About the group
The second half of the twentieth century saw a maturation of the Nordic coopetative model. At the same time, the emergence of neoliberalism accelerated into competition-driven globalization. Today this "Cooperative spirit" must relate to a ruthless market competition.
This project studied the conditions of sustaining and renewing the Nordic cooperative society in an increasingly competition-driven world.
Our objective was to?shed new light on the cultural, economic and political mechanisms of the Nordic cooperation model.?
The project studied the development of a cooperation ethos in Nordic cultures and school curriculum, as well as the dynamics between cooperation and competition in business and political processes.
?The project attempted to answer the following questions:
- How can Nordic countries renew their models of cooperation?as to better answer to?challenges of the global market, climate change and increased migration?
- What is the?destiny of?Nordic "prosocial" values?at an?international level??Is it possible and legitimate to universalise certain forms of cooperative society?
- To which degree can the interdiciplinarity of a project like this?offer new?insights of the cultural evolution of Nordic cooperative society??Can we overcome the legendary gap between natural and social??science? (CP Snow, ?Two Cultures?, 1959).
Cooperation
- Centre for Development and the Environment (UiO)
- The American Evolution Institute
- Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,?University of Connecticut (UCONN)
- Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
Publications
- Nina Witoszek: 'Renewing the Nordic Model', lecture at the Conference 'Nordic-China Dialogue on the Rule of Law, Governance and Civil Society' 12-13 October 2016, Faculty of Law, UiO, Oslo
- Atle Midttun (Bi Norwegian Business School, Norway), David Sloan Wilson (Binghampton University, USA) & Nina Witoszek (University of Oslo, Norway), ‘The dynamics of institutional adaptation: the competitive advantage of the Nordic Welfare State’, paper presented at The Third WINIR Conference on Institutions and Human Behaviour 2-5 September 2016, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Publication forthcoming.
- Witoszek, Nina & Wilson, David Sloan?(2016,?07. mai).?Innslag i Verdib?rsen: "Og frem fra historiens skraphaug dukket... Darwin!". [Radio]. ?Nrk P2, Verdib?rsen.
- Witoszek, Nina. H?yrepolitikk f?rer ikke n?dvendigvis til ekstremistiske holdninger. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.) 2016
- David Sloan Wilson and Dag Hessen, “Blueprint for the Global Village”, Social Evolution Forum
- Nina Witoszek, “The Beauty of Getting to Norway”, Social Evolution Forum
- Nina Witoszek, “Den eneste mulige realpolitik”, Morgenbladet 28 september 2015
- Interview with Wilson in Klassekampen, (“Det er st?rrelsen som teller”) 24 September 2015.
- Interview with Wilson in Uniforum: “Nestekj?rleik er meir menneskeleg enn egoisme?, 21 september 2015.
- Interview with Wilson in Klassekampen: “Det er st?rrrelsen?? som teller”, 25 september 2015.
- Nina Witoszek, Arne N?ss Symposium 1 October 2015 "Cultural Innnovatiom and the Wealth of Nations", med deltagelse av David Sloan Wilson, Peter Turchin and Robert Frank.
- Tv-program in NRK2 Kunnskapskanalen 14 November 2015, ?Kulturell innovasjon og nasjonenes velstand?
- In progress: bookmanuscript for Routledge, Nordic Model 2.0: Forging a Cooperative Society in a Competitive World
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