Social Research

The CEPOL project studies the implications of this development for representative, deliberative and participatory democracy by studying politicians’ agenda setting and framing powers vis-a-vis citizens, and relates this to citizens’ behavior in the digital political communication system.

The rise of online media has created new opportunities for communication, organization and mobilization by right wing extremist and right wing radical political groups. The FREXO project investigates how online media affect the mobilizing capacity and the broader societal and political impact of far right politics. We combine two sub-studies that examine how far right extremist groups and hyper-partisan alternative media produce and distribute content, with two sub-studies that study the impact of far right communication on public opinion, and the specific impact of far right online hate speech. Together these four studies will shed light on how far right political content is produced and disseminated and how it influences the broad population as well as target groups.

The project investigates the factors that beyond individual and family resources generate inequalities in children and youth participation in organized leisure activities.

The Centre for Research on Civil Society and Voluntary Sector is a collaboration between the Institute for Social Research and NORCE Norwegian Research Centre. Since its establishment in 2008, the centre’s objective has been to conduct independent and socially relevant research on voluntary engagement and voluntary organisations in Norway.