A green Nordic region

In Copenhagen’s Urbanplanen housing development, green spaces play an important role as a venue for socialising, where residents form bonds. These are the results from the SMARTer Greener Cities research project, which has involved residents in the study.

In Kristiansand, new wood-burning stoves are being installed to improve the city’s air quality. This is the result of a research project which has shown that air quality in four Nordic cities is really nothing to write home about.

Overview of results and effects reported by NordForsk funded projects in 2021 and 2022. The report contains data on publications, policy influence, dissemination activities and other impact indicators.

What results and effects are created in NordForsk funded projects? Our very first impact report provides insight into publications, dissemination activities, influence on policy and other impact indicators.

Although the green transition is necessary, sustainable investments in the Arctic could pull the rug from under traditional reindeer husbandry. Researchers are calling for a balance of interests and for all parties to be heard.

A new NordForsk funded research project will examine the concept of Nordic added value in research, and why Nordic added value is so important in the era we live in.

Nordic countries are at the forefront of the green transition and are leading the way in the development of a more sustainable economy. But some regions succeed better than others. Why is this so, and how can other regions learn from them?