SVA - Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR)
Recent Submissions
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Experimenting with Urban Food Systems. A Comparison of Oslo and Turin
(ReCibo Rivista della Rete Italiana Politiche Locali del Cibo;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)The importance of experimentation in the urban food system transition is widely recognized both in literature and among policymakers (Brons et al. 2022;. Experimental spaces in urban contexts can create the best conditions ... -
Popular protest movements, political attitudes and democratic climate governance: Exploring the dynamics in four Scandinavian cities
(Environmental Policy and Governance;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Abstract In this article, we unpack and compare how differently reactive protest groups and movements respond to climate-related policy implementation and engage with public institutions to raise grievances and change the ... -
Sub-national bureaucracies in the European administrative space
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)An important stream of research has developed focusing on the embedding of national central government institutions into an emerging multilevel European Union (EU) administration. The role of sub-national governmental ... -
Experiences of Using Urban Growth Agreements to Influence Local Land Use Policy and Stop Sprawl
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2025)Urban growth agreements are key tools for achieving the goal of zero growth in passenger road traffic volumes in Norwegian metropolitan areas. Agreements are negotiated in multi-level and cross-sectoral processes where ... -
Une perspective européenne : sur la collectivisation des valeurs et des rentes foncières (public land value capture)
(Journal article, 2024)Cet article propose une synthèse des résultats issus d’un projet de recherche sur la collectivisation des rentes foncières urbaines en Europe. Ce projet, qui a réuni une centaine de chercheurs, a notamment débouché sur un ... -
Nye boligkjøpsmodeller – med eller mot det etablerte boligregimet?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)De siste 6–9 årene har boligutviklere i Norge utviklet ulike boligkjøpsmodeller som skal muliggjøre boligkjøp også for hushold som mangler egenkapital eller høy nok inntekt til å få boliglån i en privat bank. Modellene ... -
Contrasting inclusionary housing initiatives in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway: how the past shapes the present
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Inclusionary housing policies, aiming at creating both affordable housing and mixed neighbourhoods through land use regulation, do not have a long history in Scandinavia. Although Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have traditional ... -
Contrasting inclusionary housing initiatives in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway: how the past shapes the present
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Inclusionary housing policies, aiming at creating both affordable housing and mixed neighbourhoods through land use regulation, do not have a long history in Scandinavia. Although Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have traditional ... -
Cultural policy and the politics of display. The establishment of the opera house in Oslo
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)How can we understand governments’ willingness to make large investments in iconic cultural buildings? What does this trend tell us about governments’ cultural policy interests and priorities? In this article we illuminate ... -
Cultural policy and the politics of display. The establishment of the opera house in Oslo
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)How can we understand governments’ willingness to make large investments in iconic cultural buildings? What does this trend tell us about governments’ cultural policy interests and priorities? In this article we illuminate ... -
Democratic limitations of urban climate governance: proactive and reactive citizen action in four Scandinavian cities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)In this article we examine the limitations of democratic governance of climate transformation in cities. Advancing the literatures on urban climate governance and climate urbanism, the article asks, how do urban governance ... -
The State as a Marketizer vs. the Marketization of the State: Two Organizational Models of Public Sector Corporatization
(Public Organization Review;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Governments engage in corporatization by creating corporate entities or reorganizing existing ones. These corporatization activities refect an interplay between political agency and environmental pressures, including ... -
Party penalty or party premium? ‘Party Swedes’ in Norway and their income before, during, and after migration
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Young adults moving between wealthy countries for work and adventure are an under-studied group of international migrants. We use a unique combination of full population register data from Sweden and Norway to explore the ... -
Everything but the Marriage Certificate: Unmarried Partners in Norwegian Immigration Regulation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Pandemic border closures separated previously transnational couples, including unmarried partners, revealing under-researched forms of transnational family life. From this point of departure, we reexamine Norwegian family ... -
Follow the money: Income requirements in Norwegian Immigration Regulations
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021)Following the 2015 refugee crisis, Norwegian politicians introduced proposals to extend a family reunification income requirement to refugee sponsors and to introduce an income requirement for permanent residence. Family ... -
Do integration requirements undermine egalitarianism?
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2023)For decades, policy makers have expressed concerns about immigration potentially undermining the welfare state. In this chapter, we examine a new income requirement for obtaining permanent residence. We argue that this ... -
The role of strategic planning in ensuring sustainable housing markets in a neo-liberal planning context
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The article illuminates how local government uses strategic planning in a context characterized as neo-liberalist-oriented housing market, to frame the broad varieties of planning and policy-instruments they possess to ... -
Caught in the liberal pragmatic trap? How political parties viewed energy dependence on Russia in three European countries 2012–2022
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)After Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and its subsequent decision to stop its gas export to Europe, Europe’s energy dependence on Russia was put on full display. In this paper, we map energy ... -
Kollektiv analyse av innvandringspolitikk: Feministiske forskingsmetodar i praksis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)I denne artikkelen tek me utgangspunkt i omgrepet «sakteforsking» og utforskar korleis ein kan jobba med kritisk tenking og kreativitet gjennom kollektive analyseprosessar. Caset er ein analyseworkshop me gjennomførte ... -
Hvordan virker utlånsforskriften? En oppsummering av forskningslitteraturen
(Samfunnsøkonomen;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)I denne artikkelen forsøker vi å svare på om utlånsforskriften har virket etter hensikten og hvilke kostnader den påfører husholdningene. Forskningslitteraturen indikerer at boliglånsregulering bidrar til noe lavere gjelds- ...
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