Projects
The effects of office concepts on employee health and work ability
About 40 per cent of all Norwegian employees are seated in an office space at some point during their working day.
VIRIAM - Exposure to viruses in occupational settings
The project aims to fill knowledge gaps regarding airborne virus exposure in the sewage and waste management industries, to better unders...
Night work, seasons, and sleepiness as occupational safety hazards in the Northern Areas (NORALERT)
The project investigates the impact of seasonal factors on employees working night shifts in the Northern Areas, with particular focus on...
Muscle activity, breaks and neck pain (MetaEMG)
Today's working life has a large and increasing amount of repetitive and monotonous work. This type of work increases the risk of neck pa...
PlasticsFatE (Plastics Fate and Effects in the human body)
The aim of the project is to improve our present understanding of the impact of micro- and nano-plastics, and associated additives and co...
Exposure to pesticides and microbial diversity among greenhouse workers
The purpose of the project is to gain more knowledge about exposure to the most used pesticides among greenhouse workers in Norway, how t...
EPHOR – Exposome Project for Health and Occupational Research
EPHOR (The Exposome Project for Health and Occupational Research) brings together an exceptional consortium for an exposome project on he...
Bioaerosol exposure in the seafood industry
In this project, researchers analyse the composition of bioaerosols in the seafood industry and investigate the underlying cellular mecha...
Particle – cell interactions (PartiCell)
The project will contribute to the understanding of the mechanisms of inflammatory and fibrotic responses of pulmonary exposure to partic...
NOCCA New: New wave of joint Nordic studies on work and cancer
The Nordic cooperation project NOCCA is the largest and in many aspects qualitatively, the most unique research study ever done on occupa...