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BOLD MINDS aspires to enhance the understanding of vulnerability factors underlying the emergence of borderline personality disorder (BPD), with an ultimate aim of increasing the potential for young individuals to receive early, evidence-based help when their mental health is at risk. BOLD MINDS will achieve this by investigating whether disruptions in two aspects of autobiographical memory (AM), narrative identity (NI) and involuntary AM (IAM), are associated with BPD features and problem behaviours in adolescents concurrently and over time. In doing so, BOLD MINDS will strengthen the understanding of mechanisms underlying the emergence of BPD in adolescence and lay a groundwork for developing evidence-based early interventions for BPD. While currently limited, the study of AM in this field is essential for two reasons. Firstly, because the aspects of AM under investigation, NI and IAM, are known to be involved in identity formation and emotion regulation which represent two key psychological processes that are disrupted in adults with BPD and are linked to problem behaviours such as self-harm and suicidality. Secondly, because promising research is emerging on the use of AM targets in the treatment of emotional disorder in adults, and provides a strong model for future treatment development with vulnerable adolescents. In addition, this timely research program aligns with calls from international organizations to prioritize early interventions to promote adolescent mental health. BOLD MINDS will adopt and adapt state-of-the-art ecological momentary assessment and analytical techniques and work at the crossroads of clinical and cognitive psychological perspectives, allowing for a multidimensional approach to understanding BPD vulnerability. Training-through-research and formalized training of the experienced researcher will prepare her for a permanent academic position and the founding of her own research lab specializing in AM and early interventions for BPD.

Borderline Personality Disorder: Memory and Identity in Adolescence

Bilingual Experiences, Cognitive Ageing and underlying Mechanisms

The goal of the Bilingual Experiences, Cognitive Ageing and underlying Mechanisms (BECAME) project is to examine the functional neuroplastic mechanisms underlying mitigatory effects of bilingual experience on age-related cognitive decline. While evidence is available for structural brain changes supporting bilingualism-induced effects on cognitive aging (CA), functional mechanisms underlying such effects are not yet well understood. BECAME aims to fill this gap by investigating the trajectory of bilingualism-induced functional neuroplasticity across the adult lifespan (ages 18-85), crucially adopting an individual differences approach related to measurable degree of bilingual engagement. Importantly, although such benefits are thought to be rooted early in the lifespan, evidence for the timeframe and conditions of their early emergence is scarce. The choice of including the whole adult lifespan allows us to investigate these mechanisms and their emergence more directly from a lifespan perspective. I combine behavioral testing with brain recordings via electroencephalography (EEG). EEG is widely used in cognitive neuroscience to assess brain activity and the degree of communication between brain regions (functional connectivity) in response to stimuli and at rest. Combining behavioral and EEG modalities will allow me to test bilingualism’s effect on functional connectivity, as well as its consequences for functional efficiency, the minimum required neural activation to successfully perform a task. This will enable a detailed, evidence-based account of the protective effects observed in older-aged bilinguals, and how they are built from earlier life stages. By illuminating the relationship between multilingualism and resulting neurocognitive adaptations, BECAME will enable to capitalize on it as a health initiative, with manifold societal implications and the potential to be translated into actionable policies exploiting multilingualism to ameliorate effects of CA.

WHeelchair Activity Monitoring project (WHAM)

