Funded projects
NOS-HS workshops
NOS-HS supports explorative workshop series in order to promote the development of new research areas and programmes within the fields of humanities and social sciences in the Nordic countries. The NOS-HS workshop call is held annually.
Funded NOS-HS workshop series, call 2021
The workshop call 2021 received 51 applications, of which 32 projects were funded with a success rate of 63%. The 32 projects cover altogether 91 promising Nordic workshops, taking place in 2022–2023. Max. funding for each workshop series is 43 000 EUR.
Funding decisions were made 3 November 2021.
List of funded workshop series:
Main applicant | Organisation | Project title |
Broström, Anders | Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm | Exploratory Workshops and the establishment of a Nordic Center for Entrepreneurship Research (NCER) |
Brudin Borg, Camilla | University of Gothenburg | Moving Science towards new Methodological Directions |
Bruhn, Jørgen | Linnaeus University | Media as Infrastructure? Investigating Nordic Ecomedia (MIINE) |
Bødker, Henrik | Aarhus University | Nordic Times and Climate Times: An Exploration of Temporalities in Nordic Climate Change Journalism |
Crowther, Karen | University of Oslo | Establishing the Nordic Network for Philosophy of Physics: Towards a Future-Orientated Philosophy of Science |
Frandsen, Kirsten | Aarhus University | Women in a digitised sports culture |
Fritsche, Maria | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Cinema, War and Citizenship at the Periphery. Cinemas and their audiences in the Nordic countries, 1935-1950 |
Hafstein, Valdimar | University of Iceland | Crafting Food, Soil, Sense and Sociality: Human-Microbial Symbiotic Practices in Everyday Life (CRAFTLIFE) |
Hafsteinsson, Sigurjon Baldur | University of Iceland | The Nordic Turf House: More Than A Human Story |
Hanssen, Eirik Normann Frisvold | National Library of Norway | Feminist film history in Scandinavia: new approaches, methodologies, and connections |
Heikkinen, Mervi | University of Oulu | Intersectional Gender Equality in Academia – Exploring Sustainable Futures in the Arctic North |
Heimo, Anne | University of Turku | Nordic voices: The use of oral history and personal memories in public history settings |
Heiselberg, Lene | University of Southern Denmark | The Nordic MAP Network: Establishing a link between media content and affective polarization in Nordic multiparty systems |
Klevjer, Rune | University of Bergen | Experience and representational content in video games |
Lilja, Niina | Tampere University | Exploring New Materialism for second language learning in the Nordic societies |
Lucas, Gavin | University of Iceland | Poverty and Plenty in the North. Later historical archaeologies of material excess and scarcity in Scandinavia and the North Atlantic |
Madsen, Miriam | Aarhus University | Governing educational pasts, presents, and futures with data |
Maliks, Jakob | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Educating Active and Democratic Citizens in Challenging Times – Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Social Studies in the Nordic Countries. |
Martinez Romera, Beatriz | University of Copenhagen | Nordic Research Network on Climate Change and Ocean Governance: Understanding International and Regional Ocean Regimes Through the Lens of Climate Change (NeOGov) |
Millei, Zsuzsanna | Tampere University | Microbial Childhoods Collaboratory (MCC): Enlivening critical childhood studies |
Mollerup, Nina Grønlykke | University of Copenhagen | Sensory media anthropology |
Petrulevich, Alexandra | Uppsala University | Linking, Building and Sustaining Humanities Digital Spatial Infrastructures for Research in the Nordic Countries |
Raudvere, Catharina | University of Copenhagen | Contemporary Muslim Lay Piety. Interpretations, Performance and Mobilization |
Reijula, Samuli | University of Helsinki | Nordic network for the science of science |
Sariola, Salla | University of Helsinki | Nordic Network for the Social Study of Microbes |
Siggaard Stenbæk, Dea | Copenhagen University Hospital | Exploring psychological models of psilocybin drug administration |
Sippola, Eeva | University of Helsinki | Linguistics & Sustainability |
Skedsmo, Guri | University of Oslo | Nordic Research on Leadership in Schools in Times of Change (NordLead) |
Sørensen, Majken Jul | Karlstad University | Everyday resistances in the Nordic welfare state – Exploring the methodological potential of Institutional Ethnography |
Varjo, Janne | University of Helsinki | The Governance of Career Guidance Systems in Nordic Countries |
Wink, Georg Walter | University of Copenhagen | New Approaches and Synergies in Nordic Latin-American Studies: Applying Area Studies in a Multipolar World |
Majority of the funded applications came from Denmark (10), Finland (8), Norway (6), Sweden (5), and Iceland (3). Each application had co-applicants from at least two other Nordic countries.
