The Work Research Institute (WRI) (Norwegian: Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet, AFI), formerly known as the Institute of Work Psychology, is a Norwegian government-owned social science research institute in Oslo. Its purpose is to "produce systematic knowledge on working life" based on industrial and organizational psychology and other social sciences. It was an independent state-owned research institute from its establishment in 1964 until 2014, when it became part of Oslo and Akershus University College.