National student competition

SITRAP will inspire interdisciplinary collaboration and network building across degree programs and educational institutions. We want to find out more about how students learn and develop cooperation skills.

SITRAP invites students to an annual, national competition within spatial development. The year's challenge is announced in May. A workshop is arranged for August/September, and the deadline for submissions is in September each year. Entries are assessed by a jury according to established assessment criteria. The winners are announced at SITRAP's annual conference at the end of October.

The total prize fund is NOK 100,000, with the best entry receiving a prize of at least NOK 30,000.

2024's theme: Selfie tourism - What lies behind the glossy image?

The theme for 2023 was School as a Place Developer.

What is local development?

Local development encompasses a wide range of topics that are crucial to creating viable local communities, whether it concerns business, demographic development, the local environment, integration, cultural diversity, social strata or conditions for raising children.

Why a competition on local development?

Local development and community development are at the core of spatial planning. They touch on issues that cross many disciplines. Good, sustainable local development requires competence in interdisciplinary problem solving. This cannot be learned exclusively, but is something that must be practiced. Students rarely get the opportunity to work across different fields of study. By participating in this competition, students can gain insight into what meets them in working life, where they often have to collaborate with colleagues from different disciplines and professions.

Who can participate?

Students from all subject areas and universities in Norway can participate, but the team leader must study a spatial planning subject at a Norwegian institution or be a Norwegian student studying a similar subject abroad. Each team must have 3-6 members. The team leader registers the team.

By spatial planning subjects, we mean degree programs that cover all variants of site development, community planning, urban and regional planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, property development and real estate.

Team members can be from any discipline.

We encourage participants to form interdisciplinary teams, also across study institutions/departments, but this is not a prerequisite for participation.

How can I participate?

Submit your entry by sending an email with your proposal included as an attachment or link to: sitrap@nmbu.no..

See 2024's theme: Selfie tourism - What lies behind the glossy image?

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