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Current Horizon 2020/Europa projects

19

OsloMet is an active participant in the EU's flagship research and innovation programme.

Active projects funded by the Research Council of Norway

216

The Research Council of Norway (NFR) is a leading source of research funding in Norway.

PhD programmes

6

PhD candidates as of 2023

415

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Featured research

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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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Consumption, climate and environment

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.

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Working life, society and welfare

Norway leading in digitalization, but not everyone is benefitting

Digitizing government welfare services is supposed to help make services more accessible to everyone. Are they unintentionally leaving people behind?

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