SIK’s work falls within four main thematic categories:

Development - organizational and institutional development, local capacity building, education development, interculturalism, building leadership capacity, HIV/AIDS, and university cooperation

Development - organizational and institutional development, local capacity building, education development, interculturalism, building leadership capacity, HIV/AIDS, and university cooperation

Multicultural Norway - Developing intercultural communication, integration and multicultural understanding in schools and professionallife, religious diversity in schools

Teaching and courses – Developing intercultural understanding and competence, teaching subjects such as human rights, peace and reconciliation, and intercultural communication.