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 Jon Pedersen received Friend of China award
28 September 2009
The Friendship Award to foreign experts who have made remarkable contributions to China's social and economic development was announced recently at the Great Hall of the People. Among them was Fafo research director Jon Pedersen.  Read more about the seremony
Jon Pedersen has been engaged in research cooperation with China since 1994, and been central to large scale surveys of living conditions among the labor force in large cities and among the population in the western provinces of China. He has also been crucial in research for assessment of the situation after the earthquake in Sichuan in 2008 and planning of the rebuilding of the area. Through close cooperation with Chinese partners he has contributed to transfer of knowledge and development of scientific methods and approaches. |
 Political violence and asymmetric warfare
September 2009
Fafo-researcher Morten Bøås has written the chapter «Terminology associated with political violence and asymmetric warfare» in the book Domestic Terrorism in Africa: Defining, Addressing and Understanding its Impact on Human Security. The book is published by Institute for
Security Studies (ISS). In the aftermath of 11 September
2001, the Western world has become increasingly
concerned with ‘failed states’ in the global south. Bøås argues that it is important to prevent international
terrorist networks from gaining ground on the African
continent, but to reach this goal the US and its main allies need to rethink their approach to conflict and insurgency groups in Africa. Download the book
Making plans for Liberia
Morten Bøås has also published the article "Making plans for Liberia – a trusteeship approach or good governance?" in Third World Quarterly, 2009, 30 (7): 1329-1341. Bøås argues that the international community's 'plans’ for Liberia after the peace agreement in 2003 have shown signs of trusteeship. What is needed now that Liberia has a new democratically elected government is, according to Bøås, a more pragmatic approach to fight corruption. Third World Quarterly |
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 20 August 2009
In the new report On equal terms?, Fafo-researcher Cecilie Øien has evaluated the Norwegian au pair scheme. The main objectives of the evaluation have been to uncover whether (or not) the scheme is practised according to its original intentions, and whether the changes introduced to the scheme in 2007 have generated the desired effects. The basic aim of the evaluation has thus been to give a comprehensive assessment of the au pair scheme, and furthermore to see whether additional changes are needed other than those already put in place in 2007. The report describes the strategies and motivations of au pairs and host families, and discusses how contact is established between them. Download the report On equal terms?
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 If work is out of sight
28 July 2009
Fafo research director Hanne C. Kavli has together with Anniken Hagelund published the article «If work is out of sight. Activation and citizenship for new refugees» in Journal of European Social Policy 2009, 19. The article addresses the tension between aims of employment and economic self-sufficiency, and social inclusion and participation in a wider sense. Read abstract at Journal of European Social Policy |
 Survey for developing a curriculum in public health nutrition
27 July 2009
Fafo-researcher Liv Elin Torheim has together with Gry I. Granli, Ingrid Barikmo and Arne Oshaug published an invited article in Public Health Nutrition, 2009, 12(8), with the title «A survey among potential employers for developing a curriculum in public health nutrition». Their objective is to describe which functions potential employers of public health nutritionists in Norway find important for a person trained in public health nutrition to be able to carry out. Further, to illustrate how the findings were used in the development of a curriculum for a bachelor in public health nutrition at Akershus University College. Read abstract at Cambridge Journals |
  Love in the Time of AIDS
2 July 2009
The Fafo-researchers Marina Manuela de Paoli and Arne Backer Grønningsæter have together with Elizabeth Mills at Cape Town University published the paper Love in the Time of AIDS: The Relational Gender Dynamics of Prevention, Testing and Treatment. The findings are drawn from a qualitative study conducted in Cape Town in 2007 and 2008. The paper calls for a more nuanced understanding of gender dynamics that moves beyond the ‘victim/perpetrator’ dichotomy which lambasts men and pities women. Read more and download the paper from Cape Town University |
1 July 2009
In the paper Non-Judicial Remedies in Norway for
Corporate Social Responsibility Abroad Fafo-researcher Marion Marmorat gives an overview of and insight into the main trends of policy work and research on state-based non-judicial mechanisms as background to a public policy discussion of non-judicial mechanisms in Norway. It focuses on some existing models and practices adopted by non-judicial mechanisms that engage directly with corporations in an effort to assess and resolve human rights grievances and other complaints relevant to CSR issues. This paper is meant as a contribution to the discussion on the extraterritorial responsibilities of Norwegian companies and the non-judicial mechanisms that might provide access to remedies to victims of corporate misconduct. Download the paper |
