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Political Ecology of Education (PHUV9490)
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Green conflicts and fact-checking: Journalism in the age of disinformation and environmental crisis (JB3380)
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Master’s Semester Programme in Mechanical Engineering, autumn
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Bachelor’s Semester Programme in Mechanical Engineering, autumn
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Master’s Semester Programme in Mechanical Engineering, spring
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Bachelor’s Semester Programme in Mechanical Engineering, spring
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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.
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Green shifting the news cycle
By covering the "green shift", journalists can drive the news cycle.
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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.
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Green Transition
The climate crisis is the greatest challenge of our time. Global warming continues, and the natural environment and resource base are under threat in Norway and internationally.
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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.
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EGREEN+ – European Green Mastery
Sustainable European competence certificates for landscaping, gardening and floristry.
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About Green Energy Lab
Green Energy Lab develops knowledge, solutions and skills for the energy systems of the future.
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Green Revisited: Encountering Emerging Naturecultures
The main objective is to develop a platform to shape and popularize an emerging “naturecultures” paradigm via the arts.
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Research at Green Energy Lab
We foster interdisciplinary research, innovation and education for sustainable energy technology.
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Education at Green Energy Lab
We foster interdisciplinary research, innovation and education for sustainable energy technology.
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They receive OsloMet's research prize: “We are proud to have built a community of dedicated researchers”
For eleven years, the researchers behind The Domestic Violence Research Programme have worked to strengthen knowledge about violence in close relationships. The goal is to make the world a little better.
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They receive the Society Improvement Award 2025: "A shift is happening now, where we better understand nature’s importance for us"
Researchers Marte Indset and Gro Sandkjær Hansen receive the award for their work on sustainable land use management. "We have conducted research together with the field practitioners, not on them," they explain.
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Communication award winner: “I have never been clever, but I am creative”
Ingun Grimstad Klepp is a professor and has severe dyslexia. She believes that it is her ability to find her own solutions that has brought her to where she is today.
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He receives OsloMet's prize for Promising Researcher: “I always wanted to help others”
Bineeth Kuriakose believes that artificial intelligence (AI) has great potential to help people – if it is used in an ethical and transparent way.
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Innovation Award Winner: “My first thought was: Have they made a mistake?”
It all began with a single bachelor’s course for five engineering and computer science students. Now there are nine courses and around 100 students each year. But Tulpesh Patel never expected to receive an innovation award.
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Master's Trick: “It was important to set everything else aside”
Anders Blomberg found a clever way to put his phone away. The result was the award for the best master’s thesis at OsloMet.
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Expanding knowledge about Ukraine through research and academic collaboration
OsloMet 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.
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Strengthens research network between Norway and Ukraine
Norwegian 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.
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OsloMet Introduces Virtual Laboratory for Green Energy
OsloMet launches a virtual laboratory dedicated to green energy research and education.
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Joining forces for the green transition
The Industrial Revolution drove a level of resource consumption that cannot continue. OsloMet aims to build a powerhouse for green transition that brings together academic communities, students and external partners.
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Green transition for and by which generation?
In this project we examine the tension between short-term considerations and long-term planning in the context of the green transition. We have a particular focus on the transfer of economic and environmental resources across generations.
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Collaboration
We collaborate across sectors and disciplines to drive the green energy transition.
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Urban comforts and green retreats in St. Hanshaugen
This popular neighbourhood near OsloMet has it all—independent shops and restaurants, narrow, colourful streets and plenty of green space.
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DARE – Dialogue about Radicalisation and Equality
The project investigates how young people aged between 12 and 30 respond to messages and agents of radicalisation.
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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.
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Major investment in sustainable energy launched
OsloMet 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.
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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".
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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.
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How Machine Learning Uncovers Hidden Trends in Online Hate
A long term study of posts on Facebook and X in Norway shows that hate speech is growing, but much of the toxicity comes from a small group of users.
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12-year-old pupil’s responses to wordless picturebooks about war and migration in Norway and Denmark
PhD project that aims to foster critical hope and dialogue among 7th-grade students in Norway and Denmark through wordless picturebooks.
