We assume that true empowerment implies research and innovation should catalyse, facilitate and support coastal communities in the acquisition of…
Building Resilient Blue Places? The importance of Equity and Blue…
The Norwegian government has ambitious plans for the nation’s ‘Blue Economy’; to ensure the future prosperity of coastal and oceanic…
Business Development
CIVIC Renewables: Development of collaborative approaches to civic renewable energy…
Fornybar energi er et av de sterkeste konfliktområdene i den norske klima- og miljødebatten i dag, og omfatter helt sentrale…
Local communities in village and tow..
Governing transitions in the Norwegian outfields: Between agrarian traditions, modern…
Throughout history a complex property system and diverse system of user rights have developed different types of commons or common…
Funding Future Welfare: Bioeconomy as the «New Oil» and the…
We will carry out an interdisciplinary analysis of the institutional system for benefit-sharing in the hydropower and petroleum sectors, which…
Business Development
LIAISON – Better Rural Innovation: Linking Actors, Instruments and Policies…
Researchers, policy advisors, actors from interactive innovation projects, initiatives and networks, farm/forestry advisors, decision-makers and administrators will jointly investigate the…
Space, land and society: challenges and opportunities for production and…
The AGRISPACE-project is a collaboration between the Centre for Rural Research, NILF, the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, the Norwegian…
Business Development
“The outfields” – between primary production, resource for development and…
This project study the development and trends regarding use, utilization and management of «the outfields» – Utmarka.
Business Development
Transformation of recent forest on abandoned agricultural land for the…
Land use has historically led to a steep decline of temperate deciduous forest, a habitat of outstanding importance for biodiversity…
Frogs, fuel, finance or food? Cultures, values, ethics, arguments and…
Agricultural land is a vital yet limited resource. We depend upon it for foodproduction, but it is also in direct…
Heritage routes – new requirements for use of instruments and…
The purpose of the project is to explore how heritages and cultural environments can represent sources for place development and…