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Accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, rapid digitalisation has fundamentally transformed European working conditions. While its positive consequences are well recognised, digital transformation also puts a sorely needed part of the European workforce at risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion. IDILAB (Implications of digital transformation for migrant labour) investigates the impacts that technological progress and subsequent structural changes have on the labour market integration of migrant workers. By developing a new methodological approach, IDILAB shall provide novel evidence on migrants’ exposure to the process of digitalisation, and formulate evidence-based and innovative policy options for the EU and national governments to improve on the scope and adequacy of national and European policy directed at encouraging a fair digital transition for all, including migrants. The proposed project will contribute with new knowledge on migrants’ own perspectives on barriers and enablers for a sustainable integration in a fast-changing labour market. I, the experienced researcher (Dr Olga Gheorghiev, the Czech Republic), will work with a European centre of excellence (the Research Centre for Digitalisation of Public Services and Citizenship (CEDIC, OsloMet, Norway), and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI, Belgium) for intersectoral knowledge transfer, career development, and European added value.

Implications of digital transformation for migrant labour

Employing a decolonial approach inspired by critical museology and Indigenous studies, LIT aims to initiate a visual restitution/rematriation process fostering attention to Sámi people’s experiences during colonial encounters, and to illuminate individual life-stories of women and children photographed by Italian anthropologists Mantegazza and Sommier between 1879 and 1886. It wishes to generate dialogical knowledge of unpublished visual/written materials, enabling Sámi communities of interest to gain access to these scholars’ photographs. In complex socio-historical Indigenous/settler contexts such as Sápmi (the Sámi homeland), Sámi people’s control over their own heritage has proved essential to processes of cultural and ethnopolitical self-determination. Part of the Sámi visual heritage consists of photographs taken - often through mild violence and coercion - by academics engaged in physical anthropological practices involving Sámi individuals of all ages and genders. The resulting academic and divulgative publications circulated in Europe for decades, shaping and reinforcing stereotypes of Sámi peoples and cultures. Photos taken in colonial encounters by late-19th/early-20th century scholars to visualize Sámi people’s supposed biological-cultural inferiority (until a few decades ago inaccessible to the Sámi) have become important means of decolonization and empowerment through art and activism. The visual restitution of such photographs is of the utmost importance not only from a cultural heritage perspective but is also considered by Sámi institutions and individuals as an urgent necessity. LIT proposes an innovative approach based on the co-construction of knowledge and with a gender dimension. I shall reconstruct life stories of women and children photographed by Italian ethnologists, locating their descendants and returning their photographs to their communities. LIT would benefit my career, making me a leading researcher in Sami Studies and museology.

Locating Intergenerational Ties, rematriating late-19th-century unpublished photographs of Sámi Women and Children

AGREE tar for seg klimaendringers innvirkning på kulturarv gjennom tverrfaglige metoder og samarbeid mellom ulike samfunnsaktører. Prosjektet tar særlig for seg urbane områder som påvirkes av flom. Målet er å forstå det komplekse forholdet mellom forvaltning av kulturarv, klimatilpasning og samfunnets sårbarhet, og å se på tiltak for å minimere risiko for tap og ødeleggelse som følge av klimaendringer. Sentrale delmål inkluderer integrering av strategier for bevaring av kulturarv med strategier for klimatilpasning, spesielt gjennom konseptet Historisk Urban Landskap (HUL). 

AGREE vil utvikle en beslutningsmodell forankret i HUL-konseptet som sammenligner dagens forvaltningspraksis med historiske data for å belyse sårbarhet og klimatilpasning i en urban kontekst. AGREE vil fremme transformative strategier for klimatilpasning ved å evaluere beslutningstakernes forståelse av disse samspillene. 

Prosjektet ledes av University of Leeds (Storbritannia), og har Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning (NIKU), Politecnico di Torino (Italia) med som partnere. ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property), British Council (Storbritannia), UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Storbritannia), Hull City Council (Storbritannia) og Innlandet fylke (Norge) deltar som samarbeidspartnere. Gjennom dette samarbeidet skal prosjektet bidra til å forme politikk og klimastrategier, både lokalt og globalt.  AGREE vil også engasjere publikum for å øke bevisstheten om klimatilpasning og mobilisere til felles handling.  Gjennom bred involvering skal AGREE bidra til å sikre at kulturarven forblir beskyttet og motstandsdyktig i møte med klimaendringer.

Alt i alt vil AGREE utforske klimaendringers påvirkning på kulturarv med en praksisorientert tilnærming, og med fokus på samarbeid, databasert beslutningstaking og samfunnsengasjement for å sikre vår felles kulturarv for fremtidige generasjoner.

AGREE champions transformative sustainability in response, emphasizing interdisciplinary methodologies and societal shifts. It explores the intricate link between cultural heritage governance, climate adaptation, and community resilience, rooted in responses to flooding in urban contexts. AGREE promotes the Historic Urban Landscape concept for integrative decision-making in climate adaptation, considering community resilience amidst environmental changes. An interactive Geographic Information System platform will illuminate this interplay over time. An innovative AGREE's contribution is a decision-making model grounded in the HUL paradigm. This model juxtaposes current national and local policies enabling cultural heritage integration in climate adaptation with historical data sources revealing urban resilience lessons and changes in the built environment over time. AGREE employs transformative governance concepts to evaluate decision-makers comprehension of these synergies and their perspectives. It advances transformative climate adaptation by uncovering potentials and barriers within heritage governance in case studies from the UK, Norway, and Italy. Beyond research, AGREE will shape policies with multi-scalar and cross-sectorial governance, interpreting climate intricacies through cultural heritage. It will strengthen global, national, and local heritage-focused climate strategies through partnerships with the British Council, ICCROM, and the UK's Department for Culture, Media, and Sport and local stakeholders, such as Hull City Council (UK) and Innlandet Region (Norway). AGREE also engages the public, raising climate adaptation awareness and mobilizing collective action, benefiting governmental climate efforts.

