SOCIAL SCIENCES

The research group discovers various issues related to sport as a phenomenon, and the role and importance of organized sport for society.

Sport is one of the world's biggest cultural phenomena and reflects society. Knowledge of sport and society is therefore important in order to understand contemporary opportunities and challenges. We discover various issues related to sport as a phenomenon, and the role and importance of organized sport for society.

The research group for ethnographic welfare studies is particularly concerned with the consequences of legislative changes and reforms for both service providers and users.

In recent decades, a number of legislative changes and reforms have been implemented in Norway.

An aging population challenges the health and welfare sector to rethink how good quality care can be provided in a sustainable way. The interdisciplinary research group ALOVE is concerned with regional, national and international issues related to ageing, care, welfare and innovation.

The research activities of the Business Administration Group focus on two main areas:

The research activities of the Group focus on three main areas:

Economic statisticians employ specialised methodologies to delve into a variety of themes. The research activities of our statisticians group are primarily centred around three key areas: 1) statistical analysis of sustainability across its multifaceted aspects, including economic, social, environmental, and energy sustainability; 2) statistical models to examine corporate innovation and its impact on the labour market and human capital; 3) statistical models for finance, including the analysis of extreme values and forecasting, enhanced by sentiment analysis techniques.

The Energy Transition Lab proposes an ambitious and original programme of research and engagement responding to the challenges of energy transition in the European Union.

- brings together researchers with different methodological approaches (social sciences and humanities);

- using research strategies focusing on various facets of diversity;

- communication barriers;

- migrants' access to public health;

- climate migration;

- the social-cultural adaptation of migrants.

• A great part of our research focuses on the phenomenon of Metacognitive Self, understood as self-awareness of biases in social perception. Our research reports to date indicate the motivating role of the metacognitive self in learning, it's importance for human development, and is rooted in cognitive processing.

Equality and gender

Impact of new technologies on labour relations

Protection of disadvantages workers: women, young people, migrants, older workers, sea workers

The frontiers of Labour Law: employment and self-employment

Negotiation and representation in the workplace