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Renewable energy on the high seas – science-informed and indigenous knowledge-based recommendations for regulatory and governance challenges

The high seas are those marine areas under no State's jurisdiction. So far, all marine renewable energy (RE) activity is being conducted under State's jurisdiction. However, recent advances in technology are raising the prospect of carrying out RE activity on the high seas. Currently, only seabed mining activities in the Area have been regulated. The Area is the seabed and ocean floor beyond the limits of State's jurisdiction. From the legal viewpoint, the main gap is a lack of an international regulatory framework, informed by participatory mechanisms and supported by scientific evidence, for RE activities on the high seas, especially regarding their environmental and social impacts. 
The primary project objective (O) is to provide the scientific community and policymakers with science-informed and indigenous knowledge-based recommendations in support of the development of  RE regulation on the high seas. 
Two specific Os are set to complement the primary O, namely:
O1 To advance the use of systematic consultation processes that facilitates research at the crossroads of marine sciences and law. 
O2 To advance critical knowledge and understanding of environmental pressing issues comparable to the regulation of RE on the high seas, such as deep-sea mining in the Area.
A multistep innovative methodology will be adopted, by integrating marine scientific knowledge, consultative processes, and advanced critical research in the subject matter. A case study (interdisciplinary and participatory) involving marine scientists, indigenous and coastal communities and policy makers will be conducted onboard the Research Vessel KronPrins Haakon at the beginning of the project. The case study outcomes will be analysed through critical legal analysis to build a knowledge base for policy recommendations. 
The project will advance the PI’s career in an international research environment, allowing her to generate independent, high-quality, and reproducible results.




Improving tropical forest conservation in Africa

The importance of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) for better balancing tropical forest conservation and poverty alleviation goals is increasingly recognised. Yet, in Africa, poor understanding of the impact of harvesting on species’ populations and forest carbon stocks, together with little information on the traditional institutions which have informally regulated NTFPs extraction in the past -and could continue to do so in the future-, hamper the use of NTFPs in both forest conservation and development initiatives. 
AFRI-FOR will gather the knowledge needed to determine (1) the key enablers of sustainable harvesting for groups of plant or wild meat species, (2) which types of NTFP harvesting can have synergies with carbon storage, and (3) how traditional institutions can be integrated into formal conservation. To achieve these objectives, AFRI-FOR provide new methods, including (i) a new interdisciplinary approach for investigating NTFPs harvesting impacts, combining traditional ecological knowledge (TEK, from local communities), surveys of plants and wildlife, market surveys and modelling techniques; and (ii) a novel standardised protocol for gathering information about traditional institutions and compliance towards them. AFRI-FOR will gather data and knowledge from 20 socio-ecological forest contexts in five countries (Sierra Leone, Cameroon, DR Congo, Uganda and Kenya), which will allow insights to transcend single sites and provide a much-needed general understanding. This high-risk and high-gain project will provide a step-change in our ability to inform forest conservation in Africa, by identifying synergies between biodiversity conservation, carbon storage and poverty alleviation goals.


Evaluation of thermohydraulic characteristic of printed circuit heat exchangers in pseudocritical region for supercritical CO2 cycle

Currently, 28.2% of the total EU-28 greenhouse gas emissions come from the power sector, a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Consequently, the emphasis of the research in power generation has swung towards assessing highly efficient and greener power cycles. In this reference, the novel supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle (sCO2-BC) is an ideal choice that outstrips other formally well-known power cycles (Brayton & Rankine cycles). In sCO2-BC, the role of the pre-cooler is critical. It serves as a sink to the power cycle and regulates the conditions at the compressor's inlet. The compressor's inlet temperature is intended to be maintained close to the critical temperature of carbon dioxide (CO2) to achieve greater cycle efficiencies. However, exceptionally higher values of the specific heat capacity of CO2 near its critical point (up to 40 times higher than water) require exceedingly high water flow rates on the cold side to achieve the desired exit temperatures of CO2. Consequently, the pre-cooler's pumping power requirements become high enough to deteriorate the cycle's performance. This problem can only be mitigated by exploring new channel geometries with enhanced thermohydraulic characteristics. Therefore, the proposed study plan to characterize the complex thermohydraulic characteristics in the pseudocritical region of CO2 using a multifaceted technique that includes, experimental, numerical, and machine learning techniques. The proposed work will provide a step forward to the success of sCO2-BC technologies that, in turn, will facilitate its integration with the green energy resources (generation-IV nuclear reactors and solar concentrated plants), helping to meet the EU's 2030 climate and energy framework goals of achieving at least 32% share for renewable energy.

Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change risks

Adaptation to climate change requires in-depth understanding of climate change driven risks, including their determinants (hazards, exposure and vulnerabilities) and impacts to human, production and natural systems. Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change Risks (IRISCC) is a consortium of diverse and complementary leading research infrastructures (RIs) covering disciplines from natural sciences to social sciences, across different domains and sectors. IRISCC provides scientific and knowledge services to foster cutting-edge research and evidence-based policymaking to improve Europe's resilience to climate change. IRISCC ensures a “one-stop-shop” for various user communities on climate change risk related RI services by setting up a dedicated Catalogue of services and related access management system both for granting transnational (onsite and remote) and offering virtual access. The Catalogue of services will be built through three consecutive releases, each delivering increasingly integrated services to its user communities. The IRISCC service integration will include Service Design Labs employing co-design and transdisciplinary action, and Service Demonstrators benchmarking the integrated cross-RI services. In addition to services aimed towards the scientific community, IRISCC will offer knowledge services aimed towards policymakers and other stakeholders. This is done together with risk management platforms. The research enabled by IRISCC contributes to future reports on climate change effects (IPCC, IPBES) as well as policy- and decision-making to meet the targets of climate adaptation strategies. IRISCC contributes to training a new generation of scientists to efficiently use RI services and for data stewardship. Data from IRISCC will be open and made available in compliance with FAIR principles and linked to European initiatives such as EOSC. Strong links will be created between IRISCC and current and future efforts under Horizon Europe.

Enhanced X(cross)-disciplinary Community-driven Imaging Technologies for Earth and Environmental material research

The EXCITE² Network is revolutionizing Earth and environmental material science research by consolidating a critical mass of 18 research facilities in 12 European and associated partner countries into a unified infrastructure and providing transnational access to advanced imaging technologies. This enables scientists to decipher complex processes within Earth materials at scales from nanometres to hundreds of centimetres, gaining unparalleled insight into the chemical and physical processes that govern, among others, environmental toxicity and its impact on human health, critical metal extraction for renewable energies, and the utilisation of Earth materials as long-term storage for climate-altering gases. The consortium fosters knowledge-sharing and talent attraction, bolstering the problem-solving capacity of the European Research Area. Moreover, EXCITE² is driving interdisciplinary collaboration and cross-fertilisation across academic institutions, scientific disciplines, and industry, propelling Europe towards a sustainable future. The initiative offers dedicated training programmes to a new generation of researchers within the European open science landscape, paired with access to world-class imaging facilities and expertise for problem-solving research and innovation. EXCITE² is introducing innovative service developments, such as artificial intelligence and leading-edge imaging experiments, to increase the user's problem-solving capacity. In addition, the consortium is implementing customised project valorisation strategies to maximize the impact of research outcomes in academia, society, and the economy. Citizen science projects allow the public to participate directly within the EXCITE² Network, contributing to solving EU challenges. As such, EXCITE² is paving the way towards a sustainable future, driving scientific excellence, and creating positive societal impact.

Smart and Sustainable Host UniverCities: leveraging city-university interactions to further the twin green and digital transition

SUNSET aims to develop innovative research and training capacity around city-university interactions driving the EU’s green and digital transition. This twin transition is a defining element of the current EU policy agenda towards achieving climate neutrality and sustainable growth. The European Commission considers cities to be frontrunners in this transition agenda, but their transformational capacity and resilience crucially depends on the presence of agile and high-performing urban innovation ecosystems. SUNSET brings together (1) prominent researchers working in diverse geographical and disciplinary settings at leading universities (N=6) with (2) partners (N=16) from city governments (often participating in the Cities Mission to achieve climate neutrality by 2030), innovation companies, research institutes and civil society organizations to analyze and foster the performance of these urban innovation ecosystems: drawing on a purposeful range of interdisciplinary, international, and intersectoral exchanges, the Doctoral Network will investigate whether and how universities can successfully become key drivers of the twin transition in cities via their role as innovation partners, the implementation of campus living labs, and as architects of decision-making in governance ecosystems. Through a tailored combination of network-wide training events and academic and non-academic secondments, the SUNSET Doctoral Network will train a new generation of researchers to become future urban innovation ecosystem leaders in the pursuit of the twin green and digital transition. The findings will lead to practical guidelines regarding the design and implementation of living labs for university and city management, tailored strategies to foster more inclusive and diverse urban ecosystems, and diverse forms of scientific outreach and dissemination.

