Annual Report 2011 - NTNU

1. NTNU GLOBALIZATION RESEARCH PROGRAMME
1.1 Introduction
NTNU's Globalization Research Programme is one of six strategic research areas identified by
the university as especially important for understanding the challenges facing humanity in
the 21st century. The other research areas are
Energy and Petroleum ‐ Resources and Environment
Information and Communication Technology
Marine and Maritime Technology
Materials
Medical Technology
NTNU’s Globalization Research Programme addresses socially‐relevant, topical issues
concerning the promises and pitfalls of globalization in economic, social and political life.
This program is based on NTNU’s long‐standing tradition of addressing technology’s role in
solving social problems, combining academic excellence, interdisciplinarity, and cooperation
between science and practice. The Globalization Research Programme houses researchers
and research fellows from the humanities, social sciences, architecture, technology
management, and medicine, representing 25 departments and seven faculties at NTNU.
In January 2011, Globalization Research Programme established a new focus area. Currently
the program centres on four focus areas:
Global Production and Communication
War, Conflict and Migration
Intercultural Dynamics: Communication, Responsibility and Development
Global Economic Flows, Governance and Stability
The Annual Report 2011 presents the strategy, and core research and educational activities
undertaken by the Programme at the strategic area level as well as within each of the four
focus areas.
1.2 Strategy and Goals of the Program – 2011
In our Strategy Paper 2011, following three goals were identified as the main goals of the
Globalization Research Programme.
1. To address socially relevant issues concerning the promises and challenges of
globalization
2. To produce high quality academic research
3. To initiate interdisciplinary research
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