Have we lost a generation of children during the Corona pandemic? OPINION: I fear that we are neglecting the children most in need because of a Eurocentric focus on the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Biathlon is Norway's secret martial art. Whenever danger of violent conflict erupted in Norway, biathlon shifted from being purely sport to becoming more of a military activity.
The amazing discovery of a lost Viking settlement SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: The lost Viking mountain pass that melted out of the Lendbreen ice patch was a fantastic and baffling discovery. The discovery made headlines around the world, but it also raised questions.
Why has the Danish welfare model remained so strong against Covid-19? A CBS researcher has developed a ‘butterfly model’ that she believes can answer precisely that question – and help prepare the rest of the world for similar crises.
Researchers: Western ideas of Africa are hypocritical fantasies COMMENT: Africa is corrupt, absurd, dangerous and wild. Or is it? Danish social scientists severely criticise our Western delusions about the continent and its people.
The Viking version of Assassin’s Creed is surprisingly violent, according to researcher The game is part of an explosion of popular culture created around a contemporary idea of Vikings and Norse mythology, where violence often plays a large part.
Why do we love the Vikings so much? Violent vikings might be the ones we see in movies and on TV, but Vikings are also popular today because they represent a return to our roots and nature, researchers claim.
Norwegian police let suspects investigate their own financial crimes Money laundering, fraud, corruption and insider trading — it’s rare for people in Norway to be convicted of these kinds of white-collar crimes. The authorities are now trying to solve this challenge by letting suspects take over the investigation themselves.
New study shows Norwegians disagree about who was impacted by the terror attacks in 2011 Around 90 percent of the survey respondents believe that the terror attacks were a result of madness, and just over 80 percent believe that right-wing extremist ideology was behind the attack.
Young people make the least money on stocks Old rich folks make the most money in the stock market. If you’re young and not particularly wealthy, then you’re more likely to lose money in the long run.
Vikings had a completely different relationship to animals than we have today The Vikings and their ancestors looked at animals with awe and admiration, researchers at the Museum of Cultural History say.
Researchers conducted a gender equality experiment on 500 recruits Do men become more open to gender equality by sharing dormitories and tasks with women in the military?
Survivors from the Utøya massacre still struggle with trauma This summer marks ten years since the terror attacks on the political youth camp at the island Utøya. More than a third of the survivors still struggle with post traumatic stress symptoms, according to new research.
Chance separates the strongest from the weakest COMMENT: Studies show that an element of luck and contingency determines whether actions are considered intelligent – both in a computer's algorithms and in executive offices.
Conspiracy theories in the age of corona: How they flourish, and why they are a problem COMMENT: The uncertainty of coronavirus leaves room for alternative explanations, but conspiracy theories’ mistrust of experts and authorities could potentially weaken democracy.
Saturday games attract a significantly higher attendance at football matches SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: After the end of Covid-19 restrictions football authorities should consider having a larger share of games on Saturdays.
Is economic inequality in Norway really as bad as in the UK and France? The statistics gravely underestimate the actual differences in private wealth in Norway, according to a new book.
How are Polish and Lithuanian workers actually doing in Norway? Researchers believe it’s time to talk about the lack of integration of working immigrants.
The abortion debate hasn't always been focused on the fetus' right to life Throughout history, opponents and proponents have used many arguments for and against abortion.
Immigration to Scandinavia: Will Norwegian and Swedish Social Democrats follow the tough Danish line? Grete Brochmann believes that the Danes’ latest experimental policy to return refugees to Syria is also an extreme line in the European context.
Norwegian is the easiest of the Nordic languages to understand As many as 62 per cent of young people from other Nordic countries find it easy to understand Norwegian. Only 26 per cent say the same about Danish. But it’s also easy for young people to switch to English, one language professor says.
There were no murders in Norway, and then six people were killed within a few weeks. What happened? "Probably not a corona effect," says researcher
Women's liberation and homoerotic desire in Knut Hamsuns works New research demonstrates expressions of women’s liberation and homoerotic desire in Knut Hamsun’s works from the 1890s.
Can foreign tourists be trusted to clean Norwegian mountain cabins? Norway is attracting many hikers from new groups and other countries. Will the values and cabin system of the Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT), based on unwritten rules and trust, survive this transition?
A two-censor-system will be a disappointing setback for higher education in Norway OPINION: From a scientific perspective, the proposed law revision should be rejected.
The growth of Airbnb can support tourism development in remote tourist destinations SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: New study sheds light on the effect of Airbnb in rural areas.
These groups of people drank more alcohol during the pandemic The most common explanation for drinking more was that they deserved it.
Seven rare gold pendants were sacrificed 1500 years ago in Østfold county of Norway It must have been a considerable ritual act, reserved for only the most privileged in society, according to researchers.