Advancing Cultural Heritage Governance for Resilient Climate Adaptation

Kulturlandskap leverer viktige økosystemtjenester, blant annet erfaringsbasert, lokal kunnskap om hvordan man kan tilpasse seg og begrense negative effekter av klimaendringer. Landskapene er sårbare for klimaendringer og andre påvirkninger. Derfor blir kunnskapen kontinuerlig oppdatert og overført mellom generasjoner. Ved å studere seterlandskap i Norge og lignende beitebetingete kulturlandskap i Frankrike og Spania vil vi dokumentere klimaendringer og andre trusler mot immateriell kulturarv. Vi vil beskrive landskapenes egenskaper og hvilke faktorer som muliggjør tilpasninger og avbøtende tiltak, både politiske virkemidler og tiltak i samfunnet ellers. Prosjektet har tre målsetninger:
1. Utvikle en verktøykasse som skal hjelpe lokalsamfunn og beslutningstakere med å vurdere kulturlandskapets sårbarhet og motstandsdyktighet overfor negative endringer ("resiliens").
2. Utvikle formidlingsmateriale om verdien av å bevare erfaringsbasert kunnskap som en levende kulturarv og hvordan den kan bidra til at samfunnet gjør tilpasninger og tiltak mot negative effekter av klimaendringer.
3. Bidra til den vitenskapelige litteraturen om kulturlandskapets sårbarhet og motstandsdyktighet overfor klimaendringer, og til å utvikle strategier for tilpasninger basert på den immaterielle kulturarven.
Prosjektgruppen er internasjonal og tverrfaglig: Amerikanske, franske, norske og spanske forskere skal samarbeide om å dokumentere og modellere endringer i landskapet. Interesseorganisasjoner vil bidra i prosjektstyringen og i sammenstillingen av resultater. Seterbrukere vil bidra med erfaringsbasert kunnskap, og til å analysere og tolke data. I tillegg til verktøy for klimatilpasninger og for forvaltning av den immaterielle kulturarven skal det lages veiledere for journalister, og det skal produseres filmer. Prosjektet skal øke samfunnets bevissthet om immateriell kulturarv og støtte arbeidet med å ivareta erfaringsbasert kunnskap om beitebetingete kulturlandskap.

Cultural landscapes provide essential ecological and sociocultural services and contain insights needed to combat climate change, but they are vulnerable to climate change and other stressors. By examining the cultural landscapes of transhumant pastoralism in France, Norway, and Spain, we will detail climate and other threats to this intangible cultural heritage (ICH), the characteristics and factors that create adaptive capacity in these
systems, and methods for sustaining ICH through community action and policy. The research supports three goals established with societal partners:
1. Develop a toolkit that helps communities and decision-makers assess the vulnerability and resilience of cultural landscapes. 
2. Develop communication resources for the public and policy makers illustrating why threatened cultural heritage matters and how cultural heritage can contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation. 
3. Contribute to scientific literature on the vulnerability and resilience of cultural landscapes and culturally informed strategies for climate mitigation and adaptation. 
Our team builds on multiple collaborations and deep expertise. The most significant involves French, Spanish, and U.S. partners modeling future changes in the French Basque pastoral system. The Basque Centre for Climate Change specializes in Spanish transhumant pastoralism and ecological modeling; Swiss partners designed tools for measuring livelihood resilience, and partners in Norway have expertise in agricultural landscape change, cultural heritage, and public participation. Societal partners (Syndicate of Soule and Concejo de la Mesta) will contribute to project management and synthesis, and farmers are fully engaged in collecting and analyzing data. In addition to adaptation and management tools, the project supports guides for professional journalists and farmer-made films to spread awareness and increase public support for cultural heritage protection.

Mitigation and Adaptation in Cultural Heritage Landscapes: Lessons from Transhumant Pastoral Systems for Managing
Novel Climate Risks

I en verden der klimaendringer er en betydelig bekymring, blir begrepet biokulturell arv en kilde til håp. Denne tilnærmingen erkjenner den nære forbindelsen mellom menneskelige kulturer og den naturlige verden, og gir verdifull informasjon om å overvinne utfordringene på en raskt skiftende planet.
Arktis-regionen påvirkes spesielt av klimaendringer og opplever alarmerende nivåer av oppvarming. Innenfor dette isete landskapet ligger travle bysentre som Fairbanks, Nome, Kirkenes og Tromsø, der virkningene av klimaendringer blir akutt følt. Men mot bakgrunnen av disse problemene, gir den rike mangfoldet av biokulturell arv en reserve av motstandskraft.
Biokulturell arv er basert på tradisjonell økologisk kunnskap (TEK) som er overlevert fra generasjon til generasjon av urbefolkningssamfunn. Denne kunnskapen inkluderer en rikdom av visdom, fra sporing av dyremigrasjoner til å forutsi værmønstre, og gir uvurderlige retningslinjer for tilpasning i møte med miljøsjokk.
Forskere, kunstnere, aktivister og samfunnsmedlemmer samarbeider for å utnytte kraften i biokulturell arv. Gjennom etnografisk feltarbeid, kunstnerisk uttrykk og samfunnsengasjement kombinerer de tradisjonell visdom og moderne vitenskap for å skape innovative løsninger basert på lokal kunnskap.
Prosjektet har som mål å styrke lokale samfunns stemmer og utvikle partnerskap mellom forskere, beslutningstakere og grasrotorganisasjoner. Dette vil være en katalysator for meningsfylt endring både lokalt og globalt.
Avslutningsvis gir biokulturell arv en tidløs visdom som kan hjelpe oss med å oppnå motstandskraft mot klimaendringer. Ved å ære og bevare denne uvurderlige arven, kan vi legge veien for en mer bærekraftig fremtid for kommende generasjoner.

The project focuses on the relationship between climate change and biocultural heritage, a holistic concept that emphasizes the interdependence of natural and cultural elements. The primary objective of the project is to understand how traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and Indigenous knowledge, and human-environment relationships that form the core of biocultural heritage can contribute to climate change adaptation in urban areas and surrounding landscapes. TEK and biocultural heritage have been critical resources for climate adaptation for future Arctic residents. However, climate change processes threaten cultural and biological diversity, underscoring the urgency for adaptation and mitigation measures, especially in the Arctic, which is changing four times faster than the rest of the world. The project will focus on case studies of Arctic cities, including Fairbanks and Nome in the USA and Kirkenes and Tromsø in Norway, and their associated subsistence landscapes that transform even faster. The project team, consisting of social and natural scientists, artists, and activists, will use quantitative and qualitative methods of climate science, remote sensing, human geography, and social anthropology to explore the potential of traditional knowledge and local land use practices as holistic and culturally sensitive tools for climate adaptation. By integrating scientific data with Indigenous long-term observations and artistic explorations, the team hopes to create publicly accessible, co-produced, and place-specific arts and science products. The project's results will be published in academic articles, disseminated via online media, and presented in art and science exhibitions. The main research question of the project is, "How can biocultural heritage integrated into urban and natural landscapes contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts?"

