Nordic Perspectives - Your Nordic view on Asia

The China Autonomy Programme (CAP) at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) was established in 2001 with funding from the Norwegian Development Aid Organisation (NORAD) and is a large research programme focusing on the human rights issues of minorities in China, and in particular the tension
http://www.humanrights.uio.no/english/research/programmes/cap/index.xml

CMI was a pioneer in Asian development research. The current research focus includes issues of poverty, corruption and development aid. Development studies at CMI started with a focus on South Asia. Economists at CMI became involved in macroeconomic planning in Pakistan through Harvard University i
http://www.cmi.no

The Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) is an independent institution engaged in research on international environmental, energy and resource management politics. Projects at the Institute focus upon observing and analysing international negotiation processes, international organisations, the shaping
http://www.fni.no

PRIO was founded in 1959 and became a fully independent institute in 1966. It was one of the first centres of peace research in the world, and it is Norway’s only peace research institute. Its founding and early influence were instrumental in projecting the idea of peace research. PRIO is independe
http://www.prio.no

Kulturstudier er et privat selskap som drives av en gruppe samfunnsvitere og humanister med bakgrunn fra Universitetet i Oslo. Siden starten i 1997 har vi arrangert utenlandsstudier for norske studenter ved våre studiesentre rundt om i verden. Kulturstudier samarbeider tett med universiteter og høys
http://www.kulturstudier.no/

Academic collaboration between institutions, researchers and students in Norway and Tibet Autonomous Region mainly takes place within the framework of Network for University Co-operation Tibet – Norway. The projects involve several disciplines and have two main components; a) research and b) educa
http://www.hf.uio.no/tibetnorway/

Institutional cooperation is a central activity area at Noragric, closely linked to research and education. Noragric has agreements with more than 30 partners in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Most of these are with universities; some are with civil society organisations, research f
http://www.umb.no

The Nordic Centre in India, NCI, is a consortium of leading universities and research institutions in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. It was established in 2001 with the objective to facilitate cooperation in research and higher education between the Nordic countries and India. Through academic
http://www.nci.uu.se/

The China Programme was established in 1997 as an academic complement to the Human Rights Dialogue between China and Norway. Since the start the China Programme has sought to identify effective means and methods which contribute to the promotion and protection of human rights in China. The Programm
http://www.humanrights.uio.no/english/research/programmes/china/

The Indonesia Programme, originally titled Indonesia: Democracy and Human Rights was established in 2002. The project administration is an integrated part of The Norwegian Centre for Human rights – NCHR. The Indonesia Programme aims at advancing democracy and human rights in Indonesia through compe
http://www.humanrights.uio.no/english/research/programmes/indonesia/