2013 Peder Sather Grant Program Awards

Governance in Turbulent Times
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Christopher K. Ansell
Norway: Professor Morten Øgård, University of Agder

Real-time Guidance of Mobile Sensor Networks for Marine Monitoring
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Murat Arcak
Norway: Professor Thor I. Fossen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Gene Expression Affected by Methylation Changes in Multiple Sclerosis
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Lisa F. Barcellos
Norway: Professor Hanne -Cathrin Flinstad Harbo, University of Oslo

Legitimacy and Fallibility in Child Welfare Services: A Cross Country Study of Decision Making
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Jill Duerr Berrick
Norway: Professor Marit Skivenes, University of Bergen

Bearing Witness: Improving Witness Protection and Services at the International Criminal Court
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Richard M. Buxbaum
Norway: Professor Nora Sveaass, University of Oslo

Risk and Reliability of Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Systems
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Armen Der Kiureghian
Norway: Professor Arvid Naess, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Development of Episodic Memory
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Mark D’Esposito
Norway: Professor Kristine B Walhovd, University of Oslo

The Berkeley-Bergen Seismological Consortium
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Douglas S. Dreger
Norway: Professor Henk Keers, University of Bergen

A Systems Analysis of Anthrax Epidemiology in Mammalian Herbivores
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Wayne M. Getz
Norway: Professor Nils Christian Stenseth, University of Oslo

A Computational Approach to the Rational Design of Hydroamination Catalysts
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor John F. Hartwig
Norway: Professor David Balcells Badia, University of Oslo

Sleep Problems and Healthcare Use in Adolescence
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Allison G. Harvey
Norway: Professor Mari Hysing, University of Bergen

Toward a Virtual Tebtunis
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Todd M. Hickey
Norway: Professor Anastasia Maravela, University of Oslo

Critical Perspectives on Courts and Human Rights
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann
Norway: Professor Andreas Follesdal, University of Oslo

Creating in the Cloud: A study of online collaboration across cultures and learning contexts
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Glynda A. Hull
Norway: Professor Ola Erstad, University of Oslo
Professor Lisbet Rønningsbakk, University of Tromsø

Nordic Time Zones: Time-Based Art in the Northern Landscape
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Shannon Jackson
Norway: Professor Knut Ove Artnzen, University of Bergen

Behavioral Economics Collaboration Project
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Shachar Kariv
Norway: Professor Bertil Tungodden, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)

Industrial Organization and Healthcare Markets, Economics/Business
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Michael L. Katz
Norway: Professor Lars Sørgard, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)

Electrophysiology of Frontal-Parietal Control of Spacial Attention
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Robert T. Knight
Norway: Professor Tor Endestad, University of Oslo

Facilitating High Expectations for a Diverse Student Population: A Cross-National Comparison of Norwegian and US-American Approaches
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Heinrich Mintrop
Norway: Professor Jorunn Møller, University of Oslo

Cross-Cultural Analysis of Teacher Learning with Lesson Study in Two
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Aki Murata
Norway: Professor Elaine Munthe, University of Stavanger

Improving Polynomial-Time Algorithms
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Christos H. Papadimitriou
Norway: Professor Jan Arne Telle, University of Bergen

Trauma Fictions in Contemporary Culture
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Mark Sandberg
Norway: Professor Unni Langås, University of Agder

Disability and Identification: A comparative Analysis
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Susan Schweik
Norway: Professor Jan Grue, University of Oslo

Integrating Advanced Plant Cell Wall Analysis Technology with Model System Based Gene Discovery to Facilitate Bioenergy Production
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Christopher Somerville
Norway: Professor Thorsten Hamann, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Equasions in Algebraic Geometry
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Bernd Sturmfels
Norway: Professor Kristian Ranestad, University of Oslo

Synchronizing the World. Universal Histories, Encyclopedias, and World Maps
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Chenxi Tang
Norway: Professor Helge Jordheim, University of Oslo

Operational Excellence in Engineer-to-Order (ETO) Manufacturing
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Iris Denise Tommelein
Norway: Professor Daryl Powell, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

A Comparitive Study of Distruptive Behavior Between Schools in Norway and the United States
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Elliot Turiel
Norway: Professor Liv Duesund, University of Oslo

Rotation Dynamics in Turbulent Suspensions: From Detailed Measurements to Global Predictions
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Evan A. Variano
Norway: Professor Helge I. Andersson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

What Color are Atomic Nuclei?
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Jasmina L. Vujic
Norway: Professor Sunniva Siem, University of Oslo

Knowledge of the North: Traditions Transformations, and Practices of Medieval Scandinavian Learning
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor Jonas Wellendorf
Norway: Professor Jens Eike Schnall, University of Bergen

Norwegian Mortality in a Historical Perspective
Project co-PIs
UC Berkeley: Professor John R. Wilmoth
Norway: Professor Stein Emil Vollset, University of Bergen