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Annual Report 2009 Contents Annual report 2009 Contents Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research 3 Cross-cutting Research 4 Statement of the Board 2009 7 Annual Accounts 2009 - Highlights 8 Competence Accounts 2009 - Highlights 9 Research Departments 10 Academic Activities 15 International Work 18 Information and Publication Activities 21 NIBR Publications 24 External Publications 25 Academic Conferences 27 Projects 32 Edited by Inger-Helene Wang Andresen Designed by Melkeveien designkontor Photographs by Peder Tømmervåg Daniel Staver Translated by Chris Saunders Oslo 2010 Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research • Analyses of social conditions and social change in (NIBR) is an independent research institute generat- urban and rural communities, across regions, sec- ing and communicating research-based knowledge in tors and levels; the social sciences of practical use to decision makers • Analyses of regional development and value crea- and the public. tion, housing and urban development, planning and administration, democracy and welfare in and NIBR’s vision is to develop urban and regional re- across local communities; search as a cross- and multidisciplinary pursuit under a • Territorial and social analyses coupled with studies global perspective, thereby to strengthen the Institute’s of sustainable development standing as Norway’s foremost, and one of Europe’s leading centres of excellence in urban and regional Research at NIBR is divided among four departments: research. • Department for Housing and Environmental Plan- ning Research Organisation • Department for Welfare, Democracy and The 59 researchers working at NIBR have a back- Governance Research ground in the social sciences and planning studies: • Department for Socioeconomic and Territorial sociologists, political scientists, economists, demog- Studies raphers, anthropologists, geographers, architects and • Department for International Studies civil engineers. Twenty-three PhDs, and ten have quali- fications equivalent to the highest academic grades, i.e. NIBR enjoys wide international relations and the In- professor. stitute’s international portfolio has grown steadily in recent years. NIBR works with partners in each of the NIBR is a private foundation. Most of the Institute’s Nordic countries and throughout Europe. As part of income derives from national and international re- its commitment to development research and academ- search commissions. A smaller proportion is in the ic collaboration, NIBR has entered into institutional form of the basic allocation awarded annually by and research partnerships with several universities and the Research Council of Norway. This is spent on research centres in countries in Asia, Africa, Eastern formulating and managing the strategic institute pro- and Central Europe. grammes and on competence-building. The Institute’s annual turnover is approximately NOK 70 mill. NIBR is one of Norway’s environmental research institutes. NIBR’s expertise in the social sciences gen- Clients erates integrated knowledge which ables us to meet NIBR offers action-oriented and decision-relevant environmental challenges and problems arising from research and appraisals for clients in the public and pri- economic growth. NIBR is a member of the Environ- vate sectors and we compete with other centres for as- mental Alliance, a strategic partnership of the seven signments nationally and internationally. The Institute’s leading environmental research institutes in Norway. principal clients are the Research Council of Norway, NIBR is also a partner in the Oslo Centre for Envi- Ministry of Local Government and Regional Develop- ronmental and Social Research (CIENS), a research ment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Norad, Ministry of partnership of independent research organisations and the Environment, Ministry of Health and Care Serv- the University of Oslo. The centre is based on shared ices, Ministry of Children and Equality, and the mu- scientific strategies and research programmes, and nicipal sector. International financing is increasing. practical collaboration on research and provision of information. NIBR and the other institutes are housed Areas of Research in the same environmentally friendly building at the NIBR’s core expertise lies in the field of urban and Research Park, Blindern in Oslo. regional research. This is a wide-ranging, cross- and multidisciplinary field of research in the social sci- ences, and includes among other things: Annual Report 2009 3 Cross-cutting Research Periodically, a popular linguistic turn will descend Indeed, the way in which one talks about the constitu- on the research community, on politics and public tion of research goes through phases. In recent years debates. An expression or idea emerges and catches there has been a lot of talk of the urgency to inter- the public imagination. While these concepts are not nationalise and make comparisons. A third concept always new, they suddenly seem to become weightier, displaying this popularity-ambiguity duality is cross- more substantial. Sometimes they become a lasting disciplinarity. Political authorities, the Research Coun- feature of the vocabulary - at others they are “fly-by- cil of Norway and scientific programmes at home and nights”. There are many examples in the Norwegian abroad all declare cross-disciplinarity as an important social research community: social capital, partnership, and desirable feature. But what it actually means - or globalisation, sustainability, network, governance, sce- should mean - to scientific practice is not, however, nario and foresight. The problem with popular expres- particularly clear. Nor indeed whether it is as desirable sions like these is that their meaning is often unclear as the discussion appears to indicate. - or at least it is difficult to know what others think they mean. It is not so much a popular idea attracting For NIBR, cross-disciplinarity has always been of multiple names, but a popular name attracting differ- central importance - long before it became a “modern” ent meanings. The danger is, of course, precisely their expression. According to some, cross-disciplinarity tendency to encompass many different phenomena, means a coherent, synthesized product. Our approval which in an analytical sense means that they cease to of the phenomenon relies, however, on certain simple have any meaning at all. They are, at the end of the day, premises and ideas: cross-disciplinarity is to approach not very useful as standards or guides for intellectual a phenomenon with several conceptual and theoreti- activity. For instance, it can be difficult to say in gener- cal assumptions. In this way, the light thrown on the al terms what sets off one phenomenon from another phenomenon is wider, more inclusive. We believe that and what it is that characterises the phenomenon’s ori- several fields of learning as interconnected promotes gin, purpose, substance and consequences. good science. “More” rather than “cross” is possibly the more accurate prefix in this sense. By combining ex- pertise from several fields of and disciplines, a deeper, sounder understanding of different social phenomena and challenges should be the result. The point is not to erase the differences between the different approaches, but rather to deepen and complement our respec- tive perspectives. Analyses of, for instance, a region’s growth potential will of necessity be better if several disciplines work together instead of one of them domi- nating the others. All the same, cross-disciplinarity cannot replace existing fields of expertise. Far from it. Only with a firm scientific foundation is it possible to appreciate one’s own and others’ vantage points and possibilities. NIBR believes that interesting analyses and worth- while knowledge can result from cutting across con- ventional dividing lines. In the autumn of 2009, NIBR began a process to establish thematic research groups across departmental lines. The purpose is, among other things, to create viable professional collectives that encourage and facilitate scientific understanding and project execution. Another consideration is to organise research flexibly by creating temporary research groups that can quickly adapt to changing requirements and needs among clients and partners. 4 NIBR NIBR has taken yet another step on behalf of the multidisciplinary approach by entering into binding relations with disciplines outside the social science community. Thanks to CIENS, we have created a robust centre of expertise of institutes and university departments in the natural and social sciences. We are therefore in a position to undertake relevant research on pressing environmental and climatic challenges. By means of these strategic manoeuvres we aim to de- liver high quality research based on broad approaches. This is also what clients, like the Research Council of Norway, often ask for. Unfortunately, we often find that the multidisciplinary approach is not always ap- preciated even if that was what it was asked for. There may be an explanation in the strong sectoral orienta- tion of our clients. But in direct contact with public au- thorities and indirect contact via research programmes, it is frequently something of a challenge to argue the benefits of combining several fields of expertise - not least when they cross traditionally deeply ingrained di- Hilde Lorentzen visions between the social and natural sciences. 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