Men graven og historien bak den er allerede i ferd med å forsvinne på havet. Klimaendringer fremskynder forvitringen.
Forskning
NIKUs forskning favner problemstillinger og temaer knyttet til hele instituttets faglige virksomhet.
NIKU’s research
Our research addresses issues and problems related to the whole thematic scope of the institute.
CITY-SIS
The CITY-SIS is a five year strategic research project organized by the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (2016-2020). Seven researchers and the project coordinator are at the moment participating in the research group.
Heritage Politics
Cultural Heritage Management (CHM) – Interfaces of Research, Management and Society
Research projects
Some of our research
Latest news
Scientists stumble upon an unknown grave in Svalbard
New article: How is immigrant heritage represented in Norwegian museums?
Researchers from NIKU have published a new article on the means and approaches Norwegian museums use to involve immigrants in museum work and how they include the stories and experiences of modern migrants in their collections.
Researcher / senior researcher in cultural heritage
NIKU are looking for two researchers for the Department of Cultural Heritage and Society at NIKU's head office in Oslo.
Successful PARKAS seminar 2018
The main theme for the seminar was integration of cultural heritage in the management of national parks, with Hardangervidda and Saltfjellet-Svartisen as cases.
Program
Nature and Culture in Medieval Towns
NIKU Conference 6-7 March 2019
Archaeologists Race Against Time to Save Arctic Sites from Climate Change
New journal paper offers first synthesis of climate change effects on Arctic sites.
Call for Papers: Nature and Culture in Medieval Towns
NIKU is pleased to announce the conference ‘Nature and Culture in Medieval Towns’, to be held at Gamle Festsal, University of Oslo in Oslo on 6th-7th of March 2019.
New article: The narrow gap between norms and cooperative behaviour in a reindeer herding community
In an new article the authors argue that perceived norms potentially allow social networks promoting cooperation to emerge and be maintained in a Saami reindeer community.
Welcome to NIKU’s World Heritage lunch!
On 14. March NIKU hosts an open lunchtime lecture where Herdis Hølleland and Jessica Phelps will present their recent World Heritage research.
Archaeology and climate change
Modern archaeology and heritage management needs to prepare and respond to climate change, says researcher and archaeologist Vibeke Martens.