Featured Research Projects
How the Warao Indians in Venezuela adjust, transform and indigenize foreign consumer goods

In his doctoral thesis in anthropology, Christian Sørhaug explains why the swamp dwelling Warao Indians pick up bicycles at the local garbage dump and use the funds from Chavez' missions to buy DVD players. Read more.




Cooperation in pure and applied mathemathics

REALMA (Red Europa–América Latina en Matemática Aplicada) is a network of universities and institutes, specializing within the areas of pure and applied mathematics in Latin America. Read more

Why small-scale coffee cultivation is good for the climate
Mariel Støen

Mariel Aguilar-Støen delivers her doctoral thesis, Gardens in the forest: peasants, coffee and biodiversity in Candelaria Loxicha, Mexico. The study documents how small scale coffee production is done in a way that contributes to reforestation in the area. Read more

 

 

Not only absolute but also relative consumption matters for wellbeing in Peru

Mònica Guillén-Royo is currently finishing the paper ‘Adequacy of life domains and relative consumption in Peru’. The study discusses the relationship between the consumption of the reference group and people’s wellbeing in seven poor Peruvian communities. It shows, in opposition to what is usually expected, that relative standing might be more important for the wellbeing of the poor than their own objective situation. Read more.

Observatory for research on Haitian Immigrants in the Dominican Republic

Wooding and Mosley-Williams:Needed but Unwanted

At the Norlarnet meeting with Bridget Wooding from Flacso on Tuesday November 25th, Wooding informed about the need for more research on the situation for Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic. Read more

 

 

 

Improved stoves reduce respiratory health problems among rural women in Guatemala

A recently completed PhD study by Esperanza Diaz, UiB, based on research from the Guatemalan highlands, shows that improved stoves with ventilation and chimneys could save many lives. Read more.

 

 

 

Preventing damages caused by landslides in Central America

A recent project by the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) contributes to reducing the degree of damage caused by landslides in Central America. Read more.