SIFO in brief

SIFO is a non-bias governmental institute that conducts consumer research and testing. The board of directors is appointed by the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs which also provides the basic funding. SIFO currently has a staff of 55. The scientific staff is comprised of researchers and other highly qualified personnel from social and natural sciences. SIFO's projects are organized into four categories: household economy, consumer culture, environment, market and politics.

SIFO is the only institute in Norway solely concerned with consumer research, and as such is responsible for developing expertise on the relevant fields. Importance is placed on research as well as the dissemination of information to various authorities, consumer-oriented institutions, research and scientific institutions, and in private industry.

10.10.2007

The Nordic Consumer Policy Research Conference

The complete proceedings are available

The conference took place in Helsinki from the 3rd to the 5th of October 2007. The title of the conference was “Towards a New Consumer? Towards a new consumer Policy?” and covered a broad range of topics.

39 papers were presented at this conference.

09.05.2007

Invitation to Nordic seminar

Health and sustainablilty in catering - an interesting and growing field

in Stockholm, May 29-30 2007

09.01.2006

New SIFO project

The precautionary principle in nanotechnology:
- Who should be precautionary? The role of stakeholders in the governance of nanotechnology
This project will focus on one important ethical element in the development of nanotechnologies: the relevance and importance of the precautionary principle. The principle recommends political actions based upon experiences and early scientific warnings, even when there is no scientific evidence to prove causal links. Our chief contribution to the discussion about the precautionary principle in nanotechnologies is the development of the stakeholder approach. Through interviews with both primary and secondary stakeholders we will establish a platform for a national stakeholder dialogue.

04.01.2006

Invitation to EURSAFE 2006

the 6th Congress of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics in Oslo, Norway, June 22 - 24, 2006

It is a paradox of the Western World that amidst of technological innovation, economic welfare and social change many people have developed a serious concern about our primary goods: food and food production. This topic mobilizes people from different backgrounds and cultures. It is the focal point of both high and low politics.

09.12.2005

Twentieth-century housewives

meanings and implications of unpaid work

Roll-Hansen, Hege Hagemann, Gro(red). Unipub, Norway

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Phone 22 04 35 00 - Fax 22 04 35 04 sifo@sifo.no - Director of Information/IT: Berit N. Fjeldheim