Knowledge Production and the Global South (FLKM4210)
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Building Technology
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Valuation - Equity Research (ØABED4100)
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Theories in Library and Information Science, PS9300 og PS9350
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Strategic Analysis (ØAADM3100)
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Fundamentals of PhD Supervision
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Single courses in Behavioural Science
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Assessment and learning (PHUV9440)
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Digital Cultural Heritage (MBIB4890)
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Fundamental Concepts and Discourses in Business Administration, Innovation and Governance, PS9100
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Aesthetic sustainability in a critical perspective (BAPD2310)
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Accessibility and Digital Communication
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Behavioral Economics (MALKA220)
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Information, Communication and Social Media (MOK2300)
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Political Ecology of Education (PHUV9490)
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Assessment and Treatment of Acute Sick and Injured Patients, Part 1 (PMED1400)
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Transport Infrastructure Engineering
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Early Intervention for Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders (MALKA217)
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Safety of journalists, PS9500
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Pedagogical Innovation and Prototyping (MAIKT4200)
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Electronics and Biomedical Systems
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Safety of journalists, PS9500
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Research Methods 3 – Research Designs and Statistics (PSYK2600)
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Presenting Arts-Based Research (PHUV9430)
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Health Sciences
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Research ethics
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Aesthetics of Materiality (MAPD5300)
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Mechanical Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
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Semester Programme in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences
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Master of Aesthetic Practices in Society
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Practice Oriented Systemic Design
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Cloud-based Services and Operations
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Immigration Law (MINF6200)
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Valuation for Accountants (REREV3100)
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Nordic Social Policy and Global Sustainable Development
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Visualizing Complexity (MAPD5210)
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Academic Writing Course
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Universal Design of ICT
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Social work in a global context (SOSV3220)
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Inclusion and Diversity (PHUV9470)
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Distributed Collaborative Learning (MAIKT-DCL)
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Puppet Theatre (DTV2200)
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Public Health Nutrition
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Applied Artificial Intelligence
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Choices of Sustainability Transitions (UTVB2500)
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Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (UHPED)
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Web Publishing and Information Architecture (MOKV2400)
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Oral storytelling (DTV3300)
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Prehospital Trauma Care – Clinical studies 1 (PARAPRA1)
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Semester Programme in Emergency Medicine
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Semester Programme in Paramedic Science
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Discourses and Power (PHUV9340)
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Semester Programme in Dental Technology – Fixed Prosthetics
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Digital Citizenship (MAIKT4300)
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Mental Health of Migrants and Minorities (MAPSY4400)
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Media and Development (UTVB2400)
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Supervised Research Project in the Life Sciences (NVHIN)
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Behavior Analysis 3 - Experimental and Conceptual Behavior Analysis (PSYK2310)
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Peace and conflict studies in Nepal (in collaboration with Kulturstudier)
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Econometrics (ØAMET4100)
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Development and Migration (UTVB2100)
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Development Studies 2 in Ghana (in collaboration with Kulturstudier)
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Data Visualisation (MOKV3500)
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Leadership (ØAADM3400)
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The Nordic model in comparative perspective (SN4000)
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Current Research in Library and Information Science, PBIB9300
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Fairytales and Creativity - Nordic Childhoods (BLH3250, BLH3330)
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Design and Culture (MAPD4210)
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Women's Health - Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (MAJO4100)
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Arts-Based Research Processes – An Introduction (PHUV9380)
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Web Development (BIBV3050)
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Practical Pedagogy for Tertiary Vocational Education 1
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Theory of Science, Ethics and Research Methods (HETEK4100)
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Early Years: Child Care for Children Under Three Years (MBH4320)
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Aesthetics and Special Needs – Nordic Childhoods (BLH3310, BLH3320)
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Art and Play (MBH4310)
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How to use Oria
In the search engine Oria you will find printed and electronic resources available at OsloMet and other Norwegian universities and colleges. -
Technology and Society (xxxx1070)
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Robotics and Control
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Global environmental studies in Costa Rica (in collaboration with Kulturstudier)
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How to get more people to bicycleIn his new book, cycling researcher Daniel Piatkowski shows how we can get even more people out of cars and onto bikes. -
Investments (ØABED4600)
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Climate Journalism, Theory and Practice (MJ5200)
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Quality in study programmes
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Behavioural Economics (ØASØK4400)
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Critical Reflection in Design Practice (BAPD3100)
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Oral Storytelling as Artistic Research
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EU Law and Politics (BALV3500)
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Professional Practice and Language Barriers (PHUV9410)
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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. -
How to communicate effectively during a pandemicThere are some common mistakes the media and health authorities make when communicating a pandemic threat, according to Professor Harald Hornmoen. -
How to make AI we can trustArtificial intelligence offers great promise, but suffers from a trust deficit. Researchers at OsloMet are seeking to make this technology more trustworthy and, ultimately, more sustainable. -
Radiography, Clinical Practice (RABPRA3)
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Research Semester in Pharmacy
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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. -
How can we go from fast to slow fashion?The solution is right in front of our noses, says professor in clothing and sustainability. -
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. -
NordSTAR and the AI Lab discuss how AI can contribute to journalismOn Friday, the 1st of April, we organised a panel at the SKUP 2022 conference together with the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. -
The strange and deadly consequences of bacterial sexAn OsloMet researcher is seeking to better understand how and why bacteria exchange DNA—and how to prevent them from doing so. -
The Economics of Banking (ØABED2300)
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Save or send an EndNote library
A user guide to how you can save and send an EndNote library, and how to create a stand-alone reference list. -
How to improve your chances of landing a job in NorwayLearn Norwegian, do your research and don’t be afraid to network. Follow these four steps to help launch your career in Norway. -
References in EndNote
How to insert references in EndNote. -
Admission
How to apply for admission at OsloMet. -
Admission to international master's degree programmes
How to apply for international master's degree programmes. -
Sustainability – Urban and natural places as your classroomDo you want to learn more about how to work as a teacher with societal and environmental challenges in creative and engaging ways? -
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? -
Strategic Human Resource Management (BALH3100)
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How does welfare conditionality affect political participation?
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How Has Covid-19 Affected Norwegian Youth?
The project investigates how the covid-19-pandemic have affected Norwegian youth. -
English in Teacher Education
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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. -
Omics technology
OsloMet researchers and research groups apply different omics-technologies to study the molecules of life, how their variation affects their functions, how they are generated and decay. -
Quality in courses
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Admission for international exchange students
How to apply for exchange at OsloMet and select courses. -
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.’ -
How is e-learning utilized in Norwegian municipalities?
This project investigates how e-learning is implemented and utilized in organizations. -
Trying to reduce damage to paintingsOsloMet and Munch Museum investigate how mechanical loads affect porous canvas paintings during transport of Munch's paintings. -
Nordic conference on cultural policy research - NCCPR2025: Call for abstracts
Here you will find information on how to submit abstracts to the conference. -
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. -
Stands and posters
Here you will find information about how to apply for a stand permit, and rules regarding posters, flyers, and newspapers -
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. -
Moving to NorwayAre you thinking of moving to Norway to join OsloMet? We have one campus in the city centre of Oslo and one right outside of Oslo. -
Quality in programme and course portfolio level
On this page, you will find information on how OsloMet manages its programme and course portfolio to achieve good quality in its educations. -
The work values you develop as a teenager can shape the rest of your lifeWhat teenagers value in working life can strongly influence how their adult lives turn out – from education and income to family and housing. -
Contact Intelligent Health
Collaborate with Intelligent Health on new solutions for the healthcare sector. Here you will find information on how to get in touch with us. -
Perspectives on Crisis, Change and Reform in the Public Sector (OASV4700)
