Research projects

Examples of research on South Africa or projects with South African partners.

Fostering education through academic mobility Nov. 5, 2021 9:51 AM

The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) and the Centre for Human Rights (CHR) at the University of Pretoria recently received funding for a new collaborative project, “Fostering research-based education through academic mobility and measuring the domestic impact of core human rights treaties”.
Cosmoglobe Feb. 21, 2019 3:31 PM

Mapping the universe from the Milky Way to the Big Bang
Global Component Separation Network Dec. 8, 2017 4:58 PM
PASIPHAE Dec. 5, 2017 5:18 PM
Minerals and energy law cooperation with South Africa (MENSA) Nov. 6, 2017 2:56 PM

This project examines two questions related to resources exploitation between South Africa and Norway: Electricity market law and mining/mineral law.
SPIDER Oct. 19, 2016 5:48 PM
Renewable Energy Law in the Face of International Diversity [PhD] Oct. 19, 2016 12:51 PM

Daniel Arnesson examines in his PhD project the development of renewable energy certificate (REC) markets in South Africa, India and Europe, with a focus on the implementation of these markets in Sweden and Norway (known as Guarantees of Origin and electricity Certificate markets in the two Nordic countries).
Resonant Nuclear Gamma Decay and the Heavy-Element Nucleosynthesis (gResonant) June 8, 2016 10:45 AM

All elements in the Universe, except for the lightest ones, are made in stars.

But the heavier elements, like gold, lead and uranium, are not. How are they made?
Sustainable tax governance in developing countries through global tax transparency - DeSTaT June 25, 2012 1:18 PM

This project will focus upon sustainable tax governance in developing countries as a means of increasing their tax revenue and prevent capital flight in particular to tax havens. The project will be carried out by seven partner institutions (see frame).

Published May 25, 2016 - Last modified Oct. 18, 2018