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Norwegian Institute For Social Research
The Institute for Social Research (, ISF) is an independent social science research institute based in Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ..., Norway. It was founded in 1950 by Vilhelm Aubert, Arne Næss, Eirik Rinde, and Stein Rokkan. It publishes the journal '' Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning''. The institute is organized into three research groups, each with its own research director. They are Politics, democracy and civil society (led by Johannes Bergh), Working life and welfare (led by Kjersti Misje Østbakken), and Gender equality, integration and migration (led by Jan-Paul Brekke). In addition, the institute has two affiliated research centers: Center for Research on Voluntary Sector and Civil Society and CORE - Center for Research on Gender Equ ...
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Social Science
Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among members within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of society", established in the 18th century. It now encompasses a wide array of additional academic disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, linguistics, management, communication studies, psychology, culturology, and political science. The majority of positivist social scientists use methods resembling those used in the natural sciences as tools for understanding societies, and so define science in its stricter modern sense. Speculative social scientists, otherwise known as interpretivist scientists, by contrast, may use social critique or symbolic interpretation rather than constructing empirically falsifiable theories, and thus treat science in its ...
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Independent Research Institutes
Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist group Music Groups, labels, and genres * Independent music, a number of genres associated with independent labels * Independent record label, a record label not associated with a major label * Independent Albums, American albums chart Albums * ''Independent'' (Ai album), 2012 * ''Independent'' (Faze album), 2006 * ''Independent'' (Sacred Reich album), 1993 Songs * "Independent" (song), a 2007 song by Webbie * "Independent", a 2002 song by Ayumi Hamasaki from '' H'' News media organizations * Independent Media Center (also known as Indymedia or IMC), an open publishing network of journalist collectives that report on political and social issues, e.g., in ''The Indypendent'' newspaper of NYC * ITV (TV network) (Independent Television ...
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Education In Oslo
Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education also follows a structured approach but occurs outside the formal schooling system, while informal education involves unstructured learning through daily experiences. Formal and non-formal education are categorized into levels, including early childhood education, primary education, secondary education, and tertiary education. Other classifications focus on teaching methods, such as teacher-centered and student-centered education, and on subjects, such as science education, language education, and physical education. Additionally, the term "education" can denote the mental states and qualities of educated individuals and the academic field studying educational phenomena. The precise definition of education is disputed, and there are disagreements ...
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Research Institutes In Norway
Research is creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge. It involves the collection, organization, and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness to controlling sources of bias and error. These activities are characterized by accounting and controlling for biases. A research project may be an expansion of past work in the field. To test the validity of instruments, procedures, or experiments, research may replicate elements of prior projects or the project as a whole. The primary purposes of basic research (as opposed to applied research) are documentation, discovery, interpretation, and the research and development (R&D) of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge. Approaches to research depend on epistemologies, which vary considerably both within and between humanities and sciences. There are several forms of research: scientific, humanities, artistic, economic, ...
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Jan-Paul Brekke
Jan-Paul Brekke (born 19 March 1966) is a Norwegian sociologist and comedian. He currently works as a senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Social Research. His fields of research are migration and refugees, and sociology of sport. Since 2003, he has also been a regular panel member on the nationally broadcast TV show Løvebakken. He is a member of the comedy troupe Teatersport Oslo, together with Harald Eia, Helen Vikstvedt and Torbjørn Harr. They won the Norwegian championship in Theatresports in 1994. Personal life Brekke is married to Tine Mørch Smith, who since 2010 has been Deputy Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations in New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * .... They have three children. Publications *2010 ''Life on Hold ...
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Kjersti Misje Østbakken
Kjersti is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Kjersti Alveberg (born 1948), Norwegian choreographer and dancer * Kjersti Bale (born 1959), Norwegian philologist * Kjersti Beck (born 1979), Norwegian handball player *Kjersti Buaas (born 1982), Norwegian snowboarder *Kjersti Døvigen (born 1943), Norwegian actress *Kjersti Engan (born 1971), Norwegian researcher in signal and image processing *Kjersti Ericsson (born 1944), Norwegian psychologist, criminologist, writer, poet and former politician *Kjersti Fløttum (born 1953), Norwegian linguist * Kjersti Graver (1945–2009), Norwegian jurist * Kjersti Grini (born 1971), Norwegian handball player * Kjersti Holmen (born 1956), Norwegian actress * Kjersti Horn (born 1977), Norwegian theater director and storyboard artist * Kjersti Markusson (born 1955), Norwegian politician *Kjersti Plätzer (born 1972), Norwegian race walker * Kjersti Reenaas (born 1981), Norwegian ski-orienteering competitor * Kjersti Scheen (b ...