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Cristina Valenti: I chose research training because I was curious about what it's like to work in a research team"My ambition is to immerse myself in research within eco-social welfare or projects that focus on society's sustainability," says master's student Cristina Valenti. -
How SIFO works towards the UN Sustainable Development GoalsTake a look at some of SIFO's projects targeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals. -
Information Systems based on Metadata (METAINFO)
The METAINFO research group investigates how to improve people’s access to digital information. -
Rising concern for capacity-overload in Norwegian municipalities“Record-high immigration and new restrictions aimed at making Norway less attractive to people fleeing their countries.” This is how a new OsloMet report summarizes the key developments in the field of immigration. -
MSCA fellows to OsloMetThree researchers at OsloMet have been awarded a research fellow through the EU's prestigious mobility programme Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). Two more researchers are on the waiting list. -
Creating a multilingual environment in kindergarten
Kindergartens shall support children's language development in all their languages and create a multilingual environment. Learn more about how to work on a multilingual environment in the kindergarten. -
– Ukraine faces a massive emigration problem, a real headacheTrust 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. -
Application process for PhD programme and PhD courses in Social Sciences
Application process for the PhD programme in Social Sciences at SAM. -
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. -
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. -
How artificial intelligence can revolutionise assisted fertilisationAI could make assisted reproductive technology significantly more effective, but professionals are often sceptical. There is a need to build greater trust among them, says researcher. -
Why George Floyd’s murder spawned a global wave of protests
Issues of structural and systemic racism have been thrust into the mainstream discourse like never before. -
Nordic Center for Research on Work and Family Life through the Life Course – NorLife
How do people of today combine work and family life throughout their lives? -
Innovation Award to Gustavo MelloAI Lab leader Gustavo Mello was awarded the Innovation Award for his many efforts to create and strengthen interdisciplinary collaborations between the AI Lab and other research groups at OsloMet. -
OsloMet Quantum Hub
The technology of quantum computing is emerging. Many have realized that this has the potential to change the world. But not that many people know how. -
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. -
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. -
The tiny secret to healthier fishOsloMet professor believes that the key to developing healthy and sustainable salmon aquaculture is in understanding their micro-RNA. -
How artificial intelligence can help the visually impairedTraditional navigation tools for the visually impaired are often impractical and require extensive training. Yet rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and the increasing computational capabilities of smartphones are opening new doors to enhance navigation assistance. -
Heterogeneous Investors and Asset Allocations
In this project, we study how Norwegian households respond to monetary policy changes. -
Providing for the future: to use or not to use Norway’s oil and gasHow did a desire to preserve oil and gas for future generations and protect the environment turn into the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world and the foundation of the Norwegian welfare state? -
Marketing tricks on social mediaNine out of ten young people in Norway are on social media and are exposed to a great deal of advertising from influencers. New research from OsloMet maps how this marketing affects young people. -
It takes courage to createResistance and obstacles are needed to unlock creativity, according to Arild Berg, artist and professor at OsloMet. -
Get to know OsloMetThrough the students we educate and the knowledge we produce, Norway's most urban university helps drive the welfare state forward. -
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. -
Movements for Increased Job Security Within Early Academic Careers: A Comparative Case Study of Policy Implementation in Norway and Germany
This dissertation investigates how key institutional actors work to influence the implementation of policies that aim to make early academic careers more secure, and how this shapes academic career structures in practice. -
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. -
How do political parties stop hate speech on Facebook?A study shows that political parties tend to hide hate speech on Facebook rather than deleting it. This is unfortunate, according to journalism professor Karoline Andrea Ihlbæk. -
The air is so much cleaner in Oslo"I just love how free I feel when I go for a hike around the lake," says Sheree, a master's student originally from Canada. -
What motivates Ukrainian refugees to return?Researchers from NIBR will in a new project examine what might motivate Ukrainian refugees to return. -
Health communication
Communication is a central joint between most processes related to health, health care and health sciences. We shall do research on how health communication can be improved regarding relevant target groups and how this can be evaluated. -
To end a pandemic, consider socioeconomicsNorway is starting its vaccination programme and people facing high medical risk are first in line. But medical conditions aren’t the only factors to consider when protecting people from a deadly virus. -
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. -
Common Ground Common Future - Call for papersCommon Ground Common Future is an Erasmus+ KA2 project that aims to see how work with narratives can strengthen an individual and a community through knowledge and skills in the use of narration, especially in conflict-filled situations. -
Common Ground Common Future - Call for papers
Common Ground Common Future is an Erasmus+ KA2 project that aims to see how work with narratives can strengthen an individual and a community through knowledge and skills in the use of narration, especially in conflict-filled situations. -
Behavioural principles – from animal models to human cultures
The research group consists of two laboratories: the experimental analysis of behaviour lab and the cultural selection and behavioural economics lab. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
What the Industrial Revolution can teach us about today’s technological revolutionTechnological revolutions have happened before, but none are quite so wide-ranging as the one we are currently living through. The past holds examples for how we can mitigate the negative consequences of and make sure the benefits don’t just go to those who already have power. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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? -
OsloMet researchers part of delegation to BrazilResearchers Karine Maria Porpino Viana and Yuri Kashara from OsloMet participated in the G 20 seminar on climate change in Brazil in September 2024. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
How can we make the best possible recovery after a stroke?Every year, around 12,000 Norwegians have a stroke. Research fellow Solbakken has good advice for those affected. -
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. -
Work Inclusion in North and South: Comparative Urban Contexts (WORKINC)
This research group investigates how work inclusion may improve the social inclusion of migrants within comparative urban settings. -
APA and referencing
Referring or citing your sources is a requirement in academic texts, and there are rules for how sources should be presented in a text. -
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. -
A holistic approach to supporting victimized childrenBarnahus is an innovative model of caring for and supporting children who have been the victim of violence and sexual abuse. It provides a safe and supportive environment to meet their legal, medical, and psychological needs. -
Covid-19 and Global Increases in Cybersecurity AttacksResearchers have studied the most recent cyberattack trends, and how they can exploit COVID-19. -
Stress among Youths
In this project, we aim to gain knowledge about how and why youths experience stress and stressors. -
Contact the Faculty of Health Sciences
This is how you can get in touch with our faculty. -
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. -
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. -
DARE – Dialogue about Radicalisation and Equality
The project investigates how young people aged between 12 and 30 respond to messages and agents of radicalisation. -
Media industries, platforms and politics (MIPP)
This research group focuses on the media as an industry, particularly how it is characterised by changes related to global platforms, political conditions, and audience habits. -
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? -
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'. -
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'. -
Contact the Faculty of Education and International Studies
This is how you can get in touch with our faculty. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Five ways you can stay connected to OsloMetStart an alumni group, stay in touch with your professors, and perhaps even consider a PhD. Check out the different ways you can continue your OsloMet experience even after you've left Oslo. -
Physiotherapy students contribute to the Homeless World CupAs per tradition, physiotherapy students from OsloMet were on hand to contribute in the nineteenth Homeless World Cup. -
Low-income earners skip going to the dentistThe financial crisis in Europe has led to fewer people with low incomes going to the dentist. This is also the case in Norway. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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? -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
“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. -
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. -
The giant turnip - new multilingual story from NAFOA Grandfather plants a small turnip seed. The turnip grows and becomes gigantic. The Grandfather needs help pulling it out of the ground. How many people does it take for the turnip to come loose? -
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? -
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. -
Close by, from a distance?How does technology in education affect students’ connection with school, university or education in general? -
The planet is now home to 8 billion peopleHow many people can our planet sustain? This is one of the questions demographer Marianne Tønnessen is asking as Earth reaches this population milestone. -
What determines whether older parents receive help from their adult children?Attitudes alone do not determine who will provide help when the need arises. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
OsloMet to launch master’s degree programme in Art TherapyFrom autumn 2024, OsloMet will offer a master’s degree programme in art therapy. -
OsloMet to launch master’s degree programme in Art Therapy
From autumn 2024, OsloMet will offer a master’s degree programme in art therapy. -
LG and OsloMet in collaboration to develop heat pumpsOsloMet is collaborating with the multinational company LG Electronics to develop heat pumps for extreme cold climates. -
NOVA researcher appointed to the Intimate Partner Homicide CommissionResearcher and sociologist Anja Bredal has been appointed as a member of the State Commission for Intimate Partner Homicides. -
The planet is now home to 8 billion people
How many people can our planet sustain? This is one of the questions demographer Marianne Tønnessen is asking as Earth reaches this population milestone. -
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. -
Ten ways to survive the Norwegian winterWe won’t even try to deny it—winters here are definitely on the long side. Fortunately, there are plenty of things you can do to not only survive winter in Oslo, but embrace it. -
A guide to making friends with NorwegiansWhile befriending the locals may take a little extra effort, it can help you experience Norway from a whole new perspective. -
The best way to work from homeOsloMet students created a manual with good tips on working from home or anywhere else. -
Close by, from a distance?
How does technology in education affect students’ connection with school, university or education in general? -
Government responses to high influxes of protection seekers
A comparative analyses of eight European countries' responses in 2015/16 and 2022/23 -
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Problems with EndNote – tips and solutions
Is EndNote not working quite as it should? Here are some suggestions on how you can solve common errors and problems in EndNote. -
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. -
What determines whether older parents receive help from their adult children?
