Fafo is an independent and multidisciplinary research foundation focusing on social welfare and trade policy, labor and living conditions, public health, migration and integration, and transnational security and development issues. Fafo works within both a domestic Norwegian and larger international context.

Institute for Labour and Social Research

Industrial Relations and Labour Market Policy
Welfare studies
Enterprise development studies
Work, inclusion and competence

Institute for Applied International Studies

Migration
Global Health and Environment
Conflict, Social Adaptation and CSR
The Middle East
New Security Programme (NSP)

The Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre

Overseas Offices

Palestine
Beijing

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Fafo, Pb 2947 Tøyen, N-0608 Oslo
Borggata 2B
Tel: (+47) 22088600
Fax: (+47) 22088700
Webmasters: Jon Lahlum og Bente Bakken

fafo@fafo.no

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European Restructuring Monitor. Fafo reports from Norway

Fafo's Forum on the EU enlargement (Fafo Østforum website in Norwegian)

Labourstart Online news service for trade unions, Norwegian Labourstart run by Fafo

Lean Shipbuilding - Lean Construction Website for Fafo's Lean Shipbuilding and Lean Construction projects

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Harvard program on inequality and social policy

Households in Conflict Network

MICROCON. Research programme funded by the European Commission

Prostitution policy regimes in Europe

1 February 2010
Fafo-researcher May-Len Skilbrei will together with Isabel Crowhurst, University of London, and Joyce Outshoorn, Universiteit Leiden, arrange a workshop on European prostitution policy regimes. The intention is to make a comparative exploration of nine countries: Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and the UK. The workshop takes place in London 15-17 September and is financed by the European Science Foundation.
Exploring And Comparing Prostitution Policy Regimes In Europe

Senior Social Science Researcher with survey competence

February 2010
Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies is seeking a Senior Researcher/Statistician with an interest in applied social research in developing countries, or countries characterized by transition economies or conflict.
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Film screening and debate at Fafo: Europe or Die Trying

February 2010
Fafo is hosting this event in cooperation with the Human Rights, Human Wrongs Film festival at Thursday 4 February 15-17. From the point of departure of the BBC documentary, issues on illegal or irregular migration to Europe wil be debated.
Migrants in contemporary European politics and the media

Youth engagement in Syria

22 January 2010
In a new paper Fafo-researcher Laura Mitchell examines Syrian youth participation at home, in the university and in their surrounding communities. She finds that at home, over 70% participate frequently or most of the time in decision-making processes about their own lives. However, 80% of Syrian youth seldom, if ever, participate in extra-curricular activities. Low social trust, combined with the closeness of youth organizations to the state and the lack of a civic ethos or environment in the university, were stated as key deterring factors.
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