- Energy, climate and environment
- Health, health technology and welfare
- Industry and service industry
- Culture and tourism
- Maritime- and offshore operations
- Food and bio-based industries
- Nanotechnology, microtechnology and advanced materials
- Petroleum research
- Social sciences and humanities
- Transportation
- Center for Norwegian as a professional language
- Education and training
- Welfare, working life and migration
- Nationale centers
- Researcherskoler
- Ended projects from 2020 to 2025
Energy, climate and environment
Health, health technology and welfare
Industry and service industry
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI-driven circular business models Innovation for Ecosystems | Coordinator | Vinit Parida | 2021 | 2027 |
Culture and tourism
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable COASTal RECreation – the role and potential of voluntary organizations and civic engagement in coastal areas under pressure | Partner | Per Ivar Haukland | 2022 | 2027 |
| Å gjøre samisk innhold i Den kulturelle skolesekken/Enacting Sami Content in The Cultural Schoolbag | Partner | Bente Aster (stipendiat, offentlig ph.d.) | 2022 | 2026 |
Maritime- and offshore operations
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scalable Education and Analytics for AI-Driven Maritime Innovation (SEA-AI) | Coordinator | Ziaul Haque Munim | 2026 | 2029 |
| Curbing Fisheries' and Aquaculture's Maritime air Emissions | Partner | Kristin Helen Roll | 2023 | 2027 |
| SafeAm – Increased safety of ammonia handling for maritime operations | Partner | Knut Vågsæther | 2023 | 2027 |
| Safety Regimes practices and how they are managed in maritime operations and their ability to prevent and mitigate operational risks. | Partner | Salman Nazir; Per Haavardtun – ph.d. fellow Eskil Vestheim Kjemperud (nærings-ph.d.) | 2024 | 2028 |
Food and bio-based industries
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No projects in 2026 |
Nanotechnology, microtechnology and advanced materials
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akustisk effektoverføring for trådløse sensorer | Coordinator | Einar Halvorsen | 2025 | 2029 |
| PHOTOSENSE – The interaction of photosensitive proteins with microfabricated sensor arrays | Coordinator | Erik Andrew Johannessen | 2021 | 2026 |
| CC-NorChip - A Norwegian competence centre for chip and sensor technologies | Partner | Geir Bjørnsen | 2025 | 2028 |
| Biosensory implants for in vivo real-time measurements of stress indicators | Partner | Erik Andrew Johannessen | 2020 | 2026 |
| Industrial PhD at nanoCaps on sustainable development of Interconnected Cross-Linked Carbon Nanotube (iCl-CNT) for supercapacitor electrodes | Partner | Avisek Roy; Pai Lu - ph.d.-kandidat Omar Saif (Nærings-ph.d.) | 2024 | 2027 |
| Industrial PhD at nanoCaps and USN for Tasfia Nowshin Farook on hybrid supercapacitors | Partner | Pai Lu - ph.d.-kandidat Tasfia Nowshin Farook (Nærings-ph.d.) | 2024 | 2027 |
Petroleum research
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No projects in 2026 |
Social sciences and humanities
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Power of Parties (PoPs): The Origins of a Nordic Welfare State | Coordinator | Magnus Bergli Rasmussen | 2026 | 2029 |
| Cultures in conflict? How islamists cope with football | Coordinator | Hans Kristian Hognestad | 2021 | 2026 |
| AI enabled transition to circular business models for Norwegian industrial ecosystems | Coordinator | Vinit Parida | 2021 | 2027 |
| Dispute Resolution in International Regulatory Frameworks | Partner | Rosa Manzo | 2023 | 2027 |
| Policies of Dictatorships | Partner | Magnus Bergli Rasmussen | 2020 | 2026 |
| Tematisk EU-nettverk Klynge 2 "DemoS4EU - Kultur, Kreativitet og inkluderende samfunn" | Partner | Jon Hovland Honerud | 2025 | 2027 |
Transportation
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No projects in 2026 |
Center for Norwegian as a professional language
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senter for norsk som fagspråk i bruk | Partner | Guro Nore Fløgstad | 2025 |
Education and training
Welfare, working life and migration
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youth with Neurobiological Diagnoses; Living Conditions, Public Services and Prognoses for Inclusion | Partner | Marie-Lisbet Amundsen | 2021 | 2026 |
| Appropriating the commons: articulating the cultural transformation of welfare and charity | Partner | Heidi Haukelien, Halvard Vike | 2024 | 2028 |
Centre for Effective Engineering and Learning in Complex Systems
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre for Effective Engineering and Learning in Complex Systems | Coordinator | Kristin Falk | 2026 | 3032 |
National center for CERN research
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwegian Centre for CERN research | Partner | Jørgen André Lien | 2019 | 2027 |
Research centert for sustainable energy
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYDROGENi – Norwegian centre for hydrogen and ammonia research and innovation | Partner | Knut Vågsæther | 2022 | 2030 |
| Secure, resilient, and sustainable electricity distribution grids (SecureEL) | Partner | Thomas Øyvang | 2024 | 2032 |
| Norwegian research centre for renewal of hydropower technology (RenewHydro) | Partner | Thomas Øyvang | 2024 | 2032 |
National research infrastructure
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwegian Micro- and Nanofabrication Facility III | Partner | Ole Henrik Gusland | 2015 | 2026 |
Research schools
| Name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Research School in Complex Systems | Coordinator | Kristin Falk | 2022 | 2030 |
| PROFRES 2.0 The interdisciplinary, Interprofessional and Practice-Near Research School – Shaping Future Welfare | Partner | Aud Johannessen | 2022 | 2030 |
| NORA Norwegian AI Research School | Partner | Nils-Olav Skeie | 2022 | 2030 |
| Research School for Training the Next Generation of Micro- and Nanotechnology Researchers in Norway (TNNN) | Partner | Knut Eilif Aasmundtveit | 2022 | 2030 |
| Norwegian Research School on Digitalization, Culture and Society (DIGIT) | Partner | Hans A. Hauge | 2022 | 2030 |
| Norwegian Graduate School in Mathematics and Science Education (NoGSMaSE) | Partner | Yasmine Abtahi | 2022 | 2030 |
| Norwegian research school on the use of hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels as energy carriers in industry and society (HySchool) | Partner | Knut Vågsæther | 2022 | 2030 |
Ended projects
2025
2024
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Norwegian Research School in History | 2019 | 2024 | |||
| Critical Literacy in a Digital and Global Textual World | Coordinator | Aslaug Veum | 2020 | 2024 | |
| Maximized wireless power transmission under variable conditions | Coordinator | Mehdi Azadmehr | 2023 | 2024 | |
| BRIDGES – Bridging the gaps between needs in teacher education and schools through interdisciplinary work | Coordinator | Karl Christian Alvestad | 2020 | 2024 | |
| Musikkens politiske kraft under presidentvalgkamper: Brasil 2018–2022 | Coordinator | Kjetil Klette Bøhler | 2021 | 2024 | |
| Digifood - Transforming the Nordic REKO-rings into a sustainable Digital Local Food System | Coordinator | Per Egil Pedersen | 2020 | 2024 | |
| Center for innovative ultrasound solutions for health care, maritime, and oil & gas industries (CIUS) | Partner | Lars Hoff | 2016 | 2024 | |
| pARTiciPED. Empowering student teachers for cross-sectorial collaborations with The Cultural Schoolbag (TCS) in Norwegian Schools | Partner | Jorunn Spord Borgen | 2020 | 2024 | |
| Hvordan planlegge dybdelæring? Dette forskningsprosjektet skal utvikle og teste ut en modell som støtter implementeringen av Fagfornyelsen. |
Partner | Finn Rudolf Hjardemaal, Kristin Støren | 2020 | 2024 | |
| Addressing Operator Performance in Shore-based Control Centres for Autonomous Shipping | Partner | Christian Hovden (nærings-Ph.D.) | 2020 | 2024 | |
| Improved Multiphase Flow Performance Using Autonomous Inflow Control Valve and its Potential Impact on Reservoir Recovery | Partner | Britt Moldestad, Soheila Taghavi Hosnaroudi (ph.d.-student) | 2021 | 2024 | |
| Effective Stuttering Treatment (EST) | Partner | Elisabeth Holm Hansen | 2020 | 2024 | |
| Cultural Heritage Sites in Coastal Areas. Monitor, Manage and Preserve Sites and Landscapes under Climate Change and Development Pressure | Partner | Hans Renssen | 2019 | 2024 |
2023
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hjelpere og hjelpesøkendes rollespill til daglig: En kulturpsykologisk belysning av NAVs rollemessige utfordringer | Partner | Hans A. Hauge, Marius Øien (Ph.D.-kandidat, offentlig Ph.D.) | 2015 | 2023 | |
| Autostrip | Coordinator | Jon Herman Ulvensøen | 2018 | 2023 | |
| Centre for Closed-containment Aquaculture (CtrlAQUA) | Partner |
Yngvar Berg, Frank Karlsen |
2015 | 2023 | |
| Ebber – Evidence based selection made easy | Partner | Kjell Ivar Øvergård | 2020 | 2023 | |
| Digitalization in the operation, monitoring and control of large-scale biogas plants | Partner | Carlos Dinamarca | 2019 | 2023 | |
| Enhance Rainwater Harvesting and Innovative wastewater management in Norway | Partner | Jarle Tommy Bjerkholt | 2021 | 2023 | |
| Living well with chronic pain: using person-centered e-health design to support self-management | Partner | Hilde Eide | 2017 | 2023 | |
| Aiming for quality in nursing home care: Rethinking clinical supervision and assessment of nursing students in clinical studies | Partner | Kirsti-Iren Skovdahl | 2018 | 2023 | |
| Hvordan legge grunnlag for en individuelt tilpasset oppfølging av yngre personer med demens? En studie av vedtaksprosessen i to kommuner. |
Partner | Heidi Haukelien, Vigdis Aaltvedt | 2018 | 2023 | |
| Holdningsskapende nærværsarbeid - et kollektiv arbeidsmiljøtiltak for utvikling av jobbengasjement og jobbprestasjoner | Partner | Steffen Torp, Hilde Hovda Midje | 2018 | 2023 | |
| The Impact of Quality in Kindergarten for Better Mental Health in Children: A Norwegian Survey-Registry Linkage Study (MoBaKinder) | Partner | Thomas Moser | 2018 | 2023 | |
| Rapids and backwaters. Adapting fast and slow to a digital cultural turn. | Partner | Heidi Stavrum | 2020 | 2023 | |
| HUMANE - Human Maritime Autonomy Enable | Partner | Salman Nazir | 2018 | 2023 | |
| Smart Condition Monitoring: Automatiserte tilstand og overvåkings systemer for maritime autonome roboter. | Partner | Jon Herman Ulvensøen | 2019 | 2023 | |
| OPENVR – Next generation virtual reality for human-centered ship design | Partner | Steven Mallam | 2020 | 2023 | |
| Advanced Piezoelectric Devices | Coordinator | Einar Halvorsen | 2018 | 2023 | |
| Computational X-ray Microscopy of Functional Materials and Devices | Partner | Dag Werner Breiby | 2018 | 2023 | |
| Sensor Technology for Green and Safe Jet-Engines – STEGS2 | Partner | Henrik Jakobsen | 2020 | 2023 | |
| Timing and sound in musical microrhythm | Partner | Mats Sigvard Johansson | 2016 | 2023 | |
| The last Ice Age: The trade in natural ice as an agent of modernisation and economic integration in 19th and early 20th century | Partner | Per G. Norseng | 2018 | 2023 | |
| SAM – Self Adapting Model-based system for Process Autonomy | Partner | Nils-Olav Skeie | 2019 | 2023 | |
| Hydrogen and Fuel Cells for Maritime Applications | Partner | Knut Vågsæther |
2019 |
2023 | |
| Trygghetsmetodikk for satellittbasert landingssystem for fly | Partner | Olaf Hallan Graven | 2020 | 2023 | |
| Realisering av en Autonom og Prediktiv Passasjerferge | Partner | Jon Herman Ulvensøen | 2019 | 2023 | |
| TEACH21st: Teaching and Transfer Effects of 21st Century Skills - Collaborative Problem Solving in Digital Environments | Coordinator | Fazilat Siddiq | 2018 | 2023 | |
| UPSKILL | Partner | Tom Eide | 2019 | 2023 | |
| Understanding the Role of Trust in the Institutions of the Welfare State | Partner | Halvard Vike | 2020 | 2023 | |
| Anaerobic digestion of pyrolysis products | Partner | Carlos Dinamarca, Gudny Øyre Flatabø (Ph.D-kandidat, nærings-Ph.D) | 2020 | 2023 |
2022
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLASH-Predicting the FLow behavior of ASH mixtures for production of transport biofuels in the circular economy | Coordinator | Britt Margrethe Moldestad | 2018 | 2022 | |
| Decarbonize - Ny bærekraftig teknologi for desentralisert produksjon av biokarbon for jord og vekstmedier | Partner | Carlos Dinamarca | 2019 | 2022 | |
| Kompetanse for bedre tjenester - betydning av kompetansesatsing rettet mot ansatte som møter brukere som kan være truende og voldelige | Partner | Ottar Ness, Erlend Rinke Maagerø-Bangstad | 2016 | 2022 | |
| From double trouble to dual recovery: Increasing recovery-oriented rehabilitation(ROR)and quality of life through collaborative partnership | Partner | Stian Nissen Biong | 2017 | 2022 | |
| New platform for the next generation optical components | Partner | Einar Halvorsen | 2016 | 2022 | |
| Secure, Efficient and Safe maritime traffic Management in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SESAME), Solution 2 | Partner | Marius Imset | 2018 | 2022 | |
| Innovating maritime training simulators using Virtual and Augmented Reality (InnoTraining) | Partner | Salman Nazir | 2017 | 2022 | |
| Transforming Shipping through Ecosystem Business model Innovation (TSEBI) | Partner | Thomas Brekke, Per Egil Pedersen og Vinnit Parida | 2018 | 2022 | |
| Nasjonal Researcherskole for lærerutdanningene (NAFOL) | Partner | Thomas Moser | 2010 | 2022 | |
| Tjenesteshop - brukerstyring av kommunale tjenester | Partner | Hilde Haukelien | 2017 | 2022 | |
| High performance thermal concrete with bauxite residue for energy storage applications | Partner | Nils Deneke Høivik | 2019 | 2022 | |
| NAVs tjenester til arbeidsgivere - felles utfordringer i skjæringspunktet mellom arbeid og helse | Partner | Ole Jacob Thomassen, Karianne Nyheim Stray | 2017 | 2022 | |
| OpenBridge Design System - ODES | Partner | Steven Mallam | 2019 | 2022 | |
| Promoting marine and maritime research in Horizon Europe | Partner | Anne Kari Botnmark | 2020 | 2022 | |
| Conversation Analytic innovation for Teacher Education (CAiTE). Research-based training for enhancing assessment and feedback quality | Coordinator | Karianne Skovholt | 2018 | 2022 | |
| Læreres mulighet til å avdekke og sette inn tiltak ovenfor barn med problematisk og skadelig seksuell atferd i barneskolen | Partner | Audrey Helen Osler, Kjersti Draugedalen | 2018 | 2022 | |
| Konsept for styrket demokratimedvirkning | Partner | Marius Rohde Johannessen | 2020 | 2022 | |
| Realisation of animal welfare goals in Norways food sector (ANIWEL) | Partner | Stig Strandli Gezelius | 2015 | 2022 | |
| Nye aktive materialer i undervannstransdusere | Partner | Lars Hoff, Ellen Katrine Sagaas Røed | 2018 | 2022 | |
| Hydrogenkatalysator | Partner | Kaiying Wang, Tor Håvard Aasen | 2019 | 2022 | |
| Application of Systems Engineering Methods in the oil and gas industry | Partner | Kristin Falk, Siv Engen | 2018 | 2022 | |
| Medieval urban health: From individual to public responsibility AD 1000-1600 | Partner | Ole Georg Moseng | 2017 | 2022 | |
| Grunnleggende ferdigheter og gjennomføring av videregående opplæring | Partner | Torill Aagot Halvorsen | 2018 | 2022 | |
| Inclusive education in Nepal: a study of governance networks in selected municipalities | Partner | Arild Schou | 2019 | 2022 | |
| Establishing a national learning and action network for refugees: Promoting inclusion, access to information, and successful transition | Partner | Ketil Eide | 2019 | 2022 |
2021
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracing learning outcomes across policy and practice (LOaPP) | Coordinator | Tine Sofie Prøitz | 2016 | 2021 | |
| INNSIKT; inkluderende brukermedvirkning og bred deltakelse for å samskape trygge, kunnskapsbaserte, interaktive digitale innbyggertjenester. | Partner | Hilde Eide | 2018 | 2021 | |
|
Partner | Hans A. Hauge | 2018 | 2021 | |
| Blockchain Technology Applied to the Maritime Offshore Logistics - Norwegian Oil and Gas Supply Chain and Logistics Digitalization | Partner | Ziaul Haque Munim, Karen Czachorowski | 2018 | 2021 | |
| Exploiting multi scale simulation and control in developing high efficiency fertilizer technologies (HEFTY) | Partner | Bernt Lie | 2017 | 2021 | |
| Mechanical miniaturization in interventional medical instruments | Partner | Kristin Imenes | 2017 | 2021 | |
| Mechanical miniaturization in interventional medical instruments | Partner | Ole Henrik Gusland | 2018 | 2021 | |
| Optimalisering av refraktiv treffsikkerhet hos pasienter som tidligere har gjennomgått laserkorreksjon av sin nærsynthet | Partner | Bente Monica Aakre, Bjørn Gjerdrum | 2017 | 2021 | |
| PyroGass - Produksjon av biogassdrivstoff og biokarbonreduksjonsmiddel fra restråstoff ved å kombinere anaerob råtning og pyrolyseteknologi | Partner | Wenche Hennie Bergland | 2017 | 2021 | |
| Opplevelser for alle | Partner | Ingeborg Nordbø | 2018 | 2021 | |
| Autobus - Self-driving buses in Norway | Partner | Radmila Juric | 2018 | 2021 | |
| Grønn digital UAV-basert Ekspresstjeneste | Partner | Elisabeth Syverud | 2021 | 2021 |
2020
| Project name | Our role | Researcher | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensors and models for improved kick/loss detection in drilling (Semi-kidd) | Coordinator | Bernt Lie | 2016 | 2020 |
| På sporet - et innovasjonsprosjekt for utvikling av nye måter å øke innvandreres deltakelse i arbeidslivet | Coordinator | Moses Deyegbe Kuvoame / Lars Kobro | 2020 | 2020 |
| Bærekraftig Biogass - Økt markedspotensial, nye anvendelser og nye substrater for biogass og biogjødsel | Parner | Carlos Dinamarca | 2017 | 2020 |
| Transforming community mental health through Appreciative Inquiry action Research | Partner | Ottar Ness, Bjørn Hauger | 2016 | 2020 |
| Modeling for automatic control and estimation of influx and loss in drilling operations | Partner | Bernt Lie, Christian Berg | 2014 | 2020 |
| Quality and learning in construction production | Partner | Finn Ørstavik | 2016 | 2020 |
| RedOx - Unikt rødt fosformateriale som muliggjør rimelig produksjon av LED med varmt hvitt lys | Partner | Xuyuan Chen | 2019 | 2020 |
| SuperCap - On-chip superkondensator for IoT | Partner | Xuyuan Chen/Nadeem Akrem | 2018 | 2020 |
| Sensor Technology for Green and Safe Jet-Engines (STEGS) | Partner | Ole Henrik Gusland | 2017 | 2020 |
| Teambasert rehabilitering for hjemmeboende eldre. Hverdagsrehabilitering som en integrert del av hjemmetjenesten | Partner | Kari Jokstad | 2016 | 2021 |
The Section for Research and Innovation coordinates the work with the projects funded by the Research Council.
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