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OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

"Aspect in Russian. Formal and contrastive approaches" (workshop)

Det UiO-baserte RuN-prosjektet (Der russisk møter norsk - i språkets grenseland 2008-2010), som er fullfinansiert av SIU og Samarbeidsprogrammet med Russland, søker BILAT-midler til å arrangere en internasjonal workshop/konferanse om verbalaspekt i russis k ved Det norske universitetssenteret i S...

Awarded: NOK 0.27 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Oslo

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Changes in northern ecosystem services: what is the importance for resource-dependent communities?

A workshop will be arranged in connection with a large ongoing research project TUNDRA financed by NFR, where Russian partners are active participants. The main objective for TUNDRA is to elucidate how environmental governance and socio-economic condition s influence ecosystems and the services t...

Awarded: NOK 0.26 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Personlig Gjesteforskerstipend. Ludmila Ivanova, Kola Science Centre

Nordlandsforskning, Høgskolen i Bodø og Kola Science Centre har etablert en konsortiumsavtale og har et pågående prosjektssamarbeid hvor vi sammenligner norsk og russisk naturforvaltning (NAPROLD-prosjektet). Et gjesteopphold ved NF for en av våre russisk e forskerkollegaer vil gjøre det enklere ...

Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Bærekraftig utvikling og logistikk i Nordområdene (Aktivitet 2 -Arrangementsstøtte)

På grunn av lange avstander, klimautfordringer og ikke minst internasjonale omgivelser/forskjeller har logistikk og transport en viktig rolle for bærekraftig utvikling i Nordområdene (for olje og gass sektor, leverandørindustri, shipping, fiskeri, turisme ). Derfor i dette delprosjektet satser vi...

Awarded: NOK 0.17 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Measuring levels of oil and gas toxins in human populations and individual perceptions of health and security in the Komi republic

With this application, the intention is to seek to plan a study which aims to strengthen the emphirical basis for debates on assessments of threats and security strategies in local communities in the Arctic. An important aim is to test how the Security-co ncept can fruitfully be included in the r...

Awarded: NOK 0.22 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Energieffektivisering for bygninger og infrastruktur i nordområdene (Energy efficiency for buildings and infrastructure in the high north)

'Energieffektivisering for bygninger og infrastruktur i nordområdene' vil være temaet for en workshop i regi av Høgskolen i Narvik (HIN), arrangert ved Arkhangelsk Stats Tekniske Universitet (ASTU) i 2010. Hensikten med workshopen er å etablere et permane nt forskningssamarbeid innenfor nevnte te...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Aesthetic ideals and big bodies: a comparative study of Russia and Norway

Getting dressed is an everyday aesthetic practice that involves most people regardless of them liking it or not. Dressing consists of finding suitable clothes in relation to body shape and appearance, and according to type of society and social contexts. How easy or difficult this is depends on ...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Oslo

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Intercomparison and Knowledge transfer for trace analysis of persistent organic pollutants (POP) in the Arctic environment.

As an extension of the already ongoing NORTHPOP initiative (185104/S50), the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) in co-operation with AMAP (Oslo, Norway), Akvaplan-niva (Tromsø, Norway), the Tromsø University, Typhoon (Obninsk and St. Petersburg, Russia) and PINRO (Murmansk, Russia) inte...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Akershus

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Bygninger og energibruk i kaldt klima

I Norge benyttes nærmere 40% av energien i bygninger. Dette utgjør totalt sett et meget stort potensiale for reduksjon i form av effektivisering, med tilhørende miljømessige fordeler. Det ønskes å videreføre et gryende forskningssamarbeid mellom Høgskolen i Narvik (HIN) og Arkhangelsk Stats Tekn...

Awarded: NOK 0.18 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Enhanced Cooperation between Indigenous Scientists and the Documentation of Traditional Knowledge

Reindeer husbandry is an ancient traditional livelihood practised by over 20 different indigenous peoples, the vast majority of whom reside in Russia. The livelihood embodies sustainability and is uniquely adapted to the specific climate challenges that e xist in the Arctic, the region that is pr...

Awarded: NOK 0.17 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Russian-Norwegian Law: Cooperation in Research.

Prosjektets navn er "Russian-Norwegian Law: Cooperation in Research". De juridiske fakulteter i Tromsø og Arkhangelsk har siden 2001 hatt et samarbeid om forskning og undervisning. Undervisningssamarbeidet har vært en suksess, men forskningssamarbeidet ha r vært tyngre å få etablert. Det søkes de...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Workshop i forbindelse med opprettelse av forskningskonsortium innen nordområdeforskning

SINTEF Byggforsk er i utredningsfase vedrørende oppbygging av forskningskonsortium knyttet til nordområdeforskning, med oppstartseminar/workshop, i løpet av sommeren 2009. Forskningen vil i stor grad omfatte geotekniske og havnemessige problemstillinger k nyttet til kystnære områder i Arktis der ...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Applied basic scientific research in the Barents Sea, with focus on Russian-Norwegian collaboration on taxonomy and ecosystem knowledge

Gjennom dette prosjektet vil russiske og norske forskere, med Barentshavet og Arktiske havområder som arbeidsfelt, utvikle samarbeidsplattformer og kontaktnettverk der taksonomi, biologi og økologiske aspekter som kan komme til nytte i forvalting av de ma rine fellesressurser i Barentshavet står ...