Attitudes alone do not determine who will provide help when the need arises. -
Accommodation of Regional Diversity in Ukraine (ARDU)
ARDU's main goal is to produce knowledge of how ethnicity, language and regional-local identity work in the context of political reform in Ukraine. -
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 -
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. -
Sustainable textile and food consumption
We are researching the consumption of textiles and food, and how the market, politics, and value chains can be developed to the benefit of consumers and society. Our primary focus is on sustainability. -
Norwegian study looks at how the Coronavirus pandemic is affecting people’s health and careersThe coronavirus pandemic is affecting the majority of employed adults in Norway, but in different ways. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Young adults with musculoskeletal pain and physiotherapy in primary health care: Body and culture
The project aims to find new knowledge on how physiotherapists better can treat musculoskeletal pain in young adults and prevent similar health issues in adult life. -
We need to take better care of our personal dataWebsites often make it difficult to understand what kind of personal data they are collecting from visitors. The rules governing data collection should be tightened, argues one OsloMet researcher. -
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. -
Many students want to protect themselves with a face maskThe infection situation in Oslo calls for more use of masks, and many students at the Department of Civil Engineering and Energy Technology used the opportunity to supply themselves with some the 20,000 masks they have received from a partner. -
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. -
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. -
Awarded millions to research youth sexuality in a digital age
NOVA 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. -
Mediation of Culture and Literature
The research group looks at how texts and other cultural expressions are constructed, gathered, and disseminated, and how they contribute towards individual and social development and understanding. -
Student-friendly ways to enjoy autumn in OsloWhether you’re a returning student or are brand new to Oslo, autumn is a great time to explore the city. -
From PhD candidate to full-time faculty memberMarco Tagliabue arrived in Oslo from Italy in February of 2015 armed with just two suitcases and an ambition to pursue his doctoral studies. Then he never left. -
Predrag wanted to study something useful and relevantDriven by a need to study something both relevant to current issues and beneficial to society, he chose the Master's Degree in International Development, Education and Sustainabilities at OsloMet. -
Summer in Oslo is pretty close to paradiseThe light never really goes away, it never gets too hot, and the water in the fjord is so clean you can swim in it. Welcome to Oslo in the summertime. -
Eight ways to experience Norwegian culture in OsloEmbrace the great outdoors, sample the local cuisine, and hang out with friends at a safe distance. Here are some ways to spend your free time like the locals do. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Response to Climate Change in Banská Bystrica City, Slovakia
A project about preparing the Slovak city Banská Bystrica's action plan for climate action. -
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 -
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. -
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). -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Robots to the rescue: Exploring the Oslo Fjord with autonomous vehiclesOsloMet’s Oceanlab investigates the unexplored depths of the Oslo Fjord, from their new facility in Filipstadkaia. -
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. -
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. -
Language and Learning Environment in Early Years - ECEC to Primary School (SAMBA)
Our research focuses on children's social, linguistic and cognitive development in early childhood education (ECEC) and in early primary education. -
25 AugustTechnological change and the discourse of crisis: Putting cultural policies to work
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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. -
New centre aims to prepare future professionals for the digital worldPACT is a new centre at OsloMet that will promote a new type of education where all students develop an understanding of how technology interacts with their future profession and with society. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Reflex: Revising work time flexibility policies to promote work inclusionIn the REFLEX project, we investigate the relationship between work-time flexibility and work inclusion. -
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. -
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. -
Want to enrich your stay in Oslo? Learn Norwegian!By learning some Norwegian, you’ll become more integrated into Norway’s culture and begin to discover Oslo in a whole new way. -
Student at Kjeller? Get to know the local areaLillestrøm is just a short drive away from Kjeller campus, and here you have access to most of what you need when you are done for the day. -
OsloMet to launch master’s degree programme in art therapyFrom autumn 2024, OsloMet will offer a master’s programme in art therapy. -
Media, Environment and Society (MMS)
MMS researches how the media covers climate and environmental issues, as well as the societal implications of this coverage. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
– We need to imagine a more sustainable future for Norway’s welfare stateIf Norway wants its welfare state to support future generations, and today’s population, research says it will need to imagine its place in a more sustainable global system. -
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. -
02 SeptemberWindow to the world: international collaboration and knowledge sharing in early childhood education
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Appointments committees and council
The right to make decisions regarding appointments to all positions is delegated to the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, with certain exceptions. -
Making battery replacement easier for dronesGiorgio Salvemini wants to enhance the efficiency of drones by enabling them to automatically switch to fully charged batteries. -
Making universal design a realityWhen we design technology to be usable for everyone, we enable them to participate in society, regardless of disability or impairment. The United Nations refers to this as universal design. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
International employees reflect on the university's response to COVID-19Several international staff members discuss their experiences adapting to working remotely following the initial outbreak of COVID-19 and the support they got from the university during this challenging time. -
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. -
LASTING: Sustainable prosperity through product durability
How can the lifespans of consumer goods be increased? -
Norway leading in digitalization, but not everyone is benefittingDigitizing government welfare services is supposed to help make services more accessible to everyone. Are they unintentionally leaving people behind? -
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. -
Professional practice
How do professions interact with wider society? What role do professions play in public institutions? -
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. -
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 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. -
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. -
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. -
– 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. -
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. -
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. -
Norway’s first ever quantum computer
At this historical moment in time, both Gustavo and Andre explain how OsloMet selected the quantum computer in the first place. -
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. -
Nordic Quantum Life Science Round Table passing the Torch to Norway for 2024The 2024 edition of The Nordic Quantum Life Science Round Table will be organized by NordSTAR, OsloMet Quantum Hub, OsloMet AI Lab, and Simula. -
Accessibility statement for oslomet.no
OsloMet strives to provide an optimal website to all people, regardless of abilities. -
What is carbon storage?
"It makes sense to clean up after yourself," says Associate Professor Rebecca Allen in this episode. -
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. -
‘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. -
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. -
Do you have an assignment you’d like master's students to tackle?
Intelligent Health facilitates private and public master's thesis collaboration on topics within health and technology. -
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. -
Wealthy cities' role in reducing textile wastePromoting slower consumption and more local reuse are among the suggestions for what wealthy cities can do to reduce textile exports to poor countries. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
She thought they were going on holiday – then her husband confiscated her and the children’s passportsViolence in close relationships does not stop at national borders. Perpetrators may exploit the family’s ties to another country to threaten and pressure family members. -
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. -
Globalisation and social sustainability
This academic unit focuses on education and research concerning the consequences of globalisation and how it concerns social sustainability. -
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. -
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. -
KlimaVel
How are the sustainability of the welfare state, social justice, economic frameworks, and the shaping of the climate conversation interconnected? -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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). -
She thought they were going on holiday – then her husband confiscated her and the children’s passports
Violence in close relationships does not stop at national borders. Perpetrators may exploit the family’s ties to another country to threaten and pressure family members. -
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. -
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. -
Teachers knowledge work in local development work
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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. -
Extending product life yields a greater environmental impact than any other measure
Sustainable consumption should not be reduced to reuse and recycling, according to SIFO researchers. -
University Library
We are here to spread knowledge, contribute to research and students' learning. -
English proficiency requirements for master's
If you are applying to an international master's degree, you have to document your English proficiency. -
AlumniThe alumni network enables graduates and former exchange students to stay connected to the university and each other. Members receive invitations to international alumni events as well as occasional updates from OsloMet. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
English proficiency requirements for international exchange students
You have to document your English proficiency in order to qualify for exchange at OsloMet. -
Space Syntax has Come of Age: A comprehensive review of literature from 1976 to 2023The annual scientific output has grown, has spread to many countries, and contains progress in both theory and applications. The field has become important in urban planning and urban design. -
Research that shapes societyOsloMet aspires to be an international provider of research-based knowledge that contributes to a robust, sustainable welfare state. -
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. -
The first students taking the Master's in Geotechnical Engineering at OsloMet"I like to visit The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute. It gives us access to a state-of-the-art laboratory and opportunity to learn from the very best in the field," explains Jacob. -
Communities influence kids, but parents shape communitiesMost parents have reflected on how the neighbourhood they live in affects their children’s futures. Yet most research ignores parents' role in actively shaping the communities their children grow up in. -
Expertise, Ethics, and Public Policy
How is knowledge-based and ethical practice shaped by interaction with the surrounding world, for example through political guidelines and technological development? -
CONTEXT – Creating Integrated Person-centred Care in Different Settings
This project addresses how settings and contexts which enhance people-centred care can be created. -
Urban Ankamah wants to make education more accessible for young people in his home countryUrban has a dream. One day he wants to return to Ghana and make education more accessible for young people. -
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. -
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. -
New research sheds light on mortality rate disparities in Alaska during the 1918 flu pandemicExposure to earlier illness likely holds the key to understanding why some groups in Alaska suffered disproportionately high death rates in the 1918 influenza pandemic, OsloMet researchers have found. -
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. -
OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Fellow - call for applications
We announce a call for applications to become an OsloMet Digital Journalism Research Fellow. -
Practical information about travel and accommodation
This information applies to members of the assessment committee. -
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. -
"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. -
In pursuit of plastic-eating bacteriaIn a world drowning in plastic, plastic-eating bacteria may offer solutions to the deluge. Professor Colin Charnock has discovered novel ways to find and culture these types of bacteria. -
“Exercising in your thirties is like saving for retirement”“We know that it is beneficial to build physical spare capacity whilst young, but it needs to be maintained throughout life. Otherwise, the account balance will quickly dwindle,” researcher says. -
Gender, citizenship and academic power - GAP
GAP will investigate how globalization and internationalization influence the gender balance in research and higher education. -
Anxiety and depression more common among adults with ADHDAccording to new research, there may be several reasons for this. -
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. -
Norway’s Child Welfare Services under scrutinyThe Child Welfare Services has faced intense criticism over the past decade. While the agency has made mistakes, it continues to improve in its mission to protect children and support parents. -
Frequently asked questions about master's admission
If you are applying to one of our international master's degrees, you might find answers to some of your questions in our frequently asked questions. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Our work on sustainability
The world faces large and complex challenges that we need to solve through collaboration and partnerships. At OsloMet we are committed to do our share. -
Global understanding, diversity and sustainable societies
The thematic area includes critical empirical knowledge related to poverty/inequality and the nature and climate crisis. -
Assistive technology
Assistive technology, or in the Nordic context often called welfare technology, refers to tools and services that aim to improve quality of life and wellbeing. -
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. -
Sustainable Partnerships and Research Collaborations SPARC
How can a systemic change for collaborative partnerships develop the implementation and integration of sustainable thinking at OsloMet? -
Collaboration
OsloMet is a university that is easy to reach out to and cooperate with. We are committed to contribute with critical input and analysis, working closely with the society. -
Nordic conference on cultural policy research CoLIS11: Keynotes
An introduction to the keynote speakers. -
28 AugustKLIMAPRESS – Climate journalism under pressure
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Artificial Intelligence LabOsloMet AI Lab administers research and student projects in artificial intelligence. -
Department of Early Childhood Education (BLU)
The department offers bachelor's degree programmes and a master's degree programme in early childhood education, and continuing education -
CONTRA – Conflicts in transformations
CONTRA explores how institutionalising productive conflict can increase the transformative capacity needed in the transition towards more sustainable cities. -
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? -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 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. -
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? -
Collaboration
OsloMet is a university that is easy to reach out to and cooperate with. We are committed to contribute with critical input and analysis, working closely with the society. -
Sensor technology in healthcare
OsloMet uses and develops sensors to gather health related data. -
Application process for standalone 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. -
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? -
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? -
Contact the Quantum Hub
Contact information to those affiliated with the Quantum Hub. -
Network for Primary Care Research
This network serves as a platform for researchers from various disciplines at the Faculty of Health Sciences who aim to contribute to strengthening the knowledge base for primary health care services. -
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. -
Amazing grazing
Amazing grazing will bring new knowledge on how sheep rangeland grazing systems can be part of sustainable food and fiber systems. -
The Research Education Board (DGU) at Faculty of Social Sciences (SAM)
The Research Education Board makes decisions in connection with recruitment to the PhD program. -
Predicting extreme weather using artificial intelligenceExtreme weather events are hard to predict. New AI tools might just have the solution. -
Contact information AFIDo you want to get in touch? Here you will find contact information. -
Recommendation letter template for the Neuro-insights course
A recommendation letter is required for admission to the Neuro-insights course. -
Help accessing e-resources
Here you will find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) about access to electronic resources such as articles, e-books, curriculum and databases. -
Required documents for master's degrees
You have to submit all the required documents with your online application. -
Rules of conduct at the University Library
The staff are here to greet you with respect, friendliness and openness. However, the rules of conduct at OsloMet also apply to you when visiting the University Library. -
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. -
Oceanlab
Oceanlab – the ocean laboratory is OsloMet's meeting point for research and innovation within ocean technology and sustainability. -
The cost of Norway’s housingNorway’s social housing system is too small and complicated to care for the country’s most vulnerable. -
The light in the North is really beautifulWhat's the best way to spend a summer evening in Oslo? Andrew from Spain shares some of his favourite things to do outdoors during the months when it never really gets dark. -
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. -
Doing laundry during the Coronavirus outbreakMost of us are concerned with practising good hygiene and keeping the places we live and spend time clean. But does our vigilance extend to what we wear? Here are some things you can do to avoid spreading the virus through your clothes. -
Socioeconomic background of parents influences young people’s payment difficultiesThe probability of young people ending up with debt problems is linked to their parents’ socioeconomic background. -
Oceanlab
Oceanlab – the ocean laboratory is OsloMet's meeting point for research and innovation within ocean technology and sustainability. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Having children does not automatically result in a happier lifeAccording to a study from OsloMet, having children does not increase quality of life, even in old age. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Databases and journals
A list of all the databases and journals the University Library subscribes to. -
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”). -
Methodological un-twinings with kindergarten-and research studies
The research group interest is concerned with how methodologies settle and expand possibilities of experimentation. -
Section for Collections and Systems
We assist you with access to reading lists and library resources. -
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. -
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. -
Slipping through the safety netNorway and many other European countries have robust social safety nets. Yet they continue to fail their poorest citizens. -
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. -
Norway has a high sickness absence rate – yet has some of the lowest unemployment in EuropeContrary to worries, Norway’s supportive sick leave policy keeps people healthy and financially secure while supporting a robust workforce. -
SVA Centres of Research ExcellenceSVA hosts three smaller centres devoted to specific topics: The Housing Lab, Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society (PANSOC), and Centre for Housing and Welfare Research (HOUSINGWEL). -
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. -
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. -
Mathematical Modelling
Being able to use mathematics to formulate practical problems enables us to see connections and make predictions. -
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. -
Conditions for including vulnerable individuals in our labor market are not goodHowever, increased use of workplace mentors is showing promising results. Øystein Spjelkavik’s research has led to changes in NAV’s practices. -
Multilingual childhoodAn online resource inspiring kindergartens to encourage outdoor activities and language learning. -
Sustainability in education
One of OsloMet’s most important contributions to sustainable development are our students and PhD candidates. -
Support services for employees and PhD candidatesThe University Library offers a range of services to support researchers, lecturers and PhD candidates. -
