Research – Department of Sociology and Political Science
Research at Department of Sociology and Political Science
Photo: Elin Iversen/NTNUThe Department of Sociology and Political Science conducts basic research and academic development in the fields of sociology, political science, sport science and media science. This provides a foundation for research-based teaching and involvement in topical social issues around key concepts to our disciplines: activity, communication, community, conflict, cooperation, democracy, inequality, legitimacy, organization, and power. We contribute to new insights and knowledge in the continuing development of theories, methods and empirical research.
Research Groups
- Environment, Sustainability and Governance
- Ethnography
- EVPOC (Elections, Values, and Political Communication)
- Gender and Inequality
- Organization and Society
- Political Instability and Armed Conflicts
- Public Policy and Administration
- Skill and Performance Development in Sports and School (SPDSS)
- Social Inequality
- Social Theory and Methodology (STAM)
- Technology and Social Change
Strategic Areas of Focus 2018-2025
The Department has 11 focus areas in research. Within these areas there are projects and research groups.
- Comparative Politics, Political Systems and Development Patterns
- Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development
- Governance, Public Policy and Administration
- International Conflicts, Cooperation and Use of Power
- Local and Regional Social Development
- Political Behaviour and Political Communication
- Political Economy
- Sports and Physical Activity
- Technology and Society
- Welfare and Inequality
- Work, Organisation and Mobility
Externally Funded Projects
Project Owners for:
- UNREP - UNelected REPresentatives: The Impact on Liberal Democracy in Europe (2019-2023)
- Anatomies of Resistance Campaigns (ARC) (2020-2024)
- Measuring quality (MASQ): Exceeding the limitations of quality management in municipal health and care services (2020-2024)
- Analysis of career pathways of British postholders in international sport governance (2021-2023)
- LEGACIES : Understanding how historical states have shaped modern institutions and dissent (2022-2027)
- Comparing the Organization of Durable Inequalities in Childhood: Inequality in childhoods, schools and associated welfare systems (CODIC) (2023-2027)
Project Partners in:
- European Values Study (2019-)
- Nordic Fire and Rescue Services, Problem solving in the 21st Century (FIRE21) (2020-2024)
- TRUST: Attitudinal Impacts of Refugees on Host Communities in the Global South (2020-2024)
- AUTOWORK Workers in Transition through Automation, Digitalization and Robotization of Work (2020-2025)
- Frititidsbåtplattformen (2021-2023)
- Coordination, Response and Networked Resilience (CORNER) (2021-2024)
- Consequences of fundamental changes in risk (RISKY) (2021-2024)
- From Curse to Demographic Dividends: Sub-Saharan Africa's Youth Bulges (DIVIDENDS) (2021-2025)
- Private knowledge, Public Issues (CRIMKNOW) (2023-2027)