Aqua Research Infrastructure Services for the health and protection of our unique, oceans, seas and freshwater ecosystems

AQUARIUS will provide a highly comprehensive suite of integrated research infrastructures appropriate to addressing significant challenges for the long-term sustainability of our unique oceans, seas and freshwater ecosystems. For the first time, diverse research infrastructures will be combined to facilitate the work of researchers and key stakeholders focused on challenges and opportunities for both marine and freshwater systems. An impressive range of 57 research infrastructure services will be made available to include research vessels, mobile marine observation platforms, aircraft,  drones, satellite, sensors, fixed freshwater and marine observatories and test sites, experimental facilities, and sophisticated data infrastructures. AQUARIUS will support the development phase of the EU Mission to Restore our Ocean and waters by 2030, the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership, the European Green Deal, and international climate initiatives. It will also be an essential component in achieving the European Digital Twin of the Ocean and the UN Decade for Ocean Sciences. The needs of researchers will be met through a robust and transparent system of transnational access funding Calls, facilitated by centralised user-friendly access portal. The Call programme will be informed through stakeholder engagement and brokerage events. Projects to be selected for Access must convincingly integrate multiple infrastructures and contribute to the core policy objectives of Mission Ocean, that is, to protect and restore marine and freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity; to prevent and eliminate pollution of our oceans, seas and waters; and to ensure a sustainable, carbon-neutral and circular blue economy. A thematic and geographic focus will be the hallmark of the proposed transnational Calls, aligning with the Lighthouse Regions, that is, the Baltic and the North Sea Basins, Black Sea, Atlantic/Arctic, and Mediterranean Sea along with their associated rivers.

Research Infrastructure Services for Renewable Energy

The European Green Deal aims to transform the EU into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy with zero net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To achieve more efficient, competitive and cost-effective energy systems and devices, RISEnergy fosters a European ecosystem of industry, research organizations and funding agencies aimed at developing novel energy technologies and concepts. RISEnergy brings together a consortium of 69 beneficiaries from 23 countries: ERIC institutions, technology institutes, universities and industrial partners, to jointly improve the economic performance of technologies. Members of the European Energy Research Alliance are establishing the core European ecosystem. The main objectives of RISEnergy are: 1.) enable research and innovation to increase energy efficiency and reduce the cost of energy technologies to foster wider use of renewables into energy systems through proactive innovation management having single entry point with tailor-made access roads for academics, industry, and SMEs, and advising RI providers, all acces Users, and policy makers on LCA, ICT development and networking issues; 2.) provide efficient transnational access (TNA) to facilities to support renewable energy technologies and systems: Provide more than 2,500 days of access to major European and international world-leading analytical facilities; 3.) reach out to all stakeholders performing research along the value chain, from materials and technology development to applications in the eight most relevant fields of PV, CSP/STE , hydrogen, biofuels, offshore wind, ocean energy, integrated grids, and energy storage, research infrastructure providers and policy makers; 4.) provide comprehensive services of unprecedented quality: new cross-RI services, a single entry point, tailor-made access roads for academia industry, and SMEs with a particular focus on scientists from research fields in which the use of research infrastructures is not yet established.


Cooperation and AgReements enhancing Global interOperability for Aerosol, Cloud and Trace gas research infrastructures

The goal of CARGO-ACT is to deliver a clear roadmap for sustainable global cooperation between key
ground-based aerosol, cloud and trace gas research infrastructures, each having invested in infrastructure and services to support their observing networks with a long-term perspective, with a view to consolidating into a sustainable global research infrastructure in the future. There is a strong desire for global integration from the research community, including weather, climate, and air quality monitoring and modelling, 
and in particular from space agencies, since global networks of ground-based observations are an essential component complementing Earth Observation from space, providing calibration and validation of the remote sensing information collected by current and future satellite missions. The integration of the current ground-based networks, which may have different interests and priorities, requires cooperation and agreements at the global level, including engagement with relevant stakeholders. Their service provision is not limited to data services, but includes access to the measurement facilities, reference instruments, reference standards and laboratories, all of which are topics to be assessed in CARGO-ACT.  

