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FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

Youth Exclusion and Political Violence

Recent academic studies have found that large youth cohorts, or 'youth bulges', under conditions of social, economic and political exclusion, increase the risk of political violence such as small-intensity armed conflict, terrorism and rioting. However, these large youth cohorts may also represe...

Tildelt: kr 2,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

PETROSAM-Samfunnsvitenskapelig petroleumsforskning

Russian and Caspian energy developments and their implications for Norway and Norwegian actors

Russian and Caspian energy is a source of opportunity and risk for policy makers and businesspeople across the globe, not least in Norway, both a neighbour to Russia and a key player in the same industry - oil and gas. In the programme we want to expand o ur understanding of the long-term outlook...

Tildelt: kr 22,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Akershus

HUM-Fagkomiteen for humaniora

Moral responsiblity: Challenges and implications for law and political theory

The research will be presented in five articles which all relate to moral responsibility. I will address challenges to moral responsibility in light of empirical knowledge, i.e., neuroscientific knowledge about the causes of human behaviour and sociologic al knowledge of divergences in people's c...

Tildelt: kr 2,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

P-SAMISK-Program for samisk forskning

Cultural sites, traditional knowledge and participatory mapping; Long-time landscape usage in Sápmi

This project focuses on alternative methods of documenting traditional land use in the wake of the new Finnmark act and current investigations regarding collectively- and individually rights to land in Finnmark. An important approach will be the use of SI T (spatial information technology) and GI...

Tildelt: kr 2,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Impact of a new and affordable conjugate meningococcal vaccine on carriage of serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis and disease transmission

Meningococcal meningitis is causing repeated massive epidemics in an area south of Sahara, termed the meningitis belt. The disease-causing bacteria are mainly serogroup A meningococci. These are transmitted between individuals by air-borne droplets and as ymptomatic carriers are the principal sou...

Tildelt: kr 11,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Going Home to Fight? Explaining Refugee Return and Violence

This project examines why some returning refugees come to destabilize the peace process in their home country. Despite considerable literature on refugee warriorism in exile, there is no analysis of their role upon return. Likewise, the challenge of rein tegrating refugee warriors does not figur...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2017

Sted: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Unravelling the Vicious Circle: Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Livelihoods in Small-scale Fisheries

In this project we question how poverty can be alleviated through ecosystem-based management of natural resources. Alleviating poverty sometimes requires strategies which are inherently in conflict. This is particularly the case in economies based on natu ral resources. As one seeks to reduce pov...

Tildelt: kr 4,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2017

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Flammable Societies: The Role of Oil and Gas Industry in the Promotion of Poverty Reduction and Social Volatility

Through the development of a series of comparative case studies in present-day Latin America, Africa, Europe and the former Soviet Union we propose to explore the way in which the current concerns for social responsibility in the international oil and gas industry are transferred into concrete s...

Tildelt: kr 4,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2017

Sted: Vestland

FRIMUF-Miljø- og utviklingsforskning

Mining as Development and Conservation: Changing subjectivities in Tolagnaro, Madagascar

This project aims to provide an anthropological analysis of environment and development issues in the context of an ilmenite mine in an area of Madagascar with endangered endemic rainforest and economic deprivation. The primary objective is to analyze loc al people's shifting perspectives on the ...

Tildelt: kr 1,4 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

P-SAMISK-Program for samisk forskning

En studie av samiske barns rettigheter i forhold til barnekonvensjonen

Barnekonvensjonen er den eneste av FNs generelle menneskerettighetskonvensjoner som spesifikt henviser til urfolks rettigheter. 1. august 2003 ble barnekonvensjonen inkorporert i Menneskerettighetsloven. Det vil si at barnekonvensjonens bestemmelser ved m otstrid går foran bestemmelser i annen na...

Tildelt: kr 2,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Multi-disciplinary approach to Explaining Differential Immunization Coverage

Although there exist effective vaccines for many life-threatening diseases, access to these technologies remains limited in many low and middle income countries. The proposed project address the question: Why are some low-income countries and communities therein far more successful than others in...

Tildelt: kr 10,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

Influence of the Matrix on Species Richness in Ugandan Forest Fragments

The power-law species area relation (SAR) has been used to predict that as the size of a habitat fragment decreases, the number of species supported by that fragment will fall. Despite the widespread usage of the SAR in conservation biology, the relation ship is confounded by a number of factors...

Tildelt: kr 5,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2017

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

OMEVAC (Open Mobile Electronic Vaccine Trials), an interdisciplinary project to improve quality of vaccine trials in low-resource settings

Emerging international standards and regulations will in few years require complete electronic systems for management of a vaccine trials. Clinical trials conducted in low-income countries need to have the same level of quality and reliability as comparab le studies conducted in high-income count...

Tildelt: kr 10,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Phase IIb-Test of Concept Clinical Trial of the Peptide-based HIV-1 Therapeutic Vaccine Candidate Vacc-4x

Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART), the daily life long treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is costly and associated with adverse side effects following long term use (e.g. metabolic toxicity). This study will further the cli nical development of the peptide-based HI...

Tildelt: kr 5,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Social networks, labour transactions and outcomes: A theoretical and empirical study of migrant workers, and their employers, in South-Asia.

We study motives and explanations for network use in labour transactions in low income countries and the implications for employers, and in particular for the segment of poor unskilled workers. One explanation favoured among economists is that networks ar e vehicles for effective information tran...

