NOVA researcher Gunhild Hagestad is winner of the 2013 Matilda White Riley Award. The award is presented to distinguished scholars by The American Sociological Association and its Section on Aging and the Life Course Committee.

Critical events like the Obiora-case, cartoon drawings of Mohammed, and the war in Gaza contribute to stronger political involvement among Norwegian youth with immigrant background. A new book looks at the ways in which this involvement comes into expression.

The EU-funded project DISCIT – Making Persons with Disabilities Full Citizens had its kick-off event in Brussels on February 27th and 28th 2013.

Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) has initiated a new research project about political attitudes and engagement among Norwegian youth. Trust and mistrust in societal and political institutions among ordinary and radical youth is central to the study.

NOVA will lead a new research project that aim to help European countries achieve full participation of persons with disabilities in society and the economy.