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Ongoing externally funded research projects affiliated with DIGSSCORE

Updated: 07.12.2018 (First published: 21.11.2018)
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Can Fair Decision-Making Procedures Increase the Legitimacy of Democracies?

Seinor researcher Sveinung Arnesen’s (NORCE) research project PROLEG (Can Fair Decision-Making Procedures Increase the Legitimacy of Democracies) addresses how democratic institutions and decision-making bodies should organize decision-making procedures and implementation procedures in order to make...

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Studying Opinions and Societies Through Communicative Behavior Online

Stefan Dahlberg, professor at DIGSSCORE and the Department of Comparative Politics, received a grant for this project on studying opinions and societies using online data. For this project, they will use the Norwegian Citizen Panel to study open text answers in surveys.

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Exploring the imaginations and experiences of the refugee crisis

Susanne Bygnes received a FRIPRO Young Research Talents grant for the project "Imagining and Experiencing the 'Refugee Crisis'" (IMEX). Bygnes is an associate professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Bergen. Bygnes is affiliated with DIGSSCORE, and will use the...

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The Politics of Inequality. How Representative Democracy (Mal-)Functions in Europe

Yvette Peters, researcher at the Department of Comparative Politics, received a BFS-grant for her project on representative democracy and political inequality in Europe. She will use the Norwegian Citizen Panel, and used the grant to start the Panel of Elected Representatives.
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The Challenge from Terrorism in the Nordic Countries: An analysis of citizens’ reactions, policy responses and legitimacy

Does the threat of terrorism lead to a ruder, more caustic political environment and an erosion of confidence in the authorities?

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Pathways to Energy Transition

By using data from the Norwegian Citizen Panel, this project will explore Norwegian citizens' understanding of and opinions on energy and energy transition.

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Democracy in the age of populism

Jonas Linde, professor at the Department of Comparative Politics, UiB, was awarded a FRIHUMSAM-grant for the project "Democracy in the age of populism". The project aims to explore how the growth of the radical right has fuelled political polarization and mistrust - and what can be done...

Camilla Krakstad awarded with the Falch Junior Prize for young researchers

Individualized treatment of endometrial cancer

Camilla Krakstad's research project involves extensive mapping of changes in tumors, and also involves Norwegian Citizen Panel as part of user involvement in all aspects of research.

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Hidden costs of implementing afforestation as a climate mitigation strategy: A comprehensive assessment of direct and indirect impacts

HiddenCosts will evaluate the overall costs and benefits of afforestation in open landscapes by analyzing the direct and indirect impacts such schemes, thereby gaining overall understandings of climatic, ecological, and societal impacts of afforestation and the two alternative scenarios, continued...

Erik Knudsen

Consequences of camouflaged advertising for readers' trust in journalism

Erik Knudsen received funding from The Norwegian Media Authority for the project: "Konsekvenser av kamuflert reklame for lesernes tillit til journalistikk."

Professor Elisabeth Ivarsflaten at the opening of the Norwegian Citizen Lab on 30 November 2016.

Claims-Making On Behalf Of Migrants In A Time Of Populism: Comparative Survey Experiments In Norway And California

Claims-Making On Behalf Of Migrants In A Time Of Populism is a cooperation between University of bergen and UC Berkeley, funded by the Peder Sæther Grant Program (2017-2018).