Overview of research projects

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.

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?

Care orders from a parental perspective

The main purpose of this study is to develop knowledge about child welfare care orders.

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.

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.

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

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.

Darkness on the horizon? Exploring the response to contestation of trade policy in Europe

Free trade is under pressure. Fear of job losses and growing inequality has given rise to calls for protectionism and economic nationalism.

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.

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.

EUROSHIP – Closing Gaps in Social Citizenship. New Tools to Foster Social Resilience in Europe

The overall aim of the EUROSHIP project is to provide an original and gender-sensitive assessment of the current gaps in social protection across Europe.

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.

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.

Healthcare Access in Rural Border Regions. Realizing Patient Rights Across European Borders (HARBOR)

The overall aim of the HARBOR project is to develop an integrated approach of cross-border interactions and access to health care in European border regions, and to rethink healthcare planning across border regions.

Heterogeneous Investors and Asset Allocations

In this project, we study how Norwegian households respond to monetary policy changes.

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.

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.

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 o

International COVID-19 Student Well-being study

With this study, we intend to investigate how changes due to the COVID-19 outbreak may have impacted your well-being and health.

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'.

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.

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, as well as to work responsibly and effectively to prevent substance abuse among young people.

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.

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?

Peopleless offices – The role and flows of information in digital workplaces

This research seeks to advance knowledge on what happens to information-related practices when the physical setting of a workplace loses its primacy and work is instead carried out in an elusive digital workplace.

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.

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

Public libraries for immigrants and refugees (PubLIB)

This project consists of an international research group dedicated to studying how public libraries address the needs of recently arrived refugees and immigrants.

Safe and Simple Point of Contact with Relatives

Research and innovation project with loneliness-reducing technology in elderly care in Oslo, where Nursing Home agency, City of Oslo (SYE) and No Isolation will adapt the consumer technology KOMP for use in institutions.

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.