News about Norway
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The Third European Research Conference on Microfinance will be held from 10 to 12 June 2013 in Kristiansand, Norway.
Microfinance is a general term to describe financial services to low-income individuals or to those who do not have access to regular banking services. It is based on the idea that low-income individuals are capable of lifting themselves out of poverty if given access to financial services.
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A conference entitled 'Transformation in a Changing Climate' will be held from 19 to 21 June 2013 in Oslo, Norway.
Climate change is considered by many to be the greatest challenge ever faced by humanity - a 'perfect storm' that will lead to unprecedented social and ecological impacts unless being addressed in a comprehensive, urgent manner. There is a growing recognition that traditional, 'business-as-usual'
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A leading Professor of philosophy believes that being normal is as unachievable as being a supermodel on the catwalk.
Professor Lars Fredrik Svendsen from the University of Bergen (UiB) has based his theory on the Norwegian diagnostic manual for mental disorders, which is influenced by the DSM system developed by the American Psychiatric Association. The DSM editions are criticised for constantly lowering
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Countries and individual businesses are always on the search to increase their competitive edge, giving themselves an advantage against their competitors in the never-ending quest for profits and growth. A new report out of Norway is giving countries a clue as to how they could give themselves that competitive edge - through equality. According to the report, the countries that have done the most to promote ...
An event entitled 'Critical Criminology in a Changing World - Tradition and Innovation' will be held from 29 August to 1 September 2013 in Oslo, Norway.
Over the last two decades, important changes have occurred in modern society due to rapid economic globalisation, migration and the development and use of communication technology. Whilst these changes have had many positive effects, they also generated
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The EU is investing EUR 4.15 million to study the human ability to map visual information and language.
LanPercept - Language and Perception is a Marie Curie Initial Training Network funded through the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) that will develop cutting-edge techniques in order to better understand vision-language mapping across the lifespan in typically and atypically developing populations.
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Two leading Professors have rejected the idea that English descends from Anglo-Saxon, and instead claim they have proof that its origin derives from Scandinavia.
Professor of linguistics Jan Terje Faarlund from the University of Oslo and his colleague Professor Joseph Emmonds, from Palacký University in the Czech Republic, believe that English comes from the Northern Germanic language group, just like
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The Nordic states have entered into an agreement to drive and establish a Nordic E-Science for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research infrastructure. Called LifeWatch, this European initiative emerged under the framework of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI). LifeWatch seeks to provide improved access to biodiversity data in favour of environmental research. The majority of biodiversity ...
Technological advances have truly affected how we live, work and play. We seem to be constantly surrounded by 'intelligent' things and information technology (IT) services. You can go online and book a table at a restaurant for dinner, check the train schedule, listen to the radio, or even buy flowers for your partner. Applications enabling such activities facilitate our lives. But can technology help people ...
Scientists led by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) are developing sophisticated techniques to understand vision-language mapping across the lifespan in typically and atypically developing populations. The LANPERCEPT ('Language and perception') project has received a Marie Curie Initial Training Network grant worth more than EUR 4 million under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme ...
