Local communities
The field of research addresses various perspectives and developments related to Norwegian rural communities.
Research areas within Local communities
Research managers
Maja Farstad Senior Researcher +47 918 23 469 maja.farstad@ruralis.no
Latest about Local communities
Moving motive and moving pattern
Geography helps determine which education you take
03.10.24
Local communities
Civilsamhället som utvecklingskraft för reslilienta, hållbara och attraktiva lokale samhällen – Lokal samfunnsutvikling
08.08.24
Gender, gender equality and integration
We have now set the timetable for the BluePlaces project
16.04.24
Bioeconomy
Climate Smart Management for Resilient European Cropping Systems
30.10.23
Bioeconomy
A-16/23 Breaking wind: A comparison between U.S. and European approaches in offshore wind energy leadership in the North Atlantic region
18.10.23
Bioeconomy
Agrisocial: Towards a socially sustainable green transition for agriculture and rural communities
06.09.23
Local communities
Rural reawakening in Norway
04.05.23
Bioeconomy
Climate Smart Management for Resilient European Cropping Systems
27.04.23
Aquaculture
A-6/23 Towards gender inclusivity and equality in small-scale fisheries
30.03.23
Agriculture and business development
To succeed in restructuring in the districts, what does gender have to say?
09.03.23
Area
National Day in the Shadow of Fosen
03.03.23
Bioeconomy
A-20/22 Crowdfunding of GHG mitigation measures in agriculture: A feasible contribution to the climate challenges? Sociocultural constraints and enablers in Norway
20.01.23
Climate
R-13/22 Tilrettelegging for reduserte klimagassutslipp på norske gårder
09.01.23
Climate management and measures
N-7/22 Demokratiske planleggingsprosesser for fornybare energisystemer i Norge – en oversikt over identifiserte samfunnstiltak
19.12.22
Area
R-11/22 Helse, miljø og sikkerhet i reindrift. Funn fra kartlegging blant reindriftsutøvere
15.12.22
Energy
R-12/22 Såret i Bygda – En kvalitativ studie av opplevelsen av demokratiske prosesser ved utbygging av vindkraft
12.12.22
Local communities
Light in abandoned houses
07.12.22
Aquaculture
Socio-economic Empowerment of coastal communities as users of the sea to ensure sustainable coastal development (EmpowerUs)
10.10.22
Aquaculture
Building Resilient Blue Places? The importance of Equity and Blue Space in Assembling a Blue Economy in the context of Climate Change (BLUEPLACES)
03.10.22
Bioeconomy
N-4/22 Forslag til tiltak for mer bruk av lauvtre i bygg og mer gjenbruk av tre (forstudie)
05.09.22
Local communities
R-8/21 Lokalsamfunnsundersøkelsen 2021. Dokumentasjonsrapport med frekvenser
18.08.22
Climate and Resource Management
N-2/22 Refleksjoner om ressurser «in the making» i naturbasert turisme
17.06.22
Bioeconomy
R-4/22 Covid-19: Erfaringer og konsekvenser for små naturbaserte reiselivsbedrifter
05.05.22
Health and wellbeing
R-3/22 Kommunetilpasset forebygging og behandling – Overvekt og fedme blant bygdebarn. Sluttrapport
10.03.22
Business development and bioeconomy
N-1/22 Nature-based tourism and community resilience: Framework and application with a firm perspective
21.01.22
Business development and bioeconomy
Nordic conference for rural research: Finland, Spring 2022
25.11.21
Immigration, Inclusion and Integration
A-31/21 Local Integration as Durable Solution? Negotiating Socioeconomic Spaces between refugees and Host Communities in Rural Northern Uganda
13.10.21
Local communities
A-29/21 Social transparency in rural areas in Norway: Promoting or restraining the desire to stay?
08.10.21
Aquaculture
Sisters in the Arctic Blue – Advancing a Gender Perspective in Arctic Marine and Coastal Social Science Research
01.10.21
Farmers
Drug and addiction problems in agriculture, prevention, and treatment
30.09.21
Health and wellbeing
A-20/21 Overweight and obesity among children in rural areas: The importance of culture
09.09.21
Development research
COVID-19 intensifies hunger among refugees
09.06.21
Farmers
MAIs – Women farmers in the inner territories
12.04.21
Aquaculture
New book reflects on researching people and the sea
26.03.21
Aquaculture
Inclusion, social justice and equity in urban and rural coastal communities
25.03.21
Business development and bioeconomy
CIVIC Renewables: Development of collaborative approaches to civic renewable energy for sustainable rural development and land use
24.03.21
Farming
A-3/20 What counts or what can be counted? Rationalization of knowledge as means to power
26.10.20
Local communities
R-1/20 Innsikt fra Ungdommenes distriktspanel
19.06.20
Local communities
Spatial inequalities and mobilities in Norway
18.05.20
Climate and Resource Management
Governing transitions in the Norwegian outfields: Between agrarian traditions, modern consumption and green industrialisation (GOVOUT)
02.04.20
Climate and Resource Management
Testing of technical tools to limit collisions with animals along the railway
05.02.20
Local communities
R-3/19 Innbyggermedvirkning i sammenslåtte kommuner
20.01.20
Energy
R-6/19 Sustainable Development – New Solution or Old Sorrows? Indigenous Voices on the Frontlines towards Environmental Justice in Norway
09.12.19
Agriculture and business development
A-11/19 The Role of Social Capital in Agricultural and Rural Development:Lessons Learnt from Case Studies in Seven Countries
29.11.19
Local communities
A-10/19 Local Ambivalence to Diverse Mobilities – The Case of a Norwegian Rural Village
29.11.19
Immigration, Inclusion and Integration
A-5/19 Attitudes Toward Immigrants in Rural Norway. A Rural-Urban Comparison
28.11.19
Farming
A-4/19 Land ownership and distribution: Modeling the relationship to property law in the Norwegian case
28.11.19
Business development and bioeconomy
Mental health in agriculture
02.10.19
Climate
R-5/19 Norwegian farmers’ willingness to participate in a local climate crowdfunding program – results from a national survey
12.06.19
Local communities
R-4/19 Konsekvenser for distrikt og lokalsamfunn ved avvikling av pelsdyroppdrett
03.04.19
Immigration, Inclusion and Integration
R-3/17 Hvilke trekk ved rurale norske kommuner påvirker andelen ikke-vestlige innvandrere?
