A regional analysis of Sørlandet

Agder Research will receive European Economic Area funding through Norway Grants

Researcher Nina Jentoft s from Agder Research has been one of the editors of a new book on evaluation: Evaluering. Tradisjoner, praksis og mangfold (Evaluation. Traditions, practice and diversity).

Single minor asylum-seekers must be prepared for their new life situation, according to a new report written by three researchers from Agder Research with researchers from Telemark University College and the Institute for Social Research.

Hege Wallevik defended her PhD at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB).

Agder Research has completed a comprehensive survey of children's standards of living and day-to-day lives in Agder. The survey indicates that there is a homogenization of childhood where children's activities are very similar regardless of gender or where they live.

Statnett's report on the construction of a cable between Norway and Germany in 2018 brings Agder Research's report  "Lister – Europe's Green Battery" back into the news.

Researcher May-Linda Magnussen has written a chapter about men's role as breadwinners in this new book with new sociological perspectives on the welfare state's families. 

Researchers May-Linda Magnussen and Christine Svarstad have produced an analysis of female employees' framework conditions in the NODE and EYDE companies in Southern Norway. Their work was presented during a conference for 50 women from the NEW network. 

The prize was awarded on 7 November and was followed by a lecture by the recipient. 

Researchers from Agder Research, IRIS and Berrefjord & Thomassen have produced a study which resulted in Scenarios for 2029 for the regions of Bergen, Haugesund, Stavanger and Kristiansand. The scenarios for Kristiansand were presented at Tangen Upper Secondary School this month.   

Research and project manager Ann Christin Nilsen of Agder Research and UiA presented her research report on the every day lives of 10-year-olds at the last gender equality forum.

Political leaders in the Kristiansand and Stavanger regions have organized management of important parts of their commercial, real estate, cultural and research politics to their own companies and foundations. These new institutions are responsible for billions of crowns for their respective regions and their activities have direct and indirect consequences for the regions' commerce and communities.

The final onference about sustainable development in coastal communities was held on Nov. 22 in Helsingborg.

Researchers at Agder Research have produced a study of consumers and non-consumers of publicly financed art in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Stavanger and Kristiansand.

Norwegian Industry is struggling in China since the Nobel Prize, and the Telenor case in India shows how vulnerable investments in the new large markets can be. Both are serious challenges for Norway, but they are being handled ad hoc and narrowly.

VRI Agder invites you to a ”Regional Partnership Conference” 1 November 2012 about Southern Norwegian enterprises - except for oil and gas! 

Stakeholders in the public and private sectors come together once a year at the Evaluation Conference to discuss the topic of evaluation. This year, the conference was held in Kristiansand. 

In connection with Norges Bank's regional network for the business cycle, Deputy Director  Qvigstad and the Director of the Pension Fund, Jan Thomsen, visited Sørlandet. Agder Research is the agen for the network.

The book ”Verden er flat” (The World is Flat) contains Thomas Friedman's message that new technology makes knowledge all over the world available to everyone, and that companies' locations are less significant. But is the world as flat as Friedman claims?  

Agder Research has undertaken a comprehensive survey of quality of life among 10-year-olds in selected municipalities in Agder, and the regional newspaper is following this up with a series of articles. 

As a part of our quality of life program, Agder Research has completed a survey among fifth graders and their parents.

Dr Lorraine Lim is visiting from Birkbeck University in London. She is here on an Erasmus mobility exchange. She holds a PhD from Warwick University and leads a master course in Cultural Management at Birkbeck.

Agder Research, acting as an agent for Norges Bank, arranges its annual business cycle seminar with the regional network for business cycle monitoring and Norges Bank. 

The Ministry of Health is supporting the project "Holistic models for following up addicts - follow-up research in an action research perspective."

The report from a follow-up evaluation of the "Trust Project" has been published. The project was undertaken by researchers at Agder Research and the University of Agder from 2008-2012. 

The 2011 annual report 2011 for VRI Agder has been published.

The main conclusion of the survey is that the Norwegian Cultural Industries sector still has a long way to go before it can be considered to really be working strategically on building long-term customer or spectator relations, but that potential is huge.

The Board of Agder Research is pleased to announce that Kristin Wallevik has accepted the position of Administrative Director of Agder Research.  

Exciting speakers, panel debates with local and regional politicians, and a tour of the shipyard in Ny-Hellesund are some of the ingredients of this seminar, with the theme "Challenges for the Coast of the Future." 

Effective strategies for use in local network structures may help rural communities achieve sustainable development.

We all want a society with gender equality. At work, that is. At home, differences are fine. Does this matter? If so, to whom?

 This year's Solar Energy Conference will take place in Kristiansand  9 May, 2012. 

Rada Moneva is doing an MA in International Cultural Policy & Management at the University of Warwick, England and is going to work for Agderforskning for six weeks as at trainee.

This year, the Evaluation Conference will be held at the Clarion Hotel Ernst in Kristiansand, 4 – 5 September. On 6 September there is a post-conference event with Evert Vedung. This year's program will be very exciting, with academic breadth and excellent lectures and sessions.   

Her decistion is based on a holistic evaluation that includes the demanding work situation and a tiresome commute. She therefore prefers to move back to Oslo where she lives so that she will be able to spend more time with her family. 

Women in the processing, oil and gas industries in Southern Norway work more than other Southern Norwegian women, more often have children living at home when compared to men in the same field, and are much less likely to have back-up at home in the form of a part-time working spouse or partner. 

The conference is being organised at the Strand Hotel, and is a joint initiative of the Southern Norway Europe Office and the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO).

Agder Research has extended its decade-long cooperation with the Bank of Norway for an additional three years (2012-2014) on its economic analysis of the southern region. 

Agder Research will undertake a qualitative study of prevention of youth on disability in cooperation with the University of Agder. The study is a follow-up to the work and findings of the report "A life I never chose: about youth on disability in four counties."

Agder Research, on commission from Youth Initiative Agder (Tiltak For Ungdom –Agder (TUA)document the effects of work with youth who require institutional treatment.

Through this cooperative project, good models for coordinating users' individual and general needs for follow-up, as well as stakeholders', systems' and organisations' needs for individual and group aftercare offers, are identified. 

It's not just the price that excludes large groups from culture schools: the schools must improve their communication strategies. 

A mobile edition of our web pages has just been launched.  

Rómulo Pinheiro will defend his dissertation for a PhD degree on Monday, 5 March. The title of his dissertation is: In the Region, for the Region? A comparative study of the institutionalisation of the regional mission of universities.  

Agder Research and the University of Agder are organising this year's Evaluation Conference in Kristiansand 4-6 September. 

The development of a region is no longer work with a clearly defined user group, and many of the issues one works with only show results in the long-term. The challenge for regional planning is therefore connected to the ability to cooperate and create enthusiasm and involvement, and to assure that the work is experienced as beneficial. 

This year's conference takes place at Kilden in Kristiansand on 24 January, and the theme is Energy - use, demand and production. Jens Stoltenberg, John G. Bernander, Erna Solberg, Ian Pierce, Per Mannes, Karen UIltveit-Moe, Tom Nysted, Arvid Grundekjøn and Einar Halvorsen will appear.

Kirsti M. Hjemdahl from Agder Research was one of the speakers at the STATUS Conference at the National Gallery in Oslo last month.  fra Agderforskning er en av innlederne. She presented research findings in the intersection between culture and commerce with Anne-Britt Gran from Preduco Culture. 

Agder Research, in cooperation with the University of Agder, has researched on cooperation between different stakeholders when it comes to children with special needs in day care facilities.