Wheelchair users (WCU) are three to five times more inactive than the general population, leading to a high risk of developing preventable secondary conditions. Although physical activity (PA) guidelines have been specifically developed for WCU, we lack systematic approaches to implement them in practice, as well as valid algorithms to monitor PA change in WCU through sensor-based solutions. Accordingly, the overall scientific aim of the WHeelchair Activity Monitoring project (WHAM) is to advance PA research and practice in WCU by developing valid digital markers for monitoring of and providing feedback on PA, paving the way for implementation and intervention. I will accomplish this through combining the complementary research fields of 1) behavioural intervention studies focusing on increasing PA in WCU (core competence University of British Columbia, UBC; outgoing phase) and 2) sensor-based PA monitoring (core competence Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU; returning phase – consolidated by non-academic placement at Maastricht Instruments, which develop research prototypes including PA monitors). WHAM’s scientific aim is achieved through three objectives: 1) Measure the effect of a pragmatic exercise intervention trial on self-reported physical activity levels and cardio-respiratory fitness, 2) Develop valid algorithms for tracking PA markers in WCU, and 3) Co-create a framework that outlines how PA can be conjointly monitored and provided feedback on in WCU. This fellowship will enable me to become established as an internationally recognized researcher in the field of “physical activity and disability”, while bringing together ongoing national disjointed research activities in this field. Altogether, my overall ambition is to contribute to reducing inequalities in daily-life participation among WCU compared to the rest of the population.

Longitudinal Investigation of Visual and Numerical Perception in Preterm and Full-term Infants

The number of preterm births is on the rise -now more than 1 in 10 babies- and being born preterm is associated with having difficulties in two very important and related cognitive skills that we rely on daily: numerical and visual perception. However, a knowledge gap exists on neural and behavioural associations of numerical and visual perception in full-term and preterm infants. PrePER aims to uncover the underlying neural signatures of the cognitive dysfunctions that preterm infants might display in the first year of their lives and the role of parent-baby interaction to predict preterm infants that are at risk of developing these cognitive difficulties in the second year of their lives. The purpose is to establish criteria to identify infants (especially preterm) at-risk of having cognitive difficulties in numerical and visual perception. Shedding light on normal and impaired cognitive functions in infancy is an essential stepping stone that will pave the way for early diagnostic tools and interventions that would correct the cognitive dysfunctions more efficiently while the brain is still developing. The activities in PrePER will lead to original and innovative outcomes that are beneficial for four parties: 1) Scientific communities will be interested in the results as the ambitious research objectives address questions that have not been asked before. 2) Parents of preterm infants, health-care providers, and policy makers will be interested in the results as the overall aim is to establish criteria to identify infants at-risk of having cognitive-developmental difficulties in the first year of their lives. 3) The researcher will be accelerating her career progression as the training objectives meet her specific needs. 4) The supervisor will be enlarging her research interest and network as the research objectives include a topic within the researcher’s expertise.

AQUASERV – RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES FOR SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE, FISHERIES AND THE BLUE ECONOMY

The overarching objectives of AQUASERV are to bring together, enhance, integrate and customise RI capacities (including facilities, instruments and expertise) and through the provision of transnational access (on-site or remote) and/or virtual access, to significantly further scientific advance and promote and facilitate the implementation of European Common Fisheries Policy, the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Sustainable Blue Economy and the European Green Deal. 

AQUASERV will achieve these objectives by offering scientists from academia and business remote and on-site transnational (TA) and virtual (VA) access to an advanced set of European research infrastructures and its nodes related to research and management of marine and freshwater biological resources, food and biotechnology. These include the European Marine Biological Resource Centre ERIC (EMBRC), the Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems ERIC, The Aquaculture for Excellence for Aquaculture in Fish (Aquaexcel), and the Infrastructure for Promoting Metrology in Food and Nutrition (METROFOOD), as well as the International Council for Exploration of the Sea, both a service provider and stakeholder. It also includes the Research Infrastructure for Science and Innovation Policy Studies (RISIS) to bring contributions from the social sciences and to bring results nearer to policy makers ensuring societal impact. 

To enhance, integrate and customise RI capacities, collaboration between partners and new pipelines to meet the objectives of the project will be developed during the first 3 years and will make available  to users.  To ensure these capacities will not be lost, a sustainability work package involving stakeholders will address the project legacy.  

