Research for a sustainable knowledge society

NIFU's research forms the basis for decisions and path choices in education, research and innovation policy. The research is characterized by solid scientific quality, strong sector expertise and good insight into knowledge policy issues.

New article: Gender differences in researchers' time use

January 10, 2025

How is time spent on academic activities among female and male researchers in Germany and Norway? This question is examined in a new article written by NIFU researchers in collaboration with researchers from […]

External funding has increased in importance for the development of research environments

January 10, 2025

A new NIFU note looks at how academic communities handle increased expectations for external income, and facilitate externally funded activities – and how this affects the development of academic communities.

READY2030: NIFU will conduct research on the upper secondary school of the future

January 10, 2025

NIFU has been assigned to contribute new knowledge to the Norwegian Directorate of Education's investigation into possible new content and a new structure in upper secondary education.

Mapping of intermediate actors in wooden construction

December 20, 2024

A new Insight from NIFU provides an overview of key players and their role in promoting wooden construction in Norway and Finland.

Little Norwegian research on the digital divide

December 20, 2024

A new report from NIFU shows that there is little research on digital exclusion and the digital divide in higher education in Norway.

NIFU in 2024

December 20, 2024

2024 has brought a lot of new things for NIFU. Not only was 2024 a big year for research into artificial intelligence, the institute also launched its podcast initiative Kunnskapsfloker.

Kunnskapsfloker - a podcast from NIFU

The podcast "Kunnskapsfloker" is published by NIFU and covers topics within innovation, research and education together with relevant guests. The aim of the podcast is to contribute to a knowledge-based and nuanced picture of various topics, where the listener may be left with more questions than answers.

NIFU video

NIFU-video is the institute's archive with recordings of NIFU's seminars, webinars and conferences. In addition, films about assignments NIFU has won, information about various projects and main findings from completed reports.