For decades, many key contributions in election and democracy research have come from researchers at the ISF. These contributions cover areas such as political representation and participation, electoral systems, internet elections, referenda, political parties, and political institutions at the national and local levels. This research constitutes an important knowledge base for understanding political developments in Norway.
The research uses a broad spectrum of research methods that also include experimental methods. Today, this research is largely characterised by national and international co-operation and is more extensive than ever.
Projects
- Climate, evironment and society: Research initiative by Institute for Social Research
- Communication Power of Politicians in a Digital Age (CEPOL)
- Democratic innovations and responsive politicians (DEMRE)
- Digital harassment of politicians
- Evaluation of the assistance provision for electors
- Evaluation of the Norwegian Electoral Directorate's services and the 2023 election implementation survey
- Far right politics online and societal resilience (FREXO)
- Immigrant inclusion in Norway: An analysis of immigrant adaption and native reaction
- IMPART – Indigenous representation in majority-based parties and “the green shift”: Structures, strategies, and policy effects
- INFLUEX: The influence of experts on public policy
- Institutional trust among different population groups in Norway
- Local democracy in pioneer municipalities
- NORPOL – is Norwegian society being polarized?
- Political and Societal Violence in Russia – POSOR
- The 2021 Sámi Parliament Election Study
- The Electoral Diary Project (Valgdagbokprosjektet)
- The Norwegian Local Election Studies of 2019 and 2023
- The Norwegian National Election Studies (NNES) of 2017 and 2021
- The urban-rural cleavage in Norwegian politics
- Trust and Attitudes towards Research: Causes and Changes Over Time
- Welfare State Support and Political Trust: Integrating Economic, Cultural, and Policy Explanations (WELTRUST)