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

Cosmoeconomics: popular beliefs and economic conceptions. A collaborative research agenda (Giovanni da col./bergen dep of soc anth) - Mob

Research stay in Bergen, at the department of social anthropology, August 2012-August 2013, with accompanying workshops, seminars, joint publications and preparation of monograph. The theme of the workshop, seminars and related edited collection shall fo cus around the question: what is the rela...

Awarded: NOK 0.32 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Vestland

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

The Right to Property and Economic Development in India Mobile researcher: Namita Wahi, India

The research examines how the Indian Supreme Court has, over the last sixty years, managed tensions between the right to property and the state's power to acquire property for the purposes of social redistribution and economic development. Conventional s cholarly accounts have labelled the Court...

Awarded: NOK 50,500

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Vestland

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

Islamic networks beyond colonial borders in North East Africa Mobile researcher: Silvia Bruzzi, Italy

Sufi brotherhoods (in Arabic tariqa, the mystical way), as mystical and intellectual current within the Islamic tradition, are strongly characterized for being trans-regional entities marked by a relevant local dimension. All along their historical devel opment, Sufi brotherhoods had spread from...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Vestland

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

Bioprospecting for drug and enzymes discovery from from Antarctic and Arctic sub-sea sediments.Mobile researcher: Concetta De Santi, Italy

Microorganisms living in hash extreme polar environments have through evolution been adapted to low temperature. These microorganisms produce cold-adapted (psychrophilic) enzymes, which generally display high catalytic efficiency at low temperature making these biocatalysts particularly interest...

Awarded: NOK 81,000

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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

High-resolution dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental analysis of the Cretaceous succession in the Norwegian Sea area

The proposed project is a part of PhD study held at the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences. It involves reconstruction of the geological history and palaeoenvinronmental conditions of the Norwegian and Barents Sea areas during th e Late Cretaceous and early Paleogene usi...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Vestland

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

SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN UNGULATE FORAGING BEHAVIOUR Mobile researcher:Emmanuelle Richard, France

Deer allocate their time and use of available habitats to satisfy basic requirements for food, rumination, movement, social interactions, and rest. The majority of the day is spent foraging and ruminating/resting. Seasonal variation in forage quantity and quality is an important driver of these ...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

Samsvarsbøyning av adjektiv i norsk - kongruenstilegnelse hos polskspråklige norskinnlærere Mobile resarcher: Marta Olga Janik

Prosjektets hovedmål er å få større innsikt og forståelse for hvordan samsvarsbøyning av adjektiv i norsk som andrespråk tilegnes. Jeg skal undersøke læringsløyper og -rekkefølger av den adjektiviske samsvarsbøyningen. Dette vil bli gjort ved å analysere tekster og tester skrevet av polskspråkli...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Vestland

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

Biogeographical structure of the subarctic and arctic areas of the North Atlantic Ocean Mobile researcher: Reygondeau Gabriel, France

The objective of this proposal is to investigate the trophic web composition and dynamic of four biogeochemical provinces located in the North East Atlantic ocean. These specifics provinces, originally defined in 1995 using only environmental characterist ics, are selected here as they represent ...

Awarded: NOK 40,500

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Oslo

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

Consociational Democracy and Nordic Differentiated Integration in the European Union Mobile researcher: Benjamin Leruth, UK

This project aims at providing a better understanding of the relationship between the concepts of differentiated integration and consensual democracy, by analysing the evolution of relations between the European Union and Nordic States, especially in the case of Norway. What kind of European int...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Oslo

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

The European Court of Justice and judicial lawmaking: Constitutionalizing Europe's legal order after the 'constitutional compromise'

The model of context analysis proposed in this research project offers a systematic analytical framework for approaching and assessing the role of law in Europe. It differs significantly from 'classical' rationalist, actor-centered, or interest-based expl anatory patterns in the way it takes an i...

