Are you a PhD candidate? Join Forskerforbundet – the Norwegian Association of Researchers (NAR). Membership is free for the rest of 2019 – no fees! Insurance included.

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• We represent our members in all kinds of salary negotiations; at the national level as well as at the local workplace.
• Our members can get free legal assistance in matters regarding their salaries or working conditions.
• NAR’s local branch at your workplace provides a professional and a social network.
• We offer various courses, conferences and seminars for members, free of charge.
• Our members are offered competitively priced insurance and banking services.
• Our members receive the monthly journal Forskerforum for free.

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NAR organises students and employees in scientific, technical-administrative or other professional positions that normally require a tertiary qualification, and who work in

• research and development
• higher education
• museums and cultural heritage management
• public administration related to research and higher education

Are you not sure whether you can become a member?

See our guidelines for membership

For 2019, NAR's membership fees are:

• Ordinary fee: NOK 462 a month (full time employee).
• Reduced fee: NOK 251 a month (part time employee; 50 % or less).
• PhD candidate: NOK 251 a month (employed as a research fellow).
• Student: NOK 250 (lump sum).

Membership fees

Do you want to stand alongside many others in a union which is fighting for better education, wages and working conditions? Are you interested in affordable insurance policies and favorable banking services? Join NAR as a student member! Student members pay a fee of NOK 250 (lump sum).

Student membership

We have double membership agreements with a number of Norwegian associations for professionals. With double membership, you can be a member of both organisations without paying double fees.

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We have reciprocal membership agreements with sister organisations in the Nordic countries, Ireland, Great Britain, Canada and the USA. If you are a member of our sister organisation in one of these countries, you can join NAR for free as a guest member.

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If you change your address or your employment, take a leave of absence, or retire, you must inform the NAR Central Office. Log on to your personal membership page: "Min side" to update your membership information. It is also possible to terminate your membership via "Min side".

Log on to "Min side" (in Norwegian only)