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IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Modeling the Egyptian Agricultural Foreign Trade: With Special Emphasis on the Egyptian Chinese Bilateral Trade

Developing agricultural foreign trade receives an increasing attention in Egyptian economic policy, while the country has recently placed emphasis on export development by enacting the Egyptian exports development strategy and the agricultural development strategy for up to 2017. Generally, the ...

Tildelt: kr 64 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

The Personal Voice in Joseph Conrad's Fiction

It is something of a commonplace to say that a great part of Joseph Conrad's fictions are told by contemplative 'first-person' narrators, many of whom produce recognisably oral narratives to a listener or a group of listeners. It is also well-known that i n a smaller but important part of his wor...

Tildelt: kr 81 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Impact of successive short starvations of nitrogen nutrition on plant fitness and polyphenol metabolism of tomato

Polyphenols are plant secondary metabolites widely distributed in the plant kingdom. They display a large variety of activities and are notably involved in plant defense against pathogens. These molecules are also implicated in fruits and vegetables quali ty, by contributing to colour and taste a...

Tildelt: kr 99 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

"Russia" as Global Economic Actor: Capabilities and Strategies of Energy Multinationals

The project looks at Russian world market integration from the angle of its biggest energy corporations. It investigates oil and gas majors such as Gazprom, Rosneft or LUKoil and their strategies on a global scale. The project focuses on their domesticall y generated capabilities and at their uti...

Tildelt: kr 81 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

ISPHUM-ISP - Humaniora

Historievitenskapens grenser

"Historievitenskapens grenser" skal bidra til en bredere fagoffentlighet innenfor norsk historieforskning med utgangspunkt i diskusjon og forskning på nyere historiografi i et institusjonelt og transnasjonalt perspektiv. Prosjektets hovedaktiviteter, best ående av to større vitenskapsseminarer og...

Tildelt: kr 2,2 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2013

Sted: Oslo

ISPHUM-ISP - Humaniora

Nettverk for nyere internasjonal historie

Evalueringen av det norske historiefaget har påpekt at faget står overfor en rekke utfordringer. Sentralt står anbefalingen om at norsk historieforskning i større grad bør overskride det komiteen har kalt 'metodologisk nasjonalisme'. I dette ligger norske historikeres tendens til å utforme, gjen...

Tildelt: kr 3,5 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2013

Sted: Oslo

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Dialectal doubling and the syntax of relative clauses

This research project aims at providing a principled account of the nature and limits of (micro)variation in Germanic (long-distance) relative clauses and related constructions in general, and of the dialectal pronoun doubling construction in particular. The latter construction sheds light on ma...

Tildelt: kr 81 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Investigating word prosody in Russian: phonological and tonal aspects

One of the most remarkable features of Russian phonetic word is so-called prosodic nucleus uniting stressed and 1st prestressed syllables in contrast to all other unstressed syllables. Our intention is to conduct a research of Russian prosodic nucleus in two directions. First, to give a phonolog...

Tildelt: kr 45 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Active materials for the in-situ stabilisation of contaminated soil

Numerous soils worldwide act as a sink for contaminant inputs from urban and industrial activity including waste water discharge as well as from the atmosphere, all of which result in severe contamination. Remaining soil legacy pollution containing persis tent organic pollutants and heavy metals ...

Tildelt: kr 0,11 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

PSYKISK-Psykisk helse

Eating problems from infancy to adulthood. Knowledge about risk factors and developmental pathways from two longitudinal population studies

The aim of the proposed study is to provide new knowledge about (1) risk factors for eating problems, and (2) longitudinal pathways of eating problems from early childhood through adolescence into adulthood. The research project is motivated by several re cent reviews showing that we need more in...

Tildelt: kr 4,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2014

Sted: Oslo

FINNUT-Forskning og innovasjon i utdanningssektoren

Qualifying for professional careers

Våre undersøkelser viser at begrepet forskningsbasert utdanning er uklart og at det brukes på ulike måte. Bare et mindretall av studentene innfor de fire profesjonsutdanningene involveres i lærernes FoU-prosjekter og det varier i hvilken grad studentene har kjennskap til lærernes forskning. Evnen...

Tildelt: kr 12,9 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2014

Sted: Oslo

NORGLOBAL-Norge - Global partner

Fertility outcomes and the roles of children in household risk management strategies in rural West Africa: the cases of Senegal and Benin

The relationship between fertility and growth is often seen in view of a child quality-quantity trade-off. Low fertility allows for higher human capital investments per child, and thus considered favorable to economic development. On another front, good r isk management is seen as a key to growth...

Tildelt: kr 5,1 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2013

Sted: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Structural changes in agriculture, rural communities and cultural landscapes

I Structures holdes hovedfokus på et av de mest sentrale temaene innenfor landbruks- og bygdeforskningen: Årsaker til og virkninger av struktur- endringer i landbruket, og hvordan disse strukturene endres over tid. Tidligere og samtidige strukturendringer blir studert nærmere innenfor følgende o...

Tildelt: kr 6,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2014

Sted: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Distal ash isochrons throughout Northern Eurasian lake records

The ability to precisely correlate the relative timings of palaeoenvironmental change events between distant sequences is vital if researchers are to answer questions about the synchroneity of such events and link them with causal factors. The Greenland i ce-core records highlight a number of suc...

Tildelt: kr 0,11 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Appropriation of Landscapes and Resource Management in the Evenki Native Village in the North Baikal

My dissertation analyses the construction of indigeneity in Kholodnaia Evenki village located in Severobaikalskii district in the Republic of Buriatiia in Russia. The aim of my PhD dissertation is to analyse how the "life projects" of the local population coexisted with various development proje...

