Research Programme on Welfare, Working Life and Migration (VAM)
Norway
2009-2018
Total budget: € 12 mill. per year
www.forskningsradet.no/vam
Financed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclucion, the Ministry of Children and Equality, the Ministry of Health and Care Services, the Ministry of Justice and the Police, the Ministry of Education and Research
A fundamental challenge in the future will be to maintain and develop the Norwegian welfare
society in the face of increasing social and cultural heterogeneity and the globalisation of the
economy, politics, and working life and the private sector, along with demographic, social and
cultural change. Rapid change gives rise to trends which appear paradoxical in nature and lead
to processes that together comprise a complex and conflicting whole.
These challenges must be met with high-quality, action-oriented knowledge about the welfare
society’s economic, social and normative sustainability based on inclusion and exclusion as
key perspectives. The Research Programme on Welfare, Working Life and Migration (VAM)
will therefore promote research which views empirically linked areas in the same context and
which generates new knowledge and insight: Research under the programme’s broad thematic
priority areas will describe and analyse the current situation and relevant trends in these areas
as well as attempt to identify the mechanisms that drive their development. It is crucial to
produce new knowledge as well as synthesise existing knowledge about the welfare society’s
mechanisms, structures, players and instruments in a “new era” and under new framework
conditions.
Research topics for the programme are Ageing, Consequences of increased Wealth, International Migration, Family and Society, Economic Growth and Organisation of Working Life, and the Support for, Organising and Governing of the Welfare Society.
Work & Productivity, Social Systems & Welfare
Large scale projects
Cross-diciplinarity in the projects – broader perspectives
A broader range of methods and analytical techniques
Focus on knowledge needed in the future
The VAM programme seeks to generate new knowledge of high scientific merit on the
foundation, operation and processes of the welfare society.
Research activity under the programme will promote the further development of the welfare
society by fostering and developing:
Research that is empirically based, theoretically grounded and methodologically sound;
Research that develops new perspectives with regard to inter- and multidisciplinarity,
theoretical framework and empirical methods;
Research that is internationally oriented and comparative;
Research that promotes long-term knowledge development for use in policy formulation
and public administration.
- Applied research
- Scientific projects
- Social sciences
- Multidisciplinary
To generate knowledge that can further the development of the welfare society, the
programme encourage research projects within the entire range of social science
disciplines, as well as from the humanities, law, health sciences and social medicine. The
programme seeks to achieve an inter- and multidisciplinary project portfolio.
Grant funding via national call
Support for Events for dissemination activities within VAM
A referee panel assesses the applications. The referee panel's assessments and recommendations will be submitted to the VAM programme board, which is responsible for final processing and approval of grant allocations.
The Research Council of Norway
Division of Strategic Priorities
Rita
Bergersen
Senior adviser
To coordinate the VAM programme
Pb 2700, 0131 Oslo, Norway
22037000/22037001
rb@forskningsradet.no
http://www.forskningsradet.no/
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