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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

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Skills Enhancement on the Move: Digital Pathways in Higher Vocational Education

Higher vocational education via distance education offers new opportunities for skills development. Higher vocational schools play an important role in providing education and knowledge that companies need, and in recent years there has been significant growth in both the number of higher vocatio...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Tracking health-related underachievement in the first two decades of life (THRIVE)

How does health shape children’s chances in school? Some children fall behind in school not because they lack ability, but because their health holds them back. This project explores how different health conditions – both physical and mental – influence learning and school performance from child...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

EduGAP: Grading, Assessment and Pathways

There is an ongoing debate in many countries about assessment practices, in particular the use of external and centrally administered exams. This debate intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic, when national exams were often not conducted. At the same time, assessment practices vary widely acros...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

Acoustic power transfer for wireless sensors

Measurement and monitoring of the natural or human-made environment has become a necessity in order to increase safety and improve the standard of living. This project aims to establish acoustic power-transfer technologies that enable sensors and systems for monitoring and control at previously i...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Vestfold

FORSKSYSTEMET-FORSKSYSTEMET

NORA-HS: Norwegian Graduate School for how AI impacts humanities and society

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world – from how we communicate, to how we work, learn, and govern society. As the technology evolves rapidly, it is essential to understand how AI affects people, values, and societal structures. The research school NORA-HS: Norwegian Graduate Sch...

Awarded: NOK 15.5 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2033

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Optimization and Testing effectiveness of a collaborative Intervention for School Attendance Problems in Norwegian municipalities.

An increasing number of students in primary and secondary education are struggling to participate in school. School absenteeism is multifaceted and can have significant negative consequences for the child, the family, and society. Risk factors for school absenteeism exist in all areas. There is a...

Awarded: NOK 19.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Negotiating Values in Norwegian Teacher Education

In a pluralist society, educational institutions are vital for the transmission of core societal values considered foundational to the constitution and continuation of democratic societies. In 2020, the Norwegian government launched a national educational reform: ‘Knowledge Promotion’ in Educatio...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

The Potential of ‘GameChange’: Supplementary Educational Measures to Facilitate Secondary Education Completion Among At-Risk Youth

What can be done to enable more students to complete secondary school? The project GameChanger focuses on the impact that initiatives outside of school can have on students when they are in school. Flyt and Guttas Campus are two school-supportive programs designed to prevent dropout by enhancing ...

Awarded: NOK 19.7 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

A circular educational framework to help solve healthcare challenges: interprofessional education and collaborative practice for the future

The world faces rapidly increasing challenges in delivering quality health and social care services: a global shortage of health workers, limited resources, and a rapidly aging population with complex needs. The "IPECP-future" project introduces an innovative solution: a Circular Educational Fram...

Awarded: NOK 11.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Vestland

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Ensuring a Competent and sustainable workforce of Midwives in Norway

Ensuring a well-educated, clinically competent, adequately resourced, and sustainable midwifery workforce is crucial for delivering high-quality care to women in maternity care. However, the serious shortage of midwives, globally and in Norway, currently inhibits midwives’ efforts to promote safe...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2030

Location: Vestland

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Retention Evaluation - Teacher Attrition and Incentives in Norway

Norway may face a future teacher shortage due to several factors: high dropout rates from teacher education programs, graduates opting out of teaching careers, and nearly a third of new teachers leaving the profession within five years. The RETAIN project (Retention Evaluation - Teacher Attrition...

Awarded: NOK 7.8 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2029

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Writing strategies in VET Education

"SKY - Skrivestrategier på yrkesfag (Writing strategies in VET Education)" is a project initiated by The Norwegian Centre for Writing Education and Research, NTNU. The primary objective of the project is to test the effectiveness of the internationally acclaimed program Self-Regulated Strategy De...

Awarded: NOK 11.3 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

Health, education and labor market integration in refugees – a cross-country, longitudinal, mixed-method study

With notably increased rates of mental health problems and persistent lower employment than other migrant groups, refugees constitute a highly vulnerable group in today's society. Recent evidence suggests poor health, and in particular poor mental health, may play a key role in labor market marg...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

Centre for Research on Children and Young Peoples Vulnerable Institutional Pathways

PATHWAYS research centre studies children and young people’s movements in, between, and out of institutions and services such as the Child Welfare Services, Services for Children and Youth with Disabilities, Health Services for Children and Youth, Correctional Services and the welfare and employm...

