Type of the organization: Higher Education Institution

Business Line: Research and Education

Organisation profile: The University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) is a large academic institution with 1,800 staff, 19,000 students, and 8 campuses. It covers four primary faculties: Health, Education, Engineering, and Business, maintaining strong ties to regional organizations through innovative work-study programs.

The USN team participating in DC4Democracy originates from the Digitalisation Management research group and the Centre for Crisis Management. They possess extensive expertise in public sector digitalization, democracy, pedagogical methods, and crisis management. The team has a rich track record of international project participation (including Erasmus+, Horizon, and EEA Grants) in areas such as digital local democracy, human rights education, user adoption, and AI in teaching. Within the DC4Democracy project, USN is responsible for leading WP2 and contributing its cross-disciplinary research competence to the consortium’s objectives.