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The Voss Project: A Model for Cooperation Between a University and a Local Community in Norway

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Bror Jonsson ,
Per Ivar Kvammen ,
Dag Matzow ,
Jens Petter Nilssen ,
Tor Østli  and
Odd Terje Sandlund
Bror Jonsson
Affiliation:
Lecturer in Zoology, Zoological Institute, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo 3, Norway
Per Ivar Kvammen
Affiliation:
Lecturer at Elverum Training College, N-2400 Elverum, Norway
Dag Matzow
Affiliation:
Project Leader, Zoological Institute, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo 3, Norway
Jens Petter Nilssen
Affiliation:
Research Assistant, Zoological Institute, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo 3, Norway
Tor Østli
Affiliation:
Helleland Comprehensive School, N-4390 Helleland, Norway
Odd Terje Sandlund
Affiliation:
Research Assistant, Zoological Institute, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo 3, Norway.
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A research project in freshwater ecology is described whose main intentions are: 1) to increase the contact between the University of Oslo and a local community; 2) to solve actual problems for the local community by prosecuting applied research without interfering with the researchers' demand for free choice of research items; and 3) to allow for a larger student population without increasing the supervisory staff (compatible with steadily falling grants).

The Voss Project is a cooperative project between the Zoological Institute of the University of Oslo and the Voss District Council, western Norway. It was initiated to analyse the Voss River system, which is threatened by eutrophication and water-power development.

The research is mainly carried out by Cand.Real. students, who live for 1–2 years in the local community. During the work, an intensive exchange of information about biological and social items, and about municipal politics, naturally takes place.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , Winter 1977 , pp. 253 - 257
Copyright
Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1977

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