The seminar will run at Monday 5th March from 14.30 - 16.00 at Forskningsrådet, Stensberggaten 26, Oslo, in meeting room Abel.

Programme:

1.      Welcome: Introduction to the launching – Jesper W. Simonsen, Director, Division Society and Health, Research Council of Norway

2.      Russia and High North related research as an important foreign policy objective – Torgeir Larsen, State Secretary, Ministry of  Foreign Affairs

3.      Objectives and content of the NORRUSS Programme – Nils Morten Udgaard, Chair, NORRUSS programme board

4.      Open Question & Answer session – Birgit Jacobsen, NORRUSS coordinator, Research Council of Norway

The launching seminar will be held in Norwegian.