Community - Strategic research area
NTNU Community
Knowledge for an inclusive and democratic society
Strategic research area 2024–2031
Through interdisciplinary research, NTNU Community aims to contribute to a viable democracy that safeguards the common good, strengthens trust and cohesion across different groups, and reduces exclusion and polarization.
Focus areas
Interdisiplinary Teams (More teams and information will be published here in short time)
NTNU Community will establish several of interdisciplinary research teams in the spring of 2025 to address complex societal challenges. The teams consist of researchers from different disciplines and faculties and use the teams to build networks, establish specific research projects, and write applications.
Social challenges
Social challenges are complex and require an interdisciplinary perspective both to understand the mechanisms and processes at work and to contribute to solutions.
What types of communities exist?
- Institutional communities are, for example, political and legal systems.
- Place-based communities can be city districts or local communities.
- Cultural communities can be communities around certain art and cultural expressions, or linguistic communities.
- Technologically mediated communities are, for example, digital networks, or algorithms and artificial intelligence.