To maximize impact, AQUASERV will build a communication network among the partnership and develop a dissemination and outreach programme. Furthermore, an advanced training programme will be developed to capture future users and will be updated during the p

IMProving User experience, Long-term sustainability and Services of EU-OPENSCREEN

EU-OPENSCREEN (EU-OS), the distributed European Research Infrastructure for Chemical Biology and early drug discovery, provides world-class services in high-throughput compound screening and medicinal chemistry to users from academia and industry. As one of the largest open-access initiative globally, EU-OPENSCREEN plays an increasingly important role in facilitating early stage drug discovery in Europe. It recently integrated fragment-based drug discovery and chemoproteomics as two new services, but the increasing complexity of modern drug discovery projects requires an even more comprehensive portfolio and integration of emerging technologies. To ensure that EU-OS continues to offer a comprehensive suite of relevant services and support a growing user community to conduct forefront research, IMPULSE will develop, validate and integrate new services in AI/ML, new chemical modalities, and innovative disease-relevant cell models combined with CRISPR-Cas9/RNAi-based genetic screening. IMPULSE will work towards the implementation of common operational and data standards to increase data reproducibility and FAIRness. Bespoke outreach and training activities will raise awareness among key user groups of its new services and advance operational excellence and reproducibility in pre-clinical drug discovery. New models for pre-competitive drug discovery with industry or charities, and growing ERIC member community will reinforce the sustainability and accessibility of EU-OPENSCREEN.

Strengthening resilience and mental wellbeing through the Support4Resilience toolbox for leaders in elderly care

European elderly care experiences labor shortages, lack of qualified workers and a mismatch between capacity and demands, causing stress, burnout, and reduced mental wellbeing among healthcare workers and informal caregivers. Leaders are crucial in promoting supportive working conditions but lack research-based measures to act upon these challenges.

Support4Resilience (S4R) will develop, implement, and evaluate a research-based Toolbox to support healthcare leaders in improving healthcare workers’ and informal caregivers’ resilience and mental wellbeing in elderly care. S4R will identify resilience and mental wellbeing factors among healthcare workers and informal caregivers; explore their perspectives and needs; develop new theory on the relationship between individual and organizational resilience, and mental wellbeing; and develop recommendations and cost-effective interventions. The Toolbox with tailormade resources for policy and practical use will be available through an open access S4R Resource Bank.

The S4R Toolbox includes three main tools: 1) Mapping and identification, 2) Reflection and education, and 3) Reorganization. Measures are initiated at the organizational level and effects on mental wellbeing and resilience transpire at the frontline of elderly care. The Toolbox covers different situational contexts, types of healthcare providers and health system levels. Elderly care settings in six European countries will implement and evaluate the Toolbox through a process evaluation, effectiveness evaluation, and cost-effectiveness evaluation. 

S4R provides policymakers, decisions-makers and leaders with solutions for taking action to solve specific risks for healthcare workers’ and informal caregivers’ resilience and mental wellbeing. Thus, pertinent to the work programme, S4R will support the development of resilient health systems in European elderly care through improved leadership capabilities, governance structures, and adaptive capacities.

