The Nordic Centre for Comparative and International Family Law (NorFam) will be the Nordic hub for collaborative research between scholars from Nordic countries in the fields of family and succession law, and between legal scholars and family-related research in other academic fields such as sociology, psychology, theology, medicine, gender studies etc.
NordForsk announces funding for two to four Nordic knowledge-sharing and capacity-building networks for researchers working with research relevant to Indigenous peoples and/or Indigenous research.
"Migrants and solidarities: Negotiating deservingness in welfare micropublics (Solidarities)" breaks new ground by exploring how solidarities are imagined and practiced in negotiations of migrant deservingness. It explores the fundamental question of who is, and who is not, considered deserving of welfare services, how deservingness is negotiated and with what implications, in a context of increasing diversity driven by migration, welfare restructuring, and austerity
The rise of so-called populist right parties, some of which have anti-immigration agendas, raises questions on how this impacts people with migrant backgrounds in the Nordics and Baltics.
A research network is working to revitalise the four smaller Sámi languages, Lule, South, Skolt and Inari Sámi, by, among other things, supporting language teachers and teacher education, and by promoting collaboration.
CO2 emissions are the biggest cause of anthropogenic climate change. According to Nordic researchers, reducing emissions is not enough to minimise the effects. We must also prioritise the development of new carbon capture and utilisation technologies.
Societal security is high on the agenda at the annual Session of the Nordic Council taking place this week in Stockholm. Since 2013 NordForsk has provided funding to a total of nine research projects to generate new knowledge about the challenges facing the Nordic countries ahead, and roughly four new research projects are on the way. The total initiative budget is NOK 162 million.
The SMARTer Greener Cities project aims to develop and test novel tools and processes for explicitly converging social, ecological, and technological systems approaches for improving life in cities.
