Research Projects
The main goal for this project is to develop contractual terms and interpretative tools for effective use in an internationalised contractual practice.
Project closed 2011.06.30.
The main purpose of the project is to assess the limits of the choice of law made by the parties in their contract.
Building Labour Law (Arfa) is a programme for research in labour law aimed at consolidating and developing the scientific basis for research and teaching in labour law in a long term perspective.
The goal of the project is to provide a better understanding of the role of contracts in procuring cloud-computing services. The research will evaluate terms and conditions used in cloud computing services and the general contractual structure of cloud computing agreements.
The overall objective of the e-Me-project is to provide new knowledge that can significantly improve the usability and accessibility of identity management (IDM) and authentication mechanisms in new social networks without compromising privacy, security or offending legal frameworks.
How closely does a boss follow what their employees do on the job? Which technologies are being used to track and monitor employees work performance? Why are these technologies used and what would the consequences be for using them? Where is the line between legal and illegal surveillance? This project aims to explore and discuss these questions.
More information about the project is available in Norwegian.
This project focuses on the Posted Workers Directive and the Services Directive and interconnecting issues and processes.
What kind of legal creature is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)? What is its legal basis and role in the management of the Internet domain addressing system known as the “DNS”? This sub-project within the NRCCL's Igov2 project delves into contractual network theory, and draws upon theories of hybrid networks and network or “mesh” regulation.
Who decides how the Internet is run? How is that control legally exercised? The Internet Governance 2 project (Igov2) examines these questions with focus on the Internet domain name system.
This project will result in a report on IT-Contracts, particularly IT acquisitions in the private and public sectors.Topics that will be covered include: What constitutes contract fulfillment when contract conditions change and what are the consequences of breaking contracts?
More information about the project is available in Norwegian.
Internet service providers have the incentive and technology to favour or disfavour content over the Internet, be it through promoting their own content, or negotiating commercial agreements with third parties. This would be against the net neutrality principle. This project looks at the desirability of net neutrality, and how this could be regulated.
Personverskolen is a research project that aims to study privacy challenges related to compulsory education in Norway. The main research questions to be explored and discussed are: How are relevant privacy laws being interpreted and practiced in educational institutions? Which specific privacy related questions do teachers, school owners, and students have? How can the perceived privacy issues be solved in a legally responsible way?
More information about the project is available in Norwegian.
How can we identify risks related to software development? The RASEN research project focuses on information security and legal risk management.
The RESPECT project addresses and seeks to answer following issues: The role of surveillance systems and procedures in: 1) Preventing and reducing crime, 2) Tracking Evidence and, 3) Improvement of crime and acts of terrorism. Not to mention answering key questions, such as: Are the surveillance systems and procedures used in Europe for preventing crime effective? What are the social and economic costs involved? What is the legal basis for these systems and what procedures are in place? What best practices are available? What attitude do European citizens have toward surveillance systems?
More information about the project is available in Norwegian.
Could information about a person be shared from one government body to another without consent from the registered person? If the answer is no, every government body has to manually gather and register the same information from their citizens. If the answer is yes, the government could make effective systems for automatic information sharing between different bodies, so-called "Elektronisk samhandling" or electronic cooperation.
More information about the project is available in Norwegian.
The SMART project addresses the questions surrounding automated decision-making.Taking into account the "smart surveillance" technologies in a society where privacy and data protection are fundamental rights. The risks and opportunities inherent in the use of smart surveillance will be evaluated.A number of technical, procedural and legal options for safeguards will then be developed. SMART aims to create a toolkit, which would inform system designers, policy makers and legislative bodies across Europe and beyond.
More information about the project is available in Norwegian.
Laws are generally difficult to understand. There does not currently exist technical aids to support law writers when preparing and writing a law. This project’s goal is to create an IT tool prototype. A system that could help law writers analyze judicial concepts, write clearly & concisely, and format laws correctly. The prototype will also allow important information to become available to the authors of the law at the appropriate time in the legislative process.
More information about the project is available in Norwegian.
The increase in government use of ICT highlights a growing problem. There is a lack of interaction and interoperability between the government's different ICT systems. The systems are built on different platforms, interfaces are not standardized and the metadata definitions are not consistent. Do we need better coordination of eGoverment development in Norway?
More information about the project is available in Norwegian.
The Sustainable Companies Project aims to find out how to integrate environmental concerns better into the decision-making in companies. Our goal is through that to contribute to sustainable development.
The project is a part of the research group Companies, Markets, Society and the Environment.