NEXT GENERATION IMAGING FOR REAL-TIME DOSE VERIFICATION ENABLING ADAPTIVE PROTON THERAPY

The NOVO project will address a fundamental issue in proton radiotherapy (PT) of cancer, namely the lack of real-time dose verification (RDV) that significantly limits the potential of PT due to uncertainties in the precise delivery of the prescribed dose. In the NOVO project, we will develop the first proof-of-concept of an RDV technology adaptable to any PT treatment and bring the concept to TRL 4 by also considering integration into the PT clinical workflow. The RDV technology will be pivotal for enabling the next generation of adaptive PT therapy, i.e., dose-guided real-time adaptive therapy. Real-time measurement of the dose to targeted and non-targeted tissues will be the key to truly empower patient-centered, personalized cancer treatment, important to improve curation and quality-of-life post-treatment. As a high-risk/high-gain project, NOVO aims at a first-of-its-kind RDV technology through the unique synergy between (1) cutting-edge, inexpensive organic scintillator technology that can detect secondary radiation during treatment for non-invasive measurements, (2) novel and fast image reconstruction, artificial intelligence (AI)-accelerated models and AI-enhanced image reconstruction to allow simultaneous detection of multiple radiation species and tissue compositional analysis, (3) tumor-tracking and imaging of tissue radio-sensitivity based on oxygen levels, (4) intelligent automation of decision-making schemes for real-time dose-guided adaptive therapy. The project will essentially open a new era in PT that enables curing more cancer patients and reducing toxicity from treatment. The NOVO consortium covers the entire value chain of RDV development (technology providers, theory and modelling, technology integration and PT clinics) and optimally engages nuclear, medical, and high-energy physicists, chemists, mathematicians, computer scientists, oncologists, biologists, as well as European PT centers. 


Development of innovative proton and neutron therapies with high cancer specificity by 'hijacking' the intracellular chemistry of haem biosynthesis.

Deep-lying cancers, such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) brain cancer, are very difficult to access and incurable by the current standards of care. The fluorescence of photosensitive molecules (PSs) can precisely guide surgical resection of GBM. Nevertheless, photomedical treatments like photodynamic therapy (PDT) show limited efficacies due to the low penetration of light into tissue. Proton radiotherapy can reach deep-lying disease through therapeutic energy deposition in a spatially confined region called Bragg peak. Current neutron-based therapies, like Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), have sufficient penetration depth but lack cancer specificity.
In NuCapCure, we propose to 'hijack' intracellular biosynthetic pathways and use them to produce custom-made drugs that will facilitate two genuinely new cancer treatments: i) "NuCapCure Proton", combining proton radiotherapy, protondynamic therapy through PS proton activation, and proton capture therapy (BPCT) through three produced alpha particles; and ii) "NuCapCure neutron", combining GBM specific BNCT and PS neutron activation as demonstrated in our FET-open project FRINGE.
The main scientific breakthroughs of NuCapCure will be to demonstrate the custom production of novel compounds through native intracellular biosynthesis but also to establish experimental proof-of-principle, both in vitro and in vivo, of the proposed two novel therapies. Our highly interdisciplinary project team comprises world-renowned experts from a unique combination of disciplines: proton and neutron physics, synthetic chemistry, photochemistry, photobiology, radiobiology, medical physics, nuclear reactor and particle accelerator technology and radio-oncology to lay the foundations for novel, targeted and curative therapies against currently fatal cancer indications like GBM.

Despites dental pulp capping materials should meet the certain requirements, the available materials have one or more shortcomings—poor biocompatibility and rheological properties, fail to maintain pulp vitality and to simulate reparative dentine formation and expensive etc. Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) is widely used material because of its beneficial properties. However, its composition bismuth oxide, which is suspectable to toxicity, has an impact on rheological properties. This emphasizes the necessity of looking for inexpensive alternatives to materials that meet the specifications. This project's goal and novelty are to investigate the potential processing of the dental pulp capping cement, which is made of strontium silicate (SrSiO3), strontium fluoride (SrF2), piezoelectric material (PZM) and tricalcium silicate (Ca3O5Si) and its rheological properties and hemocompatibility. Because SrSiO3, SrF2, PZM and Ca3O5Si have the promising properties. This project's work packages are split into four categories based on the interdisciplinary approach since it involves the synthesis and characterization of PZM, the processing and characterization of cement, the identification of rheological parameters utilizing ISO standardizations, and hemocompatibility, and acquiring new transferrable skills. Additionally, the interactions among the selected compounds will be determined. The scientific impact of this project is comprehending the physical properties and the immune system's response to evaluate the cement's suitability as a replacement for existing materials, as well as resulting in further uses in dentistry and medicine. The societal impact is providing millions of patients in Europe with predictable and outstanding treatment outcomes each year to maintain pulp vitality and health. Eventually, it will ease the financial load on millions of patients who need dental care, will be avoiding inflated medical expenses and misuse of the patent (economic impact).