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. -
28 AugustAward ceremony: Nordic Prize for Best Climate and Environmental Journalism – Nominate Your Candidate!
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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. -
The Norwegian graduation celebration that bonds and divides studentsTo mark the end of 13 years of education, Norway’s high school graduates participate in a celebration characterized by unique outfits, and bedazzled buses. -
Sustainability in education
One of OsloMet’s most important contributions to sustainable development are our students and PhD candidates. -
Support services for employees and PhD candidates
The University Library offers a range of services to support researchers, lecturers and PhD candidates. -
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. -
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. -
Charter and Code – The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R)
The Charter and Code are key elements in the EU’s policy to boost researchers’ careers. -
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. -
Information for pupils participating in Young in Oslo 2023You are invited to participate in a survey about what it's like to grow up in Oslo. The survey will provide important knowledge in a time of great change in society. -
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. -
Challenges for girls in gaming: overcoming gender barriersThe gaming culture is highly gendered. Even though girls spend money to acquire the right gamer identity, they are not always accepted. -
Skiing in the cityWhat defines quality of life in a city? Is it the availability of good restaurants, bars and entertainment options? Or is it easy access to unspoilt nature? In Oslo, you don’t have to choose between the two—we have plenty of both. -
Centre for Intelligent Musculoskeletal Health (CIM)CIM aims to establish a centre for innovative and effective Artificial Intelligent-based interventions for musculoskeletal disorders. -
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. -
About Intelligent HealthThis initiative will contribute to develop knowledge and technological solutions that foster improved health and counteract diseases. -
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. -
Contact SmartMet Lab
Get in touch with us to collaborate on smart monitoring and resilient infrastructure solutions. -
Sustainable fashion or plastic pollution? A closer look at industry strategiesThe fashion industry bears responsibility for the waste generated by synthetic clothing – even though the blame is often directed at consumers, according to researchers. -
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 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. -
Cookies policy
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Virtual reality game helps train Parkinson's patients -
Using the libraryThe library is open to everyone! Find information about the libraries, lending rules, overdue notice, curriculum, facilitation and compensation. -
An experience of a lifetime!The international product design students at OsloMet got off to a flying start with a three day excursion in August. -
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. -
OsloMet's strategyThe strategy will give direction for Oslo Metropolitan University towards 2050. Oslo Metropolitan University develops knowledge to solve societal challenges. -
Sub-strategy for Societal Improvement
OsloMet shall have a strong national and international profile characterised by our knowledge and ability to listen, communicate and collaborate. -
Welfare, Democracy and Governance
This research group is a department of the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR). The group’s main focus is the public sector, its organisation and management, and how the latter affect political participation, governance, policy making and division of responsibilities and tasks. -
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. -
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. -
Local Working Environment Committee at TKD
The Local Working Environment Committee at the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD) is a joint committee that works to ensure compliance with the working environment legislation and to ensure that risk assessments and surveys of the working environment at the faculty are carried out. -
This robot can help children with health challenges out of isolationEven when the pandemic has been brought under control, many children will be unable to attend school for various reasons. Can robots help improve their school experience? -
Narcissistic leaders: Not always a bad thing?Is it possible to make positive use of narcissism in the workplace and could it have any real benefits? Researchers have examined this in a new study. -
Kindergarten collaboration with multilingual families
Kindergartens need knowledge about children's language environment at home and in their free time. Download tools to assess children's language environment. -
Sustainability, nature, health, and movement
We study movement, health, and nature in the kindergarten. -
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. -
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. -
Consumption Research Norway (SIFO)
SIFO’s research aims to understand the role of consumption and consumers in the society, and to provide the knowledge basis for public consumer policies. -
Old age and happiness: some common misconceptionsAre older people more likely to feel loneliness? Will having children make you happier when you get old? And are old men really as irritable as we think? -
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. -
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. -
NordSTAR paper in ICESA student project from Evolutionary AI and Robotics is set to be presented and published as a conference paper -
Digital Journalism
This research group investigates what digitalization means to journalism as a profession and practice, as well as to the education of journalists. -
Academic dugnad for refugees
Through a series of events and initiatives, OsloMet is working to make a difference for refugees and asylum seekers in our region. -
Biotechnology
Researchers at OsloMet work to develop methods and critically assess the usefulness of biomarkers in diagnostics and treatment, personalized medicine and large-scale analyses. -
OsloMet Introduces Virtual Laboratory for Green EnergyOsloMet launches a virtual laboratory dedicated to green energy research and education. -
Faculty of Social Sciences (SAM)
We offer research and education within social sciences, with direct relevance to society and working life. -
Digital & Sustainable Construction (DiSCo)
This research group will create and advance knowledge to meet challenges of digitalization and sustainability. -
National Centre of Multicultural Education (NAFO)
NAFO’s aim is to contribute to the inclusion of multilingual and multicultural perspectives throughout the educational system in Norway, from kindergarten to university level. -
Quantum Hub collaboration
We want the Quantum Hub to be a meeting place for industrial partners and other researchers with an interest in quantum technology. -
The Research and Development Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences
The committee provides advisory support to the leadership of the Faculty of Health Sciences and has been delegated decision-making authority in specific matters. -
Green Revisited: Encountering Emerging Naturecultures
The main objective is to develop a platform to shape and popularize an emerging “naturecultures” paradigm via the arts. -
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? -
KunstForsk – Arts-based- and artistic research
The purpose of the research group KunstForsk – Arts-based and artistic research is to establish a research community interested in the arts' distinctive research processes, to facilitate arts-based research and artistic research. -
NordSTAR
NordSTAR is a Centre of Research Excellence in modern AI that aims to establish a new paradigm in AI basic research. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
The authority of expertise in professional tax law practice (TAXLAW)
This project will investigate - across countries and institutions - what characterises tax lawyers' expertise. -
Quantum Hub collaboration
We want the Quantum Hub to be a meeting place for industrial partners and other researchers with an interest in quantum technology. -
The Research and Development Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences
The committee provides advisory support to the leadership of the Faculty of Health Sciences and has been delegated decision-making authority in specific matters. -
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. -
Bridge-Building Initiative
The Bridge-building Initiative at the Faculty of Health Sciences aims to establish closer connections between research, education, and clinical practice. -
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. -
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. -
The Faculty Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences
The Faculty Board of the Faculty of Social Sciences (SAM) is the faculty’s supreme body and reports to the Rector via the Dean. -
Research collaboration
OsloMet collaborates with a broad range of academic and non-academic institutions that share our commitment to making a sustainable impact on society through research. -
The Doctoral Degree Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences
The committee provides advisory support to the leadership of the Faculty of Health Sciences and has been delegated decision-making authority in individual cases. -
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. -
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. -
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? -
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. -
What about trustworthiness and sustainability in AI?On the 3rd of June, NordSTAR invited experts from different fields, with different perspectives of AI, to discuss trustworthiness and sustainability in AI. -
Launched major quantum technology initiative at OsloMetThe Norwegian government was well represented when they visited OsloMet to present an annual investment of NOK 70 million for research into quantum technology. -
Events
Our center frequently hosts a variety of engaging academic events that are open to everyone. -
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. -
Intelligent Health
This initiative will contribute to develop knowledge and technological solutions that foster improved health and counteract diseases. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Education is no guarantee against unemployment and povertyDespite the increasing educational level of the population, the risk of becoming unemployed or becoming a social assistance or disability benefit recipient is not decreasing correspondingly, according to new research from OsloMet. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Digital vulnerabilities at home (PhD project)
PhD project about digital vulnerabilities from internet connected devices at home. -
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. -
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. -
Public Health Nutrition
We contribute with knowledge helping to promote a healthy and sustainable diet, prevent nutrition-related diseases and reduce social health inequalities. -
ADvanced hEalth intelligence and brain-insPired Technologies (ADEPT)
The research group use brain technologies that can contribute to a better health, and develops new and advanced brain-inspired technologies. -
Scholars at Risk-program at Oslo Metropolitan University
Oslo Metropolitan University is a member of the international network Scholars at Risk (SAR) whose main goal is to protect threatened scholars and promote academic freedom. -
The Faculty Board of the Faculty of Education and International Studies
The Faculty Board is the faculty’s supreme body and reports to the Rector via the Dean. -
BLEST - sustainability, play, aesthetics and technology
Children participate in complex networks of relationships, which also requires complexity in the research approach to children and early childhood. -
Find your happy place in one of Oslo's many parks“I like a lot of places in Oslo. But if I had to choose, my first choice would be Frognerparken," says Herish, a master's student from Iran. -
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. -
CEDIC Talks
A seminar series on the social consequences of digitalization. -
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. -
Digital vulnerabilities at home (PhD project)
