Initiatives

The Freedom of Expression Foundation's Student Research Grants

The Fritt Ord Foundation announces student research grants in collaboration with colleges and universities for students who are working on master's theses and documentary films in the fields of human rights, freedom of expression and/or democracy building.


Universitetet i Stavanger - Master i dokumentarproduksjon

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Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus – Institutt for journalistikk og mediefag

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Bodø University College, Centre for Journalism

Contact: Tom Jacobsen

2009

Synne Kvam and Kristine Lindebø, ”Has the global community forgot the Serbian refugees and why? Series of reports (multi-media)”, NOK 15 000

Ida Kroksæter, Kjersti Sjursen Lien and Beth Mørch Pettersen, ”Series of reports on journalists' working conditions in Russia (newspaper)”, NOK 40 000

Kine Moxness Sandnes, ”Three reports/portraits from Northern Norway on the topic of ’Courage’” (newspaper), NOK 10 000

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Finnmark University College – Faculty of Media and Journalism

Contact: Stine Sand Eira

2011

Inga Renate Buljo, Alice Marie Johansen and Maret Biret Sara Oskal, "The Facebook Boys of Finnmarksvidda" (documentary film), NOK 12 500

Richard Fagervoll and Elin Iversen Sie, "Finnmarksløpet (the Finnmark Race)" (documentary film), NOK 6 000

Maila M. Haugen and Bjarne Krogstad, "The Hunt for the Black Book" (documentary film), NOK 12 500

Lemet Ailo Holmestrand, Svein Arild Mienna and Tor Egil Rasmussen, "365 Days" (documentary film), NOK 9 000

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Volda University College, Faculty of Media and Journalism

Contact: Ingvar Elgesem

2012

Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen and Anna Mantzaris, "But Milk is Important" (animated film), NOK 20 000

Kristian Bye, "A North Norwegian Evel Knievel" (documentary film about freestyle snow cross),
NOK 15 000

Simon Furdal and Kristian Larsen, "Warp" (animated film), NOK 15 000

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Lillehammer University College – Department of TV and Film

Contact: Alexander Røsler

2011

Jon Vatne and Sindre Vesterås, "A Fistful of Dollars 2012" (documentary film/master project), NOK 23 500

Marius Bergersen and Sindre Vesterås, "The Funeral" (documentary film/master project), NOK 19 000

Kristin Rogstad and Kristin Bull, "In the Borderland" (documentary film/master project), NOK 23 500

Ida Valvik and Siw Gøril Nystad Olaussen, "The Magic Circle (45´)" (documentary film/master project), NOK 19 000

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Norwegian Centre for Human Rights

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Sociology and Political Science

University of Bergen, Department of Comparative Politics

Contact: Maria Daniela Sommardahl, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights

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2012

Luis N.V. Cordero, "Monitoring Trafficking in Persons and Human Rights in Peru", NOK 50 000

Magali Hytten, "Time in Custody – about remand prisoners' experience of time", NOK 25 000

Marie Kvamme, "What bearing do human rights obligations within and outside the EU have on the application of the Dublin regulation’s discretionary clauses to vulnerable asylum seekers?", NOK 50 000

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The University of Oslo – Department of Media and Communication

The University of Bergen – Department of Information Science and Media Studies
Contact: Åke Refsdal Moe, Department of Media and Communication, The University of Oslo

2011

Brenda Bukowa (UiO), "Cyberspace for free speech in Zambia", NOK 25 000

Brenda Businge-Kamulegeya (UiO), "Internet and Free Expression in Uganda", NOK 25 000

Hilde Sofie Pettersen (UiB): "Journalism in Today's Russia", NOK 25 000

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University of Oslo, Department of Political Science

Contact: Øyvind Colbjørnsen

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2010

Ane Kristine Djupedal, “The role of Frontex in the Mobility Partnership”, NOK 10 000

Olav Elgvin, “The Muslim secularists: How Muslim leaders in Norway relate to the secular state”, NOK 10 000

Guro Hortemo Odden, ”Brain drain from poor countries. A normative analysis based on Norway's obligations relating to Human Rights”, NOK 5 000

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Norwegian University of Life Sciences at Ås

Dept. of International Environment and Developmental Studies (Noragric)
Contact: Esben Leifsen

2011

Connor Joseph Cavanagh, "Organizational Culture, Power, and Forest Governance: Towards a Neo-Institutional Sociology of Conservation at Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda", NOK 10 000

Yee Yee Htun, "The Role of Sivil Society in the Process of Democratizing and Development: A Study of Burma/Myanmar", NOK 10 000

Emma N. Tembo Mutoloki, "Human rights and cultural aspect of the disabled people in Zambia: a study focusing on women and children of Chongwe district", NOK 10 000

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