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When new security measures threaten trust in workplace democracy
Are new workplace security practices about to change the Nordic model? Do the measures match the threat landscape? These are questions being raised by researchers at Norway’s Work Research Institute (AFI). “The map doesn’t always fit the terrain,” argues AFI research director Tereza Østbø Kuldova.
8 minutes
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Green goals in a grey world
Few organisations have goals as ambitious as the Nordic Council of Ministers. In a time when a certain resignation is spreading about whether the green transition will be possible, the Council of Ministers is still holding the flag high.
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In Norway, fire extinguishers have entered the circular economy
Each year, millions of fire extinguishers that could have been reused are thrown out. At “Slåkkefabrikken” outdated extinguishers get a new lease of life. The circular economy is one of the tools used to reach climate goals. Still, the Nordic countries are lagging behind the rest of Europe.
8 minutes
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More investments needed for Norwegian battery production to fuel the green transition
If the three Nordic countries Finland, Sweden and Norway worked together, they could become a major supplier of batteries and fuel the green transition, but professor Odne Stokke Burhei believes this requires a much greater willingness to invest than we have seen so far.
7 minutes
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Five years left for Nordics to reach aim of being world’s greenest region
For five years, the Nordic Council of Ministers has been working with a vision to make the Nordics “the world’s most sustainable and integrated region”. This work has now reached its halfway point. Only five more years remain before the 2030 deadline.
7 minutes
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Elisabeth Nørgaard: AFI Director hunting for impactful research
“It is not always the freshest data that has the greatest impact in research,” says Elisabeth Nørgaard, Director at the Work Research Institute AFI at OsloMet.
11 minutes
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The joys of WFH versus the pressure of always answering emails
More than half of Norwegian employees have the opportunity to work from home, any time of day or night. But at what price? AFI researchers are looking at how the increased use of home offices impacts the work-life balance.
7 minutes
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Did Norway just find the industrial future in Telemark’s bedrock?
The Fen Complex in Telemark has something the world needs: Europe’s largest documented deposits of rare earth elements. Now, plans are underway again for mining in one of Norway’s oldest industrial communities.
6 minutes
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The Norwegian automated ferry that can be operated as easily as a lift
A wide range of new workplaces could become available in the wake of autonomous ferries.
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Iceland ditches crypto mining for AI: “A great opportunity for Nordic data centres”
The number of data centres has increased rapidly in Iceland in the last few years. Critics say they mostly serve crypto mining, which is not considered the most useful way to use valuable green energy.
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