Biocultural Heritage in Arctic Cities: Resource for Climate Adaptation?

Norske kvinner har den høyeste sykefraværsraten av alle OECD-landene, til tross for god befolkningshelse. Kjønnsforskjellen i sykefravær er relativt høyere i Norge (ca. 70% høyere hos kvinner enn hos menn) enn i andre OECD-land (cirka 50% høyere). 

Denne kjønnsforskjellen i sykefravær er en stor utfordring når det gjelder kvinnehelse, livskvalitet og likestilling mellom kjønnene. Årsakene til kjønnsforskjellene er i stor grad uforklarlig i forskningslitteraturen. Det finnes ingen evidensbasert klinisk intervensjon som kan redusere eller forhindre kjønnsforskjellen i sykefravær.

Vi vil bruke data fra to store multisenter randomisert kontrollerte prosjekt fra HelseIArbeid-klinikkene i Nord-Norge. Pasienters bakgrunn og videre forløp vil hentes i registerdata for sykefravær, sysselsetting, langsiktige fordeler, bruk av helsetjenester over en periode på 20 år. 

I arbeidspakke 1 (WP1) vil vi utforske seks hypoteser for høyere sykefraværsrater hos kvinner enn menn. Disse inkluderer kjønnsforskjeller i: 
1. spesifikke helseproblemer, inkludert symptomer og diagnoser, 
2. tanker om årsaker til helseproblem og konsekvenser for sykefravær, 
3. overbevisninger om helsebringende eller forebyggende effektene av sykefravær, 
4. opplevd arbeidsmiljø og utfordringer i mulige konflikter mellom arbeidsliv og privatliv, 
5. opplevde barrierer retur til arbeid fra sykmelding, 
6. ønsker, prioriteringer og forventninger til karriere og andre livsprioriteringer. 

Psykiske lidelser som angst og depresjon, samt muskel- og skjelettplager, er vanlige diagnoser for sykmelding, og vanligere blant kvinner enn menn, og et flertall av HelseIArbeid-pasientene er kvinner. I WP2 vil vi teste om en klinisk intervensjon for å forebygge sykefravær, og øke retur til arbeid blant sykmeldte, kan redusere kjønnsforskjellen i sykefravær. 

Vi vil gjennomføre systematiske litteraturoppsummeringer for begge arbeidspakkene i tidlig prosjektperiode.

Norwegian women have the highest sickness absence rate of all countries in the OECD, despite a good population health. The gender difference in sickness absence is relatively higher in Norway (70%) than in other OECD countries (50%), but the gender difference is observed in all economies where female labour force participation is high.

This gender difference represents a major concern in terms of health, wellbeing, and gender equality and is largely unexplained in the research literature. No intervention has yet proven to be efficacious in reducing this gender gap in sickness absence.

We will use data from two large multi-center RCTs on occupational health and return to work. To the best of our knowledge, these two RCTs constitute the largest within the field of work and health service delivery. The first RCT (n=1144) has successfully completed recruitment, and the second RCT (n=2500) will conclude recruitment during 2024. Patient data will be linked with high quality longitudinal register data from three different sources, containing data on employment, benefits, sickness absence and healthcare service utilisation covering a time span of 20 years.

In WP1, we will go beyond the state-of-the-art and explore three existing hypotheses with a novel angle, in addition to two original hypotheses for the relatively higher sickness absence rates in women compared to men. WP1 is based on secondary analyses of uniquely rich data from the RCTs. This level of detailed data have previously not been available for research on the gender difference in sickness absence.

In WP2, we will test the efficacy of a clinical intervention tailored to prevent sickness absence and promote return to work. Preliminary data indicates that there is high demand for this service in women, with a 70/30 split. This is as expected as the intervention targets those reporting symptoms of common mental disorders and/or musculoskeletal problems, conditions that are more prevalent in women than in men.

Explaining the gender difference in sickness absence and testing the efficacy of a clinical intervention to promote return to work in women

Kunstig intelligens (KI) er på full fart inn i skolen, og har med seg en rekke muligheter, men også problemer. Human Reading Assessment (HUMAN) har som mål å undersøke hvordan teknologien kan tas i bruk i skolen på en måte som setter eleven i sentrum. 

Prosjektet tar utgangspunkt i leseprøvene som elevene må ta på skolen, og svarer på utfordringene KI bringer med seg på flere nivå: 

På det mest grunnleggende nivået vil HUMAN utvikle og undersøke selve algoritmene, og finne ut hvordan de kan brukes i en menneskesentrert leseprøve. 

Neste nivå dreier seg om å undersøke innholdet i læringsteknologien, i dette tilfellet tekstene som skal leses og oppgavene som skal løses. Her legger vi særlig vekt på at Vurderingsforskrifta sier at prøvene ikke bare skal undersøke hva elevene kan, men også fremme læring og bidra til lærelyst. HUMAN vil undersøke hvordan læringsteknologi kan bidra til å utforme tekster og oppgaver slik at de både er engasjerende og støtter læring. I tillegg har vi et mål om å undersøke hvordan prøveresultater bør fremstilles for at lærere skal kunne bruke dem til å tilpasse opplæringen.

På det mest overordnede nivået undersøker vi hva AI i læringsteknologi har å si for barns opplevelse av og handlingsrom i verden, og hva den har å si for barns rettigheter. Hvordan AI implementeres og presenteres i skolen har store konsekvenser for individets evne til å handle med selvstendighet senere i livet. HUMAN handler derfor også om å undersøke utdanningssystemets rolle for individet og i samfunn og arbeidsliv. 

