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On June 20-21, the Little Tools team gathered once again at Tøyen Hovedgård in Oslo to discuss works-in-progress and the road ahead.

In Mid-May, employees in all Norwegian Ministries, some Directorates and other public organisations recived an invitation to participate in an OSIRIS survey on use of research in public organisations.

The phrase ‘further research is needed’ is often found in both research articles and in policymaking, where the quest for more ‘evidence’ has become a mantra. But is research really lacking, or can there be other forces behind policymakers’ request for more research?

The phrase ‘further research is needed’ is often found in both research articles and in policymaking, where the quest for more ‘evidence’ has become a mantra. But is research really lacking, or can there be other forces behind policymakers’ request for more research?

On May 6-7, the 18th Annual STS Conference took place in Graz, Austria, with a focus on "Critical issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies". Professor Kristin Asdal and postdoc Béatrice Cointe represented the Little Tools Team.

OSIRIS is happy to announce two new members of the research team: Ph.D. candidates Frauke Rohden and Joar Kvamsås.

TIK celebrated its 20th anniversary with a conference last week. Researchers from the Little Tools project were well-represented among the speakers.

The article "Bureaucratic power in note-writing: authoritative expertise within the state" was awarded a prize from Sosiologen.

Kristin Asdal was invited as a visiting professor at the Department of Sociology and Work Science of the University of Gothenburg for two months this spring.

The Little Tools team met for two days of intense discussion on writings in-progress.

 In January, the OSIRIS team gathered for a case study workshop. A total of 18 cases in different stages of maturity were discussed.

In OSIRIS’ first newsletter in 2019, we look back on the past year’s conceptual and empirical work.

Hilde Reinertsen and Kristin Asdal have published a paper in a special issue of Arr - the Norwegian history of ideas journal focused on the ocean.

The Little Tools project invites submissions for a panel they are organising at the next 4S Conference in August.

Submissions welcome for Kristin Asdal and Maximilian Fochler's panel on the entanglement of valuation and knowledge practices!

Kristin Asdal and Marte Mangset have written a blog post for the website Sociology Lens. They present their work on the inner working of the State.

Presentations from the seminar on R&D networks are now available online.

How do practitioners and policymakers in the public sector use research?

In OSIRIS in 2018 we have tested a new method for mapping the use of research by practitioners and policymakers in the public sector. The results show that there is a large degree of diversity in how research is accessed and used. In general, informal practices like “asking a colleague” and “googling” are more frequent than formal ways of searching for research-based knowledge.

OSIRIS is happy to announce two new members of the research team: Postdoctoral fellow Trust Saidi (TIK) and Ph.D candidate Derry Keohane (MIoIR).

On November 5-6th in Vienna, OSIRIS researchers Kate Barker and Maria Karaulova presented their paper on the user dimension of scientific impact.

On October 31st, the Science Studies Colloquium Series organised a panel on Responsible Research in the Life Sciences at Oslo Litteraturhuset. Anne Kveim Lie (Institute of Health and Society) and Kristin Asdal (TIK) chaired the discussion. 

Presentations of the ongoing OSIRIS case studies and other empirical work are now available online.

The Little Tools team was lucky to receive two visitors this fall.

Kristin Asdal is one of the speakers at Arctic Day 2018 on 31 October 2018.