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“There are schemes designed to alleviate the burden on mothers, but evidence suggests they are not effective,” says NOVA researcher Kaja Larsen Østerud.
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.
Researcher have studied a somewhat overlooked aspect of our household chores: digital housekeeping.
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.
Dementia 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.
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.
Technological 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.
Extreme weather events are hard to predict. New AI tools might just have the solution.
Exposure 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.
Digitizing government welfare services is supposed to help make services more accessible to everyone. Are they unintentionally leaving people behind?
In his new book, cycling researcher Daniel Piatkowski shows how we can get even more people out of cars and onto bikes.
Examples of universal design are all around us but mostly focus on helping people with physical disabilities while designers often forget about accommodating cognitive disabilities.
To mark the end of 13 years of education, Norway’s high school graduates participate in a celebration characterized by unique outfits, and bedazzled buses.
Artificial intelligence can now be trained to predict what the cloud cover will look like when the climate changes.
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.
Norway and many other European countries have robust social safety nets. Yet they continue to fail their poorest citizens.
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.
Over the past decade, European countries have grown more restrictive in whom they grant protection, and for how long that protection is granted.
The fashion industry bears responsibility for the waste generated by synthetic clothing – even though the blame is often directed at consumers, according to researchers.
Kids risk being bullied or isolated if they don’t spend money on skins or equipment. Researchers have mapped how young people get manipulated into spending money while gaming.
Resistance and obstacles are needed to unlock creativity, according to Arild Berg, artist and professor at OsloMet.
Traditional navigation tools for the visually impaired are often impractical and require extensive training. Yet rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and the increasing computational capabilities of smartphones are opening new doors to enhance navigation assistance.
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.
A deep socioeconomic divide splits Oslo from east to west. It will continue to deepen unless it is more widely acknowledged and addressed.
The 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.
How much time children and teenagers spend looking at screens is on many parents’ minds. Yet researchers insist it is the quality of that time that should concern us most.
Men suffer more health problems as a result of unemployment than women, according to recent research from OsloMet.
An OsloMet researcher is seeking to better understand how and why bacteria exchange DNA—and how to prevent them from doing so.
Physical and virtual violence against journalists is making it harder to stop the spread of disinformation and hate speech.
“Making mistakes helps us learn and improve, and it is by making mistakes that we discover new ideas,” says OsloMet professor Ingeborg Stana.
Could there be a way for your doctor to diagnose depression and anxiety based on your brain activity?
A new survey reveal strong support for Norway’s Russia policies and broad support for Ukraine.
Dry eyes are hard to diagnose, but researchers estimate that as many as half of Norwegians might be afflicted.
Enormous amounts of clothing never get worn. Much of it contains plastic and other synthetic fibres.
Every year, around 12,000 Norwegians have a stroke. Research fellow Solbakken has good advice for those affected.
Midwives in several countries are working together in an OsloMet project to save more women and children in low-income countries.
Combining remote and in-person teaching demands more preparation from both teachers and students. It also results in poorer learning outcomes.
The opportunities offered to boys and girls who play football in Norway are different, according to new research from OsloMet. ‘This can have consequences that go far beyond elite sports,’ says Marlene Persson.
How many people can our planet sustain? This is one of the questions demographer Marianne Tønnessen is asking as Earth reaches this population milestone.
Most 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.
By covering the "green shift", journalists can drive the news cycle.
State-run integration programs tend to view immigrants through an employment-colored lense. Erika Gubrium thinks she has found a better way.
How does technology in education affect students’ connection with school, university or education in general?
OsloMet professor believes that the key to developing healthy and sustainable salmon aquaculture is in understanding their micro-RNA.
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.
According to new research, there may be several reasons for this.
The solution is right in front of our noses, says professor in clothing and sustainability.
Researchers have studied conversations on Twitter among Islamist extremists and far-right extremists.
How will people live their lives in 30 years? Now you can share your thoughts about the future with researchers.
Researchers 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.
Sometimes, youth feel like strangers in their own countries. In the face of real and perceived injustices, some find community in extremism.
The conflicts between the different ethnic groups in Ukraine have been exaggerated according to researchers at OsloMet.
Nine 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.
OsloMet’s Oceanlab investigates the unexplored depths of the Oslo Fjord, from their new facility in Filipstadkaia.
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.
The Centre for Intelligent Musculoskeletal Health (CIM), OsloMet's new Centre of Research Excellence, uses AI to develop innovative and effective interventions for musculoskeletal health.
In spite of the challenges that have accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic, most Norwegian teenagers report high levels of life satisfaction.
In a world drowning in plastic, plastic-eating bacteria may offer solutions to the deluge. Professor Colin Charnock has discovered novel ways to find and culture these types of bacteria.
Norway is widely recognised as an egalitarian country, yet the media industry has failed to live up to this ideal.
We 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.
Norway and Denmark stand out among the European countries. Both countries had few deaths, both among the population as a whole and in elderly care institutions.
During the Panama Papers leak, journalists made use of machine learning to organise data. A new research project will explore how such methods can be employed in investigative journalism.
Has COVID-19 changed our consumption habits in a more climate-friendly direction? Less frequent travel and more online shopping are habits that can have a positive impact on the environment.
Sustainable consumption should not be reduced to reuse and recycling, according to SIFO researchers.
How do European consumers perceive the quality of the food they eat? Join us in exploring the thoughts and practices of 40 households from seven European countries.
How sustainable is local food trade in Norway and other parts of Europe, including buying directly from the producer? As it turns out, sustainability is present in slightly unexpected ways.
How 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?
According to a study from OsloMet, having children does not increase quality of life, even in old age.
A new study provides insight into the different ways that sexual assault can occur among teenagers and young adults.
What 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.
Artificial 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.
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.
Researchers at PANSOC have been studying pandemic planning for decades. COVID-19 has thrust their work into the spotlight.
Even 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?
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.
Halla B. Holmarsdottir is investigating how technology affects the lives of children and young people.
SIFO researchers have mapped adverts for unhealthy food and drink that children see on their mobile phones.
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.
Norway 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.
Using a variety of methods, OsloMet researchers are gaining new insights into young people's opinions, struggles and aspirations.
Researchers at OsloMet have created a coffee cup that can make information technology more accessible to the elderly. The cup facilitates social contact and finding new online friends.
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.
Universal 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.
Most people stop drawing as children. Drawing has a number of benefits, however—even for adults.
There are some common mistakes the media and health authorities make when communicating a pandemic threat, according to Professor Harald Hornmoen.
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in both a global health crisis and a financial crisis on a scale never before seen in modern times. The labour market that emerges in the wake of the crisis may impact younger workers harder than others.
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting the majority of employed adults in Norway, but in different ways.
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.
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.
Axel Borchgrevink is busy investigating what happens when rivers are granted the same rights as humans.
Underwater robots, which consumes little energy, can collect environmental data over a long period of time, and could therefore be a much cheaper and safer alternative for detecting pollution at sea.
Can artificial intelligence increase the success rate of assisted reproduction technology?
If we are serious about keeping people from radicalising and committing acts of terrorism, the work begins long before they become active on extremist websites.
Are 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?
Less 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.
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.
When 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.
"Employers do not know enough about visual impairment and therefore choose not to hire applicants," says research fellow Gagan Chhabra at OsloMet.
Websites 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.
OsloMet has unveiled a new artificial intelligence research centre. The centre, it is hoped, will help strengthen Norway's position as a leading actor in the AI field.
Norway 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?
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