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Norwegian researchers' deep-dive into male power structures tema

Norwegian researchers' deep-dive into male power structures

It started with the question of whether female conscripts are more accepted by male ones if they sleep in the same room. It ended with disclosures of sexual harassment during police training in Norway. Dag Ellingsen led a research project funded by NordForsk which in more ways than one showed the benefits of Nordic research cooperation.
Norwegian technical studies recruitment a model for Nordic universities nyhet
| March 2018

Norwegian technical studies recruitment a model for Nordic universities

A considerable proportion of girls choose not to study sciences and technology. The Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU in Trondheim has chosen to hold several fairs to recruit girls. The rest of the Nordics will follow, the “girl agents” say.
Norwegian tripartite agreement on sick leave nyhet

Norwegian tripartite agreement on sick leave

Norway's government and the social partners have reached a new agreement aimed at reducing sick leave. The agreement covers the next four years and prolongs the 2001 Inclusive Workplace Agreement.
Norwegian women have lost the most power tema

Norwegian women have lost the most power

Norway has been the hottest country in the gender equality debate since quotas were made law there in 2008. Publicly listed firms, often major listed companies, must have at least 40 percent of each sex in their boardrooms. Yet at the same time women have lost more positions of power in Norway than in any other Nordic country.
Norwegian workers lukewarm to further education nyhet

Norwegian workers lukewarm to further education

The annual workforce barometer shows fewer and fewer workers in Norway want to take further education and training.
Norwegian youths set up company to help other youths tema

Norwegian youths set up company to help other youths

Ungt entreprenørskap – a Norwegian entrepreneurship education programme – helps youths access the labour market. At the youth company RaskJobb, five 17-year-olds want to show that young people can and want to work.
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Norwegians hard to convince they need to work after 62

To avoid a future total collapse in the Norwegian retirement system, more people have to work for longer. That is the main message from the Norwegian Pension Commission. But how realistic is it to expect those between 62 and 66 to continue working? And do employers really want them?
Norwegians still largely negative to EU membership tema

Norwegians still largely negative to EU membership

It is nearly 30 years since Norwegians voted no to EU membership for the last time – so far. The chances for another referendum are slim.
Not easy for Norwegians to do the Swedes’ dirty laundry tema

Not easy for Norwegians to do the Swedes’ dirty laundry

It is not always easy to do business across Nordic borders when you are self-employed. It costs both time and money, as the owners of laundry service Trysil Vask og Rens experienced when daring to cross the border into Sweden.
Not only green, but good tema

Not only green, but good

The Nordic countries and their companies will try to present themselves as environmentally friendly as possible during the Copenhagen Climate Summit. But what does it mean to be green? As huge investments are made in renewable energy, it’s important that other values are not sacrificed.
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