Kunnskapen som frembringes i prosjektet vil gi viktige innspill til fremtidig politikkutforming. Samtidig vil den også være direkte anvendbar for forvaltningen, for lærere og andre aktører i utdanningssektoren.

HUMAN vil foregå i nært samarbeid med norske skoler. Det er et tverrfaglig prosjekt, med forskere innen litteraturvitenskap, lesevitenskap, datavitenskap og juss.

Goal: identify how we can develop a HUMAN digital reading assessment that presents students with tasks adapted to their interests and level of reading skill.

Objectives:
1. New knowledge on the design of engaging texts, tasks and teacher interfaces that can be used to assess reading comprehension
2. A ground-breaking new methodology for adaptive reading assessment, combining IRT with machine learning techniques such as recommender systems and natural language processing
3. Analytical tools for analysing philosophical and legal implications that are specific to the use of AI in assessment
4. A validated and reusable framework harnessing results from objectives 1 to 3 to enable an engaging, precise, and usable assessment

Research questions:
1. What characterizes texts and items that are motivating for children to read and are suitable for valid and efficient assessment of their reading skills?
2. What kind of information do teachers need about their students’ reading skills in order to adapt their instruction?
3. Which methods (from e.g., machine learning, multidimensional scaling and natural language processing) are best suited to match the right text to the right student, with respect to their skills and interest?
4. How can we analyse students’ experience of AI-based digital reading assessment?
5. What are the legal implications of AI-based digital reading assessments?
6. Does the framework established in the project provide a more engaging and precise assessment of reading skills than currently existing assessments?
7. Does the framework established in the project provide the teacher with more actionable information than currently existing assessments?

The project is interdisciplinary. It is anchored in educational assessment, reading science, and computer science. In addition, methods from literature, law and philosophy are employed locally.

Human Reading Assessment

Forbrukersamfunnets vareproduserende industri har antatt slik en massiv skala og rekkevidde at det er åpenbart at design som aktivitet og profesjon har betydelig innvirkning på økologiske systemer både lokalt og globalt. Å designe innebærer viktige beslutninger om hvilke og hvor mye materialer som skal utvinnes fra naturen. Dette prosjektet undersøker hvordan disse avgjørelsene regulerer forbruk, og hvordan dette lite påaktede aspektet ved designprosessen har endret seg fra den andre industrielle revolusjon til i dag. Design sies ofte å ha en forbruks-drivende effekt, både om dette formuleres som kritikk eller løfte. Samtidig har design lenge blitt ansett å være et viktig element i forsøk på å styre forbruket i ønskelige retninger. I alle disse sammenhenger er design knyttet til forbruk gjennom dets manifestasjon som produkter. Men designs kulturelle betydning og økologiske konsekvenser kan ikke fullt ut begripes gjennom produkters ideologiske og sosioøkonomiske funksjoner og sirkulasjoner. For bedre å forstå hvordan design påvirker forbruk må vi åpne opp «den sorte boksen» som produktet fremstår som, og grave under dets forførende overflater. Vi må studere de økologiske egenskapene til de materialer som produktet består av, og hvilke sammenhenger disse inngår i. På denne måten gjør prosjektet det mulig å se hvordan design regulerer forbruk, ikke ved salgspunktet, men ved opprinnelsespunktet: i gruvene, dagbruddene og brønnene som forsyner designere og produsenter med materialene som utgjør den industrialiserte verden med alle dens moderne bekvemmeligheter og begjærlige objekter.

This project examines how design regulates the consumption of extractive materials, and how this practice has changed over time in response to ideological shifts in the understanding of nature. Designing entails crucial decisions on which and how much materials to mine, blast, drill, excavate, or fell. This project will examine how these decisions regulate consumption, and how this under-appreciated aspect of the design process has changed from the second industrial revolution to the present. Given the scale to which the manufacturing industry has grown in order to satisfy our seemingly endless needs and desires, designing as an activity and a profession has decisive impact on ecological systems both locally and globally. Design is habitually cast as a catalyst of consumption, whether formulated as criticism or as promise. At the same time, design has long been seen as key in efforts to steer consumption in more desirable directions. In all these contexts, however, design is related to consumption through its manifestation as consumer products. But now that everything from genes to jeans is understood to be designed, the cultural significance and ecological impact of design can no longer adequately be gauged from the ideological and socio-economic functions and circulations of commodities. To better understand how design influences consumption, we need to open the black box that is the consumer product, dig beyond its shiny surfaces and mesmerizing interfaces and examine its constituent parts; the ecological properties and entanglements of the materials of which it is made. By doing so, this project will allow us to examine how design regulates consumption, not at the point of purchase, but at the point of origin: in the mines, quarries, and wells supplying designers and manufacturers with the extractive materials making up the industrialised world with all its modern conveniences and objects of desire.

Designing with/out Extractive Materials

Selv i Norge, et av de mer egalitære samfunnene i Europa, begrenser sosiale ulikheter i tidlig språkutvikling hos barn sterkt deres potensiale for senere suksess i utdanning og arbeidsliv. Derfor er det nødvendig med gode diagnostiske kartleggingsprøver for å oppdage og adressere disse ulikhetene tidlig. Progressive tester for tidlige språkferdigheter er det typiske måleinstrumentet som brukes til akkurat dette kartleggingsformålet. Dagens praksis for utforming av progressive tester er ikke god nok; Hvis vi vurderer at beslutninger tatt ved hjelp av disse testene kan ha en viss innvirkning på livet til medlemmer av ofte sårbare populasjoner (f.eks. små barn i faresonen), er det i verste fall direkte bekymringsfullt.

I dette prosjektet tar vi sikte på å gi et solid metodisk verktøysett som gjør det mulig å mer systematisk designe og validere progressive tester med formål om å legge til rette for det viktige arbeidet til utøvere innen utdanning, skolepsykologi og ortopedagogikk (PPT: pedagogisk-psykologisk tjeneste) som utfører diagnostiske kartlegging for utviklingsforsinkelser hos barn.

