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FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

CIR Network

Alternative title: CIR Nettverk

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

The Comparative Institutions and Regimes (CIR) research group is an internationally leading research environment on the how different political institutions and regimes, and their causes and effects. CIR is located at the Department of Political Science (ISV), at the University of Oslo (UiO). The goal of this project is to further strengthen this group and its research through different networking activities, notably including a series of seminars and workshops, and thereby enhance the creativity and quality of the group’s research. More specifically, the project will contribute to increase the transmission of knowledge and skills (e.g., cutting-edge methodological skills) from leading international researchers to CIR researchers. Also, the project will facilitate future collaboration on particular papers and research projects between CIR researchers and other researchers. The project will also improve the group’s outreach to different communities. Domestically and abroad. By financing a high-quality European Phd course, the project will also allow CIR to contribute to building the careers of young researchers. These activities could also increase the chances of future recruitment of leading international researchers and top early-career research talents, from Norway and abroad, to CIR.

The overarching goal of this application for network-related activities is to further strengthen the creativity and quality of the research from the Comparative Institutions and Regimes (CIR) research group. The activities will allow existing CIR researchers to maintain and develop further their extensive networks and collaboration with leading international researchers on political institutions and regimes. The activities, especially a high-quality European Phd course, will also allow us to expand CIR networks and collaboration with other researchers -- especially promising early career researchers and research talents. What we hope to achieve from these networking activities – which all feed in to the main goal of enhancing research quality – are the following sub-goals: First, we hope to increase the transmission of knowledge and skills (e.g., in terms of cutting-edge methodological skills) from leading international researchers to CIR researchers. Second, we aim to facilitate future collaboration on particular papers and research projects between CIR researchers and leading international researchers. Third, we will enhance the education of Phd students in our field. Finally, these networking activities will increase the chances of future recruitment of leading international researchers and top early-career research talents, from Norway and abroad, to CIR. CIR was among the research groups evaluated in SAMEVAL, netting a top score of 5. Presently, this internationally leading research group in the study of institutions and regimes counts 14 researchers. The group is soon to be expanded with 6 Postdocs and 1 PhD student being hired this year on project-related positions for 1 ERC CoG grant and 3 NFR FRIPRO grants. The group’s researchers are all located at the Department of Political Science (ISV), at the University of Oslo (UiO). The research group leader is Prof. Carl Henrik Knutsen, who is also the PI of this network application.

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