In 2008 we – the program committee for the Norwegian research program Work, Welfare and Migration (Velferd, Arbeidsliv og Migrasjon, VAM) – wrote up an ambitious research program for welfare research. With 1 billion Norwegian kronor over ten years VAM is the biggest ever social science program in Norway. This week we meet in Solstrand south of Bergen to write the Autumn call for tender, draft a midterm report, and plan the midterm conference. Stunning views to the fjord makes a Dane envious of not only the grand scale of research funding in Norway but also of her mesmeriz
ing nature.
For more on VAM check out the 2009 research program, the 2012 portfolio of projects or the program website at the Norwegian Research Council.
Jon Kvist 