The institute was founded in 1964, originally named the Institute of Work Psychology (Arbeidspsykologisk institutt), as one of several institutes which together made up the Work Research Institutes. In 1986, the Institute of Work Psychology became a fully independent institute and renamed the Work Research Institute, and the other institutes shortly after became the National Institute of Occupational Health.[1]
work, research, institute, confused, with, zealand, auckland, university, technology, norwegian, arbeidsforskningsinstituttet, formerly, known, institute, work, psychology, norwegian, government, owned, social, science, research, institute, oslo, purpose, prod. Not to be confused with New Zealand Work Research Institute at Auckland University of Technology The Work Research Institute WRI Norwegian Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet AFI formerly known as the Institute of Work Psychology is a Norwegian government owned social science research institute in Oslo Its purpose is to produce systematic knowledge on working life based on industrial and organizational psychology and other social sciences It is part of Oslo Metropolitan University and was formerly an independent state owned research institute from its establishment in 1964 until 2014 Contents 1 History 2 Academics 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe institute was founded in 1964 originally named the Institute of Work Psychology Arbeidspsykologisk institutt as one of several institutes which together made up the Work Research Institutes In 1986 the Institute of Work Psychology became a fully independent institute and renamed the Work Research Institute and the other institutes shortly after became the National Institute of Occupational Health 1 The institute was organized as a government agency under the Ministry of Labour and Government Administration until 2002 when it became a wholly owned governmental limited company since 2005 administered by the Ministry of Education and Research In 2014 it merged with Oslo and Akershus University College while maintaining its separate identity and autonomy in 2018 Oslo and Akershus University College became Oslo Metropolitan University It is currently part of the Centre for Welfare and Labour Research at Oslo Metropolitan University together with the sister institutes Norwegian Social Research the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research and the National Institute for Consumer Research The current director of WRI is Elisabeth Norgaard The institute publishes series of reports occasional papers and monographs 2 The institute s history is linked to the action research tradition where partaking in development work is central Academics editJorun Solheim Bjorg Aase Sorensen Bjorn Gustavsen Olav Eikeland Einar Thorsrud Oystein Gullvag Holter Margunn Bjornholt I H Monrad Aas Torild Skard Jon Frode BlichfeldtReferences edit The Work Research Institute AFI Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet Archived from the original on 2011 07 24 Retrieved 2009 12 19 Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet AFI External links editOfficial website nbsp This article about an organisation based in Norway is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Work Research Institute amp oldid 1173855413, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