PhD project about digital vulnerabilities from internet connected devices at home. -
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. -
Education is no guarantee against unemployment and poverty
Despite the increasing educational level of the population, the risk of becoming unemployed or becoming a social assistance or disability benefit recipient is not decreasing correspondingly, according to new research from OsloMet. -
Applied and Experimental Behaviour Analysis in Clinical Practice
This research group belongs to the Faculty of Health Sciences. -
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. -
Advanced Study Group on Quantum OpennessThe Advanced Study Group aim to make a breakthrough in understanding complex quantum systems that are interacting with the world outside. -
AI-MindThe goal of the research is to reduce the burden of dementia by developing novel, AI-based tools. -
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. -
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. -
The Anna Sethne Honorary Lecture -
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. -
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. -
29 AugustEngineering Responsive Bio-Interfaces for Precision Health Technologies by Paula Mendes
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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. -
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. -
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. -
Wasted TextilesThe primary objective of this project is to reduce the use of synthetic textiles and the amount that goes to waste. -
Finding full acceptance 7,000 kilometres from homeMaster's student Austin Lavender discovered his love for Norwegian culture, language, and the northern climate while studying on exchange, so he decided to settle in for his graduate degree. -
Artificial intelligence in healthcare
At OsloMet we work on developing algorithms and models using machine learning tailored towards applications in medical research that will help to solve the challenges in the healthcare sector. -
About Green Energy Lab
Our mission is to foster interdisciplinary research, innovation and education for sustainable energy technology. -
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. -
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. -
Living in Oslo means a high quality of lifeThe verdict from international academics at OsloMet is crystal clear: The workplace is great, the city is cosy, and the scenery is awesome. And Norwegians? Read on to find out. -
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. -
Faculty of Health Sciences (HV)
We offer Norway’s most comprehensive portfolio of study programs within health and social sciences. Our research contributes to develop health services and practice. -
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. -
Working at OsloMetThe concept of work-life balance is firmly embedded in Norwegian society and working life. At OsloMet, we believe employees perform better if they are able to balance work, family and free time. -
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. -
Centre for the Study of Professions
We conduct research on professions and professional practice, as well as the politics and ethics related to various professions. -
Diversity and inclusion – gender equalityDiversity is one of OsloMet's core values. The university is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion both on our campuses and in society at large. -
Green shifting the news cycleBy covering the "green shift", journalists can drive the news cycle. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Teacher Education as a Process of Bildung
This research group aims at exploring teacher education as an arena for Bildung processes. The intention is to develop a future-oriented understanding of the concept of Bildung and thereby contribute to the development of today’s teacher education. -
Mental Health
Our research concerns social, psychological and biological factors that affect mental health. -
Cooperation between school - working life – and university
The research group works on projects related to various forms of cooperation between school, working life, and OsloMet. The goal is to develop knowledge about, and develop, relevant vocational training in schools, working life and vocational teacher education. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Department of Rehabilitation Science and Health Technology
We offer study programmes in occupational therapy, physiotherapy and prosthetics and orthotics, from the bachelor's and master's level to PhDs. Our research furthers knowledge and innovation within the fields of health and healthcare services. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Research and development at the Faculty of social sciences
The faculty offers research and researcher education within social sciences, with relevance to society and working life. Our research address complex societal challenges across the social sciences as well as technological and humanities subjects. -
Department of Behavioural Sciences
We educate bachelor's candidates in psychology with an emphasis on behavior analysis, social workers and behavioral scientists. We collaborate with the field of practice within education and research, nationally and internationally. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Makerspace at Oceanlab
The first floor of Oceanlab is managed by OsloMet Makerspace. A makerspace, or a creative workshop, is a community-run workshop, a space filled with tools and innovative technology that allows you to create things in new ways. -
Finally, a practical introductory book in quantum physicsProfessor Sølve Selstø has written a practical textbook that provides an innovative approach to learning quantum physics, published by the prestigious Cambridge University Press. -
Genomics of microbial pathogens
This research group applies genomics to study the evolution, adaptability and resilience of pathogenic viruses and bacteria. -
Cultural Selection and Behavioural Economics (CSBE)
We integrate conceptual, experimental and applied behavior analysis to investigate large-scale behavior and its cultural consequences. -
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. -
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. -
EQUALS-EU
The project aims to give more women access to technology, digital skills and leadership positions. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 the Knowledge Centre for Vocational Education and Training
Spreading knowledge about technical and vocational education and training in Norway and the Nordic region. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Body, Learning and Diversity
The research group aims to produce research-based knowledge about body and movement, teaching and learning and teacher education. -
SafeConsume
The objective of SafeConsume is to reduce health burden from foodborne illnesses. -
Net-Zero Future projectNet-Zero Future – An International Alliance to Minimize Built Environment’s Carbon Footprint. -
Safe pregnancy study – avoiding intimate partner violence in pregnancy
This project aimed to reduce intimate partner violence against women during pregnancy. -
Systemic Design and Sustainability
The research group is built on the intention to bring together people for exploratory, open, inclusive, and critical discussions. -
Youth Research
This research group is a department at Norwegian Social Research – NOVA and its main goal is to enhance the development of youth research in Norway. -
New paper on bio-inspired artificial intelligence and roboticsMerging Pruning and Neuroevolution: towards Robust and Efficient Controllers for Modular Soft Robots -
Podcast on entrepreneurship at OsloMetIn this podcast, we have invited two of OsloMets experts on innovation, Ranveig Strøm and George Anthony Giannoumis. -
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. -
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. -
Adult children increasingly help their elderly parents navigate the online world
New 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. -
Systemic Design and Sustainability
The research group is built on the intention to bring together people for exploratory, open, inclusive, and critical discussions. -
Youth Research
This research group is a department at Norwegian Social Research – NOVA and its main goal is to enhance the development of youth research in Norway. -
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. -
Søndre media
This project will empower youths to stay engaged in public expression and participation. -
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. -
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. -
Media, War and Conflict
The research group investigates and analyses journalism in and about war, conflict and peace processes. -
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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. -
Climate change and ecosystems management in Malawi and Tanzania
A project to strengthen research capacity and capabilities in institutions in Malawi and Tanzania. -
Personalized treatment – TDM and pharmacogenetics
This project is an assessment of variation in exposure and response to psychoactive drugs. -
HOUSINGWEL – Centre for Housing and Welfare Research
HOUSINGWEL aims to be a hub for research on housing and welfare in Norway. -
The role of ethics commissions and moral experts in democracies
Ethics commissions, which are a type of government advisory commission, give expert advice to governments on what policies to implement on ethical issues, most often within the field of bioethics. -
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. -
17 SeptemberPublic defence: Ahmed M. Amer
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28 AugustPublic defence: Siri Kvestad Idland
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Small city regions – development, resilience and sustainability (SMACREG)
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The Faculty Board of the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design
The Faculty Board of the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD) is the faculty’s supreme body. -
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. -
The role of pedagogy in teacher education
A study of the relationship between pedagogical research and teacher education from 1930 to today -
Care orders from a parental perspective
The main purpose of this study is to develop knowledge about child welfare care orders. -
Brain activation during gait and balance
The human body is a biological marvel in many ways. -
Evaluation and Assessment (EnA)
This research group focuses on themes related to evaluating subject didactics, teacher education, teaching methods and learning materials. -
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. -
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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05 SeptemberPublic defence: Nils Gunnar Landsverk
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Learning, mastery and qualification in a diversity perspective
This research group works with different projects related to various issues on gender, identity, multiculturalism, sustainability, multidisciplinary, literacy, bilingualism, learning abilities and “bildung”/formation. -
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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Want Not, Waste Not
This PhD project is a wardrobe study approach to minimizing synthetic textile waste in Norwegian households. -
PREMIUM EU
Policy REcommendations to Maximise the beneficial Impact of Unexplored Mobilities in and beyond the European Union -
INTERACT - Interprofessional Interaction With Children and Youth
The aim of the project is to provide the students with knowledge about and experience of interprofessional cooperation. -
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. -
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. -
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). -
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. -
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 -
Automating Technologies and the Future of Meaningful Work (AUTOMA)
The primary objective of this project is to investigate the influence of workplace automation on meaningful work. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Sustainability
One of the goals at OsloMet is that our research and education shall contribute to sustainable development. -
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. -
Young researchers are joining quantum activitiesNordSTAR has a series of research activities in the context of Quantum Computing and Artificial Intelligence. -
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. -