SrSiO3-based Dental Pulp Capping Cement

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Xue Renyu kinesisk statsstip 2003/04

We are applying for funding for the "International Sustainability Transitions" Conference organised in Oslo between 16-20 June 2024. The conference is organised on behalf of, but not limited to, a large and growing international professional network – the Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN). The network includes 3000 persons researching various issues and perspectives on the sustainability transitions, with significant emphasis on understanding societal aspects of climate change. The network is interdisciplinary and global. We expect around 400 scholars to attend the conference, from European countries, in addition to scholars from North America, Australia and global south countries, including Brazil, South-Africa and India. Parts of the conference will also be open to public participation, and the plenary sessions will offer high-level insights from the field with relevance for both public and private sector decision makers. Moreover, we have a specific ambition to be an open community for early career researchers, and have two special events for these groups - one welcome day for getting an introduction to the research field and leading scholars and 2) a professional development workshop where ECSs work senior scholars to develop papers. 

The major institutions  within this community in Norway are co-organising the conference (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Sintef, University of Oslo and Western Norway University of Applied Sciences), but there is also significant participation from most Norwegian research institutions that work on the theme, including Cicero, Fritjof Nansen Institute, Transport Economic Institute, NIBIO, OsloMet, University of Bergen and more. It will be a very important national event, and it has a significant network building impacts both nationally and internationally.

International Sustainability Transitions Conference 2024

INTRANSIT er et åtteårig forskningssenter som ser på omstillingsprosesser i norsk næringsliv. Målet er å forstå hvordan omstilling til en mer bærekraftig og smartere norsk økonomi kan fremmes. 

INTRANSIT ser spesielt på omstilling i etablerte næringer, som olje og gass, maritim industri, akvakultur, landbruksbaserte næringer, prosessindustrien og industriell vareproduksjon. INTRANSIT studerer drivere og barrierer for omstilling, omstillingsprosesser og konsekvenser av omstilling på kortere og lengre sikt. Vi forsker på hvordan etablerte næringer skaper grobunn for fremveksten av nye bransjer og bedrifter, og betydningen av samarbeid mellom små og store bedrifter og på tvers av bransjer og sektorer. Gitt at omstilling er et komplekst fenomen, ser vi på utvikling på flere nivåer og på tvers av regionale, nasjonale og globale utviklingstrekk. 

INTRANSIT studerer spesifikt kopingen mellom digitalisering og grønn omstilling, som ofte kalles «the twin transition». Digitalisering har en gjennomgående innvirkning på omstilling i bedrifter og næringer, men det er lite kunnskap om hvordan digitalisering påvirker bærekraft og grønn omstilling. 

INTRANSIT studerer også hvordan forsknings- og innovasjonspolitikken virker inn på omstilling og hvordan politikk kan utvikles videre for å akselerere omstilling, og samarbeider med brukere og interessenter i privat og offentlig sektor.

INTRANSIT samler ledende forskere fra innovasjons- og entreprenørskapsstudier, informatikk, bærekraft, økonomi og geografi i en tverrfaglig innsats for å skape et kunnskapsgrunnlag om omstilling til en smartere og grønnere norsk økonomi. Senter for Teknologi, Innovasjon og Kultur og Institutt for Informatikk - begge ved Universitet i Oslo - står i fellesskap bak senteret, med Sintef Digital og Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development ved Utrecht University i Nederland som forskningspartnere.

