Webpages tagged with «Elections and Democracy»

On behalf of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Developments, NORCE and ISF carry out the evaluation of the provision on assistance for voters with disabilities.

The purpose of the project is to provide new insight into how the assistance provision in the Electoral Act is put into practice.

This is a partner project. See the NORCE project page here.

This is a partner project. See the UiO project page. 

In this project we investigate what kind of contact the local politicians have with the citizens.

The project examines how much influence experts have over public policy, and how much power they ought to have.

Danish politicians are often harassed on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. In this project, we investigate what forms of abuse politicians are exposed to and whether efforts to stop the harassment are working.

The project highlights people's institutional trust with a particular focus on institutions that are relevant to national security and national security interests.

The Electoral Diary Project (Valgdagbokprosjektet) look at the election campaign from the voters' point of view. There are many research projects that look at how election campaigns take place, but few allow the voters themselves to have a say.

Prejudice against Jews is a serious problem, and the Norwegian government has combined and strengthened its efforts against antisemitism through two action plans. This project evaluates the action plans for the period 2016-2023 commissioned by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.

The aim of the project is to examine, systematize and analyze the experiences with various democracy initiatives in seven Norwegian municipalities – Bergen, Bodø, Lørenskog, Gjøvik, Sunnfjord, Suldal and Vadsø.

The project U+MxV (Youth participation) will map how participation from young people takes place in Norwegian municipalities, as well as contribute to creating models for participation processes.

The growing impacts from climate change and environmental problems raise a variety of different questions for social research. This research initiative sheds light on social science research questions within climate change and environmental policy and aims to put forward new insights on this profound challenge of our times.

The initiative is coordinated as an umbrella project with experience-sharing across subprojects.

The starting point for the project is that all eligible voters shall have the same opportunity to vote in elections.

Trust between citizens and authorities is a prerequisite to be able to handle the corona crisis. This project analyses how the health authorities communicate in this regard, what role is played by social media and what levels of trust are expressed by citizens.

What are the greatest challenges to freedom of expression today? The public debate on freedom of expression is distinguished by strong opinions and numerous warnings. There is growing unrest about freedom of expression as the foundation of truth-seeking, knowledge, democracy and the formation of opinion.

The umbrella project NORPOL is a collection of researcher-initiated sub-projects. The aim is to analyse whether Norwegian society is being polarized – and, if so, how.