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 New
Fafo project on poverty and marginalization in West and Central
Africa
24.03.2006
The Fafo researchers Morten Bøås and Anne Hatløy
(see picture) have got NOK 3.8 millions to study autochthony and
land rights in Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, DRC and Mali. The project
is financed through The Research Council of Norway's Peace and Poverty
Programme, and it will last for two years. Read more
about the project here |
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 Presentations
from the Seminar on Inclusive Work Environments
24.03.2006
At this joint seminar by Norway National Insurance and Fafo, the
following question was asked: Is the new intentional agreement upon
inclusive work a garantee against discrimination?Find the seminar presentations here
(in Norwegian) |
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 New
Fafo web pages on ethnic minorities and integration
24.03.2006
Since 1998, Fafo has been doing research on ethnic minorities and
their participation in Norwegian society. During this period Fafo
has interviewed over 3,000 refugees and immigrants, and our research
projects have generated several reports, papers, comments and seminars,
which are collected on these new web pages.Read more here (in Norwegian) |
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 New
book by Marit Skivenes and Sissel Trygstad: Whistleblowers
20.03.2006
The two Fafo researchers presented their new book: Whistleblowers
– employees who tell (in Norwegian) at a seminar by the publisher
Gyldendal Akademisk and the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority,
today. The book is a first contribution to systemise what we know
about whistle-blowing.The book can be ordered from
Gyldendal Akademisk |
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 Fafo
establishes index on top management salaries
16.03.2006
Top management's salaries are of current interest right before this
year's wage settlement. Fafo has established a management salary
index, but available data are insufficient. Top management salaries
are important in wage formation in Norway, and it's hard to argue
for moderation among ordinary workers if top leaders diverge siginficantly
from wage developments among other groups, says Fafo researcher
Håvard Lismoen.
Read more and download Lismoen's paper here (in Norwegian) |
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 Fafo
expert speaks at Harvard
16.03.2006
Fafo researcher Espen Løken will be speaking at Harvard University
on how trade unions can use the internet to their advantage, as
part of the conference 'Networked Labor: The Future of Unions and
the Internet'. The conference will be held from 23-25 March. Løken
is the Norwegian editor of LabourStart,
and one of the Fafo researchers active in the Harvard
program on inequality and social policy.
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 Female
managers in Norway's building industry
16.03.2006
In December 2005 Fafo researcher Rolf K. Andersen made a survey
of female managers and board representatives in the building industry
in Norway. The survey is reported as a powerpoint
presentation (in Norwegian). See also media attention at Fafo
in the press. |
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Highlights from Fafo's research
14.03.2006
Fafo's annual report to the Norwegian Research Council emphasises
some of our highlights from 2005, including a study of living conditions
among refugees in Uganda and Innovation in small and middle sized
companies in Western China.Read more (in Norwegian) |
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Seminar
on Inclusive Work Environments
07.03.2006
This joint seminar of Rikstrygdeverket (Norway National Insurance)
and Fafo will be held on March 23rd. Fafo researchers Torunn Kvinge,
Sissel Trygstad, Marit Skivenes and Eivind Falkum will lead seminar
sessions and debates. The seminar will be conducted in Norwegian.Find programme
and register here |
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 New
Fafo paper on individual labour migration
07.03.2006
In this paper from Fafo's Forum on the EU enlargement, Jon Horgen
Friberg examines the challenges for Norway when the EU's transitional
arrangements expire on May 1, 2006.Read more here (in Norwegian) |
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 New
Fafo report on wage formation in Norwegian government
06.03.2006
What are the possible courses for development of the state wage
structure? Fafo researchers Bård Jordfald and Torgeir Aarvaag
Stokke examine this question in their new report.Read more about the report here
(in Norwegian) |
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  New
Doctors at Fafo: Tone Fløtten and Dagfinn Hertzberg
06.03.2006
Tone presented her thesis "Poverty and social exclusion - two
sides of the same coin? A comparative study of Norway and Estonia",
Friday 3 March at Oslo University, while Dagfinn presented his thesis
"I samme Globale båt? En studie av sammenslåing
i Rolls-Royce Marine som sosialiseringsprosess" (How does employees
of the company Rolls-Royce Marine experience and comment upon the
recent merger form mainly two original companies?), the same day,
at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology.Read more about Tone's thesis here
Read more about Dagfinn's thesis here |
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 Fafo-seminar:
Economic activities of children and youth in West Africa
06.03.2006
This 3-day seminar concludes a 3-year program on economic activities
among children and youth, focusing particularly on West Africa.
The seminar, held in Lillehammer from 6-8 March, will review the
program's output and address the "lessons learned" for
child labour and trafficking debates. Fafo's research directors
Jon Pedersen, Anne Hatløy and Morten Bøås will
lead the seminar sessions and debates.Read the whole programmeSee the Fafo report Travel to Uncertainty |