The Norwegian business sector is under pressure to transform from at least three global trends with significant, long-term impacts: The projected drop in value creation from petroleum markets, the need to tackle climate change and other grand challenges, and the competitive potentials generated through major leaps in digitalization. Research and innovation policies will impact the way industry responds to these pressures, but their contribution will depend on an improved understanding of the complex interplay between these pressures, ongoing transformation processes in industries and firms, and the composition of the R&I policy mix. With this in mind, the INTRANSIT centre will develop a comprehensive understanding of how industrial transformation towards a more sustainable and smarter Norwegian economy can be fostered, and how R&I policies can be further developed to achieve this goal. INTRANSIT looks upon industrial transformations as multi-level phenomena involving interconnected changes at macro level, at the level of specific sectors in society and at the level of firms and other organizations. INTRANSIT is organized as a multidisciplinary and multi-method research centre with five interrelated research streams (transformation pressures, sectoral pathways, agents and interactions, digitalization and policy) that reflect the multi-level nature of industrial transformations, and addresses these issues in four broad economic sectors: energy/petroleum, maritime/shipping, bio-economy/aquaculture, and manufacturing. These are all vital sectors in the Norwegian economy nationally and regionally, and their successful adaptation to green and digital transformation pressures will have major implications for  value creation and employment in coming decades. The INTRANSIT Centre includes four main research partners, a panel of international R&I policy experts and  user partners from industy, policy and NGOs.

Centre for the study of innovation policy for industrial transformation, sustainability and digitalization (INTRANSIT)

SIVAC-prosjektet studerer den norske petroleumsrettede leverandørindustrien og dens betydning for innovasjon i olje- og gassnæringen. Hovedmålet er å undersøke hvordan leverandørindustrien har utviklet seg de siste 15 årene, og hvordan den har bidratt til innovasjon gjennom internasjonal eksport av teknologisk kompetanse, teknologioverføring fra olje/gass sektoren til andre næringer og økt verdiskaping og produktivitet på norsk sokkel. SIVAC-prosjektet benytter et innovasjonssystemperspektiv som innebærer at vi ser på innovasjonssamarbeid mellom leverandørindustrien og petroleumsindustrien nasjonalt og internasjonalt, med vekt på USA og Brasil. SIVAC studerer også hvordan teknologioverføring fra olje- og gass sektoren potensielt bidrar til industriell diversifisering i Norge, gjennom casestudier av nye industrielle nisjer som er basert på kompetanse og teknologi utviklet i oljesektoren. SIVAC-prosjektet gjennomføres i samarbeid mellom Universitetet i Oslo, Universitetet i Stavanger, Universidade Candido Mendes i Brasil og Aker Solutions som brukerpartner.
Arbeidspakke 1 handlet om å forstå innovasjon og teknologiutvikling blant leverandørbedrifter og deres betydning for innovasjon og verdiskaping i oljesektoren. I året 2017-2018 ble det gjennomført flere analyser av innovasjonssystemet, innovasjonsaktivitet og resultater av innovasjonsaktivitet blant leverandørselskaper. Dette arbeidet er basert på analyser av innovasjonsdata på bedriftsnivå samt innovasjonssamarbeid gjennom nettverksanalyser av FoU- og innovasjonsnettverk. Vi har også gjennomført en lang rekke intervjuer og casestudier av leverandørselskaper, hvor vi blant annet så på hvordan nedgangstiden i oljesektoren i perioden 2014 til 2019 påvirket innovasjon i leverandørindustrien.  
Analysene viser at leverandørindustrien, sammen med oljesektoren, er en motor for innovasjon i hele den norske økonomien. Det er få bransjer som er like innovativ som petroleumsleverandører. Men ikke alle innovasjonsaktiviteter kaster like mye av seg, og det er spesielt innovasjon gjennom læring og samarbeid med kunder og leverandører som skaper verdier for leverandørene. Dette betyr ikke at selskapene ikke investerer i egen FoU og teknologiutvikling. For å forstå mer av hvordan innovasjon foregår og hvordan selskapene skaper verdi av innovasjon er det gjennomført et betydelig antall intervjuer i flere norske leverandørselskaper. Disse viser hvordan innovasjonsaktivitet foregår i et samspill med oljeselskapene, noe som skaper muligheter men også langsiktige utfordringer for anvendelse av selskapenes avanserte teknologikompetanse på nye måter og i nye markeder.  Resultatet av arbeidet i denne arbeidspakken har ført til flere artikler, bokkapitler og en doktorgradsavhandling i 2018.  
Arbeidspakke 2 har sett på utviklingen av leverandørindustrien i Norge siden 2000, og har sett spesielt på den økende internasjonaliseringen av næringen og erfaringene norske bedrifter har i utenlandske markeder, spesifikt Brasil og USA. I denne delen av prosjektet ble det gjennomført feltarbeid i Brasil og USA i 2016 og 2017. Intervjuer bekrefter at norsk leverandørindustri har høy status både blant myndigheter og lokale industrielle aktører i Brasil. Selv om flere mellomstore og mindre norske selskaper har strevd med å slippe til, har mange norske selskaper lykkes. Studiene fra USA viste at den teknologiske stilen og kontraktsforholdene som kjennetegner det amerikanske leverandørmarkedet skaper hindre for norske leverandører.  Arbeidet i denne arbeidspakken ble ferdigstilt våren 2018 og har resultert i en artikkel og tre bokkapitler publisert i 2018. 
Den tredje arbeidspakken i SIVAC har hatt spesielt fokus på teknologioverføring fra olje og gass til nye markeder. I denne arbeidspakken har SIVAC kartlagt om oljeleverandørbedrifter også har aktiviteter i ikke-olje relaterte markeder og i så fall hvilke andre markedene de er involvert i. Vi har også sett på hva som kjennetegner leverandørselskaper som har aktivitet i flere markeder enn olje og gass. Arbeidspakken har også undersøkt strategier for diversifisering i flere selskaper, og hva selskapene opplever som utfordringer og hindringer for diversifisering. Kort fortalt er ikke teknologien eller kompetansen problematisk for å lykkes i nye markeder, men den rådende innovasjonsmodellen i olje og gass skaper utfordringer. Dette arbeidet har munnet ut i tre bokkapitler, to vitenskapelige artikler og flere som er under ferdigstillelse.  
I arbeidspakken har vi også sett spesifikt på leverandørselskaper som anvender oljeteknologi og -kompetanse i havvind markedet. I en vitenskapelig artikkel publisert i januar 2019 viser vi at diversifisering til havvind er sterkt påvirket av markedsbetingelser i olje og gass bransjen, og at engasjementet i havvind er utsatt for betydelige svingninger i tråd med oljeprisutviklingen. Vi ser også at type investeringer i nye markeder påvirker omfang og langsiktigheten av aktiviteter i nye markeder.

