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Transcript of National Institute for Consumer Research .
Organisational foundation
• Non-bias governmental institute conducting consumer research and testing.
• Legal status as ‘public administrative body’.
• The board of directors is appointed by the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs which also provides the basic funding.
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Financing
1. Basic funding (approx. 66 %)
2. Project grants (approx. 20 %)– The Research Council of Norway– Nordic Council of Ministers– European Union
3. Other assignments (approx. 14 %)– Public organisations– Private companies
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EU-projects
Surface Temperatures
DEEP
ToolSust
Fire Hazards
Laundry Habits
OMIaRD
Organic HACCP
Trust in Food
Welfare Quality
TRUST
EMUDE
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• Risk problems with high surface tempe-rature on consumer products
• Developing effective and efficient pro-duct information
• The involvement of stakeholders to de-velop and implement tools for sus-tainable households in the city of tomorrow
• Fire hazard of clothes related to acci-dents and consumer habits
• An investigation into the domestic laundry habits in Europe
• Organic marketing initiatives and rural development
• Recommendations for improved proce-dures for securing consumer oriented food safety and quality of certified or-ganic foods from plough to plate
• Social and Institutional conditions for the production of trust
• Integration of animal welfare in the food quality chain: from public concern to im-proved welfare and transparent quality
• Food risk communication and con-sumers’ trust in the food supply chain
• Emerging user demands for sustainable solutions
Key figures
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Basic
funding
(mill. NOK) 16,9 17,4 18,5 20,3 21,9
Total income
(mill. NOK) 31,4 28,7 30,2 32,2 35
Number of
employees 58 54 55 49 48
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Main disciplines
Sociology Anthropology Ethnology Political science Economics Social geography Nutritional science Chemistry Engineering Computer science
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Research methods
Quantitative methods– surveys– statistical analyses– testing and measurements
Qualitative methods– focus groups / panel discussions– discourse analyses– literature studies– interviews– observations
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Organisation
Research groups:– Technology and Environment– Consumption and Economy– Market and Politics
In addition:– Administrative Services– Information Technology– Public Relations
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Test laboratories
Testing of textiles– physical and mechanical qualities– colour ekthet– Washing – fire
Testing of household appliances– energy consumption– functionality– use and effect of detergents– noise measurements
Testing of household chemicals– washing effect– environmental labels
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