Even in Norway, one of the more egalitarian societies in Europe, social inequalities in the early language development of children heavily constrain their potential for later success in education and work life.  Hence, good diagnostic screening tests are needed to detect and address these inequalities early on. Progressive tests for early language skills are the typical measurement instrument used for this exact screening purpose. Current practice in design of progressive tests can be regarded as suboptimal at best and, if we consider that decisions made using these tests can have quite some impact on the life of members of often vulnerable populations (e.g., young kids at risk), outright worrying at worst. 

In this project, we aim to provide a solid toolkit that allows to more systematically design and validate progressive tests with the bigger goal of facilitating the important work of practitioners in the field of education, school psychology, and orthopedagogics that conduct the diagnostic screenings for developmental delays with children.

Screening Early and Adaptively for Language Skills

The main objective of the project is to contribute to the promotion of cultural and creative tourism activities, considering the different capacities, resources, and specificities (material, creative, human...) of the territories, as a mean to help with the sustainable development of peripheral rural areas, favoring job creation and population settlement. For this, the potential of its cultural heritage will be researched, taking into account both the artisan material culture (techniques, materials, patterns and decorative elements), as well as the intangible culture (music, oral knowledge and culinary traditions) as a resource.
 
To promote non-seasonal tourism as a form of sustainable development with a stable population settlement we are going to research the crafts linked to the territory and their implications, but we will also carry out a documentation of the productive processes. First and foremost, we are going to cater to the necessities of the local communities and pay attention to aspects related to societal groups at risk of exclusion, such as women, the elderly and the youth.

All this will be developed from a multidisciplinary perspective, for which we will count on the various teams —most of them linked to different countries— that will be part of the consortium. Each of these partners will contribute to the development, as well as to the final result of the project through input directly related to their area of ??expertise: for example, among the collaborators we have intellectual teams specialized in the digitalization of heritage, research, or communication and dissemination, as well as as various institutions that will act as a testing ground for the more practical parts of the proposal. However, if something will characterize our work, it will be the constant collaboration between all parties, as well as the exchange of advice and experiences that will help to enrich collective knowledge and guarantee optimal results.

CULTUral heritage in RurAL remote areas for creative tourism and sustainabilITY

Midlene fra HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester fordelt på år

Midlene fra HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester fordelt på fylker

Midlene fra HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester fordelt på fagområde

Professor

Formålet med dette forprosjektet er å generere kunnskap som kan bidra til å utvikle tjenester rettet mot utsatt ungdom, herunder elever som har droppet ut/eller som står i fare for å droppe ut av videre skolegang, ved hjelp av dyreassisterte aktiviteter o g bruk av Inn på tunet-gårder  

På bakgrunn av en kartlegging av Inn på tunet-gårder som har tilbud for denne målgruppen, vil det bli valgt ut en gård der en vil studere tiltaket fra ulike innfallsvinkler for å få kunnskap om faktorer som kan ha betydnin g for etablering og organisering av slike tiltak for ungdom med spesielle behov. Det vil bli gjennomført individuelle intervju med de involverte brukerne i tiltaket, og fokusgruppeintervju med de ansatte på gården og oppdragsgivere i skole/barneverntjenes te, Nav ea.(avhengig av hvilken instans som har ansvaret for den enkelte ungdommen).

Det vil bli etablert en prosjektgruppe med representanter for utdanningsavdelingen i fylkeskommunen i Vest-Agder, fra en eller flere videregående skoler, fra Nav-fylke V est-Agder, og med representanter for brukerne,  barneverntjenesten og andre aktuelle instanser.   

Prosjektet vil være faglig tilknyttet PraksisVel-prosjektet Innovation and Service Development through Evolving Forms of Collaboration (INNOS) ved UiA og t rekke veksler på bla teori om   innovasjon/ innovativ praksis og profesjonsteori. 

Siktemålet er å utvikle design for et hovedprosjekt, fortrinnsvis knyttet til en stipendiatstilling

Samarbeid om dyreassisterte aktiviteter i en Inn på tunet-kontekst, for utsatt ungdom

We welcome Ms Oesau from Christian Albrecths Universität zu Kiel to our group for three months. In her work at Nofima, she will perform genetic analysis of a data set of turbot, and write up the results in a scientific paper, which will be one of the pape rs of her PhDthesis. She will also visit important aquaculture research facilities of Norway. The Breeding & Genetics group of Nofima will get aquainted with turbot data, and increase our network with a new partner- this time from Germany.

Breeding program of turbot Mobile researcher:Sophie Oesau, Germany

The main focus of the proposed project is to develop and evaluate novel imaging methods for cultural heritage applications, in particular for paintings. These methods will overcome the limitations of the existing techniques for color characterisation and  accurate detailed analysis of the paintings. 

This project will develop a new imaging platform suitable for a number of applications; such as painting conservation treatment, damage analysis, high-fidelity reproduction, and documentation. Hyperspectral i maging and multispectral cameras will be employed, which records images in a wide range of wavelengths and permits to understand the various important color characteristics of museum paintings. Various data analysis tools will be employed to extract the u seful information for true reproduction and conservation of the paintings. 

Compared to other available techniques, spectral imaging using such cameras is believed to provide better accuracy and more flexibility, however in the study we will verify this  assumption by image quality-based analysis including perceptual experiments and user studies. 

An important outcome of the project is a database of captured spectral images of paintings from the National museum. Such a digital database will facilitate th e documentation, conservation and reproduction of museum paintings in a more accurate way.

Color and spectral imaging for cultural heritage applications Mobile researcher:Sony George, India

This mobility project derives from an interdisciplinary PhD project that seeks to combine knowledge from Cognitive Neuroscience and Film Studies in order to understand how we perceive and experience films through the association of different sensory modal ities. It contributes to Cognitive Film Theory Cognitive Film Theory, an emergent field within Film Studies that offers a perceptual, cognitive and scientific account of how we experience film.
	The project has two main research objectives. 1) To study an d clarify how we, as spectators, perceive temperature in film and how this can influence film aesthetics and narratives; and 2) to apply this theoretical background to the case study of contemporary Norwegian cinema, and explain how the ecological reality  of this region has shaped its filmography.
	The project has three main purposes: 1) to study a component of Norwegian cinema at an international and academic level; 2) to benefit from the knowledge and experience of both film theory and Norwegian film hi story of NTNU´s highly qualified scholars; and 3) to strengthen the research cooperation between NTNU and University of Kent and give continuity to previous research visits.
	As reference scholars working in Cognitive Film Theory and Norwegian Cinema, Pro fessor Anne Gjelsvik, postdoctoral research fellow Margrethe Bruun Vaage and assistant professor Johan-Magnus Elvemo make of NTNU a unique environment to study and conduct research on this topic. Furthermore, Professors Gunnar Iversen's authority on Norwe gian film history, and Associate Professor Aud Sissel Hoel, who runs the NRC-funded project "Picturing the Brain", as well as Professors Bjørn Sørenssen and Anne Marit Myrstad, who have worked on topic related issues, place NTNU as the best hosting instit ution for this mobility project.

