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European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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Norce, a Norwegian independent research institute, announced reductions equivalent to 80 full-time positions (about 10% of staff). The downsizing is driven by costs exceeding revenues and will proceed mainly through a voluntary programme offering severance packages. Management aims to protect core research activities where possible, with the restructuring to be completed in the first half of 2026. The principal measure is voluntary severance (open to selected groups and, on application, to all staff).
A union representative from Forskerforbundet at Norce called the scope “dramatic,” while local business leaders in Bergen expressed concern about loss of high-skill jobs.
Norce is among Norway’s largest independent research institutes, employing about 800 people across eight Norwegian cities and owned primarily by the universities of Bergen, Stavanger, Agder and Tromsø alongside public and private stakeholders.
Eurofound (2025), Norce, Internal restructuring in Norway, factsheet number 203679, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203679.