Enabling Ageing in Place (AgePlace)
In this project the researchers aim to generate new knowledge on the precondition for safe ageing in place. -
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. -
Sustainability and Technology in Work and Learning
The group focuses on learning in schools and work, primarily within technological fields. -
TransformTransform is a research group building on transdisciplinary approaches to media, communication, urbanity, sustainability, housing and citizen engagement in municipalities within and beyond higher education and research. -
Welfare Access Through Technology (WATT)
This research group is a forum where researchers, users and producers of technology together will develop knowledge on welfare technology targeted to socially isolated members of society. -
Teacher Qualification for the 21st century - teachers professional competence (TEQ21)
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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. -
Media inquiries
Do you work for a news organisation and want to get in contact with our rector, another member of our leadership team, or one of our researchers? Our media relations team can help you. -
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. -
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 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. -
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". -
Smart Development of nano-antibiotics
The project seeks to develop drug formulations of novel antimicrobials, so-called bacteriocins, by applying nanotechnology and artificial intelligence. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Oslo in the summertime
The sun doesn't set until close to midnight, and even then it never really gets dark. You can spend the evening watching the light change at an outdoor café with friends, or go for a relaxing swim in the fjord alone. Oslo in the summer is a pretty magical place. -
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. -
Design for Health
The focus of the research group is to contribute with knowledge and bring health research evidence into co-design for the concrete innovative personalized healthcare services and assistive technologies. -
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. -
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 -
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. -
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? -
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. -
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). -
COST ACTION: CLIL Network for Languages in Education (CLILNetLE)
CLILNetLE aims to develop a shared conceptualisation and research agenda for the investigation of bi/multilingual disciplinary literacies in CLIL. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Male Reproductive Health
This group's research areas are within male reproductive biology, with emphasis on semen quality, testicular cancer, and assisted reproduction. -
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? -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
MUSKHEL - Musculoskeletal Health Literacy in Adolescents
The MUSKHEL project will respond to the need of increased knowledge of musculoskeletal health literacy in adolescents. -
Flex-IT: A mixed-method study of cross-domain information technology use in everyday life
The emergence of new technology has increasingly blurred the boundaries between work and family domains, and the consequences for the health and productivity of the labor force remains unknown. These contradictory perspectives make it important to understand to what extent, when and for who cross-domain IT use is healthy and/or unhealthy. -
Cultural Diversity and Multilingualism in a Global Perspective
The group consists of participants with different and varied perspectives on diversity in kindergarten and school: linguistic, cultural, religious and aesthetic. Research interests range from translanguaging to internationalization, whiteness and racism. -
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. -
Work in Progress
Work in Progress aims to promote successful social and professional trajectories among youngsters leaving institutional care. -
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. -
First Norwegian Quantum ComputerThe idea of buying the first Quantum Computer in Norway got planted during one of our NordSTAR meetings. -
The Faculty Administration
Faculty Administration of Faculty of Technology, Art and Design has Faculty Director, four sections and staff. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Vocational Education and Training in Transformation (VETT)
The group works on projects related to continuous changes in occupations, work, and education. Changes that require new thinking both in terms of requirements for competence and for learning processes across learning arenas. -
Living conditions, health, work and social inequality
This group teaches and researches areas related to the role of social policy, service organization and social work in shaping welfare, user trajectories and distribution of health, living conditions and labour market opportunities. -
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. -
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 -
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. -
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. -
ConStruct
The ConStruct project aims to develop a cross-continental alliance for high-quality education at the master’s level in transport infrastructure engineering. -
Organizational Psychology (ORGPSYCH)
The Organizational Psychology Research Group (OrgPsych) is a research team dedicated to research including relational leadership, human resource management, work motivation, occupational health and well-being, virtual teams and processes, work climates and performance. -
03 SeptemberPublic defence: Birgit Kvikne
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Integration or return for Ukrainian refugees? (NOR-RETIN)
Will I ever go home? Will they ever return? -
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. -
Service organization and innovation in social work and child welfare
The academic unit researches and teaches on topics related to the structural conditions for professional practice, in social work and child welfare in particular and in interdisciplinary work across services, agencies and professions in general -
EGREEN+ – European Green Mastery
Sustainable European competence certificates for landscaping, gardening and floristry. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Midwifery Sciences
Our research focuses on pregnancy, birth, postnatal care and women’s and children’s health. -
Childlife
Childlife is an interdisciplinary research group which brings together scholars and researchers from different disciplines and professional areas. One goal is to highlight and create conditions for innovative research on and with children and young people. -
Migration and minority health
Our research is concerned with migration and ethnic minority health in a multicultural context. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Typhoon Effects on Enterprises in the Philippines (TEMPEST)
This project aims to better understand the economic effects of typhoons. -
The oil fund will not be there for our grandchildrenA close look at the principles governing the management of Norway’s oil fund shows that it may run out in two generations or less. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Impact Evaluation of Interdisciplinary Health Assessment
AFI has been commissioned by The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir) to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the initiative "Interdisciplinary Health Assessment (THK)." -
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. -
Paternalism in doctor-patient communication
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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. -
Leadership and Organisational Development
The research group’s research interests include leadership, supervision and organizational development related to Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). -
Classroom Research
Our research concerns learning, teaching, didactics and self-formation (bildung) in various levels of education. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
OsloMet AI Lab granted status of Excellent Academic Environment with NordSTARNordic Centre for Sustainable and Trustworthy AI research (NordSTAR) will be OsloMets high quality academic environment in modern Artificial Intelligence. -
The oil fund will not be there for our grandchildren
A close look at the principles governing the management of Norway’s oil fund shows that it may run out in two generations or less. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Teacher Research Literacy (TREL): Comparative Trajectories in the Nordic-Baltic Region
TREL aims to identify good practices in the Nordic-Baltic educational context. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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? -
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. -
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. -
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? -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Mid-term evaluation of the European Wergeland Centre's “Schools for Democracy” programme in Ukraine
The study is about the European Wergeland Centre's programme to promote democracy through the school system in Ukraine. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Knowledge Centre for Vocational Education and Training
Through the Knowledge Centre, we aim to spread knowledge about technical and vocational education and training in Norway and the Nordic region. -
About OsloMet
For more than 200 years, Oslo Metropolitan University has contributed to building knowledge and expertise for the Norwegian welfare society. Today, OsloMet is a modern and urban university who are especially known for its robust and expansive academic communities within teacher education, health and social care, social sciences, design, and technology. -
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. -
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. -
LITEFLOATCON
LITEFLOATCON aims to build an international and intersectoral partnership for high-quality research development on innovative light-weight high performance concrete (LWHPC) and its application on multi-purpose modular floating structures for coastal space utilisation. -
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. -
GoNano: Governing Nanotechnologies through Societal Engagement
Aligning future nanotechnologies with societal needs and concerns. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Developing ICT in Teacher Education (DiCTE)
The overarching aim of the project is to develop ICT in teacher education. -
Better Provision for Norway's Children in ECEC
A major Norwegian study in on the quality and effectiveness of ECEC. -
Lifelong Learning
The research group on lifelong learning has put an expanded concept of lifelong learning on its agenda. This means learning and the preconditions for learning throughout life from the cradle to the grave, in, outside, and between formal education, work life, and civil society, with an emphasis on formal, non-formal, and informal learning -
Acute/critically ill and injured
This research group focuses on facilitating and developing equal, safe and high-quality emergency health services. -
English as a Lingua Franca For Inclusive Multilingual Classrooms (ENRICH)
ENRICH aims at developing a high-quality Continuous Professional Development infrastructure. -
Professions and Management
The management of professionals is often viewed as especially challenging, because professionals have internalized certain standards for their performance standards that are hard to change. The Research Group on Professions and Management empirically studies the challenges that managers in professional organizations face, and determine whether these management challenges differ from those in other types of organizations. -
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. -
SOCRATES
Seeking radical breakthroughs toward efficient and powerful data analysis available everywhere. -
Enhancing Integration through Practical Training
The project will foster better intercultural understanding and professional inclusion of students with language and networking challenges. -
Hybrid Deep Learning Cellular Automata Reservoir (DeepCA)
DeepCA is a long-term time horizon project seeking the integration of biological and artificial intelligence. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Reinventing Mainstream Classrooms (RE.MA.C.)
