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ELSA-Etiske,rettslige og samf.m. as

Designed to get away, emerging deliberation and governance on autonomously disseminating technologies.

GM biocontrol agents represents novel and controversial technical means to deal with biological entities that often span political borders. These agents are explicitly designed to spread and/or endure in the environment remote from day-to-day human manage ment. They entail high-stake and urgent i...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SIS-MILJO-Strategiske instituttsatsninge

Turismen i Norge - SIP

Det strategiske instituttsatsingsprosjektet (SIS) innen reiselivsforskning har gitt et betydelig løft på flere måter. Prosjektet har vært en viktig drivkraft i reiselivsforskningen på TØI og har muliggjort et bredt spekter av aktiviteter i form av bearbei ding og systematisering av data, publiser...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Oslo

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Oslo Sustainability Summit

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Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Oslo

ENERGIX-Stort program energi

Public Acceptance of Post Carbon Strategies

Se særskilt rapportering.

Awarded: NOK 8.5 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2016

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

ROMFORSK-Program for romforskning

Ground or sea based validation of Earth Care aerosol information for atmospheric correction over coastal waters.

Remote sensing is used more and more to provide information about water constituents (chlorophyll, sediments, detritus). The major component of the satellite signal is due to atmospheric scattering and absorption. Atmospheric correction is therefore a key issue. Particularly in coastal regions, ...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Vestland

FORPRO-Forprosjekter

Tverrfaglighet i miljøforskningen - forprosjekt

Gjennom forprosjektet ønsker vi å legge til rette for å studere tverrfaglig miljøforskning og kunnskapsutveksling. Forprosjektet skal se på hvordan tverrfaglighet i miljøforskningen blir forstått og forklart vha en litteraturgjennomgang (state-of-the-art) , kartlegging av andres praktiske og fors...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

TVERS: From waste to material resources in a grave to cradle perspective: A stakeholder approach within the textile value chain.

Prosjektets mål var å redusere miljøbelastningen fra tekstilforbruket gjennom et omvendt livsløpsperspektiv. Prosjekt tok utgangspunkt i bruks- og avhendingsfasen, for å se hvordan kunnskap om dette kan bidra til å redusere belastningen gjennom hele livsl øpet. For å få en bedre forståelse av for...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Oslo

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Samarbeid mellom norske og nordamerikanske forskningsinstitusjoner - nettverksmidler

Videreutvikle et nettverk mellom norske og nordamerikanske forskningsmiljøer for å realisere samarbeidsprosjekter på menneskelig tilpasning til klimaeffekter: Samarbeidet vil både dra nytte av eksisterende kompetanse og prosjekter, og ha som mål å utvikle komparativ forskning mellom Nord-Amerika...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Innlandet

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

Yearbook of International Environmental Law (YBIEL)

Yearbook of International Environmental Law er den fremste internasjonale publikasjon til dokumentasjon av den miljørettslige utviklingen slik den skjer i internasjonale organisasjoner og konferanser, samt i de enkelte land. I tillegg inneholder årboka ar tikler om miljørett av de internasjonalt ...

Awarded: NOK 0.36 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

The Symposium on democracy, research engagement and sustainable development

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Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

TVERS: Sustainable development indicators (SDI) in the context of the precautionary principle

The project is divided into four parts labeled as working packages (WP). They will, however, be integrated as the results of the different phases will be combined. The theoretical results of the first phase will be used in the more empirical discussions r egarding specific indicators, and this wi...

Awarded: NOK 9.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Land use changes in urban pressure areas - threats to food production and landscape qualities

This project focuses on conflicts related to land use changes in urban pressure areas. Threats to future food production and landscape qualities are addressed. The pressure on land resources have increased as a consequence of expanding and new competing a ctivities, i.e. energy production, as wel...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Evaporative demands and deficit irrigation on golf courses and other turfgrass areas

While lack of water is a major problem for turfgrass areas worldwide, Scandinavian golf courses have often been over-irrigated resulting in increased mowing costs, disease problems, nutrient and pesticide leaching, and reduced playing quality. By this pro posal, STERF wants to promote scientifica...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Oslo

SAM-EU-Samfinansiering EU-kontoret

Tsunami Risk and Strategies for the European Region

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Awarded: NOK 0.39 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

MILJØ2015-Norsk miljøforskning mot 2015

SAMFUNN: Professionalism and pragmatism? The management of environmental knowledge and interdisciplinarity in consulting companies

The project?s main focus will be to analyse how consulting engineering companies manage relevant flows of knowledge with respect to environmental issues. More specifically, we will use the concepts from science and technology studies to pursue the followi ng six set of research issues: 1. Learnin...