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Green blood: Undressing hierarchies to reduce pressure on land through Forest Finn perspectives
In this project, we explore land‑based and relational perspectives and practices to develop new understandings of how pressure on nature can be reduced. We do so through an interdisciplinary approach grounded in Indigenous and minority perspectives. The project aims to contribute to a shift in environmental discourse by fostering embodied connections to forests and land through the body, clothing, and footwear.
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Location of digital work and the green transition: new knowledge for the governance of big data centres (LOCATE)
The project aims to conceptualize and empirically examine the capacity for governance of green and digital transition and their consequences for work and welfare.
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Green Energy Lab
Interdisciplinary research, innovation and education for sustainable energy technology.
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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.
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Research as Soft Diplomacy: OsloMet boosting smart, resilient urban development in Serbia
The Horizon Europe project UR-Data has been highlighted by Norway’s ambassador to Serbia, H.E. Kristin Melsom, as a strong example of how Norwegian Serbian research can support Serbia’s green transition and strengthen innovation.
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Green media choices: Challenges for media policy, industry, and users in the face of climate change and the sustainable development goals
The project addresses the media industry’s climate challenges and efforts to create a more sustainable industry.
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IMPART - Indigenous representation in majority-based parties
The IMPART project studies majority-based political parties as arenas for Indigenous political activism, through the case of the Sámi people in Norway and Sweden.
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The technology and knowledge transfer based on Norway-Czech cooperation
The project focuses on the transfer of technology, intellectual property protection and support of spin-off companies.
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Master’s programme in transport and urban planning
The master gives students knowledge and skills in sustainable and smart transport planning and urban analysis.
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Where to live in Oslo: your guide to the best student housing
As an international student, one of the most important decisions you make before coming to Norway is where to live—a choice that will have a significant impact on your experience in Oslo.
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Complementary Pathways for Adult Refugees: The Role of VET, Skills and Qualifications
The aim of the project is to increase the evidence base which can support policy- and decision-making in EU MS in designing and implementing complementary pathway mechanisms for admission of adult refugees from a first host country to an EU country through use of VET, skills and qualifications.
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Call for papers for Sustainable welfare in a global context
Here you will find information on the call for papers for the conference.
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What characterizes Norwegian entrepreneurs? And why are there so few of them?
How do financial shocks affect who dares to take the leap and what we can do to strengthen entrepreneurship and innovation?
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Oslo in the summertime
The sun doesn't set until close to midnight, and even then it never really gets dark. You can spend the evening watching the light change at an outdoor café with friends, or go for a relaxing swim in the fjord alone. Oslo in the summer is a pretty magical place.
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The real effects of financial shocks on short-run and long-run entrepreneurial decisions
This project aims to better understand the effects of financial shocks on entrepreneurial decisions.
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OsloMet enters into partnerships with three Indian universities
OsloMet has signed cooperation agreements with three Indian universities: BML Munjal University, Himachal Pradesh University and the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi.
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Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (UPED)
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Experience downtown Oslo like a local
Join OsloMet student Olaug for a tour of her favourite places to eat, swim, shop and hang out—just a few minutes from campus.
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When energy infrastructure becomes a neighbour
On the windswept Orkney Islands, there are over 900 wind turbines, some very close to where people live. How does that affect everyday life?
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Young people use cannabis in different ways – one group raises concern
Researchers categorize young cannabis users into four groups. For most, it's about curiosity, belonging, or exploring new youth identities. But for a few, usage is linked to loneliness and mental health challenges.
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How SIFO works towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Take a look at some of SIFO's projects targeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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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.
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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.
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Somatocognitive therapy in treatment of provoked localized vulvodynia (ProLove)
This PhD project is conducting a randomized clinical trial comparing somatocognitive physiotherapy with standard treatment for provoked localized vulvodynia.
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Natural, organic and vegan: greenwashing is now harder to detect
Marketing regulations are having an effect, but it has not become easier for consumers to make sustainable choices when buying clothing and cosmetics.