Tildelt: kr 1,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2017

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Conference: Genetic vaccines - benefits and challenges

The Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board apply for financial support to arrange a state-of-the-art vaccine conference addressing the risks and benefits of new genetic vaccines, the need for these vaccines in developing countries and the regulatory chall enges Norwegian legislation puts on Norwe...

Tildelt: kr 0,20 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Vestland

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Decentralization as a strategy for resolving conflict?

For several decades governments in developing countries have placed spatial decentralization of responsibilities and resources to lower levels of government high on their political agenda. The principal objectives of decentralization have been down-sizing of central governments, responsive servi...

Tildelt: kr 3,6 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2017

Sted: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Rights, power and civic action: Comparative analyses of human rights-based approaches and civic struggle in development contexts

The purpose of this research is to improve our understanding of the interrelationships between human rights-based development and poverty reduction, on the one hand, and the forms and uses of power in developing societies on the other. It has a particular focus on how the empowerment of communit...

Tildelt: kr 4,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2017

Sted: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

The Payoff of Promises: Articulating, Negotiating and Implementing Wealth Sharing

Peace agreements offer an opportunity for poverty alleviation. Wealth-sharing is often part of the negotiations to end civil wars, but the outcome often disappoints, both the aggrieved who had placed their hopes in rebellion and the international sponsors of the settlement. This study focuses o...

Tildelt: kr 4,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2017

Sted: Oslo

FRIHUMSAM-Fri prosj.st. hum og sam

The Kola Birth Registry as a tool for populationbased studies of contaminants and influence on reproductive health and pregnancy outcome

A regional birth registry, compatible to the Norwegian birth registry, was initiated for Murmansk County in January 2006. The registry covers all 18 delivery departments in Murmansk County. The establishment of the birth registry has the potential of impr oving perinatal health and health care se...

Tildelt: kr 4,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2014

Sted: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Right to health trough litigation? Can court enforced health rights improve health policy and priority setting in poor countries?

Background A majority of the world's governments are obliged through international treaties or national constitutions, or both, to respect, protect, promote and fulfill the human right to health. Cases regarding the right to health care are increasingly b rought before the courts in a number of l...

Tildelt: kr 9,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

HIV vulnerability and HIV prevention needs among men who have sex with men in Tanzania

All over the world, sex between men has been associated with increased risk for HIV transmission. In Africa, however, the impact of the HIV epidemic on men who have sex with men (MSM) has not been well studied. In Tanzania, no previous study has been cond ucted. MSM have also not been a prominent...

Tildelt: kr 2,3 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Oslo

SIP-Strategiske instituttprogram

Tid og usikkerhet

Hovedproblemstillingen i programmet er å komme fram til mer realistisk verdsetting av tidsbesparelser og økt pålitelighet i transport og tilgrensende aktiviteter. Problemet har to sider: den fysiske og den økonomiske. Vi trenger å vite mer om verdsetting av tid og pålitelighet, både for gods og...

Tildelt: kr 3,0 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2011

Sted: Oslo

FRISAM-Fri prosjektstøtte samfunnsvitenskap

Pastoralism in China: Policy and practice

In contemporary China pastoralism as a way of life is under pressure. This project investigates the links between changes in herding practices and changes in the policy framework governing access to important resources such as grazing land and water sourc es. Using multi-sited field research, the...

Tildelt: kr 5,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CONTROL OF CHILDHOOD TUBERCULOSIS

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem. Despite strides in case detection and treatment, the prevalence of TB continues to rise at an alarming rate. Globally, childhood TB contributes to 15% of the total TB disease caseload, predominantly in d eveloping countries. More effective diagn...

Tildelt: kr 1,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Vestland

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Tipping Point Norway/The Art of Adaptation 23.- 24. juni 2008

Hovedmotivasjonen for "Tipping Point Norway" er delvis et ønske om å skape et sterkere engasjement fra kunstverdenen i klimadebatten, samt å imøtekomme behovet fra klimaekspertene om nødvendigheten av å finne et nytt pubikum som er mer effektiv i sin resp ons og uttrykk enn samfunnskritikere, akt...

Tildelt: kr 0,49 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2009

Sted: Oslo

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Phase III double blind placebo-controlled trial of infant periexposure prophylaxis with 3TC to prevent HIV-1 transmission by breastfeeding

Postnatal transmission of HIV-1 through breast milk remains an unsolved problem in many resource-poor settings. In Sub-Saharan Africa, especially in the rural areas, replacement feeding has proven a problematic alternative because of social, cultural, eco nomic and hygienic constraints. Moreover,...

Tildelt: kr 12,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2014

Sted: Vestland

GLOBHELS-Global helse

Indoor air pollution. A neglected poverty related cause of global ill health -impl. for health and society of promoting clean fuels in China

Smoke from solid fuels (biomass and coal) burned in households is among the leading health threats for people in developing countries, and is responsible for more than 1.6 million premature deaths annually - a quarter of which occur in China. Dependency o n these fuels thus constitutes a main str...

Tildelt: kr 6,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2012

Sted: Oslo

NORKLIMA-Klimaendringer og konsekvenser for Norge

The nature, design and feasibility of robust climate agreements

This project aims to contribute internationally to the knowledge and understanding of the current climate regime, the climate negotiations, international environmental agreements more generally, and those aspects having to do with compliance, enforcement, participation, and regime design in part...

Tildelt: kr 7,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2013

Sted: Oslo

DIV-INT-Annet internasjonalt samarbeid

Norsk styremedlem i EADI

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Tildelt: kr 69 316

Prosjektperiode: 2008-2014

Sted: Akershus

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