The specific objectives of CARGO-ACT are to, develop sustainable partnerships and decision making processes with relevant partners, demonstrate the benefits of converging interoperability and standards to stakeholders and the global research community, establish the mechanisms for providing  international access to distributed research infrastructures and develop a roadmap for upscaling towards an integrated global research infrastructure for aerosol, cloud and trace gases.


Contextualized pathways to reduce housing inequalities in the green and digital transition.

The project Reducing housing inequalities in the green and digital transition (ReHousIn) is committed to better understand the impacts of recent crises on housing inequalities across different European regions, especially with regard to the implementation of the green transition launched by the EU. The overall aim is to explore the mechanisms affecting the (re)production of housing inequalities under recent crisis conditions, and the impacts of the EU induced green transition in different national contexts and along different degrees of urbanisation. Based on a contextualized and comparative understanding of the mechanisms (re)producing housing inequalities, ReHousIn inquiries into multi-level pathways and inclusive local housing initiatives to spark innovative EU, national and local policy solutions towards inclusionary and quality housing, mitigating the possible negative impacts of the EU induced green transition. It conducts a comparative, multi-level analysis in 9 European countries – Austria, France, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom – focusing on attractive metropolitan regions, middle-sized cities and rural areas by means of a mixed-method project design. A quantitative data analysis on recent trends in housing inequalities and their relation to crises across different levels of urbanization will provide the framework for 27 local cases studies in which the impact of multi-level trajectories of housing-system, welfare regimes and environmental policy instrumentations on the (re)production of local housing inequalities and the emergence of inclusive housing initiatives are analyzed. Based on this, ReHousIn compares mechanisms of differentiation feeding into policy labs, aiming to formulate recommendations on how to tackle negative social externalities related the EU green transition at EU, national and local levels.

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The main objective of the project is to develop superior quality nanocellulose-reinforced filaments, for use in a range of biocomposite products, structured by 3D printing. By establishing fundamental knowledge in such innovative areas of research, novel  biocomposite materials will be investigated and developed through advanced 3D printing.

3D printing of nanocellulose-based biocomposites

The recent globalization and deregulation of financial markets have raised a number of new and interesting research questions, in particular in the aftermath of the financial crisis. It is becoming increasingly difficult to address these questions success fully without an integration of the disciplines of financial economics, in particular macroeconomics. The interaction between financial markets, economic policy, and the real economy is an area of research where BI has a distinct competitive edge. This is  due to the existing competencies and the close interaction between the Department of Financial Economics and the Department of Economics. We aim to take advantage of this potential by using our joint resources to establish a cohort of doctoral students i n financial economics and thereby:

(i)   encourage  research on the Norwegian financial market and the interaction between the Norwegian and international financial markets
(ii)  establish a close link between academic research and the users of specializ ed knowledge in the public and private sector 
(iii) establish an international network of the best international scholars working in this area of research
(iv) provide a stimulating research environment for doctoral students working on dissertations and  research papers
(v)  and, maybe most importantly, increase the number of highly qualified academics necessary to fill current and future university positions.

Ph.D. in Financial Economics

During the autumn of 2008 and the winter of 2009, the credit crises that originated in the US housing market spread to all developed economies and became a global job crisis. This crisis already has historical proportions, and like the depression of the e arly 1930s, and the stagflation period of the late 1970s, it is likely to lead to major reforms, and also to cause a re-orientation of the theories, data, and methodologies that economists use to make forecasts, and to inform policy decisions.  

We propo se a PhD project with the dual aim of analyzing the causes and consequences of the ?credit crisis? with the aid of the existing, and of assessing those approaches in the light of the evidence presented by the crisis.  The specific research areas that we p ropose are mainly related to the transmission mechanism , and the interaction between the real and financial sectors of the economy (Hidden over-determination in modern macroeconomic models, a source of low structural content?) , and are part of a wider p roject that aims at improving the relevance of econometrically based policy advice and forecasts.  The working titles for 3 projects that will form part of the PhD thesis are:  
- The transmission mechanism and the finical accelerator. 
- Hidden over-dete rmination in modern macroeconomic models, a source of low structural content? 
- Forecasting the recovery from the credit crises

These projects are motivated in the project proposal.

