Research and development

The main purpose of this time use survey is to calculate input for the research and development (R&D) statistics. This is official statistics from Statistics Norway and is part of international statistical obligations. The results from the survey are also used to provide an overview of working conditions at higher education institutions. The survey received a response rate of 43 per cent, which is higher than for previous surveys.

This analysis examines mobility patterns among researchers with doctoral degrees in academia for the 2012 and 2015 cohorts, with a particular focus on movements within academia and between sectors.

What difference does government support of business R&D make to the rate of innovation? Addressing this important question has deep theoretical roots and broadening practical applications in OECD countries.

Norway saw an increase of 300 researchers in academia from 2022 to 2023. The growth is in the group of researchers with an immigrant background.

Since 2005, the use of resources for research in the specialist health care services in Norway, i.e. public and private, non-profit hospitals (health trusts), has been surveyed annually (until 2017) and there after every second year.

This report presents statistics and indicators for research and development (R&D) from a mapping of Norwegian polar research, High North research and research in Svalbard.

In 2022, 66 per cent of the researchers in Norwegian academic institutions had parents with education on tertiary level. Among younger researchers, a significantly higher share had parents with higher education.

The statistics and indicators presented in this report provide background data for the evaluation of mathematics, informatics and technology sciences (evalmit) conducted by The Research Council of Norway.

The statistics and indicators presented in this report provide background data for the evaluation of medical and health sciences conducted by The Research Council of Norway.

In this report, we provide an overview of the development of R&D and growth in enterprises that have been granted funding from the Research Council of Norway (RCN) during the period 2006 to 2022.