INTEREST
INTegrating Ecological Research and Education to fill Societal knowledge needs on the naTure crisis
About the research project
The INTEREST project has an educational focus and will
- strengthen institutional partnerships for education between Norway and the priority institutions in South Africa
- strengthen academic programmes by increasing integration between higher education and research
- sustain student mobility between Norway and South Africa.
The project is funded by the Norwegian Research Council, and led by the University of Bergen and collaborates internationally with the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and the Universities of the Free State, Venda, and Pretoria in South Africa.