There is increasing dissatisfaction in the ways that social sciences & humanities research’s public impact is understood the Nordic countries, reflecting the fact that many concepts uncritically applied reflect past opportunistic policy choices in the US, Netherlands and UK. The NORSSHVALUE project seeks to conceptualise a specifically Nordic perspective on SSH research impact, reflecting the specific characteristics of Nordic contexts as well as the manifold ways in which SSH research creates essential (must-have) rather than merely elective (nice-to-have) societal benefits. The three workshops bring together experts and more junior researchers in science, innovation, philosophy and societal development studies.
Our Seminars
Workshop 1
Reykjavik, 20-21 August 2019
The impact of SSH Research: understanding the contemporary state-of-the-art in international comparative perspective
Workshop 2
Oslo, Spring 2020
Towards a Nordic theoretical perspective on SSH research impact
Workshop 3
Copenhagen, Autumn 2020
Policies for evaluating SSH research impact in the Nordic context
The consortium members
The NORSSHVALUE Consortium is a partnership of researchers in Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Tampere University, Aalborg University & the University of Iceland.
NORSSHVALUE is funded by NOS-HS (The Joint Committee for Nordic research councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences)
Towards a Nordic perspective on the public value of SSH Research (NORSSHVALUE) 