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SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Kommunikasjoner, vekstkraftige regioner og regional fordeling

I denne SIP vil TØI rette fokus mot betydningen av kommunikasjonstiltak for romlig konkurranse og som forutsetning for å utvikle vekstkraftige regioner. Bakgrunnen er at regionale virkninger av infrastrukturinvesteringer er tillagt vekt både i regional- o g transportpolitikken. Programmet består ...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Strategiske markedsanalyser -Metode- utvikling for bruk av data og metoder for ............ Videreføres fra 155684/V10.

TØI opprettet programmet Strategiske markedsanalyser - Metodeutvikling for en mer kostnadseffektiv bruk av data og metoder for evaluering av tiltak for transport i by? for perioden 2003-2007 etter tildeling av midler fra NFR. Arbeidet skal gjennomføres g jennom 6 deloppgaver: 1) Dimensjonering a...

Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

SIP: Linked Issues as a way to Broaden Participation in the Climate Regime: Exploring the cases of air quality, and energy technology

The countries that are participating with commitments greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reductions in the Kyoto Protocol emit only 28% of global GHG emissions, and major, growing economies like China, India and the United States are not included. Thus, broade r participation in the climate regime is ...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Foresight for Regional Planning and Sustainable Regional Development

The programme Foresight for Regional Planning and Sustainable Regional Development seeks to contribute to the understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent in foresight as a tool for future studies in general, and for sustainable regional dev elopment efforts in particular. Although ...

Awarded: NOK 7.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Development and use of ensemble based data assimilation methods in atmospheric chemistry modelling

As an internationally recognized centre for research and expertise in air pollution and atmospheric chemistry, NILU provides technical premises for a sustainable management of the atmosphere. This ranges from assessment of air quality in urban environment s, to global chemistry in the stratospher...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Processes of change in urban environments: cultural heritage, urban development and regionalisme

The developmental growth of cities and towns in the past 20 to 25 years has become both the object of continual social focus and a multidisciplinary and sector-comprehensive political field. It is of vital importance that cultural heritage is analysed and included as assets and resources for the...

Awarded: NOK 13.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

New techniques to achieve more cost efficient selective breeding for improved consumer acceptance of aquaculture products

Disease and meat quality are of high importance to the aquaculture producer, processor and consumer. However, both disease resistance and meat quality traits are complex to understand and measure, costly to evaluate and slow to improve using current metho ds of selective breeding. In this project...

Awarded: NOK 13.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Biofuel from regeneration forest, immature and final harvesting

Management and use of biomass from non-traditional forest operations has today a low priority, partly because the work is expensive and partly because a rational and economic exploitation, for example for bioenergy, is not facilitated. The result is regen eration, while the challenge should be lo...

Awarded: NOK 7.8 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Integrated open seawater aquaculture, technology for sustainable culture of high productive areas

The aquaculture industry is diversifying and several species are produced. In Norway, salmon is the economically most important species, but several species are coming up. Combining species belonging to different trophic levels as fish, seaweed and mussel s may benefits of growing together. The f...

Awarded: NOK 7.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Technology for efficient and profitable fish industry

To create an economically robust business environement, the Norwegian fish processing industry should optimize the cost efficiency in production through automation and at the same time focus on utilization of the demand potential which is present in the m arket for fresh products. The involved re...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SIPHINIFES-SIP ved HI

Ecosystem dynamics and fish stocks

In accordance with international conventions it is the goal of Norwegian authorities to establish a management regime of marine resources and environment supporting the ecosystem approach. This represents a tremendous challenge to resource evaluation, but the international scientific community h...

Awarded: NOK 20.3 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Recycling organic waste - effects on soil quality, plant nutrient supply and environmental impact

Return of organic wastes to soils is a step towards more closed nutrient cycles, greater sustainability and reduced environmental loads. Because of the enormously variation of availability of plant nutrient as nitrogen and phosphorus between different org anic waste types, there is a great demand...

Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Akershus

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Improved phosphorus utilization of marine feed resources - Dietary impacts and optimal P nutrition in Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

Phosphorus (P) in marine feed ingredients provide natural high P content in commercial fish feed, but is poorly available to fish in the crystal structure with calcium (Ca) known as hydroxyapatite in fish bones. Pilot studies have shown that it is possibl e to improve the digestibility of phospho...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Market-Based Product Differentiation in the Seafood Industry

This research program focuses on market-based product differentiation in the seafood industry. This kind of research is much needed in an industry where most products can be characterised as commodities and where the main competitive variable is (low) pri ce. Through this program we aim to furthe...

Awarded: NOK 8.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SIPHINIFES-SIP ved HI

Physiological and behavioural indicators for fish welfare assessment in aquaculture and fish capture

Seafood consumers are concerned about animal welfare and recent white papers states that Norway should take a leading position to ensure acceptable animal welfare standards as basis of an sustainable and ethical aquatic production. Institute of Marine Res earch (IMR), Bergen has a leading role in...