The cinematic experience of temperature in contemporary Norwegian cinema, how climate shaped a filmography? Mobile researcher: Luis Antunes

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 superelement approach describes the local behavior of the joints more accurately than typical beam models, but can introduce artificial stiffness if not used correctly. The optimal application will be determined in this pro ject. The approach will be implemented in existing simulation tools (both at NTNU and LUH) and evaluated with a reference jacket design. The results are expected to show that the superelement approach is superior to the current practice in numerical simul ation of wind turbines. Thereby, overconservatism in designs can be reduced, which will ultimately lead to more cost-efficient wind turbines.

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

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 analytiske lesningen baserer seg spesielt på teorien om fiktive verdener (fictional worlds theory), men tar også hensyn til den aktuelle Vold-forskningen og ulike undersøkelser som drøfter de litterære og kulturelle feno menene knyttet til  Volds poetiske praksis. Hypotesen antar  at det fiktive planet (som lå til grunn allerede for Volds tidlige kunstneriske etappe,) er en av de sentrale strukturelle impulsene som ble produktiv videre i forfatterskapet i den perioden pro sjektet setter fokus på.  Hvis premissen kan støtte seg mot en relevant teoretisk ramme, tilsvarende tekstanalyser og en syntetisk vurdering. Derfor vil arbeidet yte et bidrag til den aktuelle Vold-forskningen ved å vise andre aspekter ved dette multiplek se forfatterskapet. Dernest skal herved demonstreres et særegent analytisk instrument for videre nylesninger av andre forfattere med lignende estetiske og idéhistoriske premisser. Endelig skal arbeidet tjene til en utvidelse av det teoretiske konseptet om  fiktive verdener i litteraturen som i de siste 30 årene har blitt utarbeidet for litterære fortellende tekster, men der fiksjon-forskere kun unntaksvis har satt fokus på poesien.

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

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 that enables people with Cerebral Palsy (CP) to interact with a computer system. 

The project presented share common objectives with JoinIn, IS-ACTIVE, and GAME UP. Projects in which Norut is taking part. These a re European AAL-funded projects. Because this common objectives a collaboration between both institutions would be productive. There have been previous collaboration experiences between Norut and University of Seville.

The main objective of this project  is the development of assistive solutions that enables people with CP to interact with a computer system. Another objective of this work is to analyze the dependence of the movements of different body parts while the user is performing a particular task.  

User diversity is a hard challenge for researchers. People with CP suffer from motor diseases that result in alterations in movement control, muscle tone and posture. In addition, they often suffer from others associated diseases, which results in a gre at diversity of different characteristics. 

In order to accomplish these objectives the proposed work will be divided in three taks. In the first one, a knowlegde base, which gathers commercial products and research solutions, will be created. In second,  a test game will be developed. Finally, a test planning in accordance with the standards, regulations and recommendations will be defined.

As result of this work and related with the objectives planned for the Stay Abroad at least one publication will b e generated and presented in a international journal, such as Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMIA), BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making (MIDM) or International Journal of Medical Informatics.

User Movements Tracker
Mobile researcher: Octavio Rivera Romero, Spain

Increasingly, anthropologists are becoming interested in the non-linguistic, bodily, sensual and emotional bases of culture. In this frame of research, the anthropology of craft has had an important role to play, contributing empirically, theoretically an d methodologically to the question of the relationship between humans and their material environment. In the framework of this scholarship, anthropologists have come up against a methodological problem: traditionally, anthropologists rely on linguistic da ta such as narratives and verbal rationalisations of experiences, yet these are ill-adapted in understanding the embodied experiences of people. One solution has been to rely on a degree of introspection on the part of the researcher, and assume analogy o f experiences between anthropologist and subject of study. Yet the personal histories that shape and colour these experiences are either left out of such analyses, or accessed through the problematic medium of language.
Inspired from new theoretical direc tions in the study of material culture, this project aims to contribute to address this problem of method through an exploration of experimental visual and object-based methodological approaches as ways of accessing the experiences and subjectivities of a rtisans. This will involve collecting data in the form of transcription of video footage depicting the transformation of materials by artisans, and research on ceramic objects and ceramics factory environments, in order to build a 'biography' of a single  material, clay. This will enable me to formulate a theory of the relationship between the biography of a material, and the transforming subjectivities of artisans as they work with this material.
Based at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo , I will profit from expertise of scholars in material culture, art, craft and materiality, and encourage international dialogue on questions of methods in material culture through the organisation of a workshop.

Clay in conversation: materials and artisan subjectivities 
Mobile researcher: Geoffrey Gowlland, UK

The purpose of my stay in Norway is to apply the modelling tool OF-Mod (Organic Facies Model) to reconstruct palaeodepositional environments of organic-rich deposits of the Streppenosa and Marne del Monte Serrone formations (Italy). This research will for m part of my Ph.D. project. The OF-Mod programme was developed at SINTEF to simulate the spatial and temporal distribution of organic carbon on a basin scale, and currently exists in a 1D version (for well analysis) and a 3D version (for basin analysis).   The modelling work will be aimed especially at the determination of the oxygen conditions during deposition, and at the determination of relative input of different types of organic carbon (marine, terrestrial, residual) in the basins. The application of  mathematical modelling will provide added values on my research activity, in order to integrate and constrain my data.

