0 projects

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Rettsliggjøringens tvetydighet - om betydningen av økende rettsliggjøring for sårbare grupper.

Nordlandsforskning har i mange år arbeidet med forskning om sårbare grupper i velferdsstaten; personer med utviklingshemming, fysisk funksjonshemmede, personer med psykiske lidelser og sosialhjelpsmottakere. Gjennom en strategisk satsing ønsker vi å styrk e denne forskningsinnsatsen ved å løfte f...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

State Failure and Regional Insecurity: A NUPI and PRIO Strategic Collaboration Program

The project will bring together researchers from PRIO and NUPI to explore the linkages between state failure and regional security issues. The program will be founded on four case studies, focusing on Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Georgia and the Horn of Africa. They will focus ...

Awarded: NOK 4.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Forestilllinger om ruralitet i norsk regional- og distriktspolitikk. Videref. av 155695. Videreføres etter søknad 177641/V10.

I arbeidet med tekster fra ulike arenaer i det norske samfunnet som omhandler distriktene har det vokst frem interessante koplinger mellom konstruksjonen av en norsk identitet og vårt forhold til det rurale. Det er først på 1970-tallet at politikken for d et rurale også får et tydelig symbolsk in...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Internasjonalt arktisk samarbeid - premisser for norsk nærområdepolitikk. Videreføring fra 156324/V10.

Våre nordlige nærområder er av stor betydning for norsk utenrikspolitikk. Etter den kalde krigens slutt og Sovjetunionens sammenbrudd har andre hensyn enn de rent militærstrategiske blitt stadig viktigere. Spørsmål knyttet til miljø, ressurser og helse er f. eks. sentrale i det utvidede sikkerhe...

Awarded: NOK 2.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Tillit som betingelse for samarbeid og utvikling i Nord

Prosjektet skal utvikle kompetanse om Nordområdeproblematikk gjennom teoretisk refleksjon og empiriske undersøkelser av sosiale/menneskelige vilkår for tillitsbygging, samarbeid og utvikling i Nordområdene. Gjennom å bruke tillit som inntak til å fokuse re på sosial organisering og sosiale rela...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Strategisk instituttprogram i kulturøkonomi og kulturarbeid

Mens aktuell kultur- og samfunnsdebatt i det siste oftest har rettet søkelyset mot "kulturens påvirkning på økonomien", vil denne SIP-en fokusere mer på særtrekk ved kultur som økonomisk sektor og arbeidsmessig virksomhet - og mot endringsprosesser på kul turfeltet. En tar sikte på å gjennomfør...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

SIP: Linked Issues as a way to Broaden Participation in the Climate Regime: Exploring the cases of air quality, and energy technology

The countries that are participating with commitments greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reductions in the Kyoto Protocol emit only 28% of global GHG emissions, and major, growing economies like China, India and the United States are not included. Thus, broade r participation in the climate regime is ...

Awarded: NOK 5.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Foresight for Regional Planning and Sustainable Regional Development

The programme Foresight for Regional Planning and Sustainable Regional Development seeks to contribute to the understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent in foresight as a tool for future studies in general, and for sustainable regional dev elopment efforts in particular. Although ...

Awarded: NOK 7.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Development and use of ensemble based data assimilation methods in atmospheric chemistry modelling

As an internationally recognized centre for research and expertise in air pollution and atmospheric chemistry, NILU provides technical premises for a sustainable management of the atmosphere. This ranges from assessment of air quality in urban environment s, to global chemistry in the stratospher...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Where Norway receives its water from

Water in its various states is a key element of the climate system. Yet, to date no research has been done at NILU on this most important of all atmospheric trace gases and how it relates to climate. The SIP proposed here shall change this situation and e stablish hydrometeorology as a new resear...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Fate, risk and management of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the Norwegian sewage system

Increased attention is currently being paid to pharmaceutical substances and personal care products (PPCPs) as a class of environmental contaminants. PPCPs can enter the aquatic environment following manufacture, use, disposal or ingestion/excretion. The majority of PPCPs are thought to enter aqu...

Awarded: NOK 7.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Ecosystem dynamics under influence of natural and human drivers

This research programme is designed to examine a number of critical questions for understanding the structure and function of alpine and boreal ecosystems under natural dynamics and the influence of human-induced land use and climate change. The purpose i s to develop a more solid basis for predi...

Awarded: NOK 20.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Kommunikasjoner, vekstkraftige regioner og regional fordeling

I denne SIP vil TØI rette fokus mot betydningen av kommunikasjonstiltak for romlig konkurranse og som forutsetning for å utvikle vekstkraftige regioner. Bakgrunnen er at regionale virkninger av infrastrukturinvesteringer er tillagt vekt både i regional- o g transportpolitikken. Programmet består ...

Awarded: NOK 3.9 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Strategiske markedsanalyser -Metode- utvikling for bruk av data og metoder for ............ Videreføres fra 155684/V10.

TØI opprettet programmet Strategiske markedsanalyser - Metodeutvikling for en mer kostnadseffektiv bruk av data og metoder for evaluering av tiltak for transport i by? for perioden 2003-2007 etter tildeling av midler fra NFR. Arbeidet skal gjennomføres g jennom 6 deloppgaver: 1) Dimensjonering a...

Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2008

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Processes of change in urban environments: cultural heritage, urban development and regionalisme

The developmental growth of cities and towns in the past 20 to 25 years has become both the object of continual social focus and a multidisciplinary and sector-comprehensive political field. It is of vital importance that cultural heritage is analysed and included as assets and resources for the...