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Norway’s hidden gender inequality
Norway is a gender equal and diverse country, but disparities in parenting roles persist with detrimental economic implications.
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A holistic approach to supporting victimized children
Barnahus 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.
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Supporting caregivers in children’s palliative care through digital access to responsive and equitable services (CHIP DARE)
This PhD project develops and tests a digital solution to support parents in children’s palliative care, enabling more systematic, responsive and equitable response to caregiver needs.
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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.
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Help with IT, sound, image and film
AV Services produce films, audio, digital textbooks and images for teaching resources and larger events. Borrow AV equipment and get IT help in the library in P48.
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OsloMet Holmlia
OsloMet is located in the Søndre Nordstrand district and features an interdisciplinary, project-based campus.
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Doing laundry during the Coronavirus outbreak
Most 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.
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Children's Level of Living: The Impact of Family Economy for Children's Lives
The aim of the project was to explore how income influence different aspects of children's lives.
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Trying to reduce damage to paintings
OsloMet and Munch Museum investigate how mechanical loads affect porous canvas paintings during transport of Munch's paintings.
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OsloMet launches PhD programme in Innovation for Sustainability
The University Board approved the establishment of a new doctoral programme in Innovation for Sustainability.
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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.
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Imagining tomorrow: How fiction shapes our vision of a sustainable future
Technology in one form or another is part of all our ideas about the future. However, there are also alternative ways to envision life in 30 years.
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OsloMet at Design Days in Brussels
Julia 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.
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Sustainable Finance (ØABED3600)
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Research proposal - template, PhD programme in Educational Sciences
Template for research proposals in connection with applications for a PhD position or admission to the PhD Programme in Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Education and international Studies.
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Students discover the many career paths into the wind energy industry
What can mechanical engineers contribute to the energy systems of the future? For OsloMet students attending the WindEurope Annual Event in Madrid, meeting the wind energy industry was an eye-opening experience.
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Selected publications by Digital Journalism
This is an overview of selected publications by the Digital Journalism research group.
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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.
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Living at home longer with social welfare technology (BoVEL)
Development and use of social technology to improve current municipal health and care services for older adults.
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Edible Cities Network: Integrating Edible City Solutions for social resilient and sustainably productive cities
The 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.
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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.
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– Fast and fair transformations to low-carbon societies are difficult without critical climate education
Professor 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.
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Few have seen how turbulence unfolds. Now you can see it through smoke, light and dance.
A dance performance that makes turbulence visible can show us that it is present in all aspects of life – and is useful, open to influence and something we can live with.
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Contact SmartMet Lab
Get in touch with us to collaborate on smart monitoring and resilient infrastructure solutions.
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Moving to Norway
Are 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.
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Applied Robotics and Embodied AI
The Applied Robotics and Embodied AI research group focuses on the development of heterogeneous robotic systems operating across underwater, surface, and aerial domains.
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Media in War, Crisis and Conflict (MJ4401)
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Media in War, Crisis and Conflict (MJ4401)
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The tiny secret to healthier fish
OsloMet professor believes that the key to developing healthy and sustainable salmon aquaculture is in understanding their micro-RNA.
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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.
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Sustainable Built Environment (SustainaBuilt)
This research group research sustainable engineering solutions for the built environment.
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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.
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Predicting extreme weather using artificial intelligence
Extreme weather events are hard to predict. New AI tools might just have the solution.
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Five things internationals working in Norway think you should know before moving here
Are you considering applying for a PhD or academic position at a Norwegian university? We asked the experts—our own international employees—for their advice on how to navigate the transition to working in Norway.
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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.
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The AI Journalism Resource Center
The 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.
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About SmartMet Lab
SmartMet Lab is a strategic initiative hosted at the Department of Built Environment (BE) at the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD).
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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.
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Smart Water Engineering Group (SWING)
SWING focuses on engineering research and education, promoting sustainable development of urban water infrastructure.
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Using botox to prevent migraine and treat pain
Millions 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.