Kinder, Kirche and Küche - Gender and family rhetoric of the German far right Far right actors often rely heavily on traditional narratives about gender and family, whilst simultaneously weaponizing women’s rights and gender equality in pursuit of an anti-immigration and anti-Islam political agenda. In a recently published article, Katrine Fangen and Lisanne Lichtenberg explore this tension within the rhetoric of various German far right organizations.
How do companies and people hide money in tax havens? ASK A RESEARCHER: Tax havens are used to avoid paying taxes. Criminals also use tax havens to hide their illegal income. But why doesn’t the international community stop this practice?
This is where Neo-Nazi foreign fighters fought alongside communists The foreign fighters came from extremist groups on the right and left. This didn’t stop them from working together.
Norwegians were intimidated by the labour movement in the United States The Norwegians emigrating to the United States were Republicans and agreed with the northern states. But the Republican Party was a completely different animal from what it is today.
There is no evidence that many Norwegian immigrants supported slavery in the USA OPINION: A scintillating, but very misleading narrative, claims Nancy L. Coleman.
Many Norwegians supported slavery in the United States But the persecuted Haugean Christians were clear in their belief: No one has the right to own another human being.
Netflix has made Norwegian TV shows better than ever Norwegian television is experiencing a new golden age, thanks to the competition from streaming services like Netflix, says researcher.
Visiting children who were quarantined in hospital over a hundred years ago For infection control reasons, family members were only allowed to visit their children and husbands through windows at Ullevål hospital. The state had the prerogative to forcibly admit people with infectious diseases.
Companies can talk themselves into becoming more sustainable OPINION: We should not systematically cry "greenwashing" when companies speak about sustainability.
Children who spent a lot of time in daylight were calmer Kindergarten children were equipped with bracelets that measure light exposure. A study found a link between lots of daylight and low hyperactivity in the children.
The people who become CEOs aren’t necessarily the smartest in the company For every top executive at a large company, there are likely more than a hundred employees who are smarter.
Efforts to promote peace can make women more vulnerable In recent years, gender has become an important factor in the international work against extremism. But some researchers fear that when women become part of the first line defence against radicalisation, they also become more vulnerable.
Six out of ten poor children in Norway have immigrant backgrounds Child poverty in Norway continues to increase. Children with immigrant backgrounds are increasingly overrepresented in the statistics.
Menstrual art: Why do people still see red? SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: Period blood in art is still often dismissed as a joke or “just activism”. Would that be the case if it wasn’t such a taboo?
Mimicking and manipulating the news: How neo-Nazis use professional media to promote antisemitism In recent years, far-right alternative media have increasingly managed to influence the digital public sphere by promoting uncivil and exclusionary ideas, in particular about immigration and Islam.
Research on school lockdowns: These are the mistakes to avoid Resarchers from the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies list three things to be learned from the Norwegian school lockdown last year.
No one has been murdered in Norway so far this year Not one murder has been registered in Norway three months into the year of 2021. Corona restrictions could be an explanation.
The Dutch election: Far right side characters in the ‘Mark Rutte show’ The Dutch parliamentary elections took place last week, after a tumultuous period of anti-lockdown protests, and the fall of the Dutch government in January, over a welfare fraud scandal rife with ethnic profiling. RightNow! Editor Iris Beau Segers interviews Professor Cas Mudde about the most striking outcomes of the election, and what this might mean for the radical right and the state of liberal democracy in the Netherlands.
Growing concern inside French academia due to controversy about “Islamo-leftism” French academia is currently under scrutiny after the Minister of Research and Higher Education validated the theory of a growing “Islamo-leftism” within social science research. Studies on race and gender have become contentious, and met in the public debate with accusations of fostering identity politics. Recently, a group of academics tried to delegitimize the work of Nonna Mayer, a respected scholar in the field of far right politics.
Nordic people use gossip to deal with those who violate social norms If you help yourself to too much food and drink at a Norwegian party, people may gossip about you afterwards. In other countries, the reactions to breaking unwritten rules can be far stronger.
Almost half of us belong to the working class. But workers have become more invisible, researchers say Norwegian social scientists have given the workers a voice.
Brain researcher: Here’s why the pandemic came as a surprise to us The brain’s two systems make it difficult for us to understand dangers we haven’t actually experienced.
Why did things go so wrong in Sweden? Sweden wanted to show the world a more humane way through a global pandemic. For some, this has become a tragic example of how wrong things can go in a society. But opinions are divided.
What do teachers need to feel confident about addressing sexual violence with students? New perspectives on school leadership and solutions in teacher education and the school curriculum are what’s needed, says the researcher.
