Fafo Foundation

Under his leadership, Fafo became increasingly involved in international peace research and politics, particularly in the Middle East, from the late 1980s; the institute played a central role in the negotiations that culminated in the Oslo Accords.

Terje Rød Larsen would subsequently become a UN Under-Secretary-General responsible for coordinating the Middle East peace process.

[2] The foundation is also the owner of the independent analytical group Economics Norway (Norwegian: Samfunnsøkonomisk analyse), consisting of 15 employees as of 2020.

Its international approach is mostly based on living condition surveys in areas previously excluded from social science research, such as Haiti, China and Iraq.

[6] Sissel Trygstad and Hanne C. Kavli are Heads of Research, and Tone Fløtten is Managing Director.