About the group
The second half of the twentieth century saw a maturation of the Nordic coopetative model. At the same time, the emergence of neoliberalism accelerated into competition-driven globalization. Today this "Cooperative spirit" must relate to a ruthless market competition.
This project studied the conditions of sustaining and renewing the Nordic cooperative society in an increasingly competition-driven world.
Our objective was to shed new light on the cultural, economic and political mechanisms of the Nordic cooperation model.
The project studied the development of a cooperation ethos in Nordic cultures and school curriculum, as well as the dynamics between cooperation and competition in business and political processes.
The project attempted to answer the following questions:
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How can Nordic countries renew their models of cooperation as to better answer to challenges of the global market, climate change and increased migration?
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What is the destiny of Nordic "prosocial" values at an international level? Is it possible and legitimate to universalise certain forms of cooperative society?
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To which degree can the interdiciplinarity of a project like this offer new insights of the cultural evolution of Nordic cooperative society? Can we overcome the legendary gap between natural and social science? (CP Snow, ?Two Cultures?, 1959).
Cooperation
- Centre for Development and the Environment (UiO)
- The American Evolution Institute
- Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut (UCONN)
- Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
Publications
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Nina Witoszek: 'Renewing the Nordic Model', lecture at the Conference 'Nordic-China Dialogue on the Rule of Law, Governance and Civil Society' 12-13 October 2016, Faculty of Law, UiO, Oslo
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Atle Midttun (Bi Norwegian Business School, Norway), David Sloan Wilson (Binghampton University, USA) & Nina Witoszek (University of Oslo, Norway), ‘The dynamics of institutional adaptation: the competitive advantage of the Nordic Welfare State’, paper presented at The Third WINIR Conference on Institutions and Human Behaviour 2-5 September 2016, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Publication forthcoming.
- Witoszek, Nina & Wilson, David Sloan (2016, 07. mai). Innslag i Verdib?rsen: "Og frem fra historiens skraphaug dukket... Darwin!". [Radio]. Nrk P2, Verdib?rsen.
- Witoszek, Nina. H?yrepolitikk f?rer ikke n?dvendigvis til ekstremistiske holdninger. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.) 2016
- David Sloan Wilson and Dag Hessen, “Blueprint for the Global Village”, Social Evolution Forum
- Nina Witoszek, “The Beauty of Getting to Norway”, Social Evolution Forum
- Nina Witoszek, “Den eneste mulige realpolitik”, Morgenbladet 28 september 2015
- Interview with Wilson in Klassekampen, (“Det er st?rrelsen som teller”) 24 September 2015.
- Interview with Wilson in Uniforum: “Nestekj?rleik er meir menneskeleg enn egoisme?, 21 september 2015.
- Interview with Wilson in Klassekampen: “Det er st?rrrelsen som teller”, 25 september 2015.
- Nina Witoszek, Arne N?ss Symposium 1 October 2015 "Cultural Innnovatiom and the Wealth of Nations", med deltagelse av David Sloan Wilson, Peter Turchin and Robert Frank.
- Tv-program in NRK2 Kunnskapskanalen 14 November 2015, ?Kulturell innovasjon og nasjonenes velstand?
- In progress: bookmanuscript for Routledge, Nordic Model 2.0: Forging a Cooperative Society in a Competitive World