Tildelt: kr 93 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Time and Practie in the Evenki Native Village in the North Baikal

The project of my dissertation is based upon material I gathered in native Evenki villages in North Baikal, Republic of Buriatia, Russia. I spent one year (2007-2008) doing my fieldwork among the local population mostly in Kholodnaia village in the North Baikal area. I also spent five months doi...

Tildelt: kr 81 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Environmental change and cultural continuity: Alutiiq identity, subsistence practice and ways of knowing in a changing environment

My thesis analyses the construction of Alutiiq indigenous identity in the villages of Chenega Bay and Tatitlek, Prince William Sound, Alaska. I argue that Alutiiq identity is based upon ties to the land and kinship which are actively fostered through the practice of subsistence related activitie...

Tildelt: kr 69 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Study of non-linear phenomena in the polar ionosphere induced by the SPEAR heating facility

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Tildelt: kr 0,72 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2014

Sted: Svalbard

HAVKYST-Havet og kysten

Growth performance and detoxification of mussels cultured in a fjord enhanced by forced upwelling of nutrient rich deeper water

A previous study in the Lysefjord was the first full-scale experiment to use submerged brackish water discharged in a controlled manner to force upwelling in a fjord area providing enhanced phytoplankton concentration and production. In this project we hy pothesize that this enhanced phytoplankto...

Tildelt: kr 4,8 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2013

Sted: Vestland

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

The role of popular media in shaping adolescents' socio-pragmatic competence in English: a Polish-Norwegian comparative study.

The project addresses the relation between the the form of media transmission and recipients' language competence and attitude formation. In particular, the role of adolescents' extended exposure to subtitled foreign broadcast in the development of socio- pragmatic competence in English will be i...

Tildelt: kr 93 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Theoretical investigation of the electronic spectrum of pyrazine

The electronic spectrum of pyrazine has been the subject of several experimental and theoretical studies. This molecule has for a long time been of interest not only because it provides insight into the molecular dynamics of simple aromatic systems but also because it is a fundamental parent...

Tildelt: kr 93 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Development of the methodology for Polar Low investigation using multi-sensor approach

In the frame of the Project multi-sensor approach for Polar Low study is going to be developed, with the strongest emphasizing upon the passive microwave data usage. Most available data will be used: Envisat ASAR for high resolution wind speed retrievals using existing CMOD-4 model, QuikSCAT low...

Tildelt: kr 54 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Anisotropic cosmologies and dark energy

The generation and formation of structure in the universe and the physics of the cosmic (CMB) are central in the understanding of cosmology. The large-scale structure and the CMB are the richest and most precise sources of information about our universe. Remarkably, recent cosmological data seem...

Tildelt: kr 84 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

The library as a virtual meeting place

The research is part of both my PhD project and the PLACE (Public Libraries as Arenas for Citizenship) project which is hosted by Oslo University College. My PhD dissertation explores the possible implications of the application of the semantic web techno logies in libraries. The PLACE project a...

Tildelt: kr 21 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

IS-MOBIL-Mobilitetsprogr.f.utl.Ph.D-stu

Nanosyntax in the neurolinguistic analysis of aphasia: theoretical compatibility and possible diagnostic tools.

The primary objective of the project is to investigate the theoretical compatibility of the nanosyntax approach to generative grammar in terms of the current neurolinguistic analyses of aphasia based on generative frameworks. The secondary objective is to devise a set of cross-linguistic diagn...

Tildelt: kr 69 999

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2010

Sted: Ukjent Fylke

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Storfjorden Polynya Air Sea Ice Exchange Experiment

The Storfjorden Polynya Air Sea Ice Exchange Experiment (SPASIE²) will expand research capabilities in Norway in air-sea-ice interaction through a dedicated field campaign. Through this coordinated study researchers and graduate students will be exchange d between Norway and the US. The project ...

Tildelt: kr 0,25 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2013

Sted: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

PEA-Puccinellia in the European Arctic -Who is who, who is where, and why?

Arctic plants are rather recent (Late Tertiary-Pleistocene) immigrants or recently evolved. Two major processes in this evolution seem to have been hybridization and polyploidization, leading to complex relation patterns, and range of intermediate variant s between species. Thus, to untangle the ...

Tildelt: kr 0,35 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2011

Sted: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Satellite Earth Observation of the Marine Environment in the Svalbard region

Earth Observation (EO) data from polar orbiting satellites play an increasingly important role in environmental and climate sciences and for operational use. EO data in the Arctic is particular useful because the coverage from polar orbiting satellites is better at high latitudes and the fact th...

Tildelt: kr 0,71 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2013

Sted: Vestland

U2020-Norsk utdanningsforskning 2009-2018

Learning ressources and writing in educational textual cultures

The project Learning Resources and Writing in Educational Textual Cultures responds to the programme Utdanning2020, particularly in connection with Area A "Educational objectives, content, and teaching and working methods", as well as Area B "Assessment f orms, learning processes and learning out...

Tildelt: kr 5,7 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2014

Sted: Vestfold

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Geoscientific permafrost collaboration between Svalbard/Norway and Alaska

One primary research aim is to compare the modern day permafrost conditions in terms of the ground thermal state, the stock of carbon and nitrogen, the potential for greenhouse gas production, the rates of permafrost land formation in the maritime arctic in Svalbard and Norway with the continent...

Tildelt: kr 0,87 mill.

Prosjektperiode: 2010-2013

Sted: Svalbard