Awarded: NOK 30.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

The Centre for Children & Youth, Vulnerability, and Social Preparedness

Despite relatively high prosperity and good social services in Norway, many Norwegian children and young people live in vulnerable life situations. Many are also at risk of falling outside school and social communities. The Centre for Children and Young People and Social Preparedness bring togeth...

Awarded: NOK 30.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2029

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Engagement, Growth And General Education in Norwegian folk high schools (ENGAGE)

ENGAGE investigates the impact and meaning of Norwegian Folk High Schools (FHS) on youth engagement and participation in society. It is the largest study on this subject to date, exploring a largely overlooked aspect in education research. The projects’ background concerns youth disengagement f...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2029

Location: Vestland

FORSKSYSTEM-UTD-FORSKSYSTEM-UTD

ARCTIC Youth: Research Centre for Children and Youth at Risk

The aim of the Arctic Youth Research Center is to create research that answers the positive question of what can be done to increase the well-being of children and youth. Children who grow up in families with scarce resources have a higher risk of experiencing a reduced quality of life, violence,...

Awarded: NOK 30.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2029

Location: Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

Onboarding transitional housing as a center for collaboration in the mission of young inclusion (HOUSYOUNG)

HOUSYOUNG aims to generate new knowledge about municipal housing initiatives for young people transitioning from youth to adulthood. Despite the increasing number of children and young people in such housing in Norway, this field is under-researched. HOUSYOUNG is a collaboration between Norwegian...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

The Economics of Adult Education: Promoting Life-long Learning through information and financial incentives

This project investigates the existing gap between the perceived importance of lifelong learning and the low participation in adult education. The aim is to find out whether policy measures can increase participation in adult education, and what value this brings to society. We focus on adults wi...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

EU Readiness self-assessment tool

The arEUready? project helps organisations understand how prepared they are to apply for EU research and innovation funding. Many companies, universities, and public institutions want to access these opportunities, but often find the process complex and difficult to navigate. To support them, th...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Østfold

NYSKAPNING-NYSKAPNING

AI-Based Child Avatar for Interview Training

Preventing violence, sexual abuse, and neglect against children is a pressing societal and political concern. Globally, around 1 billion children suffer from neglect, violence, and abuse annually (WHO, 2022), leading to severe mental and physical health issues. Despite education and training effo...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Akershus

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Missing Men: New conceptual understandings of gendered educational choices

Over the past few decades, women have entered an increasingly larger part of the educational system and labour market, while men have continued to make gender-traditional choices. The representation of men in female-dominated educational fields and professions remains persistently low. We know to...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

Young adults’ mental health and labor market exclusion - causes, consequences, and trends

The working-age population in Norway is shrinking due to demographic processes. Next to productivity increases and immigration, integrating and retaining young adults in the labor market is considered crucial for sustaining a comprehensive welfare state. However, increasing rates of mental health...

Awarded: NOK 11.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

What is driving the increasing youth disability insurance receipt in Norway?

There is there a concerning trend in Norway: the proportion of 30-year-olds receiving disability benefits has more than doubled in the past 25 years. This increase coincides with various societal changes, including a rise in mental health diagnoses among youth, heightened competition in education...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

UTDANNING-UTDANNING

Pubertal Timing and Inequalities in Education

Within a typical classroom, the onset of puberty occurs four years earlier for the first developing girl than for the latest developing boy. However, it is not clear how these large inter-personal differences affect school performance and educational trajectories, with previous studies finding ne...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

VELFERDTEMA-VELFERDTEMA

Making the green shift work for regions

Our project aims to develop a new understanding of how regional labour markets are adapting to the grand challenge of Green Shift. We will go beyond national and industry forecasts by recognising that responding to this challenge will be region specific processes of adaptation and change. Labour...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2028

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

MILJØTEMA-MILJØTEMA

Post Consumption Citizenship: Conditions for and practices of engagement in sustainable well-being.

Post-Consumption Citizenship: Conditions for and practices of engagement in sustainable well-being. As of September 2025, the PostCC project has been running for one and a half years and is scheduled for completion in spring 2027. This text begins by outlining the project’s themes, research quest...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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