Shale-gas system evaluation and organic matter characterisation Mobile researcher: Luigi Gugliotti, Italy

The work to be carried out during the mobility stay is related to the H2 production from biomass derived compounds by sorption enhanced steam reforming (SESR), as an effective and promising route for direct catalytic conversion of biomass to H2 with high  efficiency and high selectivity, without CO2 emissions. Therefore, it is a process which has negative carbon emissions, due to CO2 derived from the use of biomass is considered as neutral.
The SESR process for H2 production can be directly applied to diff erent types of biomass, such as gas phase feedstocks (syngas from biomass gasification), liquid phase fuels (bio-liquids from biomass pyrolysis, glycerol, bioethanol, and aqueous solutions of sugars, such as gluclose and xylose), as solid lignocellulosic  biomasses (sawdust).
The proposed work plan includes the shythesis and characterisation of the hydrotalcite derived Ni-Co catalyst which will be used in the process. A comparative study of the sorption enhanced steam gasification of different biomass deri ved products will be carried out in order to maximize hydrogen selectivity and yield. Furthermore, the modelling of the reactors used for the sorption enhanced steam gasification process will be established in order to calculate the equilibrium compositio ns, which can be then compared to the experimental results.
Since the applicant has worked in the production of hydrogen-rich syngas by co-gasification of coal and biomass, this stay will supply useful training and experience that will contribute to the d evelopment of her future career. Due to the common and complementary research subjects of both groups, the stay is expected to mean the establishment of a new collaboration between both groups.

Bio-hydrogen production by sorption enhanced steam reforming of biomass derived compounds Mobile researcher: María Victoria Gil, Spain

The main aim of the project is to model the effects of the molecular environment on the optical rotation, circular dichroism and Raman optical activity spectra by means of a method that combines quantum mechanical calculations (QM) with both polarizable c ontinuum model (PCM) and polarizable molecular mechanics (MM). The unified model is to be tested on lactamide and camphor.

Multiscale modeling of solvent effects on molecular properties in aqueous solution

I would like to conduct a multivariate/logistic regression analysis of various social and linguistic factors influencing word order variation and change in earlier English.

In my doctoral dissertation (2007) I dealt with some social (class, network, regi on), communicative (audience design) and genre-related factors influencing main clause word order variation and change (from V2 grammars to a V3 grammar) in Late Middle English and Early Modern English. The theoretical framework of my research at the time  was not informed by information structure and the possibility of microcues, with the incorporation of which my study would definitely have been more encompassing. 

With the help of the grant, and studying the same phenomenon, I would like to expand my s tudy in these very directions. 

My choice fell on Tromsö University as here I can have the opportunity to consult with Professor Marit Westergaard, who is influential in just these aspects I have listed above.

Based on the theoretical insights gleaned f rom Professor Marit Westergaard's work on multiple microcues postulated behind incremental word order change and her and other Norwegian scholars' work on information structure's role, I would now like to complement my original study and conduct a multiva riate analysis based on computerised corpus data. The corpus would be partly already collected and partly to be collected during the proposed stay. This corpus expansion is yet another aspect that would mean a departure from my previous work, whose corpus  was unfortunately limited.

A multivariate analysis of social and intralinguistic factors of word order variation and change in Late Middle and Early Modern English

The present project proposes to develop a new method to measure suspended sediment concentrations and their grain size distribution with a dual frequency acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP). This is of high importance since sediments have a strongly  negative impact on any hydropower plant. With the new measurement method it will be possible to extensively assess incoming amount of sediments in a reliable, easy to handle and modern method. This is of high interest to the hydro power industry as well a s the government and local stakeholders. Having more detailed information about the sediments being transported in a river, the hydro power plant can be planned, built, and operated much more efficiently. For example, the life time prediction of a hydropo wer plant at a river with high concentration would be very efficient. With the ongoing worldwide climate change, Norway could also be faced with an increasing amount of suspended sediments in the rivers. This is because the glaciers tend to melt faster th an expected and due to this activity there is an increased suspended sediment concentration in some rivers. Another risk for an increased suspended load concentration in Norwegian rivers is the future way of running a hydropower plant. Hydropower peaking  could be one reason for re-suspension of fine material. All these facts lead to the need of having a reliable and easy to use method for measuring the suspended sediment concentration in a river wherever it is located around the world.
Our intention is to  use the NTNU channel in a single experimental program to meet the objective to investigate the feasibility of simultaneous use of two ADCPs of different frequencies to measure both suspended sediment concentration and particle size. With its large depth  of over 2m is the channel facility at NTNU an outstanding hydraulic flume where the dimensions fit perfect for the proposed study and will promote the hydraulic laboratory facilities at NTNU.

Dual-frequency ADCP measurement to quantify suspended sediment concentrations and to determine grain size distribution

No clear tectonic model exists for the Karoo sedimentary basin in South Africa, which is a possible host for Permian shale gas. The main aim of this proposed project is to create a 3D geological model of the Karoo Basin using geological information, magne tic and gravity data, and supplementary borehole and seismic data. This model will be used to investigate the tectonic environment of the Karoo, and the dynamic formation of the basin in terms of the flexural response on and off craton, and the possible f ormation of natural gas deposits.

Geophysical 3D Modelling of the Karoo Basin

Gender-inclusive language is a milestone in achieving gender equality. It proclaims feminization (using masculine and feminine terms) and neutralization (using neutral terms) to refer to both genders instead of using masculine personal nouns, since the ge neric use of masculine terms results in a cognitive male bias in various languages. In contrast to the empirical results and the efforts to promote it, gender-inclusive language is often rejected in everyday live.

To investigate the rejection of gender-i nclusive language, socialpsychological persuasion theories, e.g. the Elaboration Likelihood Model, are helpful. Cross-cultural and cross-linguistic comparisons between Norway (Bokmål) and Switzerland (German) promise very interesting insights into how to  achieve more gender equality in language by feminization or neutralization and into the impact of negative media coverage.

The main aim of this project is to investigate the quality of persuasive arguments on gender-inclusive language and their influence  on attitudes and behaviour. In Study 1 we will classify arguments for gender-inclusive and generic language use regarding their persuasiveness, content and the agreement of the participants in each country. In Study 2 we will examine whether people get p ersuaded to the respective position, when they read a message containing persuasive arguments for gender-inclusive vs. generic language use. We assume less positive attitude towards and less use of gender-inclusive language initially in Switzerland than i n Norway because of the negative Swiss media coverage and the complex use in German.

