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Research on international relations, foreign policy and Norwegian interests Knowledge base for research and innovation policy

Following a period of steadily increasing global cooperation and relative stability, most indicators now point in the direction of a more turbulent and unpredictable world. Global challenges relating to the climate and environment, migration and inequality give cause for concern. In the last Report to the Storting on this topic, Setting the course for Norwegian foreign and security policy (Report to the Storting No 36 (2016–17)), the Government states that Norway is facing a more serious security policy situation than it has done for a long time. This is also why a strong research effort is needed. This knowledge base for research and innovation policy will lay the foundation for the Research Council of Norway’s upcoming research on foreign policy, international relations and Norwegian interests. The goal is to describe a framework for a future research agenda, and to propose how future research in this field should be organised. This knowledge base has been commissioned by the Research Board for the Division for Society and Health at the Research Council and it has been prepared in close collaboration with a reference group comprising representatives of key research communities from the whole of Norway. The goal of this document is to lay the foundation for a strategic and long-term research focus on international relations, foreign policy and Norwegian interests. The research should combine high quality with great relevance to users, and help to develop contingency knowledge that can help us to deal with the new challenges Norway will face.