652 projects

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Den «tekno-innovative» vendingen i eldreomsorgen – tvingende nødvendighet eller bidrag til en omsorgskrise i velferdsstaten?

Utenlandsoppholdet vil berike ISP-prosjektet ved å gå i dialog med et forskningsmiljø fra en annen kontekst, med andre empiriske og teoretiske perspektiver på teknologisk innovasjon i helse- og omsorgssektoren. Prosjektet vil innta et komparativt blikk på hvordan ulike velferdsregimer møter demog...

Awarded: NOK 0.27 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestland

KSFF-KSFF

SAFE@HOME: Technologies of care for aging migrants

Living Safely at Home" is a 2023 Norwegian policy reform supporting people to age well and remain in their homes longer. Municipalities play a key role by promoting age friendly homes through health technologies, involving users and relatives in care plans, and ensuring access to information and ...

Awarded: NOK 14.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

INNO-OFF-INNO-OFF

Bærekraftig radikal oppgavedeling i helse og omsorgssektoren

The BRO project (Sustainable Radical Division of Tasks) addresses two major societal problems. One is the coming capacity crisis in health and care services; the other is the large number of people of working age who are outside of work and education. BRO will meet these challenges by developing ...

Awarded: NOK 21.5 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Forskaropphald ved Universitetet i Helsingfors – klimarisiko og maladapsjon i omstilling til fornybarsamfunnet

Prosjektet SUSFIN er eit forskingsopphald ved Universitetet i Helsinki som skal vidareutvikle teoretisk kunnskap om klimarisiko i energiomstillinga. Formålet er å undersøkje korleis tiltak for å redusere utslepp og klimatilpasse samfunnet av og til kan gi utilsikta konsekvensar, som aukar sårbarh...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Vestland

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Academic Careers: Examining the Significance of Socio-Economic Background

Academics occupy a privileged position in society. They are experts in their fields, share knowledge with the public, train new generations of students, and hire future academics. While much research has explored how social background—such as parental education, income, or class—affects success i...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SAMISKTEMA-SAMISKTEMA

(Mis)trust: The Norwegianization of language, people and land in South Saepmie. Why reconciliation, how, and between whom?

South Sápmi is a region with a complex history. For generations, the Sámi people have lived under assimilation policies and colonial structures. These experiences have left deep scars and created mistrust, both between Sámi groups and between the Sámi and the majority society. When trust disappea...

Awarded: NOK 11.1 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

KSFF-KSFF

Driving sustainable health and social care reform in rural regions through empowered self-managing teams

The project SELFDRIVE – Driving sustainable health and social care reform through empowered self-managing teams (SMT) is based on the recognition that Norwegian municipalities face a rapidly increasing need for more sustainable organisation of health and social care services, particularly in smal...

Awarded: NOK 14.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

UTENRIKSFORSK-UTENRIKSFORSK

Refugee Return, Urban Recovery, and Climate Change in Syria and the Middle East (RETURNEC)

The war in Syria has created one of the world’s largest and longest-lasting displacement crises. Millions of Syrians remain refugees in neighbouring countries, while millions more are displaced inside Syria. Return is often treated as the natural end of displacement, yet we know surprisingly litt...

Awarded: NOK 7.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

Diversity as a battlefield? Majority and minority responses to organisational diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts

Diversity and inclusion have become a political battlefield. A wide range of policies and initiatives – so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts – seek to improve the inclusion and status of disadvantaged groups, most notably in the labour market. Yet, we know remarkably little abo...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Biodiversity and Offshore Wind: Understanding Transformative Impacts on Marine Ecosystems

Offshore wind is expanding rapidly in the North Sea as part of Europe’s transition to renewable energy. At the same time, large-scale offshore infrastructure raises important questions about impacts on marine ecosystems and whether current governance systems are able to address these effects in a...

Awarded: NOK 3.3 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Exploring the implications of power dynamics for food system change and sustainability outcomes across food, environment, health and climate

Changing the food system in a sustainable direction requires more than scientific knowledge on climate and environmental issues. This is just as much a social and political task. Thus how, in which ways and by whom the food system is governed will greatly affect how the connections between food, ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Building resilience through urban agriculture and foraging: individual, collective and public preparedness

How can we strengthen societal preparedness through urban agriculture and foraging? This is the overarching question that the BestPrepared project seeks to answer. Urban agriculture can build social cohesion among participants and, over shorter periods, also contribute to food security in cities,...

Awarded: NOK 9.8 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Akershus

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Gender segregated educational choices, skill gaps and early career opportunities

Over the past fifty years, we've seen a remarkable shift in education: young women now earn more degrees and higher credentials than young men across most developed countries, including Norway and the United States. This educational advantage for women reached its peak around the year 2000, after...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

INNO-OFF-INNO-OFF

Industriløftet for inkludering

Nordlandsforskning, Nord universitet, Nav Nordland, Nav Rana og Arctic Cluster Team (ACT) planlegger 4. november en konferanse med mål om å spre kunnskap om, og styrke, lokale samarbeid mellom industri og lokale Nav-kontor i Nordland. Nordlandsforskning har i flere prosjekter jobbet med problemst...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2026-2026

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

SIKKERHET-SIKKERHET

Prepare, support and comply: The public as a critical resource in times of crisis

In the years ahead, Norwegian society must be prepared to handle a wide range of adverse events, spanning the spectrum from peace to war, including natural disasters, extreme weather, major accidents, hybrid threats and, in the worst case, armed conflict. In such situations, the population is a c...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

RESONATE - Reducing School Dropout and Enhancing Pupils’ Sense of Belonging and Participation through Co-created Music-based Activities

Why do so many young people struggle to stay in school, and how can music help create a place where more of them feel they belong? This question is at the heart of RESONATE, a Nordic project now being introduced in nine upper-secondary schools in Vestland. Together with NAV, the Bergen Public Lib...

Awarded: NOK 11.9 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

Strengthening national preparedness through local food systems (FOODprepared)

FoodPrepared explores how strengthening local food systems can improve Norway's food security and preparedness in the face of climate change, pandemics, and geopolitical tensions. We examine how communities can become more resilient to future crises through sustainable food production and consum...

Awarded: NOK 11.8 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

Welfare society as a moral system: Boundaries and borders of sustainable management of collective goods in the Norwegian welfare state

WELBOUND: Welfare society as a moral system: Boundaries and borders of sustainable management of collective goods in the Norwegian welfare state The recently published bestseller “The Country That Became Too Rich” (Holte, 2025) criticizes a welfare state that is growing disproportionately. Norwe...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2031

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

DRUGTREND: Youth cultures and emerging patterns of drug use in a digital age

Drug use patterns among young people in Norway are currently changing. While youth alcohol consumption witnessed a notable decline after the turn of the millennium, trends in illicit drug use have followed a different trajectory, with cannabis and cocaine use currently on the rise. Concurrently, ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

To facilitate for self-organised sport and physical activity – an arena to include young people

Many of today's meeting places for young people are linked to organized sports and other leisure activities. Those who do not find their place within these communities may experience a lack of belonging. This project addresses this challenge by focusing on young people who do not participate in o...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Buskerud

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

Youth Outside work and education – Understanding Traits and Hurdles

What do we really know about youth exclusion? Far too many young people in Norway are outside employment, education, and training. This group–often referred to as NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training)–faces a high risk of long-term exclusion. But the NEET category is broad and imprecise...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

HELSEFORSKNING-Helseforskning

Coordinated Care for Children: Enhancing Quality in Health and Welfare Services to Families with Disabled Children

For families with disabled children, having good and accessible health and welfare services is essential for quality of life and active participation in society. In the CoCare project, we will examine the services these families receive, both from the perspective of the service providers in the l...

Awarded: NOK 12.4 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SAMISKTEMA-SAMISKTEMA

Biebmolassi – Reconciling Sámi Food Systems

Biebmolassi is a Sámi concept referring to harvesting and subsistence practices, such as berry picking, fishing, hunting, pastoralism, and food production. The project examines Sámi and local food systems in Sallto (Salten) and Stuornjárga (the Skånland Peninsula), focusing on how knowledge about...

Awarded: NOK 11.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

The impacts of land use conflicts on society and citizens: how local arguments shape democratic participation and lived experience

In recent years, Norwegian communities have seen a rise in contentious land use disputes. The green transition’s demand for land has triggered conflicts over mining, wind power, solar parks, and power lines — a development expected to intensify as society moves toward a low-emission future. Thes...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestland

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Urgency and pressures in critical mineral extraction - Potentials and pitfalls for just mining in Norway

The demand for critical minerals is increasing rapidly. These metals are used in green technologies such as electric vehicles, wind turbines and solar panels, and play a key role in the transition to a low-emission society. At the same time, the growing pressure for faster extraction creates new ...

Awarded: NOK 10.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

POLARTEMA-POLARTEMA

Beyond protection – Discussing the roles of nature conservation in Arctic borderlands

“Beyond Protection” addresses the shifting roles and emerging challenges of nature conservation in Norwegian Arctic borderlands, focusing on Svalbard and Øvre Pasvik (Eastern Finnmark). In this region, conservation has long been linked to geopolitical dynamics such as the politics of presence, th...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

FOFORMIDLING-FOFORMIDLING

Trygg på nettet – praktisk forskning om digital sporing - for og av ungdom

Prosjektet "Trygg på nettet" - praktisk forskning for og av ungdom, skal forske på vaner, årsaker og konsekvenser av digital sporing overfor ungdom. Prosjektet og arrangementet der resultatet skal presenteres, er utarbeidet av forsker-elever ved Ålesund videregående skole. De har selv utarbeidet ...

Awarded: NOK 30,000

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Møre og Romsdal

INNO-OFF-INNO-OFF

Digitale frivillige

Demografiske endringer i form av flere eldre og færre i arbeidsdyktig alder rammer allerede norske kommuner. Særlig er denne utfordringen stor i distriktskommuner med spredt befolkning. Omsorgstjenester, og spesielt de som gis i eget hjem, gis ofte ansikt til ansikt og hjemmetjenesten blir derme...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

FRIPROSJEKT-FRIPROSJEKT

Punishment as a Vehicle for Change? The Causal Impact of Norwegian Corrections on Reoffending and Reintegration in Norway and Beyond

The main goal of the NoReoffend project is to advance scientific knowledge on the intended and unintended consequences of punishment. More specifically, we will explore what happens to the continued offending, labor market attachment and family situation of people who serve different sentences or...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

SYSTEMET-INT-SYSTEMET-INT

Youth sexuality and sexual risk in a digital era (DIGISEX)

Large-scale societal discussions have changed the sexual landscape recent years, such as the #metoo movement and public debates about consent laws. A shift that particularly has affected youth sexuality is how digital media plays into sexual relations. On a positive note, digital media offers new...

Awarded: NOK 0.67 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove