NORD University

Fields of research in educational settings are multidisciplinary, with a common focus on extended classroom and varied instructional methods.

Research within the research group focuses on teaching and learning in different environments outside the classroom and the use of different teaching approaches. Furthermore, the research concerns various aspects of teaching and learning, and teaching methods, such as what the types of teaching/learning can entail, and why and how these teaching methods or activities are appropriate in certain contexts.

The research group is made up of members representing various disciplines and professional groups, with the common aim of centering our research on the profession, practice, and development related to kindergarten and school. The research group has partners from several universities and colleges nationally and internationally.

The research group is concerned with studying both which mechanisms increase the risk of alienation, what characterizes children and young people's own experiences with alienation, and what consequences alienation has for the individual child and youth, and for society.

The term outsiders describes a situation where individuals or groups of people stand outside what are considered central social arenas, for example where they do not participate in work life or take education, or where they lack linguistic or cultural connection to the rest of society.

The International relations and politics research group comprise researchers from Nord University, the Norwegian Defense Research Institute and the Norwegian Defense College.

Disaster can arrive in many forms. It can be caused by a natural disaster (i.e. landslides or hurricanes), industrial failures (i.e. chemical spills or building collapse), political rationalities (i.e. terrorism or war) and other incidents both accidental or purposeful. Disaster has phases and aftermaths for response and recovery and differing implications across a variety of scales.

The research group will address topics related to the circumpolar Arctic region.

The region is warming four times faster than the rest of the world and is experiencing dramatic changes in socio-economic, ecological and political conditions. To understand these processes, we will access the contemporary theoretical and methodological directions in Arctic research and explore its relevance for our joint and individual research interests.

The multidisciplinary research group URBinN has a thematic focus on urbanization, urban and regional planning and sustainable development of small and medium sized urbanities in a global perspective with an initial focus on Nordic remote areas. The motive for this interest is the somewhat under-researched area of social, spatial, historical and economic processes related to the origin, functioning and planning of smaller urbanities in general.

The research group in social work explores issues within the subject of social work understood both as an academic discipline and practical professional practice.

The group offers interdisciplinary expertise from sociology, philosophy, political science, social work, health sociology, multiculturalism and qualitative/quantitative methods.

Man has always been driven by a longing to understand the contemporary world and his/ her role in it. Research offers a variety of theories to explain human relationships, identity, culture and how we create meaning in a changing world.

The multidisciplinary research group for circumpolar history has expertise in historical trends of arctic regions from antiquity to modern times

Climate change, security, pursuit of natural resources and geopolitical tensions are currently drawing global attention to the circumpolar north. The geographical Arctic has a unique social, economic and environmental history which is key to understanding current events.