Econometric aspects of the credit crisis

The economy is full of relational contracts; norms and codes of conduct that forcefully affect the behaviors of individuals within firms, and business dealings between firms.  Most contractual relationships are both formal and relational:  The parties kno w that they have a legally binding contract that governs the basic parts of their exchange, but they also know that many of the expectations and promises that are made during their ongoing contractual relationship cannot be enforced by a court of law.

In  this doctorial research project we will develop a deeper understanding of the interaction between formal and relational contracts, using an experimental approach. While there has been considerable progress in the theoretical analysis of formal and relati onal contracting, empirical evidence has been limited, partly due to inferior data. Experimenters have therefore recently gained interest in testing contract theory. The point of departure is solid, since trust games are extensively studied in the lab, an d a trust game is a contract without legal enforcement. By allowing for repeated interaction and imperfect enforcement of the trust game, one can gain more precise insight into the interaction between formal and relational contracting. 

The main research  challenge is to develop experimental designs suitable for exploring the relationship between formal and relational contracts. In particular, the experimental design will be set up to test i) whether formal contracts and relational contracts are substitut es or complements and ii) whether trust and legal institutions may induce contractual incompleteness.

From the results we expect to deduce predictions on real life contract behavior, as well as normative suggestions on insitutional design.

The Law and Economics of Contracts: An Experimental Approach

During the current so-called financial crisis, central banks around the world have injected vast amounts of liquidity into the system in an attempt to keep banks afloat and the economy ticking over. Nevertheless, many financial institutions have declared  bankruptcy while others have received governmental bail-outs and been nationalized. At the same time, lending to businesses is down, bankruptcies are on the rise, large and important manufacturers like General Motors are on the brink of bankruptcy and hav e asked for governmental assistance, unemployment is rising, property  prices are falling, and  the worlds major economies are contracting. The current state of affairs is arguably the biggest negative shock to hit the economy since the Great Depression.
 
The crisis is reflected in the performance of stock markets around the world, which are at their lowest levels in a decade.  For example, from the beginning of August 2007 to the end of March 2009, the S&P 500 is down 45.7%, the DAX is down 46.4%, the FT SE 100 is down 40.8%, the Nikkei is down 52.2%. In Norway, the OBX is down 52.5%.  

The apparent propagation of the crisis from the financial to the real sector emphasizes a need for a better understanding of the workings of financial markets and the imp act of financial decisions on growth and stability. In this project we propose first to report on the state of knowledge in three key areas, namely: (i) The market for liquidity and the liquidity of financial markets, (ii) Securitization, and (iii) Levera ge, incentives, and growth.  In the second phase we will use this information to learn about the courses of the crisis and how we can avoid similar crises in the future.

The Financial Crisis: Liquidity, Securitization, and Leverage

Attempts to explain the observed gender gap in earnings are either based on labor market discrimination; on intrinsic gender differences; on specialization in the family; or on non-convexities precluding gender-symmetric equilibria. The broader aim of the  proposed project is to unify the existing theories and test those using coupled Norwegian data.

It is well documented that men are better paid than women, and that a large part of the earnings gap vanishes if we control for differences in education and  job experience, while another large part remains unexplained by these background variables. Demand-based explanations for the observed gender gap stress differences in the way men and women are treated in the labor market. In contrast, supply-side explana tions stress differences in the way men and women approach the labor market. It is often suggested that women are or at least seem to be less "dedicated" to paid work: they tend to acquire less education, they work shorter hours, they have more absences,  and they do not seek well-paid jobs to the extent that men do. What the women do instead is to have the main responsibility for running the household. Specialization in the household can feed a self-fulfilling prophecy: if women expect to do most of the h ousehold work while men expect to be responsible for collecting most of the incomes of the family, women will rationally invest less in labor market skills and more in domestic skills, and once families have formed, it makes sense for the spouses to speci alize according to the traditional gender roles. 

