Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) is a large, urban university located in downtown Oslo. It is home to some of Norway’s oldest and best-known programmes of professional study, and many of our alumni work on the front lines of the welfare state. Every year, OsloMet graduates begin working as teachers, social workers, nurses, engineers, and other welfare state professionals, striving to improve the lives of people across the life cycle. Many of our students are the first in their family to pursue higher education, and many have backgrounds from other countries. At Oslo Metropolitan University we are proud of our inclusive tradition and our contribution to shaping modern-day Norway.
Our goal as an institution of higher education is to develop knowledge to solve societal challenges. Our impact does not end here. OsloMet researchers contribute to society in an equally important way—by producing knowledge and proposing solutions to challenges facing the Norwegian welfare state and societies around the world. Our role as an educational institution extends beyond national borders, driving the welfare state forward through innovation, cutting-edge research, and new approaches to long-standing problems.
Today, Oslo Metropolitan University is a modern university that spans many academic fields, from child welfare to journalism and cancer nursing. We are especially known for our robust and expansive academic communities in teacher education, health and social care, social sciences, design, and technology.
Oslomet’s Role in the project
In STRIDE, the OsloMet team is the project coordinator of the project. Building on our previous successful coordination of other Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects, OsloMet provides the technological and administrative infrastructure required to coordinate the project. The OsloMet team is also the co-leader for implementation and content activities in STRIDE. One of those consists in mapping the trends of inequalities in educational achievement in Europe through a reanalysis of existing data from large-scale international educational assessment studies following education reforms. This allows OsloMet to build on our ongoing national longitudinal data on children and youth, including the expertise of Lihong Huang, who has been the project leader in implementing the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS 2016) in Norway. The OsloMet team is also working closely with the Lifelong Learning Platform to ensure effective impact and exploitation in collaboration with and dissemination to stakeholders throughout the project. As chair of the Ethics Sub-Committee, OsloMet is responsible for responding to queries and monitoring ethical procedures, both upon accessing the existing longitudinal data, during field qualitative data collection, and subsequently to ensure the maintenance of confidentiality and safe storage of data.