‘The new normal’? Radical right resistance to the Dutch curfew Over the last few weeks, the Dutch radical right has used curfew controversy to portray the government as a danger to the freedom of the average citizen. C-REX scholar Iris Beau Segers asks if the liberal-conservative VVD party might have themselves to blame, and argues that their ‘doctrine of normalcy’ has mainstreamed radical right ideas that now pose a challenge to the government’s covid-19 measures.
What distinguishes the men who buy sex from men who don’t? Men who paid for sex were more often dissatisfied with their own sex lives.
Do you stay up late because you need time for yourself? Sleep researchers have long known that many people go to bed late. In Chinese, the term “revenge bedtime procrastination” has become popular. It’s used to describe people with little personal time who choose to sleep less so they can unwind at night.
What would a Norwegian version of Bridgerton look like? Norway stands out in Europe as a country where the nobility was almost insignificant, and in 1814 noble titles were forbidden. Still, in some circles in the capital, women dressed like their British trendsetter counterparts.
Polish people with PhDs work as cleaners and builders in Norway Even if they eventually learn the language, some jobs are simply not available to Eastern Europeans in Norway, according to one researcher.
Vaccine resistance is nothing new. What can we learn from sceptics of the past? In order to get married in the 19th century, Norwegians had to present a certificate showing that they had received the smallpox vaccine. In the UK, the vaccine requirements were enforced even more strictly.
Dads spend an hour more each day on housework and childcare than they did in 1980 These are pretty big changes, says one of the researchers behind a new analysis of Norwegians' time use.
Does the story of Beowolf explain the Oseberg, Gjellestad and Sutton Hoo ships? The new Netflix film “The Dig” tells the story of the excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship in England. A Norwegian professor believes that a 1500-year-old poem can explain why a number of large ships were buried during the Viking Age.
Norwegian professor received death threats from Ethiopians in exile One of the world’s leading experts on Ethiopia, professor Kjetil Tronvoll, is being harassed by Ethiopian authorities, and has received death threats from Ethiopians in exile.
How the Syrian war affected Norway and Sweden Without the war in Syria, the number of children born in Sweden in 2017 would have been three per cent lower. In Norway, one per cent fewer children would have been born that year.
How do search and rescue dogs train to find missing people? Every year, search and rescue dogs find between 40 and 50 missing people in Norway. They are trained through interaction and rewards. “They’re clearly sad when the people they find are dead,” says Bjørn Tore Ulsrud, from Norwegian Search and Rescue Dogs.
The Georgian far right failed its electoral debut. But its season may not be over Taken together, the emerging groups of the Georgian far right obtained less than 5 per cent in the October 2020 elections to the national Parliament. But limited electoral success does not mean that the far-right has limited political power, in Georgia and elsewhere in the world.
LGB-people in Norway are less happy with their lives than the general population For the first time, Statistics Norway has conducted a national quality of life survey that includes both sexual orientation and sexual attraction.
The nuclear family has become a political tug-of-war in Russia and Poland Domestic violence has now become a matter of dispute between liberal and conservative forces, which demonstrates that even authoritarian ruling powers have to take the popular opinion into consideration.
New report shows workers in the fossil fuels industry have a deep distrust of environmentalists Distrust against environmentalists is widespread among those employed in oil- and gas-related businesses. There’s also a sense of bitterness against unions that are pushing for a more climate friendly industry.
The Storm and the Web: Communication Technology and the Ecumenical Far Right As seen on January 6th, 2021, once disparate tendencies within the radical right are mixing and collaborating as never before. The very core technological features of the internet and world wide web have played a crucial role in this process of integration.
Ski jumping judges favour contestants from their own nations SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: Unfortunately the nationalistic bias in ski jumping has not disappeared. French, Czech, Polish and especially Russian judges seem to significantly favour their compatriots.
Who believes in conspiracy theories? People who believe in conspiracy theories consider themselves critical thinkers. But most often they go by their gut feeling.
Tuberculosis and cholera gave us sewage systems and posters against spitting. What will the coronavirus leave us with? Will we ever be able to hug again?
Skipping lunch break can be bad to your health Skipping your lunch break at work increases the risk of physical and mental exhaustion, according to a new study from the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.
Norwegians get happier as they age, but the richest 25 per cent of the population is still the happiest One in every four Norwegians is very happy with their life, according to a new survey. The young are less content than the old.
Norway’s wooden stave churches are are a demanding heritage to maintain Only 28 of Norway’s unique stave churches remain. Maintaining them presents challenges.
Why does therapy for mental illness work? Psychoanalysis. Cognitive behavioural therapy. Compassion-based therapy. People use countless forms of therapy for mental illness. Why do they all work equally well?
Covid-19 memorials: How people around the world are remembering those who have died SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: As hospitals keep filling up, and the death toll rises, people around the world are finding traditional and new ways of remembering those we have lost so far.