NOP-HS journal grants
NOP-HS, a sub-committee to NOS-HS, supports Nordic journals of the highest quality that promote renewal in their research field. The NOP-HS journal grant aims to promote the dissemination of qualified research results within the fields of humanities and social sciences.
The call in 2021 was the last NOP-HS journal grant call. NOS-HS will no longer launch new calls to individual journals.
Funded NOP-HS journal grants, call 2021
The scientific journal grant 2021 received 32 applications, of which 30 were granted funding. Funding decisions were made 16 November 2021. In this last call, NOP-HS only funded journals currently funded by NOP-HS to secure them a transfer to activities without NOP-HS funding.
Funding decisions were made 26 November 2021.
List of funded journals:
Applicant | Organisation | Project title |
Andersson, Per | Linköping University | Nordic Journal of Vocational Education and Training |
Berggren, Lars | Lund University | ICO. Iconographisk Post. Nordic Review of Iconography |
Bernhard-Oettel, Claudia | Stockholm University | Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology |
Blikstad-Balas, Marte | University of Stavanger | Nordic Journal of Literacy Research |
Hellman, Matilda | Nordic Welfare Center Finland | Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs |
Hjarvard, Stig | University of Copenhagen | Nordic Journal of Media Studies |
Illman, Ruth | Åbo Akademi University | Nordisk judaistik/Scandinavian Jewish Studies |
Langum, Virginia | Umeå University | Nordic Journal of English Studies |
Leis-Peters, Annette | VID Specialized University | Diaconia. Journal for the Study of Christian Social Practice |
Leseth, Anne Birgitte | Oslo Metropolitan University | Profession and professionalism |
Lid, Inger Marie | VID Specialized University | Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research |
Magnússon, Gísli | University of Iceland | Romantik – Journal for the Study of Romanticisms |
Näre, Lena | The Migration Institute of Finland | Nordic Journal of Migration Research |
Opas, Minna | University of Turku | Temenos – Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion |
Raffnsøe, Sverre Risdal | Copenhagen Business School | Foucault Studies |
Rasmussen, Anders Bo | Nordic Association for American Studies | American Studies in Scandinavia |
Ravna, Øyvind | UiT The Arctic University of Norway | Arctic Review on Law and Politics |
Rivarola, Andrés | Stockholm University | Iberoamericana – Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
Rugulies, Reiner | Finnish Institute of Occupational Health | Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health |
Sæverot, Herner | Western Norway University of Applied Sciences | Nordic Studies in Education |
Samuelsson, Johan | Karlstad University | Nordidactica |
Storebø, Ole Jakob | Region Zealand Psychiatry | Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology [SJCAPP] |
Svarstad, Elizabeth | SANS – Senter for Dansepraksis (Dans i Skolen) | Nordic Journal of Dance |
Säätelä, Simo | Åbo Akademi University | Nordic Wittgenstein Review |
Tanskanen, Katri | Nordiska teaterforskare | Nordic Theatre Studies |
Teppo, Annika | Uppsala University | Nordic Journal of African Studies (NJAS) |
Tofteng, Ditte | University College Copenhagen | Research and Change |
Ursin, Marit | Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU | Barn – Research about children and childhood in the Nordic region |
Weinreich, Jacob Lund | Aarhus University | The Nordic Journal of Aesthetics |
Åström Elmersjö, Henrik | Umeå University | Nordic Journal of Educational History |