Roger Normann, Ph.D. Industrial management (2007), is Chief Scientist and the manager of the Center for Modeling Social Systems at NORCE (CMSS). Normann has 20+ years of experience as an applied researcher, project manager, and researcher manager. He was CEO of Agderforskning until it merged with NORCE and he has been Head of department Department of Working Life and Innovation, University of Agder School of Business and Law, Norway. He has research experience from projects dealing with different aspects of both national and regional issues of the Norwegian innovation system. Normann has for instance published peer review journal publications on SkatteFUNN, Norwegian innovation clusters, user driven research projects, smart specialisation, leadership, governance, agency, regional innovation systems, research roles, higher education sector third-mission, institute sector, and commercialisation of research (TTOs). Normann has also been project manager on three consecutive framework agreements with Innovation Norway, and on applied projects for the Research Council of Norway. Normann also manages the Agdering competence network https://agdering.no/
Roger Normann
Chief Scientist
rono@norceresearch.no
+47 480 10 540
Universitetsveien 19, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway
Division
Health & Social Sciences
Research themes
Computer Modeling and Social Simulation
Artificial intelligence
Research Groups
Center for Modeling Social Systems
More information about Roger
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Projects
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Conference lectureSmart Specialisation: Broadening the scope to the social dimension– Fagkonferanse - The future of workplace innovation 2024
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Academic chapterDocumenting Data Use in a Model of Pandemic “Emotional Contagion” Using the Rigour and Transparency Reporting Standard (RAT-RS)– 2022
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Academic articleField analysis of industrial development in a peripheral region of Norway– Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift 2022
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Conference lectureDocumenting data use in a model of pandemic 'emotional contagion' using the Rigour and Transparency Reporting Standard (RAT-RS)– 2021 Social Simulation Conference 2021
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Research reportEtablering av Digital Innovation Hub - Ocean Technology– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2020
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Research reportBruk av infrarødvarme i sammenheng med yogaøvelser hos mennesker med revmatiske lidelser– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2020
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Academic chapterThe Agder region: an innovation policy case study– 2020
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Research reportKartlegging av arbeidsoppgaver ved UiA– NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2020
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Academic articleMulti-agent kunstig intelligens og offentlig politikk– Samfundslederskab i Skandinavien 2019
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Academic chapterDen tredje rollen: Fra distriktshøgskole til universitet– 2019
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Academic articleSmart specialisation—Norwegian adoptions– Journal of the Knowledge Economy 2019
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Academic articleThe role of local government in rural communities: culture-based development strategies– Local Government Studies 2019
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Academic chapterUniversity Collaboration at a Cross-Road: Evolution and Tensions in Third-Mission Engagement– 2018
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Academic chapterDesigned for Regional Engagement? The Case of Telemark University College– 2018
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Research reportUtredning av alternative modeller for kommersialisering av forskning ved Universitetet i Agder– Agderforskning 2018
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Academic articleEconomic specialization and diversification at the country and regional level: introducing a conceptual framework to study innovation policy logics– European Planning Studies 2018
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Academic articleRegional industrial restructuring resulting from individual and system agency– Innovation. The European Journal of Social Sciences 2018
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Academic articleAgency, Networks and Complexity: The many roles of academic institutions in regional development and coalition building– Ekonomiaz : Revista Vasca de Economía 2017
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Academic chapterManagement strategies in cluster projects – Cases and discussion– 2017
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Academic articleThe Role of Higher Education Institutions in Fostering Industry Clusters in Peripheral Regions: Strategies, Actors and Outcomes– Higher Education Policy 2017
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Academic articleBetween Rigour and Regional Relevance? Conceptualising Tensions in University Engagement for Socio-Economic Development– Higher Education Policy 2017
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Feature articleInnovasjons- og næringslivsforskning ved et veiskille– Forskningspolitikk 2017
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Academic articleDo general innovation policy tools fit all? Analysis of the regional impact of the Norwegian Skattefunn scheme– Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2017
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Academic articleEmergence of regional leadership - a Field approach– Regional studies 2017
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Non-fiction chapterUniversities’ external relations– 2016
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Academic chapterUniversities' external relations– 2016
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Academic chapterDeveloping a sustainable business model in a changing economy– 2016
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Academic articleExternal engagement and the academic heartland: The case of a regionally-embedded university– Science and Public Policy 2016
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Conference lectureMaking sense of conflicting institutional logics: The case of innovation policy in the Nordic countries– 4S Annual Meeting 2015
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Research reportRegional satsing for mobilisering og kvalifisering til forskningsbasert innovasjon– Agderforskning 2015
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Research reportKunnskapsgrunnlaget for klyngeprogrammene og delmål 3: «Flere innovative næringsmiljøer»– Agderforskning 2014
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Academic articleRole transformations in collaborative r&d-projects as reciprocation between research, Practice and policy– International Journal of Action Research 2014