Awarded: NOK 13.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

PRECARE: Conservation of cultural heritage - careful management of changes

PRECARE is focused on achieving knowledge to sustain management and conservation of cultural heritage as buildings and objects of art. The program has a special focus on documentation, preventive conservation and conservation through active use. PRECARE s ees one challenge in documentation of Sta...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

The future of Norway's natural and cultural heritage: applying scenario, foresight and forecast methodologies within an ecosystem context

In light of the increasingly diverse demands being placed on the natural and cultural heritage of Norwegian ecosystems there is a need to adopt new management systems that apply the body of scientific knowledge that is currently available. While the ecosy stem approach advocated by the Convention...

Awarded: NOK 14.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Strategic Program on Global Health and Development

The strategic program at CMI is linked up to a larger research program on global health and development in Bergen. Within the SIP, one sub-project is directly linked to the larger project that focuses on mobilization of human resources within the health s ector in developing countries. The SIP al...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

CONtinuity and Change - Cultural ENvironments and SUStainable landscape development -CONCENSUS

CONCENSUS is focused on achieving knowledge to sustain management of cultural heritage environments and esthetic values in a landscape context. It is designed to develop knowledge built on a close collaboration between managers of cultural heritage nation ally, regionally and locally and an inter...

Awarded: NOK 20.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2011

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Improved welfare in sheep production - Preventive measures, disease resistance and robustness related to tick-borne fever in sheep

The greatest welfare challenges for sheep during grazing are tick-borne fever (TBF), blow-flies, alveld and predators. Production losses on tick infested pastures are substantial, and it is expected that more than 300 000 lambs/sheep are affected by TBF. In sustainable farming, particularly organ...

Awarded: NOK 3.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Metal speciation-a missing link inn assessing the state of the environment

Methods for determination of presence and/or concentrations of metals in their actual chemical form are to be developed. Knowledge of actual chemical state of elements in the Norwegian environment is currently close to non-existent. Current assessments d o not reveal the presence of toxic compou...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Integrated environmental modelling for river basin management: Models, uncertainties and good modelling practice

Mathematical models are increasingly used in both core and applied science projects and within environmental management, which is not surprising since models help to organise, synthesize, and track information and scientific knowledge and hypothesis in a way that would not be possible otherwise. ...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Recycling organic waste - effects on soil quality, plant nutrient supply and environmental impact

Return of organic wastes to soils is a step towards more closed nutrient cycles, greater sustainability and reduced environmental loads. Because of the enormously variation of availability of plant nutrient as nitrogen and phosphorus between different org anic waste types, there is a great demand...

Awarded: NOK 8.7 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2012

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Improved phosphorus utilization of marine feed resources - Dietary impacts and optimal P nutrition in Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

Phosphorus (P) in marine feed ingredients provide natural high P content in commercial fish feed, but is poorly available to fish in the crystal structure with calcium (Ca) known as hydroxyapatite in fish bones. Pilot studies have shown that it is possibl e to improve the digestibility of phospho...

Awarded: NOK 4.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Market-Based Product Differentiation in the Seafood Industry

This research program focuses on market-based product differentiation in the seafood industry. This kind of research is much needed in an industry where most products can be characterised as commodities and where the main competitive variable is (low) pri ce. Through this program we aim to furthe...

Awarded: NOK 8.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIPHINIFES-SIP ved HI

Physiological and behavioural indicators for fish welfare assessment in aquaculture and fish capture

Seafood consumers are concerned about animal welfare and recent white papers states that Norway should take a leading position to ensure acceptable animal welfare standards as basis of an sustainable and ethical aquatic production. Institute of Marine Res earch (IMR), Bergen has a leading role in...

Awarded: NOK 12.1 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-LMD-SIP finansiert av Landbruksog matdepartementet

Improving preparedness through research

The goal of the National Veterinary Institute (NVI) is deliver decision support of good quality for decisions made within the area of animal health and welfare and food safety. According to the political signals and the needs seen, the NVI will intensify the work on preparedness related to all it...

Awarded: NOK 12.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIP-FKD-SIP finansiert av Fiskeri- og Kystdepartementet

Lysozyme inhibitors; novel drug targets in bacteria

Lysozymes are antibacterial enzymes generally acknowledged to play an important role in the innate immune system found in all animals. Recent findings on invertebrate lysozymes as well as on bacterial inhibitors of lysozymes have shed new light on why ver tebrate lysozymes show some restriction i...

Awarded: NOK 8.5 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIPHINIFES-SIP ved HI

Integrating in vitro cellular models and genomic techniques for investigating the impacts of diets.

The present project aim to develop in vitro techniques which will refine and replace in vivo animal experiments. Following the establishment of genomic and proteomic tools for investigating model organisms, we now have the opportunity to utilise these te chniques for developing novel cell cultur...

Awarded: NOK 17.6 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2010

Location: Ukjent Fylke

SIPHINIFES-SIP ved HI

Carrying capacity in Norwegian aquaculture

The Norwegian aquaculture is facing challenges in limited areas available for aquaculture and an efficient utilization of the carrying capacity is crucial. This necessitates combining different forms of aquaculture, and the first step in doing so is to es timate the carrying capacity for each cul...

Awarded: NOK 12.2 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2013

Location: Ukjent Fylke