Awarded: NOK 0.33 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Research and education for development and production of ice abrasion resistant offshore concrete structures for oil and gas production

The proposed cooperation within research and education will strengthen further development of structural solutions for exploitation of the vast oil and gas fields of the North. At present this concerns the ongoing Sakhalin 2 and Sakhalin 1 projects in the Sea of Okhotsk, in addition the the fort...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Bærekrafteg utvikling og logistikk i Nordområdene (Gjesteforskerstipend)

Dette prosjektet er en del av pågående prosjektet Business in the High North and Sustainability (finansiert av SIU og Forskningsrådet innenfor Russlandsprogrammet, prosjektnummer RU/733HWY). På grunn av lange avstander, klimautfordringer og ikke minst int ernasjonale omgivelser/forskjeller har lo...

Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Etablering av samarbeid med en eller flere russiske forskningsinstitusjoner vedrørende nordområdesatsning

SINTEF Byggforsk er i utredningsfase vedrørende oppbygging av forskningskonsortium knyttet til nordområdeforskning. Forskningen vil i stor grad omfatte geotekniske og havnemessige problemstillinger knyttet til kystnære områder i Arktis der blant annet kli maendringer vil være en viktig faktor. Sp...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Cooperation on understanding adaptation to climate change in indigenous societies in the Russian north.

Climate variability, climate change and the social/cultural transformations associated with globalisation have been, and continue to be, responsible for major changes in physical environment, the biota and the cultures of indigenous. This is due in part t o the variability of the Arctic climate a...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Bærekraftig utvikling og logistikk i Nordområdene (Reise- og oppholdstøtte)

På grunn av lange avstander, klimautfordringer og ikke minst internasjonale omgivelser/forskjeller har logistikk og transport en viktig rolle for bærekraftig utvikling i Nordområdene (for olje og gass sektor, leverandørindustri, shipping, fiskeri, turisme ). Derfor i dette delprosjektet satser vi...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Norwegian-Russian Cooperation on estimating the cost structure of the Northeast Arctic cod fishery in the Barents Sea

The beneficial management of the Northeast Arctic cod stock needs to take the productivity and costs of both the Norwegian and the Russian fishing fleets into account. In order to achieve this, Russian data must be collected, analyzed and be made commensu rable with data on the Norwegian cod fish...

Awarded: NOK 14,097

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Oslo

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Review of new ideas for Norwegian-Russian collaboration in relation to Regulation of Nuclear Legacy Management

This workshop is intended to promote cooperation among regulatory authorities and their technical support organisations, and to investigate challenges in the application of good science within the regulatory process for nuclear legacy management. Numerou s proposals have been submitted to the No...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Oslo

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Building capacity to meet the challenges of multi-level democracy: the case of conserving species with transboundary populations: EXTRA 2009

If we are successful with this application for extra funding we shall organise a 4 week long, intensive, data analysis and publication writing session where project partners from the main study area are brought to Norway and work together intensively to c omplete the data analysis and publication...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Regional cooperation in the Adriatic Sea: The importance of dissemination of research results

Marine Environment Protection and Resource Management: The Changing Legal and Policy Framework for the Adriatic Sea - NFR Project No. 174814 (Project summary for the main project under the above title included in the original project information.)

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2011

Location: Akershus

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

Public health without public trust? Governance of HIV/AIDS prevention in North-West Russia

The project examines the extent to which HIV/AIDS prevention in North West Russia is perceived and treated as a public health issue, requiring a broad, multi-sectoral response. Using multi-level analysis, the project studies processes and perspectives amo ng four types of actors: i) authorities (...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Oslo

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

MAritime REsources of the BArents SEa: Satellite data driven monitoring in the context of increase of commercial efficiency of the fishery

The main objective of the four-year project is to advance our capability to monitor the Barents Sea maritime resources focusing on the increase of the commercial efficiency of the fishery. It is anticipated that implementation of the developed monitoring system will result in significant reductio...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Vestland

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

Neighbourly Asymmetry: Norway and Russia 1814-2014

The purpose of "Neighbourly Asymmetry: Norway and Russia 1814-2014" is to research the historical relations between Norway and Russia / the Soviet Union in the period 1814-2014. It will result in two richly illustrated volumes, which will be an important contribution to the 200th anniversary of...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Study of Russian Air Pollution Sources and their Impact on Atmospheric Composition in the Arctic

RAPSIFACT will interpret existing and conduct new measurements of greenhouse gases, gaseous air pollutants, and aerosols in Russia, which is the most important source region for Arctic air pollution. This has especially high relevance and is extremely urg ent because climate change is proceeding ...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Akershus

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

OST-Øst-Europa-programmene

Emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the high North and North-Western Russia

The aim of the proposed initiative is to develop a mutual scientific exchange program within environmental chemistry based upon transfer of scientific knowledge, MSc, PhD students and personnel. The main activity will be medium-term research visits (3-12 months; 6 months in average) of M.Sc., Ph....

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2011

Location: Svalbard