Research groups at Nord University

Here is an overview of research groups at the university sorted by faculty and centres.

Nord University Business School

DigInn2Circle
Leadership, organisations and society
High North Knowledge: Business, Society, and Governance for Arctic Sustainability
Road safety and sustainable mobility

Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences

Acute care, innovation and patient safety (AKIP)
Caring in Healthcare
Drugs and drug management
E-health, innovation and leadership
Ethics, relationships and action in nursing and health sciences
Health services and population health

Faculty of Social Sciences

Aging, care and welfare (ALOVE)
Arctic research group: environment and societies (ARISE)
Geo-Security: Governance, geopolitics and security
Historical studies (NORDHIST)
Society, organisation, leadership and working life (SOLA)
Social work
Technology and Learning
Urban research in small and medium sized urbanities (URBINN)
Welfare and community studies (WELCOM)

Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture

Aquaculture genomics
Benthic ecology
Biodiversity and biogeography
Biophysical interactions
Feed and product quality
Fish welfare and production optimalisation
Landscape genomics
Marine molecular ecology
Molecular development and cell biology
Molecular ecology
Terrestrial ecology
Toxicology

Faculty of Education and Arts

Children's literature in ELT (CLELT)
Digitisation, learning and school leadership
Extended classroom and varied teaching methods
Humanities, education and culture
Knowledge and knowledge building in education
Language in the north
Learning and development of performance in sports
Learning in interaction in diverse settings
Linguistics
Literature and literature education
Mathematics teaching and learning
Music-related learning processes
PEPiNord

Performance development in cross-country skiing and biathlon
Physical education, activity and health
Profession, practice and development in kindergarten and school
Psychological and physiological aspects of sport and exercise
Quality in early childhood education and care, and early childhood teacher education
Research in rural educational landscapes (REL)
Saami Research Group
Science and technology in teaching and learning
Social justice and diversity in education
Special needs education and speech therapy
Sport and Human Movement Science
Theory of practical knowledge
War and conflict in commemorative culture and political governance

Research groups affiliated with centres

Leading Education and Research Network in Higher Education (LEARN-HigherEd)