The project brings together native language students, migrant students and mainstream (language) teachers. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Creative practice – (trans)forming space, place and the environmentThis is an interdisciplinary research group which explores and promotes creative and artistic engagements with space, place and the environment. -
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 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. -
Contact us
We have gathered the most important points of contact in one place to make it easier for you to get in touch with the right department or person. -
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. -
Equipment and other services for the visually impaired
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04 SeptemberPublic defence: Cathrine Helgestad Kristiansen
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Reflections on a pandemic
Two episodes, part 1 and 2, about the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Understanding belonging through slow research
In this conversation, Gubrium describes her research methods and some of her early findings. -
About CEDIC
CEDIC is an Excellent Academic Environment at OsloMet. -
EndNote and Zotero
Reference management systems can help you cite correctly in your text. -
The Network for Ageing Research at OsloMetA Centre for Welfare and Labour Research initiative aimed at coordinating ageing research expertise at OsloMet. -
Complementary study programmes in Norwegian
Are you a refugee with a degree in teaching, bioengineering or nursing from outside the EU/EEA? When you are proficient in Norwegian and English, you can apply for these programmes. -
A mathematical "quiz" solved for data scienceAn article deriving an approximate solution of an old equation in statistical physics. -
Selected publications by Digital Journalism
This is an overview of selected publications by the Digital Journalism research group. -
Literature search services for studentsThe University Library supports you with different types of literature searches. -
Abstracts
Abstracts for the conference "Tracing, shaping and reshaping culinary heritage" 5.-6. September 2022. -
Department of Product Design
The department offers bachelor's and master's degree programmes in product design. -
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. -
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. -
New book on local and sustainable clothesExplores the importance of local practices in achieving global sustainability. -
Courses and workshops
The University Library offers courses and workshops especially developed for researchers and PhD candidates. -
Keenious
Keenious analyses your text and presents the results based on the text’s topic. -
Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society (PANSOC)An OsloMet Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) studying the societal aspects of pandemics. -
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. -
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. -
Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD)
The Faculty of Technology, Art and Design offers higher education and R&D activities within technical subjects, arts and design. -
Strategic action plan: Centre for the study of professions 2025–2030This action plan builds on OsloMet’s overarching strategy and is developed in line with the Centre for the Study of Professions’ academic profile and societal contribution. -
Subjects and researchHere you will find an overview of research-based knowledge about technical and vocational education and training. -
Master’s programme in transport and urban planningThe master gives students knowledge and skills in sustainable and smart transport planning and urban analysis. -
The Network for Disability ResearchA research network at Norwegian Social Research (NOVA). -
Apply for membership in the Norwegian research school on digitalization, culture and society (DIGIT)CEDIC is the host for a new national research school. -
Sexual assault in social settings can take many different formsA new study provides insight into the different ways that sexual assault can occur among teenagers and young adults. -
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. -
Development, play, Bildung and learning
The thematic area covers research on play, learning, development and Bildung in educational institutions and everyday life. -
“Be Careful”: Norwegian journalists’ guiding principleThe Norwegian press’ code of journalistic ethics has guided them through #MeToo, the deluge of fake news, and many other upheavals. -
Fear of failure hinders creativity“Making mistakes helps us learn and improve, and it is by making mistakes that we discover new ideas,” says OsloMet professor Ingeborg Stana. -
Call for papers for Sustainable welfare in a global context
Here you will find information on the call for papers for the conference. -
Is it just a myth that sport is inclusive?“Our findings suggest that sport does not automatically foster social inclusion among children and young people. Those who participate are typically the ones who already feel secure and are part of a social community,” says Marlene Persson. -
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. -
Pictures and logos
Do you need pictures or an OsloMet logo? -
Seminar on involving citizens in deliberative processes. OsloMet, Tuesday 3rd December 2019
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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. -
Template for project outlines
For PhD application at Faculty of Social Sciences. What a project description should contain. -
Norway’s hidden gender inequalityNorway is a gender equal and diverse country, but disparities in parenting roles persist with detrimental economic implications. -
EPS projects spring 2024
Overview - EPS projects spring 2024. -
Why you should start drawing againMost people stop drawing as children. Drawing has a number of benefits, however—even for adults. -
Youth Participated in Research: "It Changed My Life"What fosters social inclusion? Researchers involved youth across Europe in the research itself. -
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. -
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. -
In an emergency, accessibility countsUniversal design is a necessity for some, but good for all. This mantra is driving OsloMet researchers Weiqin Chen and Terje Gjøsæter in their ongoing work. -
In search of the ideal sperm cellCan artificial intelligence increase the success rate of assisted reproduction technology? -
PhD programmes
As a PhD candidate at OsloMet, you can expect a high-quality research education in a supportive academic environment. -
New paper in Nature’s Scientific ReportsProfessor Pedro Lind and a team of researchers from Simula Research Laboratory recently published a new paper. -
Multinational volcano research: Avoiding the loss of people and properties"We could have mitigated events that might otherwise have had catastrophic consequences for Catania, the city I live in," says visiting researcher Giuseppe La Spina. -
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. -
Children's outdoor play
In Norwegian kindergartens, the children spend time outdoors all year round. Learn more about children's outdoor play. -
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. -
Meeting the mandatory GEP-requirements: The four building blocks
Under Horizon Europe, having a gender Equality Plan (GEP) will be an eligibility criterion for higher education establishments from EU Member States and Associates Countries, such as Norway. -
Applying for a job at OsloMetAre you looking for an international career? -
Delayed language development
Some children struggle with language. Learn more about delayed language development and download assessment tools for children's language skills. -
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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. -
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. -
Aspiring geotechnical engineers with part-time jobs at the NGI LabSajida Ali Rizai is pursuing a master's degree in geotechnics. Maryam Sadat is applying for the same specialisation after the Bachelor's Degree Programme in Civil Engineering. -
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. -
With car and glasses packed with sensors, Chaoru explores the urban environmentChaoru Lu, Associate Professor at OsloMet, displays gadgets that are nothing short of exciting: mobile data collection platforms. -
Centre for the Study of Professions (SPS)
Exploring the practice, politics and ethics of professions and professional practice. -
Quality assurance of education
The quality system is OsloMet's tool for systematic quality assurance and development of its study programmes. -
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. -
Linguistic diversity, communication and interpretation
The thematic area involves research on language development in children and young people in general, and about the use of language in environments characterised by linguistic diversity, including sign language and deaf studies, and sign language and spoken language interpretation. -
Pedagogy, didactics and digital learning arenas
The thematic area covers pedagogy, special needs education, didactics, subject didactics and vocational didactics. -
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. -
Reference Budget for Consumer ExpendituresThe Reference Budget estimates ordinary consumer expenditures for different types of households. -
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. -
Solid program at The Nordic Quantum Life Science Round TableThe Nordic Quantum Life Science Round Table (NQLS) presents a varied and solid program for the invited participants. -
Expanding collaboration with SingaporeOsloMet is expanding its collaboration with the National University of Singapore. -
Solid program at The Nordic Quantum Life Science Round Table
The Nordic Quantum Life Science Round Table (NQLS) presents a varied and solid program for the invited participants. -
Expanding collaboration with Singapore
OsloMet is expanding its collaboration with the National University of Singapore. -
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. -
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. -
Network for Educational Research
This network is a platform for further developing educational research at the Faculty of Health Sciences, in collaboration with other stakeholders in education and healthcare. -
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. -
PhD Courses at the Faculty of Education and International Studies (LUI)
Here you find an overview of all the PhD courses offered at the Faculty of Education and International Studies (LUI), as well as practical information for applicants and course attendants. -
Oslo is not as expensive as you thinkThe rumours are true—Norway is a relatively expensive country. On the other hand, you will end up spending less on some things in Oslo than you would back home. -
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. -
Six myths about gender, family and work life in NorwayNorway is widely regarded as a pioneer in the area of gender equality. What does the latest research tell us about the strides women have made in society and the state of gender equality more broadly? -
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. -
OsloMet gets digital top laboratoryOsloMet students get a state-of-the-art digital laboratory within construction engineering, building technology and sustainable design. -
What happens when volcanoes erupt?
In this episode, Carla and André discuss the recent Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai eruption and tsunami as well as André's personal experiences during the Eyjafjallajökull 2010 eruption. -
14 OctoberThe Intelligent Health Conference 2025
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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. -
Equality and Multiculturalism
A comparative study of Norwegian and Dutch processes of alterity and identity. -
Training Programme on Assessment Literacy for the EOI Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain
As part of the Evaluation and assessment research group, we offer a tailor-made training seminar on Assessment Literacy for language teachers at the Official School of Languages (EOI) of Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain. -
Clothing research at SIFOClothing, textiles and sustainability is one of SIFO's core research areas. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Norwegian youth have handled the pandemic wellIn spite of the challenges that have accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic, most Norwegian teenagers report high levels of life satisfaction. -
Voluntary membership in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund (SPK)
SPK is the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund and Norway’s main provider of public occupational pensions. As a general rule, Norwegian citizens who reside and work in Norway are members of the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme, and those employed by OsloMet are also members of the Government Pension Fund (SPK). -
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. -
YouHope: Practicing hope
In YouHope we will challenge myths and stereotypes of integration issues concerning youth citizens in super-diverse urban communities. -
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. -
ProTrust: Status and trust in occupational groups
ProTruSt is based on a large survey and provides information on occupational prestige in various professions and professions. -
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. -
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. -
EPS projects spring 2025
Overview - EPS projects spring 2025. -
EPS projects spring 2025
Overview - EPS projects spring 2025. -
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. -
Negotiating Artistry and Agency in AI music
A study on musicians’ interaction with computer-generated and automated music systems -
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). -
Laboratory Exercises – Experimental Analysis of Behaviour (MALKA213)
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Refinement of Behavior Analytic Terms (MALKA212)
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Computer gaming – an inclusive youth arena?
