Annual Report 2011 - NTNU

Impact: the impact that (circular) seasonal migration programs may have on social
cohesion;
Governance: a study of the governance of (circular) seasonal migration at EU and
national level from the perspective of different contexts of reception, or different
migration regimes in Europe (i.e. West‐Europe, South‐ Europe, East‐Europe and
North Europe).
2. Project title (Tentative): Norwegian business in developing countries
Focus area researcher: Siri Granum Carsson (Department of Philosophy)
Project is partly funded by Amnesty International
Project management: Sør Trøndelag University College – HiST / Economics Department ‐
TØH
3. Professor Tor Åfarli (Department of Scandinavian Studies and Comparative Literature)
collaborates with Professor K.V. Subbaro, University of Hyderabad and Dehli University
in developing a project.
New researcher Projects started in 2011
1. Project title: Rights to a Green Future,
This project is a European Science Foundation (ESF) project, financed by the Research
Council of Norway for the period of 5 years (2011‐1015). The project consists of a network of
ca. 40 researchers from different European countries. Four main areas are identified:
Reflection on future climate developments and methods to predict them (coordinator:
Joachim Spangenberg, Köln).
Critically assessing moral and legal frameworks (esp. human rights) in an
intergenerational perspective. (coordinator: Marcus Düwell , Utrecht).
Developing a concept of moral and political responsibility that takes the openness of the
future into account. (coordinator: Lukas Meyer, Graz).
Investigating the main psychological and institutional obstacles to a sustainable politics.
(coordinator: May Thorseth, Trondheim).
2. Project title: Applied ethics: Technology and governance of health and natural resources.
Objectives
ES486042 FEST‐NTNU (Research institution‐based strategic project ‐ ISP‐FIDE)
The primary objective of this project is to strengthen the area of applied ethics as a growing
field within Norwegian philosophy. We aim at stronger cooperation with other relevant
Norwegian Philosophy institutions, by way of targeted cooperative arrangements such as
joint workshops and joint research applications. The secondary objective of the project is to
improve the quality of publications, through co‐authorship and more extended informal
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