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Academic articleAction research strategies at the “third place”– International Journal of Action Research 2014
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Academic chapterLedelse av regionale nettverksprosesser: meningsdannelse og kritikk– 2014
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Non-fiction chapterForskere møter praktikere – ett eksempel fra Interreg– 2014
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Academic articleRegional Leadership: A Systemic View– Systemic Practice and Action Research 2013
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Academic articleWho can govern? Comparing network governance leadership in two Norwegian city-regions– European Planning Studies 2013
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Research reportKrise, omstilling og vekst - en regionanalyse av Sørlandet– Agderforskning 2013
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Conference lectureExternal engagement and the academic heartland: The case of a regionally-embedded university– 26th CHER annual conference 2013
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Academic chapterRegional innovasjonspolitikk i spenningen mellom nasjonale føringer og regionale strategier– 2013
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Academic chapterNettverksstyring av klyngeprosjekter– 2013
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Academic chapterRegional samhandling for innovasjon– 2013
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Academic chapterDeveloping the ‘Third Place’ – The Collaborative Roles of Universities in Territorial Knowledge Creation– 2013
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Conference lectureKnowledge Structures and Patterns of External Engagement– 34th annual EAIR (European Higher Education Society) Forum 2012
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Academic chapterManaging collaborative R&D programmes: how to achieve programme learning– 2012
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Feature articleByråkratisk hybrid eller svar på Agders utfordringer?– Fædrelandsvennen 2012
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Academic articleMunicipalities as Governance Network Actors in Rural Communities– European Planning Studies 2012
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Conference lectureGovernance, Knowledge and Legitimacy - Transformational View on Regional Development Processes– Regional Studies Association European Conference 2012
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Academic chapterThe Collaborative Steering Dilemma of Network-based Development– 2012
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Conference lectureGovernance of the university knowledge transfer function – a theoretical framework– Høgskole og Samfunn HSS11: Lokal skaperkraft i møtet med kunnskapsøkonomien 2011
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Conference lectureUnderstanding multi-level approaches to regional policy implantation: the research design challenge– One Day Winter Conference, Contested regions: Territorial Politics and Policy 2011
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Conference lectureLearning and Innovation through Cross Border Collaboration– The 6th International Seminar on Regional Innovation Policies Lund 2011
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Research reportMulighetsstudie for “Technology Transfer Office”-funksjonen ved Universitetet i Agder. En utredning for Universitetet i Agder– Agderforskning AS 2011
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Conference lectureInterpreting rural development projects as network systems– The Regional Studies Association Annual conference: Regional Development and Policy - Challenges, Choices and Recipients 2011
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Academic chapterKlyngegovernance - perspektiver på styrt utvikling av klyngeperspektiver– 2011
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Academic chapterUnderstanding Multi-Level Approaches To regional Policy Implementation: The Research Design Challenge– 2011
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Academic chapterKulturen og den instrumentelle tenkemåte - Eksempelet Kristiansand– 2011
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Academic chapterKlyngegovernance – Perspektiver på styrt utvikling av klyngeprosjekter– 2011
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Academic articleThe contradictory nature of knowledge : a challenge for understanding innovation in a local context and workplace development and for doing Action Research– AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication 2009
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Conference lectureMulti-Level Governance in Regional Development Policies: Reflections on United Kingdom, Lithuania, and Norway– Regional Studies Association Prague 2008 ¿ Regions: The Dilemmas of Integration and Competition?, 2008
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Conference lectureDemocratic innovation– Regional Innovation Policies 2008
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Conference lectureA Practical Normative Approach to Development ¿ some initial experiences with VRI process in the Agder region– Action Research Conference: Making the ¿Practical Turn¿ practical 2007
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Conference lectureContradictory Character of Knowledge - A challenge for understanding innovation and doing Action Research– The Knowledge Economy: new directions in work organisation and regional innovation. Workshop Workshop, Kingston University 2006
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Academic articleReflexive democracy: creating actionable knowledge through regional development coalitions– AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication 2005
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Academic articleThe Agder Story– AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication 2005
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Conference lectureThe problem of Extending Industrial Democracy into the Regional Development Level. Experiences from the Agder Case: A discussion of some of the democratic aspects of regional development coalitions with a special emphasis on the works of Bjørn Gustavsen– Den 12. nasjonale fagkonferanse i statsvitenskap 2004
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Conference lectureThe Problem of Extending Industrial Democracy into the Regional Development level - Experiences from the Agder case– Academy of Management 2004
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Conference lectureReflexive Democracy - Creating Actionable Knowledge through Regional Development Coalitions– Det Digitale Nordjylland (ICT and learning in regions conference) 2004
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Academic articleWhen research and practice collide: The role of action research when there is a conflict of interest with stakeholders– ? 2004