Viking ships found in Iceland have decayed, with the “Saum”, or rivets, often the only parts of the famous boats still remaining. A group of scientists now believe we can learn a lot from the surviving pieces of iron and have brought them to Norway for examination.
Research
Urban Living
Investigating medieval urbanisation through bioarchaeological reconstructions of human biographies
User-driven energy efficiency in historic buildings
What is the potential of user-driven energy efficiency in historic buildings?
Norway on the World Heritage Committee
What may international and Norwegian governmental archives tell us about Norway’s first term on the World Heritage Committee?
World Heritage and insider research
What happens when professionals in the international World Heritage bureaucracies become insider researchers?
Heritage Politics: Challenges for the 21st Century’s Heritage Management
We are accepting papers exploring future challenges for heritage managment
Røros and economic effect of cultural heritage
How to estimate the economic effects of cultural heritage?
The Vega Islands
What’s the relation between World Heritage and local practices?
Results – Røros
Here is a short summary of the results of the research projects on economic effects of the world heritage site og Røros in Norway