Awarded: NOK 81,000

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Oslo

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

Hydrogen and energy production through solid oxide reversible cells Mobile researcher: Gomez Gonzalez Sergio Yesid, Brazil

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) are the most efficient (>60%) electrochemical devices yet invented for conversion of hydrogen directly into electrical power, without combustion and producing water as exhaust gas) [1]. Solid Oxide Electrolyser Cells (SOEC) c orrespond to the reverse operation of SOF...

Awarded: NOK 0.17 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

Visiting researcher grant for Aziz Hakimi, at CMI Mobile researcher: Aziz Hakimi, UK

The proposed project would enable CMI to host Aziz Hakimi, PhD candidate at SOAS, University of London, for 12 months during the writing up phase of his dissertation. At CMI, Aziz would be part of a group of researchers and PhD candidates focusing on Afgh anistan and on peace and conflict researc...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Vestland

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

Wittgenstein on internal and external relations, and the controversy over monism Mobile researcher: Jakub Macha, Czech Republic

The aim of the project is to investigate an impact of the so-called controversy over monism on Wittgenstein's early philosophy and Wittgenstein's potential solution. The controversy over monism stood at the very beginning of analytic philosophy. B. Russel l and G. Moore revolted against the neo-H...

Awarded: NOK 67,500

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Vestland

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

Children of Rebellion: Socialization of Child Soldiers within African Rebel Groups Mobile researcher: Lotte Vermeij, The Netherlands

Children of Rebellion combines an in-depth analysis of previous research on child soldiers and rebellion, with innovative data from extensive field research. Focus is on the period when child soldiers are actively engaged within rebel groups. Drawing from hundreds of interviews with former child...

Awarded: NOK 94,500

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Oslo

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

Language as form of life and creative work. Aspects of the reception to Wittgenstein's late philosophy. Mobile researcher: Fortunato Emilian

The question is how can Wittgenstein's philosophy help to understand the social transformations, particularly in regard to work, of contemporary society - a society sometimes called postmodern, sometimes post Fordist, sometimes the knowledge society. Inde ed, many theorists believe that in this s...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Vestland

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

Continental slope geomorphology: A comparison of Arctic and Antarctic margins Mobile researcher: Jenny Gales, UK

There is currently a distinct lack of knowledge of processes operating on high-latitude continental slopes. As the ice sheets play a pivotal role in the Earth-climate system, with the potential to cause major changes in global sea level, it is necessary t o understand how the ice-sheets changed i...

Awarded: NOK 40,500

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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

Pesticide sorption and effects of biochar Mobile researcher: Veronika Tatarková, Slovakia

The project "Pesticide sorption and effects of biochar" is a part of an important European Union`s project called Genesis. The Genesis project is focused on the investigation of behaviour of several pesticides in the environment, including their sorption, desorption, degradation in soil, transpo...

Awarded: NOK 81,568

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Akershus

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

Verbal morphosyntax in late Northern Middle English: the Northern Subject Rule and related developments Mobile researcher: Nynke de Haas,

This project aims to analyze newly accessible data on late Middle English (c. 1350-1500) from the point of view of variation in verb endings and syntax (word order). It focuses on the Northern Subject Rule (NSR), a pattern of variation in which present-te nse plural verb endings depend on the typ...

Awarded: NOK 40,500

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Rogaland

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

De polsk-norske handelsflåtens forbindelser i mellomkrigstiden Mobile researcher: Jordan Siemianowski, Poland

Mitt opphold i Bergen skal muliggjøre å forske mange saker som er knyttet til polsk-norske handelsflåtens forbindelser i mellomkrigstiden. Blant annet skal jeg forklare samarbeidet mellom Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab og andre norske rederier som var ogs å i Fri Stadt Danzig (FSD) eller i Gdynia...

Awarded: NOK 50,839

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Vestland

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

Studies in the technical terminology of Greek papyri of medical content: The nomenclature and linguistic history of ancient drug containers

The research to be carried out during Isabella Bonati's Yggdrasil stay at the University of Oslo ultimately sheds light on scientific technical languages and their development from antiquity to modern times. Much as technical terminology has been transfor med over time, the technical vocabulary o...

