Course description
The workshop leader will present the Norwegian historical population register: objectives, methodology, status, how it may be used, challenges etc. It will be presented different ideas for how to use the register and how to contribute to the development of the register.
Project ideas:
- Use the present database in historical, social science or medical research (24mill. archive entities linked by October. 2025 in the open part. May include present population linked with other register data and delivered by Statistics Norway following standard privacy regulations)
- Improve the linking of the 70 mill. archive entities
- Enhance the register by adding more data (beyond 70 mill. archive entities, many possibilities.)
- Improve the interaction within the citizens science part of the project.
- Any other improvement or use of the register.
The project is described in several scientific and popular papers. Master, phd, established research-projects and new research applications further developing the register and applications of the register are welcome.
Target audience
Master students, PhD-candidates, researchers within all disciplines; librarians, archivists and IT-staff.
Learning outcomes
- Knowledge about a research infrastructure that will be used in very many different disciplines and is one of the largest Norwegian citizens science projects.
- Project ideas or data that may be used in research or thesis within like data science, computing, computer-human interaction, history, archives, social science, medicine, history, economy, geography, natural science etc.
Prerequisites
- Master or higher level in any discipline that may use the register like social science, medicine, history, economy, geography, natural science etc.
- Master or higher level in a discipline that may contribute to the register like data science, computing, computer-human interaction, history, archives etc.
Technical and Material Requirements
- Laptop
Lunch
- There will be a complementary buffet-lunch at 12:00-13:00 from the Sverdrups spiseri (Georg Sverdrups Hus, 2nd floor).
- After you get your lunch, join us at Store møterom where we have reserved seats for #DSDays2026 participants.
Number of participants
After the soft deadline, a waiting list will be automatically handled upon de-registrations.
Contact
If you have any questions regarding this course, or anything else about the DSDays 2026 event, please contact us per email: digitalscholarship@ub.uio.no