The proposed research will contribute to a deeper understanding of a barrier to gender equality, i.e. rare use of and negative attitude towards gender-inclusive language . It will provide possible ways to enhance the positive attitude towards gender-inclusive language and encourage more frequent use of it.

How To Persuade People of Gender Equality in Language: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

The main objective is to study the sensitivity of the wolfish larvae/juveniles to crude oil and to compare the biological effect of mechanically dispersed versus chemically dispersed oil using sub lethal end points. In order to identify the toxicity of ch emically dispersed oil, we need to also evaluate the toxicity of mechanically dispersed oil (which represents the scenario of oil only and stormy weather), and the toxicity of water soluble fraction (scenario of oil and calm sea). Therefore a total of fou r treatments will be performed: 1) control (seawater) 2) water soluble fraction (oil on top of water with no agitation) 3) mechanically dispersed (oil only mixed thoroughly in the water) and 4) chemically dispersed (dispersant, oil and thorough agitation  in the water). The set up that will be used to expose the fish has been designed and thoroughly used by the CEDRE institute (France). Exposure time of 48hr and oil doses of 20g for 300 L tank. 14 fish of same age (1 year) and size bought from an aquacultu re farm in Tromsø will be exposed for each treatment (total of 56 fish in total). Then 7 fish from each group will be sampled after 48hr and the remaining fish will be kept for one week in clean seawater to measure the recovery rate of the end points. The  work will be performed at the Barents Ecotox laboratory owned by Akvaplan.niva and designed to carry out such experiment. All experiments will be carried out according to the Animal Protection Act of the Forsøksdyrutvalget regulations in Norway.

Potential impact of an oil spill on the wolfish species of the Barents Sea

The goal of the proposed research is to investigate the phenomenon of "spatial suppression", a curious paradox of visual motion sensitivity in which normal observers fail to discriminate the motion of a highly visible stimulus. This counter-intuitive psyc hophysical effect is a potential clinical test for inhibitory dysfunction in normal ageing and various psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, depression and migraine. Establishing the neural basis of this psychophysical effect, and thereby validati ng its use as a clinical test is therefore of primary importance. The methodology that we will adopt in this project will combine simple psychophysical measures of visual motion sensitivity in young and older subjects, with anatomical measurements of the  photoreceptor layer of the retina in those same subjects. We will use the Kongsberg Adaptive Optics Ophthalmoscope to measure photoreceptor density and regularity to establish whether there is any connection between these anatomical measures and the pheno menon of spatial suppression in visual motion perception.

Retinal factors in motion processing anomalies

The goal of this study is to confirm that osteochondral defects in the ankle and knee joint that are accessible with a conventional ultrasound transducer can be discriminated from healthy cartilage.

In two hospitals St. Olavs Hospital (Trondheim, Norway)  and the Academic Medical Centre (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), 58 patients who receive either a MRI- or CT scan because of ankle or knee joint problems will be recruited. Patients will be asked to fill out a clinical rating score and will be imaged with u ltrasound by two different physicians prior to their regular scan. 3D reconstruction of the ultrasound images will be compared with CT/MRI-data.

The applicant will join the team in Trondheim January 1st thru March 31st 2012. She will receive training in  ultrasound imaging, gain further knowledge of imaging and image guided surgery in musculoskeletal disorders common in orthopaedic practice, participate in the inclusion of participants for the study, data acquisition and registration of the images from di fferent modalities and create guidelines for the use of ultrasound in diagnostics and follow-up of OCDs in clinical practice. 

The proposed project would be a unique possibility for the applicant to extend her knowledge on ultrasound as a non invasive im aging modality. Also, it will provide the possibility to practice the necessary skills and gain knowledge of the study logistics that can be used when designing studies that will ensue from the current multi-centre study, as well as in future daily clinic al practice.

Non invasive imaging of cartilage and osteochondral defects using ultrasound

Techniques for the engineering of reliable and fault-tolerant software
is an important and timely research theme as society relies
extensively on properly functioning IT-systems. Model checking has
emerged as a prominent approach allowing software compone nts to be
verified during development and prior to deployment. The central
research challenges in model checking are closely linked to handling
the complexity of real-world IT-systems. This project proposes three
research questions to be initially explore d in the context of
memory-efficient model checking. In addition, the project proposes a
long term research direction within distributed model checking which
exploits the research competences at both University Paris 13 and
Bergen University College. A st rategic element of the proposed
research visit is to initiate long-term research collaboration between
the two involved research groups.

Towards New Techniques for Memory Efficient and Distributed Model Checking of Software

1. Project goals. 
The project has both scientific and practical character, considering issues of professional activity in pre-retirement age. Therefore, the objectives of the project are twofold. 
Firstly, scientific goal refers to designate the role of  psychological factors as modifiers of continuing economic activity by employees in the pre-retirement age. 
Secondly practical goal is to determine the profile and the extent to which social support should be dedicated to older workers, so as to provide t hem most effective conditions to remain professionally active.

2. Why this project is worth realising?
Research program considers actual social situation - the problem of activity of the ageing population. Not by accident were Poland and Norway chosen fo r this comparative study. Early retirement and inactive aging is a huge problem for Polish society. In contrast Norway has one of the highest in UE employment rate among workers. In the face of these differences, comparison of psychological and social det erminants of activity in the pre-retirement age in both countries have a great value to explore, because it could help to quantify the non-economic determinants of work in later life. Presented research plan is meant to be similar to the program, which wi ll be implemented earlier in Poland, in a comparable group of workers. As positive psychology point of view assumes, presented study will primarily focus on people, who in spite of adverse social conditions, remain active and have positive attitude toward s work.

3. Expected results.
The proposed research program is primarily assumed to answer the question of what kind of psychological factors supports active ageing, even despite the unfavorable environment. Those factors could become essential for buildi ng the most effective, based on individual needs and resources, support systems. Comparative cross-cultural results will also open new ways for supporting the aging population of different nationalities.

HELSEVEL-Gode og effektive helse-, omsorgs- og velferdstjenester

Samarbeid om dyreassisterte aktiviteter i en Inn på tunet-kontekst, for utsatt ungdom

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