- Fafo Foundation
The The Fafo Research Foundation is the head of two Norwegian research institutes: "Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research" and "Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies", conducting social research both nationally in Norway and internationally.
Fafo was founded by the
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) in 1982 and was reorganised as a research foundation in 1993 with contributions from the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions,Norwegian Union of Municipal and General Employees and six major Norwegian companies (Orkla Group ,Umoe ,Elkem ,Coop Norge ,Sparebank1 Gruppen andTelenor ).In July 08 the
Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made a deal with the help of the Norwegian minister of environment and developmentErik Solheim withFafo to use some of its professors and reserchers in their school. They will lecture in the Norwegian welfare state. [ [http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article2515247.ece Kinas kommunistskole vil lære av Norge - Nyheter - Utenriks - Aftenposten.no ] ]The current director at Fafo and managing director at Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research is
Jon M. Hippe .Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research
The Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research ( _no. Fafo Institutt for arbeidslivs- og velferdsforskning, ) is one of two institutes based in the Fafo Foundation. Its scope is industrial relations and labour market policy, social policy and welfare state and studies of work and enterprise development.
The Research Directors are
Jon Erik Dølvik and Tone Fløtten.Fafo Institute for Applied International Science
The Fafo Institute for Applied International Science ( _no. Fafo Institutt for anvendte internasjonale studier, ) is one of two institutes based in the Fafo Foundation. Its approach is mostly based on living condition surveys in areas previously excluded from
social science research, such asHaiti ,China andIraq . Fields included are labour relations, welfare policy and living conditions. The director of Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies isJon Pedersen .External links
* [http://www.fafo.no/indexenglish.htm Official site]
** [http://www.fafo.no/english/avf/index.htm Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research]
** [http://www.fafo.no/ais/index.htm Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies]
* [http://www.fafo.no/english/pub/index.htm Complete list of Fafo publications in English]References
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