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  • Arendal 2024

    Meet us in Arendal in August

    Researchers from Vestlandsforsking will be represented at Arendalsuka, the largest political gathering in Norway. This year, we present a wide range of events highliting important issues and dilemmas related to nature, inclusion in the twin green and digital shift, climate risk, and local social development. We invite partners, decision-makers, and all interested parties to meet us for talks and discussions in Arendal.

    1 Aug 2026
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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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