Awarded: NOK 5.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF ELEVATED LEVELS OF NATURAL/TECHNOGENIC RADIOACTIVITY ON WILDLIFE OF THE NORTH

In recent years, considerable international efforts have been undertaken to develop scientifically correct and practically acceptable methodologies for assessing the possible radiation impact on the environment. Three innovative EC projects can be named i n this respect : FASSET (Framework for As...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

The role of protected nature in sustainable local development in North-West Russia and Northern Norway - a comparative analyses

The research project intends to increase understanding and knowledge in the field of interconnection of nature conservation process and development of local communities. The study will be carried out on the base of comparison of different protected areas management systems and institutional frame...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COOPERATION IN NORTHERN RUSSIAN AND NORWAY FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS ACROSS NATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC BORDERS

The proposed cooperation project is linked a newly started IPY research project PPS Arctic funded by RCN which fucuses on Present day processes, Past changes, and Spatiotemporal variability of biotic, abiotic and socio-environmental conditions and resourc e components along and across the Arctic ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Bioavailability and biological effects of chemicals - Novel tools in risk assessment of mixtures in agricultural and contaminated soils

Prosjektet har siste år jobbet på flere fronter: Transkriptom-analyser for meitemark eksponert for ulik miljøgifter og blandinger, med sikte på å beskrive giftighetsmekanismer. Bioinformatikk-arbeidet er ennå ikke ferdigstilt og utarbeides som del av sama rbeidet med Universitetet i Cardiff. Pa...

Awarded: NOK 13.8 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2014

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Implementing environmental policy -analysing the governance of integrated use and protection politics

During the last decades, the involvement of local stakeholders, lay knowledge and cross-sectoral approaches in environmental decision making have been addressed in a wide range of international conventions. Also, the Mountain text and the Coastal strategy , described by Norwegian environmental au...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Transport, energi og miljø (TRANSDATA)

Vestlandsforsking har samlet inn og systematisert data om transport, energi og miljø siden instituttet ble opprettet i 1987. En viktig tidlig milepel var i 1993 ved utgivelsen av rapporten "Persontransport, konsekvenser for energi og miljø". Rapporten dok umenterte utviklingen i en omfattende dat...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Vestland

SAM-EU-Samfinansiering EU-kontoret

MONRUK - Monitoring the marine environment in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan using Synthetic Aperture Radar

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Awarded: NOK 0.99 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

FRISAM-Fri prosjektstøtte samfunnsvitenskap

Paradoxes of Design: Aesthetication as a Barrier to Sustainable Consumption?

The project will investige related processes of design and consumption by focusing on the way aesthetics is managed by designers and consumers. Following set of research questions arise: How does designers understand sustainable design? How can we underst and differences in how aesthethication co...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SAM-EU-Samfinansiering EU-kontoret

Health and Environment Integrated Methodology and Toolbox for Scenario Assessment

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Awarded: NOK 1.8 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Akershus

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

The Dynamic Continental Margin Between the Mid-Atlantic-Ridge System (Mohns Ridge, Knipovich Ridge) and the Bear Island Region

A concentrated active and passive seismological experiment along the continental margin of the Barents Sea near Bear Island and the mid-Atlantic along the Knipovich Ridge is proposed. We will study the Earth´s structure and dynamics at this margin from it s top sedimentary cover to its imprint in...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Efficient green support

Dismantling of trade barriers under WTO regulation is expected to have a large impact on Norwegian agriculture. Apart from food and raw materials production, agriculture contributes many external benefits to society in the form of valued scenery, bio-dive rsity, flood control and health and nutri...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Landscape planning versus real world landscape changes

This project will study changes in land use on a municipal scale, based on analyses of existing, up-dated digital maps (DMK) and older versions to be digitised from existing analogue format. Four to six municipalities in the Oslo Fjord region will be chos en as study areas, dependent on data avai...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Akershus

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

VELVET GREEN: Winter hardiness and management of velvet bentgrass (Agrostis canina) on putting greens in northern environments, dr,gr.stip

There is an increasing demand for research into recreational golf courses. Norwegian courses, often located in beautiful surroundings, have the potential of attracting national and international players, but they are often hampered by winter damages and h ave few resources to maintain adequate qu...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Oslo

IPY-Det internasjonale polaråret 2007/2008

The Dynamic response of Arctic glaciers to global warming: A Norwegian contribution to the IPY-37 GLACIODYN

This project is a Norwegian contribution to IPY Activity 37 Glaciodyn. The goal is to investigate the role of ice dynamics in the response of Arctic glaciers and ice caps to global warming, to improve prediction of future changes and their impact on fresh water fluxes to the ocean and thus global...

Awarded: NOK 14.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo

NATURNAER-Natur og næring

Natural and farmed habitat as a basis for production of red deer in Norway

The project will provide a basis to predict the potential for production of red deer based on detailed knowledge of the natural and farmed habitat as well as detailed studies of red deer habitat use in multiple areas. The yield of red deer reached 27600 i n 2005. Red deer thus constitute the 2nd ...

Awarded: NOK 9.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Oslo