Awarded: NOK 12.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Improving preparedness through research

The goal of the National Veterinary Institute (NVI) is deliver decision support of good quality for decisions made within the area of animal health and welfare and food safety. According to the political signals and the needs seen, the NVI will intensify the work on preparedness related to all it...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Lysozyme inhibitors; novel drug targets in bacteria

Lysozymes are antibacterial enzymes generally acknowledged to play an important role in the innate immune system found in all animals. Recent findings on invertebrate lysozymes as well as on bacterial inhibitors of lysozymes have shed new light on why ver tebrate lysozymes show some restriction i...

Awarded: NOK 8.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Dynamiske organisasjonsformer i et kunnskapsbasert arbeidsliv. Videreføring av 161699.

Det strategiske instituttprogrammet (SIP) skal gi bidrag til moderne organisasjonsteori. Ved hjelp av sekundæranalyser og refleksjon knyttet til innsamlet empiri om organisasjonsendringer ved AFI skal programmet fokusere på aksjonsforskningens bidrag til organisatoriske innovasjoner i norsk arbei...

Awarded: NOK 6.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

CIENS - CICERO

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Awarded: NOK 0.35 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

CIENS - NIVA

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Awarded: NOK 0.35 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Rettsliggjøringens tvetydighet - om betydningen av økende rettsliggjøring for sårbare grupper.

Nordlandsforskning har i mange år arbeidet med forskning om sårbare grupper i velferdsstaten; personer med utviklingshemming, fysisk funksjonshemmede, personer med psykiske lidelser og sosialhjelpsmottakere. Gjennom en strategisk satsing ønsker vi å styrk e denne forskningsinnsatsen ved å løfte f...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

State Failure and Regional Insecurity: A NUPI and PRIO Strategic Collaboration Program

The project will bring together researchers from PRIO and NUPI to explore the linkages between state failure and regional security issues. The program will be founded on four case studies, focusing on Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Georgia and the Horn of Africa. They will focus ...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Styringsutfordringer i samferdselssektoren. Videreføring av 155682/V10

Transportsektoren i Norge og i andre OECD-land gjennomgår dels dyptgripende institusjonelle reformer i tråd med New Public Management, reformer som i følge kritikere, trekker i retning av fragmentering og dårligere vilkår for politisk styring. Samtidig e r det en uttalt målsetting å legge til re...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Corporate Governance på norsk: Er det norske bedriftsdemokratiet liv laga i et moderne internasjonalisert arbeidsliv?

Et sentralt utviklingstrekk i arbeidslivets strukturendringer de senere år, er at eiersiden i norsk næringsliv har styrket sin posisjon, ikke bare ved at eierrollen har blitt mer sentral, men fordi en tradisjonell stakeholder tradisjon på viktige områder er blitt utfordret av krefter som ønsker e...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Innovasjonsstrategier i et evolusjonært perspektiv. Videreføring av prosjekt 156320/V10.

Utgangspunktet er evolusjonær teori og dennes fokus på de grunnleggende utviklingsmekanismene variasjon og seleksjon. På den ene siden finnes heterogenitetsskapende prosesser som åpner for nye kombinasjonsmuligheter, på den andre siden finnes seleksjonsme kanismer som sorterer ut og velger altern...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

PRECARE: Conservation of cultural heritage - careful management of changes

PRECARE is focused on achieving knowledge to sustain management and conservation of cultural heritage as buildings and objects of art. The program has a special focus on documentation, preventive conservation and conservation through active use. PRECARE s ees one challenge in documentation of Sta...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

The future of Norway's natural and cultural heritage: applying scenario, foresight and forecast methodologies within an ecosystem context

In light of the increasingly diverse demands being placed on the natural and cultural heritage of Norwegian ecosystems there is a need to adopt new management systems that apply the body of scientific knowledge that is currently available. While the ecosy stem approach advocated by the Convention...

Awarded: NOK 14.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Strategic Program on Global Health and Development

The strategic program at CMI is linked up to a larger research program on global health and development in Bergen. Within the SIP, one sub-project is directly linked to the larger project that focuses on mobilization of human resources within the health s ector in developing countries. The SIP al...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

CONtinuity and Change - Cultural ENvironments and SUStainable landscape development -CONCENSUS

CONCENSUS is focused on achieving knowledge to sustain management of cultural heritage environments and esthetic values in a landscape context. It is designed to develop knowledge built on a close collaboration between managers of cultural heritage nation ally, regionally and locally and an inter...

Awarded: NOK 20.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Metal speciation-a missing link inn assessing the state of the environment

Methods for determination of presence and/or concentrations of metals in their actual chemical form are to be developed. Knowledge of actual chemical state of elements in the Norwegian environment is currently close to non-existent. Current assessments d o not reveal the presence of toxic compou...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Akershus

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