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SAMF-Fagkomiteen for samfunnsvitenskap

NGS årskonferanse 2010: På leting etter bærekraft / Exploring Sustainability

Norsk Geografisk Selskap (NGS) arrangerer hvert andre år en nasjonal konferanse innen geografi/samfunnsgeografi i samarbeid med de geografiske instituttene på landets universiteter. Konferansen i 2010 (23-24 september) "På leting etter bærekraft"/"Explori ng Sustainability" vil bli arrangert av N...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2010-2011

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

Personal overseas research grant for ACTOR PhD project

Many communities in the Arctic rely on natural resources for their livelihood, and this is also the case for the PhD study's case communities in Vesterålen and Senja, northern Norway, which to a certain degree directly and indirectly rely on natural resou rces for their livelihood. A change in th...

Awarded: NOK 57,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Climate change impacts on freshwater resources

Projected 21st century climate change will have dramatic consequences for the global hydrological cycle, but there is significant uncertainty in the consequences of these for freshwater availability. An important (but often overlooked) cause of this uncer tainty is an inability to accurately reso...

Awarded: NOK 24,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

The geography of vulnerability to sea level rise, storm surge and riverine flooding: a case study in Mid-Norway

The overall PhD topic sets out to examine present and future vulnerability to known and predicted climatic hazards in a case study area in Mid-Norway. The study uses a modified vulnerability model to identify and map physical and social susceptibilities, today and by 2100. The various input data...

Awarded: NOK 89,999

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

PUBL-Publisering/prosjektinform

Tillskudd till utgivelse av tidskriften Norwegian Journal of Geography for 2010

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Awarded: NOK 37,999

Project Period: 2010-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Exploring the interplay between the sustainability agenda and market-driven innovation in the Cod farming sector in Norway

In the course of the 20th century, advances in technology have made capture fisheries more efficient and increased production levels dramatically. Scientists and policymakers alike now recognize that this has led to a serious over-exploitation of fishery resources and the destruction of the mari...

Awarded: NOK 69,999

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

VAM-Velferd, arbeid og migrasjon

Industrial relations under global stress: fragmentation and the potential for representation of workers in the Norwegian hospitality sector

The proposed research project seeks to understand social relations in the Norwegian hospitality sector. The relationships between employers and employees, and between different groups of employees and their representatives, are shaped by globalisation, ec onomic restructuring and international la...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2013

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Cultural Landscapes of Tourism and Hospitality: Character, Management and Perceptions of the Tourism-related Cultural Landscapes.

A general assumption has been held that the tourism industry of rural Norway depend on a well managed cultural landscape. This assumption, however, has never been satisfactorily scientifically tested. The objective is therefore to increase the knowledge c oncerning the relation between landscapes...

Awarded: NOK 11.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2012

Location: Akershus

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

Theorizing Risk, Money and Moralities in Migration (TRiMM)

Prosjektet tar for seg teoretiske sider ved internasjonal migrasjon og transnasjonale relasjoner gjennom studier av risiko, penger or moralske oppfatninger. Størstedelen av arbeidet bygger på et case-studie av migrasjon fra Senegal til Spania. De teoretiske analysene er også knyttet til forskerne...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2014

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

The role of values in adaptation to climate change: A Q-Methodology Approach as an integration tool for the PLAN project

PLAN is a coordinated, social science-based research project that analyzes the potentials of and limits to adaptation as a response to climate change in Norway. This four-year project will provide an empirical and theoretical understanding of adaptation a s a social process, with an emphasis on i...

Awarded: NOK 33,375

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

IS-NAD-Samarbeid med NORAD-land

Song, Tao, Kina, statsstipend 2008/09

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Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Kubiznak, Pavel, Tsjekkia 08/09 kulturavtalestipendstipend

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Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2009

Location: Oslo

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Prieto Espert, Fransicso J Spania 08/09 Kulturavtalestipend

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Awarded: NOK 70,000

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Oslo

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Zizalova, Paula Tsjekkia 08/09 kulturavtalestipend

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Awarded: NOK 70,000

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Oslo

IS-NAD-Samarbeid med NORAD-land

Zeng, Qun kinesisk spes 2008

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Awarded: NOK 12,460

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Oslo

IS-NAD-Samarbeid med NORAD-land

Wang, Jufen kinesisk spes 2008

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Awarded: NOK 12,460

Project Period: 2008-2008

Location: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

CARAVAN - Climate change: A Regional Assessment of Vulnerability and Adaptive capacity for the Nordic countries

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Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2008-2010

Location: Oslo

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Musto, Marcello Italia stp 07/08

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Awarded: NOK 0.10 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2008

Location: Oslo

DEMOSREG-Demokrati, styring og regional

Conceptions of centre and periphery and the transforming power of mobility

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Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Agder

DEMOSREG-Demokrati, styring og regional

Lukket forståelse av åpne systemer? Innovasjonspolitikkens dilemmaer og utfordringer

Prosjektet vil drøfte utfordringer knyttet til en regionalisering av den norske innovasjonspolitikken. Utgangspunktet for drøftingen er tre grunnleggende dilemmaer ved denne politikken. For det første det systemorienterte innovasjonsperspektivets hegemoni innenfor den norske innovasjonsdiskursen...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Vestland

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

The geography of social vulnerability, environemental hazards and climate change.

The study set out to modify, apply and evaluate a model for environmental risk assessment, here termed 'The vulnerability of a place model', as a means for studying the potential impact of future extreme climatic events in Norwegian regions. The model, de veloped and used in an American context, ...

Awarded: NOK 5.7 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-NABO-Nettverksprogram Norden-Næromr

Heiko Pääbo, EE02, Nabo 2006-07

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Awarded: NOK 0.14 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2007

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SAMF-Fagkomiteen for samfunnsvitenskap

The Spatial Embeddedness of Foreign Direct Investment: investigating the complex dyna of FDI for power,regional development and poverty

The rate of FDI has risen dramatically the past three decades. Developing countries' inwards stock of FDI amounted to about one third of their GDP in 2004, compared to just 10 per cent in 1980. The recent explosion of FDI reflects significant transformati ons in economic and political processes. ...

Awarded: NOK 2.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Vestland

IS-NAD-Samarbeid med NORAD-land

Nriame, Hungkeukam indisk statstip 2005/06

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Awarded: NOK 80,560

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Oslo

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

van Riemsdijk, Francoise M. Nederland, STP 0506

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Awarded: NOK 62,000

Project Period: 2005-2005

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Pacasova, Martina, Tsjekkia, STP 0506

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Awarded: NOK 47,000

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SAMF-Fagkomiteen for samfunnsvitenskap

DESIGNING NORWEGIAN COMPETITIVENESS. PRODUCING AND CONSUMING INDUSTRIAL DESIGN SERVICES

This research seeks to identify how industrial design services are produced, organised and consumed in Norway. Specifically the project explores the geographies, formation processes (sources of design expertise and training) and organisation of the design industry and the ways in which the exper...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2005-2006

Location: Vestland

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Ishizuka; M. Japan. STP 04/05

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Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2005

Location: Ukjent Fylke

IS-STP-Statsstipendprogram, utlendinger

Raleigh, Clionadh, Irland, STO0405

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Awarded: NOK 0.12 mill.

Project Period: 2004-2005

Location: Ukjent Fylke

S-AFRIKA-Program for forskningsamarbeid med Sør- Afrika

Transfrontier conservation and local community development in Southern Africa

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Awarded: NOK 72,819

Project Period: 2004-2005

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage