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In Norway, humanities research has a long history and a strong sense of identity as a distinct and valuable field of science, and the field’s researchers have emphasised basic, long-term and independent research. These aspects have been confronted with policy developments that have denounced a clear separation between basic and applied research, aimed to promote various forms of cross-disciplinarity and viewed research as an important instrument in collaborative efforts related to large societal challenges. The humanities have emerged successfully from this confrontation; they have received a significant increase in funding and are treated more and more by the policy system like all other research areas, but this has led to a continuing need to debate the field’s uniqueness and future.
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Benneworth, P., Gulbrandsen, M., Hazelkorn, E. (2016). Norway: Stability and Change in Science Policy: Challenging the Boundaries of Humanities Research in Norway. In: The Impact and Future of Arts and Humanities Research. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40899-0_3
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