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Johannes Bergh (researcher)
Johannes Bergh (18 February 1837 – 8 March 1906) was a Norwegian barrister. He was born in Åsnes to Haagen Ludvig Bergh and Christine Fredrikke Døderlein. He was married to Anna Johanne Borchgrevink from 1861. Bergh graduated as cand.jur. in 1856, and was barrister with access to work with the Supreme Court from 1862. He served as Attorney General of Norway from 1893 to 1904. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be ... in 1890, and Commander in 1894. References 1837 births 1906 deaths People from Åsnes 20th-century Norwegian lawyers 19th-century Norwegian lawyers {{Norway-law-bio-stub ...
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Stein Rokkan
Stein Rokkan (July 4, 1921 – July 22, 1979) was a Norwegian political scientist and sociologist. He was the first professor of sociology at the University of Bergen and a principal founder of the discipline of comparative politics. He founded the multidisciplinary Department of Sociology at the University of Bergen, which encompassed sociology, economics and political science and which had a key role in the postwar development of the social sciences in Norway. Career Stein Rokkan was born on the Lofoten archipelago in the far north of Norway and raised in the nearby town of Narvik. Rokkan completed his gymnasium years in 1939, and he received a ''magister artium'' in political philosophy from the University of Oslo in 1948. Rokkan's studies were interrupted in 1943 when the German occupation closed the University of Oslo and he returned to the university after the liberation in 1945. Rokkan then turned to empirical research, and studied at Columbia University, Chicago and the ...
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Kyrre Lekve
Kyrre Lekve (born 11 March 1968) is a Norwegian biologist and politician for the Socialist Left Party. He finished his secondary education in 1988, and minored in political science in 1991. He was also a journalist in '' Akershus Amtstidende'' and ''Ny Tid'' between 1988 and 1992. He later took his education in biology at the University of Oslo, graduating with the cand.scient. in 1997 and dr.scient. degree in 2001. From 2001 to 2004 he was a post.doc. researcher at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis. From 1992 to 1994 he chaired Socialist Youth, the youth wing of the Socialist Left Party. From 1995 to 1997 he was a central board member of the party, chairing the committee on foreign policy. He was hired as an adviser in Abelia in 2004, but became involved in politics again in 2007. He was appointed as a political adviser in the Ministry of Education and Research, as a part of Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet. From October 2009 to May 2012 he served as a State ...
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Eirik Rinde
Erik Rinde (17 March 1919 – 28 May 1994) was a Norwegian jurist who became a pioneer of social sciences in Norway. The social sciences witnessed an impetus worldwide after the end of World War II, but were little developed in Norway. From 1946 a group of researchers led by philosopher Arne Næss sought to improve this field of research. Rinde had graduated as a jurist from the University of Oslo in 1943, but had also studied sociology at the London School of Economics. He joined the group of Arne Næss, although he had a more administrative role. A son of businessman Sigurd Rinde, Erik Rinde had several contacts that proved valuable, securing the financing of early projects. In 1950, Rinde and Næss founded the Institute for Social Research. Other people involved were Vilhelm Aubert and Stein Rokkan. Rinde served as both managing director and chair for many years. He left the chair in the early 1970s, but returned in 1988 following the death of Vilhelm Aubert. He was also instrum ...
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Arne Næss
Arne Dekke Eide Næss ( ; ; 27 January 1912 – 12 January 2009) was a Norwegian philosopher who coined the term "deep ecology", an important intellectual and inspirational figure within the environmental movement of the late twentieth century, and a prolific writer on many other philosophical issues. Næss cited Rachel Carson's 1962 book '' Silent Spring'' as being a key influence in his vision of deep ecology. Næss combined his ecological vision with Gandhian nonviolence and on several occasions participated in direct action. Næss averred that while western environmental groups of the early post–World War II period had raised public awareness of the environmental issues of the time, they had largely failed to have insight into and address what he argued were the underlying cultural and philosophical background to these problems. Næss believed that the environmental crisis of the twentieth century had arisen due to certain unspoken philosophical presuppositions and ...
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