Awarded: NOK 54,000

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Oslo

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

Prenatal exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like compounds through maternal diet during pregnancy. A European study (NewGeneris)-

Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzo-furans (PCDFs) and di-oxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), are a widespread diverse group of persistent, lipo-philic hazardous environmental pollutants. For non-occupationally expos ed people, diet is the primary source of ...

Awarded: NOK 0.11 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Oslo

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

Enhanced Multiple Exciton Generation in PbSe Quantum Dot Solar Cells Mobile researcher: Arivazhagan V, India

This Yggdrasil proposal asks for support for 4 months stay at NTNU, Trondheim for PhD student Arivazhagan V from Department of Physics, Karunya University, India. Arivazhagan V is studying for a PhD on solar cell materials, specifically synthesizing PbSe quantum dot thin film structures. These s...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

Grunnleggende ferdigheter, språkopplæring, didaktisk kompetanseutvikling og pedagogiske praksiser i et russisk-norsk perspektiv

Doktoranden Ekaterina Egorova holder for tiden på med sin doktorgradsavhandling ved Herzen Pedagogiske Universitet, hvor hun forsker innenfor fagfeltet norsk som andrespråk. I forbindelse med arbeidet med avhandlingen, samarbeider Egorova med Jorunn S. Jo hansen ved HiOA, høgskolelektor i norsk. ...

Awarded: NOK 54,000

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Oslo

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

Nordic Regions of Culture: Intercultural links between Norway and Scotland in the Eighteenth Century Mobile researcher: Silke Reeploeg , UK

The history and culture of Scotland has been shaped by its relationships with other cultures across the North Sea - in particular with Norway. From a Shetland perspective, for example, an affinity with Norwegian culture has persisted throughout the 500 y ears since the islands' transfer from the...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Møre og Romsdal

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

The Norwegian Academic Novel Mobile researcher:Sofija Todic, Serbia

In the year 2011, Norwegian University was celebrating its two-hundredth anniversary. In connection to the jubilee celebrations, a lot has been written and said concerning the development and the history of this institution of higher education and its som ewhat isolated position in the society. F...

Awarded: NOK 40,500

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Vestland

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

The fitness cost of antimicrobial resistance: a bacterial perspective. Mobile researcher: Vera Diachkova, Russia

The relative and absolute fitness cost of resistance is a key biological parameter determining the rate of emergence and frequency of resistant bacteria in the community. The biological cost can be related to chromosomally localized resistance genes, or p lasmid-encoded resistance genes. So far, ...

Awarded: NOK 94,500

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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

Ph. D.-prosjekt: Fiktive verdener i Jan Erik Volds poetiske verker 1965-1995 Mobile researcher: Ondrej Buddeus. Czech Republic

Hensikten med prosjektet er å peke på oppbygningen av fiktive verdener, formale mønstre og diskursive spilleregler ved konstruering av det språk- og tekstbundne imaginære universet i Jan Erik Volds poetiske verker fra debuten "mellom speil og speil" (1965 ) til "Kalenderdikt" (1995). Denne analyt...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Innlandet

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

User Movements Tracker Mobile researcher: Octavio Rivera Romero, Spain

The proposal presented in this document is based in research project, TAIS-ASPACE, whose activities are being developed in University of Seville. This project takes place at the University of Seville in collaboration with ASPACE SEVILLA and it is focused in the development of assistive solutions...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

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

Advanced jacket models for offshore wind turbines with superelements Mobile researcher: Jan Dubois, Germany

The project studies the practical issues that arise when the superelement approach is used for offshore wind turbine support structures. Special care needs to be taken to calculate the wave loading correctly for joints that are represented by superelement s in dynamical simulations. The superelem...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

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

Role of the capping layer and substrate in stability of thin films of Mg2NiH4 for hydrogen storage and semiconductor device applications

Mg2NiH4 is a very attractive material for its potential in many practical applications such as energy storage, switchable mirrors, smart solar collectors, semiconductor electronics, and photovoltaics. For metal hydride films, the presence of a capping lay er, e.g. Pd, which facilitates the diffus...

Awarded: NOK 0.32 mill.

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Akershus

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