Projects & centres
NUPI's research projects, research programmes, and research centres.
Research Beyond the Ivory Tower: Policy and Communications Training for University Teams (BIT)
The project focuses on strengthening the competence of university lecturers in the South Caucasus and Central Asia. ...
Sustainability and Petroleum Extraction: Corporate and Community Perspectives in Northern Norway and the Russian Arctic (CSROil)
This project aims to identify and reconcile differences in perceptions and practices of sustainability in Northern Norway and Arctic Russia, providing a baseline for cross-border dialo...
Nation-building, nationalism and the new ‘other’ in today’s Russia (NEORUSS)
This project investigates the developments of nation-building, nationalism and notions of the 'other' in today's Russia. ...
Armed Violence in Urban Settings: New Challenges, New Humanitarianisms
The primary aim of this project therefore is to offer some much needed clarity as to how armed violence in urban settings is currently understood and acted upon by humanitarian organi...
Systems of Tax Evasion and Laundering (STEAL)
The project seeks to identify Global Wealth Chains that are the articulation of organized activities between individuals or international entities, developed countries, developing coun...
Economic Reform in Cuba, Phase 4
The aim of the project is to contribute to fostering debate and knowledge about institutional and economic reform in Cuba in light of experiences from other countries. ...
Non-tariff barriers, food safety and international food trade (NTB)
This project aims to provide new evidence on non-tariff barriers to trade in the Russian, Chinese, Ukrainian and other markets, and examine their cost and impact on trade. ...
Poverty, prices and international inequality
The project studies the methods used for measuring poverty and comparing real income in various countries, particularly methods that are used to adjust for differing price levels. ...