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But he also warned against relying too heavily on the new technology.

“There is a clear thread running from yesterday’s forced sterilisation to today’s self-optimisation,” says Professor Jan Grue. With NOK 12 million in funding from the Research Council of Norway, he and his fellow researchers will examine old and new ideas about which people are considered to have a right to exist — and which are seen as less valuable.

Solveig Topstad Borgen has received 10 million kroner in FRIPRO funds from the Research Council for the project IMMIGENDER, which will examine how family formation affects working life for descendants of immigrants in Norway.

Karen O'Brien has been elected as a member of the distinguished National Academy of Sciences – one of the world's oldest and most prestigious academies.