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The cost of Norway’s housing
Norway’s social housing system is too small and complicated to care for the country’s most vulnerable.
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Consequences of the Pandemic for Living Conditions and Equality
In this project we will investigate the consequences of the pandemic for living conditions for children and young people, equality in families and for individuals, including children and adults with disabilities.
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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.
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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.
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OsloMet Action Plan – The Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R)
OsloMet's HRS4R action plan for the period 2024-2027.
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Publications
Selected publications from Centre for Youth and Life Course Research (TRACE).
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Economics and Methodology
The departments primary research interests and competence cover a variety og fields within economics and research methods.
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Technology and Sustainability
We conduct research into how technology, sustainability and societal challenges intersect in consumption and everyday life.
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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).
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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.
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Single PhD courses in Engineering Science
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About SIFO
New knowledge, empowering consumers.
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About NIBR
We are a social science research institute at OsloMet. Our key qualifications consist of place and governance studies, nationally and internationally, in selected policy areas.
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“Be Careful”: Norwegian journalists’ guiding principle
The Norwegian press’ code of journalistic ethics has guided them through #MeToo, the deluge of fake news, and many other upheavals.
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PhD courses in Health Sciences
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Publications
A selection of the different publications from the Artificial Intelligence Lab.
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Cultural-Historical Activity Theory – CHAT (PHUV9350)
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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.
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KlimaVel
How are the sustainability of the welfare state, social justice, economic frameworks, and the shaping of the climate conversation interconnected?
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Public defence: Ragna Husby Tingstad
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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.
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Review of Norwegian Research on Ethnic Discrimination of Children and Young People
The project includes a review of relevant research contributions that deal with ethnic discrimination against children and adolescents in Norway.
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Digital Nordic Borders
Our project investigates the tensions between Nordic openness and security that characterize surveillance practices at the Nordic borders, with a particular focus on new forms and tools of digital surveillance.
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Inclusion and Diversity (PHUV9470)
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Information, Communication and Social Media (MOK2300)
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EPS projects fall 2024
Overview - EPS projects fall 2024.
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Development, Power and Inequality
The research group (UMU) is based in the Section for Development Studies, in the Department of International Studies and Interpreting. Our members are engaged in research into the overall questions of power, development and inequality, both in the Global South, as well as between countries in the Global South and the Global North.
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Advanced Topics in Digital Engineering
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Evaluation of minority counsellor pilot projects in upper secondary schools and adult learning centres
NOVA researchers will evaluate two pilot projects placing minority counsellors in secondary schools in vulnerable urban areas and adult learning centres.
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Reviewing Literature with AI and Advanced Information Retrieval (MBIB4850)
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OsloMet launches a master's programme in mechanical engineering
OsloMet launches a Master of Science programme in mechanical engineering in 2024. The new master has a particular focus on sustainable technology.
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School Absence: Interprofessional Collaboration and Student Participation in Attendance Cases (SAFE)
SAFE examines how schools, educational psychological services and other support services collaborate in responding to concerning school absence.
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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.
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Follow the Money: Journalism, data and accountability (JB3370)
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Social inequality, health and work inclusion: theory, research approaches and empirical findings (SP9300)
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Our Ukrainian Research
NIBR has conducted research in and about Ukraine and with Ukrainians since 2008. We have a broad expertise in political reforms, ethnic groups, language, and identity at both local and national levels.
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Accessibility and Digital Communication
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Systemic Design and Sustainability
The research group is built on the intention to bring together people for exploratory, open, inclusive, and critical discussions.
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Challenging the design principle of mixed-worded questionnaire scales
The project focuses on the design principle of combining both positively and negatively worded items in questionnaire scales.
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Semester Programme in Art and Design – Fashion and Industry (30 ECTS)
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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.
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Research and development at the Faculty of Technology, Art and Design
Faculty of Technology, Art and Design (TKD) carries out R&D within technology, engineering, art and design.
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Evaluation and Follow-up Research on Measures Against Youth Crime in the City of Oslo
The research project will provide knowledge about measures for preventing youth crime in the City of Oslo.
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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.