Journals

Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS) [Journal of Social Research] provides results from contemporary social research projects for a wider audience, in four annual issues. Articles are mainly published (in Norwegian) by Norwegian social researchers, based on empirical research. The journal also contains state of the art reports, debate articles, contributions to reserach policy, notes and book reviews. Special issues are occasionally published. The first issue of TfS was published in 1960. The journal is published in co-operation with Universitetsforlaget.

The Nordic Journal of Political Economy (NOPEC) publishes articles that integrate economic and social research with special relevance for policy issues. Past volumes of NOPEC have published high-quality articles from invited authors (see below). Beginning with volume 26 NOPEC also welcomes contributed papers. All papers are refereed. The journal is published in one volume consisting of two issues a year. The language of the journal is English. The journal is indexed in JEL on CD, e-JEL and EconLit.

Despite the growing awareness of globalization, the main bulk of empirical work in the social sciences remains within the frames of what Stein Rokkan termed "national empiricism". The yearbook Comparative Social Research aims at furthering the international orientation in the social sciences. Each volume is concentrated on a specific topic, mostly of substantive, but also of methodological character. As a rule, the articles present two or more cases for comparison, be they nations, regions, organizations, or social units at different points of time. The themes of the most recent volumes have been comparative studies of universities as institutions for production and diffusion of knowledge; family policies; regional cultures; and institutional aspects of work and wage formation. Forthcoming volumes in 2001-2003 will include studies of military conscription; power and culture; and processes of international migration.