The project will study how Norway became an international model for managing the petroleum resources in such a way that it has created the basis for long term economic growth and development. The underlying theoretical basis is that this success is based  on the ability to use the petroleum resources to build-up strong technological competences, research capabilities and industrial growth of service/supply industries. This has contributed to increasing available petroleum resources and has influenced the c ost structure of production, but has also becomes the basis for the growth of new export industries.

The empirical study uses an innovation system perspective which analyses technological development as an interactive processes between heterogeneous acto rs. The core actors studied are the supply industry (here called the enabling sector) and their relationship with oil and gas companies. The first part of the project analyses how innovation processes actually take place, by focusing on innovation network s between the oil and gas industry, the supply industry and external knowledge partners. The second part of the project studies the development and transformation of the supply industry since the late 1990s, emphasising capacity building in the supply ind ustry and interrelated - the increasing internationalisation of the supply industry. Finally, we study to what extent the build-up of the wide competences and knowledge bases in the petroleum industry has a potential for supporting industry diversificatio n of the Norwegian economy, by studying cses of technology transfer and development of new technological nieches based on competence and technologies initially developed for oil and gas applications.

IS-NAD-Samarbeid med NORAD-land

Xue Renyu kinesisk statsstip 2003/04

Awarded: NOK 87,000

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IS-NAD-Samarbeid med NORAD-land

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