Civil Society
Research on civil society and the voluntary sector is a long-standing tradition at the Institute for Social Research. Today, this research topic covers Norwegian as well as international conditions.
Research on civil society is a long-standing tradition at the institute, and, during the past years, it has been further developed and expanded into new research topics. Examples include the role of non-profit organisations as welfare providers and the importance of civil society for societal resilience – the community's ability to handle and process disruptive events.
A lot of the research on Norwegian conditions takes place at the Centre for Research on Civil Society and Voluntary Sector, such as studies of long-term trends in participation, organisation, politics and policy.
In addition, civil society research at the institute has a strong international and comparative dimension, including the EU-funded Third Sector Impact project.
Centre
Projects
- Communication Power of Politicians in a Digital Age (CEPOL)
- Conditions and impacts of welfare mix
- Disruption, Social Capital and Resilience
- Experiences with hate speech
- Health communication regimes (HeCoRe)
- Minority population and voluntary participation
- Municipal policies and local voluntary organizations
- New forms of collective action
- Organisational community in transition
- Surveys on volunteer effort 2018
- The Contribution of the Third Sector to Europe’s Socio-economic Development
Researchers