This PhD project will explore the potential for computer games as an arena for inclusion in youth. -
Information, Culture and Society
The group studies institutions of culture, information and media from a social scientific standpoint. -
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. -
EPS projects fall 2024
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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. -
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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. -
LUILOK 2.0 – localisation of the Faculty of Education and International Studies’ activities
Localisation of the Faculty of Education and International Studies’ activities. -
Follow-up Research – Living Conditions, Upbringing and Education. Area Studies in Loddefjord and Olsvik
The theme of this project is the process and implementation of an area initiative in the Municipality of Bergen. -
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. -
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. -
Evaluation of Guttas Campus 2024–2025
In 2024 and 2025, NOVA will carry out an evaluation of the learning course Guttas Campus. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
05 NovemberNet-Zero Future 2025 Conference
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The rise of digital housekeeping: the hidden work of smart technologyResearchers have studied a somewhat overlooked aspect of our household chores: digital housekeeping. -
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. -
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. -
Center for Urban Equality Research, Oslo (CURE Oslo)
CURE Oslo is a research initiative at OsloMet aimed at enhancing the production and dissemination of research on social inequality in Oslo. -
Experimental Studies of Complex Human Behavior
Stimulus equivalence is a behavioral analytic approach where one studies what is characterized as cognitive skills. -
Clinical interventions and assistive technology (CAT group)
The research group focus on understanding challenges associated with mobility, functioning and psychosocial aspects of living with a prosthesis or orthosis. -
Consumption Policy and Economy
This research group is part of Consumption Research Norway (SIFO). Consumption, lifestyle and living conditions are the key issues that unite the research in this group. Central in the development of this area is SIFO’s Reference Budget for Consumer Expenditures. -
Professions and Professional Ethics in Early Childhood Care (ProfEt)
This research group studies early childhood care (ECE) from the perspective of studies on profession and professional ethics. The group is cross-disciplinary and gathers researchers and teachers from religion, philosophy, sociology, and pedagogy. -
Experimental Analysis of Behavior – Translational and Conceptual Research
The research group researches sources of behavioral variability and new behaviour. -
Food, Health and Sustainability (MAVIT4700)
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Making universal design truly universalExamples of universal design are all around us but mostly focus on helping people with physical disabilities while designers often forget about accommodating cognitive disabilities. -
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. -
Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR)
Our core competence lies in place and governance studies, nationally and internationally, in selected policy areas. -
Art Therapy
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Knowledge for Practice – the Knowledge Foundation for Social Work and Child Welfare
The research group conducts research directed towards development of knowledge and professional qualification in social work and social pedagogy. -
Evaluating the Ombudsman against Bullying
NOVA is responsible for a research-based evaluation of the regional ombudsman office. -
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. -
Acting with Masks (DTV2100)
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Task Design in Mathematics Education
We do research on educational design in mathematics, especially the design of tasks and their implementation in the classroom. -
Understanding citizens' street-level encounters with the welfare state (SN4200)
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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. -
Contemporary Research in Nordic Early Childhood Education and Care (PHUV9480)
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Religious diversity in public spaces (PHUV9420)
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Living Conditions for Adults with ADHD
The project will map living conditions and quality of life among adults with ADHD. -
Cultural-Historical Activity Theory – CHAT (PHUV9350)
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Educational design research (PHUV9450)
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Classroom Research (PHUV9370)
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Diversity, sexual health and sexualities in profession and society
This research group focuses on sexual health studies. -
Photojournalism and News – Theory and Methods (FOTO1200)
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Advanced Topics in Digital Engineering
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Semester Programme in Physiotherapy
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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. -
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. -
Transport and urban planning
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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. -
Media Practice
The research group explores the impact of media on everyday life, culture, and society through interdisciplinary approaches. -
Art and Design – Fashion and Industry
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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. -
Department of Computer Science
The department offers higher education in computer science and information technology, and has extensive research and development activity. -
STATECORP
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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. -
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. -
Semester Programme in Health Sciences
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Childhood, Family and Child Welfare
What characterises a good childhood and which conditions are necessary for growing up in a safe and adequate environment? Which roles do the family and the state, respectively, play in children's lives? Such questions form the starting point for our research on children, families and child welfare. -
Semester Programme in Nursing
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Department of Built Environment
Department of Built Environment offers bachelor's and master's programmes in engineering, and has R&D activities. -
Key Operation and Maintenance Strategies for Wind Farms
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Activity Friend for Persons with Dementia
The project addresses what role the "activity friend" volunteers play in municipal health care and for people with dementia in Norway. -
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. -
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. -
Department of Mechanical, Electrical and Chemical engineering
Department of Mechanical, Electrical and Chemical engineering offers bachelor's and master's studies in engineering, and has R&D activities. -
Prevention and treatment of malnutrition (SYKP2810)
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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. -
Organisational Behaviour Management, OBM (MALKA219)
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Corporate Governance (ØABED4400)
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Teacher Education Panel Study (TEPS)
The Teacher Education Panel Study (TEPS) is a comprehensive study on the implementation of teacher education in Norway. -
Information in use (INFUSE)
The research group studies use of information at work, everyday-life, studies and leisure. -
Clinical Behavior Analysis (MALKA222)
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Globalisation and the Development of Health and Social Policy (SFV4700)
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Professional Knowledge and Qualification
What characterises professional knowledge and competency, and what role do education and training play in the qualification of professions? -
Mechanical Engineering
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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. -
Development and Manufacturing of Medicinal Products (MAFAR4300)
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International Economics (ØASØK3000)
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Complex Human Behavior (MALKA215)
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Fetal monitoring in women with low risk of complications (LISTEN)
The LISTEN project performs research about fetal monitoring during labour and birth, in healthy women with low risk of complications. -
Struggles for justice and equality in international development, education and sustainabilities (FLKM4310)
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Graduate Certificate of Business Strategy
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Managerial Accounting (ØABED3100)
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Graduate Certificate of Corporate Finance
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Graduate Certificate of Financial Management
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Sustainable materials, design and innovation (ORI3000)
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(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. -
International Studies and MigrationThe department primarily focuses on area studies, migration, and integration research. -
Critical Engagements: Social Sciences in a Changing Society
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Valuation - Equity Research (ØABED3700)
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Special Education and Inclusive Practices (SpecInc)
This research group focuses on children, young learners’ and adolescents’ participation, fellowship, development and learning from kindergarten throughout primary and secondary education. -
Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Microbiology (FARB1300)
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Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in Health Care (xxxx1060)
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Organic-PLUSThe aim of Organic-PLUS is minimising, and eventually phasing out contentious inputs from certified organic agriculture. -
Knowledge Strategy in a Digital Economy (ØAADM4400)
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Department of Art, Design and Drama
The department offers study programmes in drama- and theatre communication, art and design, teacher training and design and communication in digital media. -
Global Health and Innovation (ERGOB3010)
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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. -
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. -
Medical Use of Radiation (MARAD4300)
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The Middle East: History, Society and Islam (UTVB3141)
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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? -
Single PhD courses in Behaviour Analysis
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International Development, Education and Sustainabilities
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Certificate of International Business
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Certificate of Economics
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Certificate of Strategy
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Reviewing Literature with AI and Advanced Information Retrieval (MBIB4850)
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Innovation for Sustainability
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Certificate of Accounting
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Semester Programme in Prosthetics and Orthotics
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Play, Movement, Nature and Outdoor Education – Nordic Childhoods (BLH3340)
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Study at OsloMet
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Behavior Analysis and Radical Behaviorism (MALK4000-403)
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Computed Tomography Imaging Technology in Depth (RAB3100)
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Art and Design – Art and Dissemination
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ICT-Supported Development and Education in the South (MAIKT-EDU)
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Participatory Design (MAIKT-DESIGN)
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Evaluation of Norwegian Barnahus
This project is a national evaluation of the Norwegian Barnahus model. -
Philosophy of Science and Research Methods (MGVM4100)
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Single PhD courses in Engineering Science
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Multimodal Design (MAIKT-STI )
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Digital School Development and Project Management (MAIKT4100)
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Assessment and Treatment of Acute Sick and Injured Patients, Part 2 (PMED3010)
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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. -
Teacher Education in Practical and Aesthetic Subjects for Years 1 – 13, Design, Arts and Crafts
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Single PhD courses in Innovation for Sustainability
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Health and Welfare Studies
The Department for Health and Welfare Studies maintains a long-standing research tradition at NOVA on the topic of welfare state services and benefits, organisation and users. -
Economics and Methodology
The departments primary research interests and competence cover a variety og fields within economics and research methods. -
Smart Water Engineering
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PhD courses in Health Sciences
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The Study of Professions
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Single courses - Master’s Programme in Applied Computer and Information Technology (ACIT)
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Department of Archivistics, Library and Information Science
The department offers study programmes on bachelor's, master's and PhD degree level. -
Single courses - Master’s Programme in Civil Engineering (MABY): Geotechnical Engineering
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Data Science
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Forum for Research Ethics at OsloMet
An interdisciplinary forum for discussion and reflections on research ethics. -
Civil and Structural Engineering
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Cyber Security
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Ageing Research and Housing Studies
This research group is a department of the Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) and combines the best from two large research fields. -
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. -
Digital Learning Arenas
This research group assumes a broad perspective on the use and understanding of digitalisation in education. -
The Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study (NorLAG)
NorLAG is 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 plus). -
Gender, Youth and Leisure
This project explores gendered patterns in youths’ leisure activities. -
Technology and Sustainability
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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. -
Engineering Science
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Oslo Business School Executive
Oslo business school executive offers continuing and further education and executive management training. -
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. -
Multilingual children's language development
Many children speak several languages every day at home and in the kindergarten. Learn more about children's multilingual development. -
Research and development
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Research and development
The Department of Mechanical, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering prioritizes research in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Control, as well as Biomedical Engineering. -
New language courses for refugees“Academic dugnad” for refugees at OsloMet has started up with new language courses in Norwegian and English for refugees. -
Research and development
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OsloMet stands in solidarity with victims of warOsloMet condemns the horrifying acts of war inflicted upon the civilian population in Palestine. -
Roles and responsibility in quality work
Here you will find an overview of roles and responsibilities in OsloMet's quality work. -
Partner information
Nomination process for partner institutions. -
Guidelines for collection development
OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan university shall be a leading provider of research-based knowledge for the welfare society. -
NordSTAR presented keynote on AI TrustworthinessNordSTAR, recently took centre stage at the BMW Research Group Machine Learning and Big Data event, where they delivered an insightful keynote presentation on the quantitative assessment of AI trustworthiness. -
Faculty of Education and International Studies (LUI)
The Faculty educates tomorrow’s teachers from kindergarten through upper secondary school, in close cooperation with the field of practical training. In addition, the Faculty offers development studies and studies in sign language and interpreting. -
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. -
OsloMet launches PhD programme in Innovation for SustainabilityThe University Board approved the establishment of a new doctoral programme in Innovation for Sustainability. -
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. -
Information technology at the top of publishingThe Department of Computer Science had the highest publication number of computer science departments at Norwegian universities in 2020. -
The quantum computers get their own labOsloMet has got a gathering place for everyone interested in quantum computer technology, its own lab. -
OsloMet Action Plan – The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R)
OsloMet's HRS4R action plan for the period 2024-2027. -
Guro Ødegård is the new director at NOVAGuro Ødegård takes over as the new director at NOVA, OsloMet, after Iver B. Neumann. Ødegård will function in the position until the Board has named the new director in June 2020. -
Annual cycle
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Research and development
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Network for Health Literacy Research
This network is a collaborative platform at the Faculty of Health Sciences with the aim of strengthening and advancing research in health literacy at Oslo Metropolitan University. -
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.
