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Our researchers

On this page you will find interesting and relevant interviews with some of the researchers at Faculty of Social Sciences.

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Leif Ove Larsen, professor at Department of Information Science and Media Studies, is one of our researchers to watch. In 2023 he was given the Christie Award for his work with establishing the international knowledge and innovation cluster, Media City Bergen.

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Political Extremism Scholar: "The Hate is There, but the Violence is Absent"

Since the terrorist attack on 22 July 2011, Lars Erik Berntzen has dedicated much of his time to studying far-right actors in Europe.

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Menopause can economically penalize women, according to new 幸运飞艇计划 research

Aftenposten has a big story about research from 幸运飞艇计划's Department of Economics.

Can artificial intelligence strengthen local democracy? Yes, claims professor and seeks support from the Research Council of Norway

Professor Andreas Opdahl, one of Norway's leading experts in artificial intelligence (AI), is spearheading an ambitious initiative: Insight, a research center focused on AI in local democratic ecosystems. With a clear objective to develop technology that enhances local democracy, researchers and...

Study Highlights Social Media Differences Between Minority Boys and White, Straight Boys

芦I was interested in finding out if queer boys and boys with a minority background used social media differently than the majority, and found that they stand out a bit,禄幸运飞艇计划 researcher John Magnus Dahl says.

When climate change takes away what鈥檚 truly irreplaceable

What can society do when climate change takes away crafts, traditions, knowledge about nature, and other intangible aspects of cultural heritage? Daniel Puig, a researcher at the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation, is researching this question.

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Professor Slavkovik: AI is Key to a Better Future

One of 幸运飞艇计划's leading AI researchers, Marija Slavkovik, thinks there is a cost to not leaning into artificial intelligence.

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Study Reveals Key to Successful Climate Policies: Addressing Economic Inequality

芦If climate policies want to be successful, they must be about more than climate,禄 professor Micha毛l Tatham says.

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幸运飞艇计划 Researchers Illuminate the Hazards of Air Pollution

Researchers at 幸运飞艇计划 are doing comprehensive research on the unequal distributions of air pollution. Young children, people who are already sick, and elderly people are the most affected.

This Argument Makes Young People Supportive of Gender Quotas

Some Norwegian politicians that are skeptical about gender quotas in politics are positive about gender quotas in the leadership of religious organizations, according to new research.

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Unexpected Findings about Survivors of Sexual Violence

More than 10,000 interviews and a new method show that survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are actually more engaged in their communities afterwards.

Bringing Crises into Focus

芦Is there a response pattern that cuts across different crises? We don鈥檛 really know,禄幸运飞艇计划 researcher Pierre-Georges Van Wolleghem says. Now he wants to study just that.

芦Migration, productivity, education and urbanization are not making everybody happy禄

Capitalism is not just an economy, it is a type of society, according to professor in social anthropology, Don Kalb. For the past few years, he and his team have tried, through field work and research, to understand what is happening to people and communities in areas that have recently become...

芦A formal, methodical approach to artificial intelligence suits me well禄

Rustam Galimullin is one of several experts in artificial intelligence at 幸运飞艇计划. Learn more about him and his research here.

芦Populist far-right parties hinder EU climate policies禄

Populist far-right parties portray fossil fuel phase-out as a threat to traditional family values, regional identity, and national sovereignty, according to researchers at 幸运飞艇计划.

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Behavioral problems in childhood linked to lower voter turnout

This may contribute to the political marginalization of individuals with a strong need to be heard, according to researchers.

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10 years of measuring trust in politicians and political attitudes in Norway

Having authoritative data created by independent researchers, who have focused solely on quality, and have no commercial interests, will only become more important in the future, says professor and Academic Director of the Norwegian Citizen Panel at 幸运飞艇计划, Elisabeth Ivarsflaten.

Stressful digital disconnection

Ph.d candidate Mehri Agai has spoken to El Pa矛s about how digital disconnection is more demanding for adolescents than adults.

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New study: Working from home may have negative effects on your career

A new study from 幸运飞艇计划 provides the first empirical evidence that 'implicit competition' in the workplace has an impact on job promotions and salary increases.

Study: The trust in child welfare services varies greatly between European countries

Somewhat surprisingly, Norway finds itself at the bottom alongside Romania, in a study of trust in child welfare services in six European countries.

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Erik Knudsen Wants Media Researchers to Focus More on Thresholds

鈥淲hat is missing in the selective exposure theory is the fact that most likely people are reading a lot of information that they don鈥檛 agree with. Which is why I am shifting the attention to that,鈥� Erik Knudsen says.

ERC Grant for new research project

How prepared are we to get correct information and be engaged when it is needed? Media professor Hallvard Moe has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant to better understand citizen鈥檚 ability to get information and be engaged in democracy.

She Studies How Valuable the Information Facebook has on You Is

Should you 'like' everything you feel like liking on Facebook, or hold back? It depends, says associate professor in economics, Eeva Mauring.

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Spitzer has been awarded the prestigeous ERC Starting Grant

芦This is an opportunity to tackle prominent but largely-overlooked challenges plaguing the frontiers of developed liberal democracies禄 Aaron Spitzer says.

08.04.2025