What do we research?
We study how actors (both individuals and groups) and institutional arrangements such as organisations, regulations and policies affect each other.
Innovation, organisation and governance, as well as the interaction between regulators and different types of organisations (commercial, not-for-profit, private and public), are key themes in the research group.
We collaborate with research environments inside and outside USN, and with actors outside the research sector and in the field of practice. In this way, both ongoing and future activities in the research group contribute to addressing USN's overall goal of being both labour market-oriented and solving important societal challenges.
How do we conduct research?
The members of the research group use a wide range of quantitative and qualitative methods, and are associated with various research projects. We meet regularly for academic exchanges and discussion of texts, and also organise seminars, often in collaboration with other research groups at the USN School of Business.
Research disciplines
The research group is interdisciplinary, with members from sociology, economics, history, political science and education.
The members conduct research on topics related to welfare and welfare institutions, organisations, governance regimes and regulation, networks and trust, social inequality and polarisation, education and work, innovation, migration and leadership.
Projects and activities
Migrant Work Inclusion: NFR-finansiert forskningsprosjekt 2021-2025 om inkludering av innvandrere i arbeidslivet. Kontaktpersoner: Prosjektleder Annett Arntzen / WP-leder Ole Jacob Thomassen
CLASS: Comparisons of Leadership Autonomy in School Districts and Schools. NFR-finansiert 2021-2025. Samarbeid med Universitetet I Stockholm, Universitetet I Uppsala, Universitetet i Wien, Norges Idrettshøyskole og OsloMet. Kontaktperson: Tine S. Prøitz, USN (prosjektleder). Involverte fra forskningsgruppen: Sigrunn Tvedten og Jens B. Grøgaard
(Nordic) Unequal Childhood. Childhood, School and Inequality in the Nordic Countries. A collaboration platform and research umbrella, including subprojects in collaboration with the municipality of Trondheim, and with municipalities and universities in Tampere and Norrköping. Partly funded by the Nordplus Horizontal program and the Nordic Council of Ministers. Contact persons and project leaders: Håkon Leiulfsrud (NTNU/ISS), Anna Rapp (NTNU/ILS) og Eli Smedplass (NTNU/ILS). Involverte fra forskningsgruppen: Sigrunn Tvedten
