projects

The Institute for Art & Environment is currently developing and leading different interdisciplinary research projects. LAX LAB 2.0 is a climate fiction book club and community and provides a platform to discuss climate change through literature. [Oss, vi] is a newly launched project that helps support immigrants in Oslo in learning Norwegian language. You can read more about these projects below.

LANGUAGE CAFÉ, SUMMER SCHOOL, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE

[Oss, vi] 2025+
Oslo språkkafé og sommerskole for voksne innvandrere
Oslo language café and summer school for adult immigrants

[Oss, vi] is a volunteer and community building project based in Oslo to help support adult immigrants learning the Norwegian language. Read more about the project here (in Norwegian).

COMMUNITY, BOOK CLUB, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE

LAX LAB 2.0 2024+
school of climate fiction

LAX LAB 2.0 is a community, book club, and educational resource dedicated to the stories and worlds of climate fiction. This is the first project by the Institute for Art & Environment and launched in May 2024.

LAX LAB 2.0 is an experimental, living, collective space exploring the art and power of the written word through the lens of climate change. LAX LAB 2.0 builds on the success of the original LAX LAB Climate Fiction Book Club, active between 2020 and 2023 . The project strives to build community and hope through open and inclusive dialogues on climate change through literature.

Please sign up to support the project, join the community, and be kept up-to-date on current books and upcoming events. Check Substack or the book club page to see what we are currently reading.

Please note that the project has been simplified and streamlined in 2026, with information being shared primarily on the I-AE website and on Instagram. We have also been meeting in-person at Deichman Bjørvika and have been collaborated with other local book club groups including the Spores book club and silent reading group, and New Suns book club hosted at Anarres Bokkafé.

Near the entrance of the historic ilmenite ore mines in Sandbekk, Norway (2025)