Research - Department of Modern History and Society
Research
![Forced evacuation from Finnmark 1944. An elderly woman and her granddaughter are forced away from their home.](/documents/1292402491/0/Norges+hjemmefrontmuseum+endret+bakgrunn.jpg/401020a5-e46e-61e9-f603-363bed9961e2?t=1693294381151)
We work actively on a wide range of projects with various internal and external sources of funding, including several with support through the Research Council's FRIPRO and Toppforsk schemes. Moreover, we have several interdisciplinary research collaborations.
We also work purposefully to incorporate research results into teaching through ongoing development projects, such as Emerald, SUSTAINABLE, Memorbilia II and ACDC.
Our goal is to show how the discipline of history can be used to create new academic insight in a number of fields in which we have specialist expertise. We also aim to contribute to increased understanding of social change processes that are important for a number of other fields, including in technology, economics and politics.
Most recent projects
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Internal Fortress
![Russian family or day care centre. Francis Brewster Reeves' travels to Russia during the famine, 1891-1892. Source: Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14780926691/](/documents/1292798413/1338272375/Missing+Girls.jpg/6b47f70d-f5fb-0939-3d80-2fdc6e11467e?t=1694424634007)
Other active projects
![Deep sea mining. Illustration by NTNU Oceans.](/documents/1292798413/1338274054/Triple+deep_2.jpg/eee7acee-5d23-1508-c39a-4851d0625c80?t=1698232660760)
Triple Deep
Project site![Source: Henrik Ørsted, Oslo Museum.](/documents/1292798413/1338274054/Saga+kino.jpg/81f1ac54-f2e8-cbea-eaa0-c534f1d57856?t=1694425785708)
Cinema and Movie Audiences in the Nordic Region, 1930s-1950s
Project site![Source: Nicholas Hartman. Licence:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en. Photo has been made smaller and some of the sides are cut off.](/documents/1292798413/1338274054/Direkte+fra+nettsidenBisbee_Lavender_Mine_1.jpg/2e7bfd6d-9a26-ae82-028d-120c23fee1ce?t=1694426345448)
Fate of Nations
Project site![An elderly woman and her granddaughter during the forced evacuation from Finnmark, 1944. Source: Norges Hjemmefrontmuseum.](/documents/1292798413/1338274054/Histories+of+Refugeedom+in+the+Nordic+Countries.jpg/3e1b792a-4a04-d874-26fe-571d34cd29f4?t=1694426890754)
Histories of Refugeedom in the Nordic Countries
Project site![Patient is being admitted to Reitgjerdet asylum in the 1920s. Source: Øyvind Thomassen/Justismuseet](/documents/1292798413/1338274054/Galskapens+fengsel+Bilde+til+card+deck.jpg/b3a255e3-03d4-85a8-5df5-21c1a4047570?t=1695815339384)
Prison of Madness
Project site![A sign with a humorous message. Source: Ingar Kaldal](/documents/1292798413/1338274054/Ingar+Kaldal+PICT4098+%281%29.jpg/3270199b-2865-b574-23c6-ba30424ec678?t=1694426238407)
Daily Life Culture as a History Field - Problems and Opportunities
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PhD studies
Supervised doctorates are the highest degrees that the University awards for research.
Postgraduate studies are a 3-year position/education for people who want to work in higher education, research or in other sectors that require academic specialisation.
An essential part of the institute's research strategy are the supervised doctorates. The education and training provided results in graduates with the capacity to conduct independent research of high international quality.