Each of the existing theories of the wage gap can be improved, and there is also a need for a study of how the different explanations blend. Possible empirical sub-projects should take advantage of the qu ality of the Norwegian registry data, for example to explain potential differences in gender wage gap not explained by education and occupation data.

The male-female wage gap: Abilities, discrimination, chance or choice?

The proposed PhD project has two aims. The first aim is to describe the heterogeneity in people's willingness to give good things to others and the heterogeneity in views about who deserves such generosity. The project will do this by conducting a large s cale economic experiment in which the participants are given the chance to distribute money that is earned in the experiment. The proposed PhD project will employ a unique internet platform that allows us to recruit a large number of participants that are  randomly selected from the general population (in Denmark). 

The second aim of the PhD project is to shed light on why some individuals are more generous than others and on why people have different views on who deserves their generosity. Generosity is  a learned character trait and people's attitudes and actions may be formed by their socio-economic background. It has, however, been difficult to study how such factors affect generosity in earlier experiments because it has been impossible to link behavi oural data from the experiments with detailed information about the socio-economic background of the participants. The PhD student will be part of a research group that has established a unique collaboration with Statistics Denmark that allows us to link  behavioural data from the experiment with register data that provide detailed information about the participants' socio-economic background.

Individual generosity and socio-economic characteristics
A PhD project in experimental economics

Evalueringen av norsk historiefaglig forskning understreker behovet for vitenskapsteoretiske studier i historiefaget "innenfor alle subdisipliner og områder". Prosjektet "Mangfold, fragmentering, enhet" vil være en viktig del av AHKRs og Rokkansenterets o ppfølginger av evalueringen. Med prosjektet ønsker vi å studere historieskrivningen etter 1970 med utgangspunkt i en tese om historieskrivningens fragmentering. Vi vil utvinne ny kunnskap om historieskrivning, gjennom en serie studier av historiefagets te kster, gjennom å etablere et forum for historisk teori og metode ved AHKR og gjennom å arrangere to internasjonale konferanser om nyere historiografi. Hovedsiktemålet med prosjektet er å legge til rette for en dialog om fragmentering og enhet - på et epis temologisk, institusjonelt og tekstlig nivå - på tvers av faglige subdisipliner og romlige og temporale inndelinger. Slik ønsker vi å stimulere til faglig selvrefleksjon både lokalt og nasjonalt.

Mangfold, fragmentering, enhet: Historieskrivning etter 1970

Evalueringen av historiefaget i Norge argumenterer for at norsk historieforskning er preget av en uheldig metodologisk nasjonalisme. Det antydes at det er behov for "en mer kompleks kontekstualisering av rommet enn den som går ut fra og bekrefter den nasj onale rammen" (s. 173). Men hvordan studere historie uten å bli fanget i et nasjonalt rom? Og, på den annen side, hvordan studere internasjonal historie uten å miste av syne at historie også utspiller seg i lokale kontekster? I de siste tiårene har en rek ke tilnærminger til studiet av hvordan mennesker, ideer, kunnskap, produkter og prosesser har reist mellom ulike land og verdensdeler blitt utviklet.  Vi er blitt kjent med begreper som "transfer history", "history of connections" og "entangled history" e ller "histoire croisee", og med "the circulation of knowledge".  Med utgangspunkt i vitenskaps- oglærdomshistorie og økonomisk og politisk historie vil dette prosjektet utforske slike tilnærminger til historiske studier. Gjennom arbeidsmåten og organiseri ngen vil prosjektet på den ene siden oppmuntre til utforskning av bestemte problematikker knyttet til kunnskapskommunikasjon og sirkulasjon, og på den annen side være miljøbyggende. Prosjektet vil arrangere tre internasjonale arbeidsmøter hvor både norske  og utenlandske kolleger inviteres til å delta. I tillegg vil det initiere et antall mindre forskningsoppdrag knyttet til konkrete studier av kommunikasjon og sirkulasjon og omsetting av ideer og kunnskap i praksis. Disse bidragene vil presenteres på arbe idsmøtene. Med sikte på mer varig å influere historieforskningens internasjonalisering, vil vi spesielt søke å få MA-studenter og PhD-studenter med i prosjektet. Vi vil legge vekt på å fremme internasjonal publisering i ledende tidsskrifter.

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3D printing of nanocellulose-based biocomposites

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