30.01.19
Business development and bioeconomy
N-2/18 Hele Norge skal leve? Når manglende kapasitet hemmer utvikling
23.01.19
Family
R-2/19 Bonden, familien og melkeroboten – en ny hverdag
23.01.19
Local communities
Rural communities: between resilience and vulnerability
05.12.18
Immigration, Inclusion and Integration
A-8/18 Gøy på landet? Betydningen av lokale trekk for innvandreres bosetting i rurale kommuner
20.09.18
Health and wellbeing
Kommunetilpasset forebygging og behandling – overvekt og fedme blant bygdebarn (KOMPASS)
17.09.18
Inter-municipal cooperation
R-5/18 Politisk organisering og ordninger for nærdemokrati i sammenslåtte kommuner
15.08.18
Ageing
A-6/18 Ageing in Norwegian rural and urban communities
13.08.18
Business development and bioeconomy
Young farmers and mental health
31.05.18
Local communities
N-2/17 Befolkningens syn på utviklingen i distriktene. Komparative analyser av befolkningen i rurale og urbane kommuner
05.01.18
Immigration, Inclusion and Integration
N-1/17 Innvandrere og integrering i bygd og by: Komparative analyser mellom rurale og urbane kommuner
05.01.18
Health and wellbeing
R-7/17 Overvekt blant bygdebarn – årsaker og forebygging. En forprosjektrapport
11.12.17
Family
A-14/17 Gender identities and divorce among farmers in Norway
24.11.17
Immigration, Inclusion and Integration
Faktaark-1/17 Stabil bruk av utenlandsk arbeidskraft i norsk landbruk
11.10.17
Immigration, Inclusion and Integration
Global Labour in Rural Societies (GLARUS)
04.09.17
Immigration, Inclusion and Integration
Global Labour in Rural Societies (GLARUS)
31.08.17
Agriculture and business development
“The outfields” – between primary production, resource for development and environmental good
27.04.17
Inter-municipal cooperation
Evaluation of government and public management in the Værnes region
27.04.17
Agriculture and business development
– Landbruk21Trøndelag
27.04.17
Agriculture and business development
Grazing resources, large carnivores and local communities – LOCAL CARNIVORE – Beiteressurs, rovdyr og lokalsamfunn
27.04.17
Aquaculture
(Recruit) Recruitment as a condition for value creation – impacts of fisheries restructuring and internationalization on fisheries employment networks
27.04.17
Agriculture and business development
Local crowdfunding for a low-emission society: Investigating the concept of local climate crowdfunding for Norway (COOLCROWD)
27.04.17
Local communities
Democracy, equity, and the local community: Welfare and education in a globalized world – Demokrati, likeverd og lokalsamfunnet. Velferd og utdanning i ei global verd
27.04.17
Health and wellbeing
Health in Valdres
27.04.17
Animal welfare
Endringsstudier i Snøhettaområdet 2014-2017: Villrein, ferdsel og forvaltning – Endringsstudier i Snøhettaområdet 2014-2017: Villrein, ferdsel og forvaltning
27.04.17
Local communities
– Frivillighetens plass i distriktskommunenes eldreomsorg
27.04.17
Local communities
– Mulighetsstudie Ørland og Bjugn kommuner
27.04.17
Development research
Combined solar and membrane drying technologies for sustainable fruit preservation in developing countries
27.04.17
Agriculture and business development
BIOTOUR: From place-based natural resources to value-added experiences: Tourism in the new bio-economy
27.04.17
Business development and bioeconomy
– Forstudie strategisk næringsplan – Tydal
27.04.17
Local communities
– Følgeevaluering av bruk av vertskommune med folkevalgt nemnd i Værnesregionen
27.04.17
Local communities
– Utredning – demografi og behov som følge av ny kampflybase
27.04.17
Local communities
– Lokalsamfunnsundersøkelsen og Norsk bygdebarometer
27.04.17
Local communities
The Second Home Phenomenon and New Rural Conflicts. Implications for Policies for a Rural – Andrehjemsfenomenet og nye bygdekonflikter
27.04.17