Norwegian Social Research (Norwegian: Norsk institutt for forskning om oppvekst, velferd og aldring, NOVA) is a state social science research institute based in Oslo, Norway.
It is part of Oslo Metropolitan University, and was formerly an independent state agency from its establishment in 1996 until 2014.
The aim of the institute is to develop knowledge and understanding of social conditions and processes of change.
They focus on issues of life-course events, level of living conditions and aspects of life-quality as well as on programmes and services provided by the welfare system.
Within its fields NOVA performs research assignments commissioned by public and private sector clients.