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  • Forskarar Just Transform

    Discussed the Implications for Fairness and Equality of the Green and Digital Shift in Working Life

    This week, researchers from the Just Transform research project met in Sogndal to discuss recent findings on the interaction between the green and digital shift in the industrial sector. Ten researchers from Western Norway Reserach Institute, Norce, Cambridge University and University of St.Gallen participated in the meeting.

    12 Jun 2025
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  • Rindabotn - Kyrre Groven

    The future of Hodlekve a topic in new research project

    The future of the Hodlekve ski area is on the agenda and through a new, European research project led by Vestlandsforsking, researchers will study how Sogndal municipality invites people to take part in the process. "The project is about working with nature-based solutions in a way that allows more people to have their voices heard. We will also develop a method that can handle conflicts of interest in a constructive way", says project manager Irmelin Gram-Hanssen.

    7 Feb 2024
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  • PhD-defence by Halvor Dannevig, Aalborg University and Western Norway Research Institute

    Dannevig is a PhD-candidate at the Department of Planning at Aalborg University and a Research Fellow at Western Norway Research Institute in Sogndal.

    18 Nov 2015
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  • Hungarians visit Sogndal

    The Western Norway Research Institute is currently assisting the development of an EEA funded National Climate Adaptation Training Network in Hungary. As part of the project a group of ten Hungarians have been visiting Sogn to learn more about climate adaptation and climate change communication.

    2 Oct 2015
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  • Three questions about our website

    We have started a process to renew our website, and would like to know more about our website visitors today. We are therefore asking visitors three short questions using a simple questionnaire. We hope you take the time to respond!

    26 May 2015
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  • Professor Rajendra Akerkar member of Big Data committee

    Professor Rajendra Akerkar at Vestlandsforsking has been nominated by the Norwegian Research Council as a Management Committee Member to the European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST) Action “High-Performance Modelling and Simulation for Big Data Applications".

    14 Apr 2015
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