Norwegian Institute for Social Research

Norwegian Institute for Social Research
Established1950; 74 years ago (1950)[1]
Field of research
Social science
DirectorKyrre Lekve
AddressMunthes gate 31
LocationOslo, Norway
Websitewww.samfunnsforskning.no

The Norwegian Institute for Social Research (Norwegian: Institutt for samfunnsforskning, ISF) is a private social science research institute based in Oslo, Norway.

It was founded in 1950 by Vilhelm Aubert, Arne Næss, Eirik Rinde, and Stein Rokkan.[2] It publishes the journal Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning.

The institute is organized into three research groups, each with its own research director. They are Politics, democracy and civil society (led by Johannes Bergh), Working life and welfare (led by Kjersti Misje Østbakken), and Gender equality, integration and migration (led by Jan-Paul Brekke). In addition, the institute has two affiliated research centers: Center for Research on Voluntary Sector and Civil Society and CORE - Center for Research on Gender Equality. In total, the institute has 65 employees.

  1. ^ "About". 16 June 2017.
  2. ^ Beer, Nicolai. "History of the ISF". Institute for Social Research (official site). Archived from the original on 3 August 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2007.