Four forms of treatment against rheumatoid arthritis have been tested in a comprehensive Nordic research trial, which is the largest of its kind in the world. The results help to put the Nordic Region on the world map, the researchers emphasise.
The Nordic countries are on a par with the rest of Europe when it comes to health inequality. If we’re to reverse the trend, we need to include as many people as possible in the labour market and give them the health care they need, researchers claim.
337. That is the number of pre-proposals generated by NordForsk’s call for interdisciplinary research proposals. The purpose of the NordForsk initiative is to encourage high-quality interdisciplinary research, and the call for proposals has a budget of NOK 120 million.
The overarching theme of the call is to explore the medium to long-term consequences beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Available budget is approx. 45 million NOK.
With a new call The Joint Committee for Nordic research councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NOS-HS) and NordForsk want to encourage young researchers to establish networks early in their careers which in turn, hopefully, will lead to more Nordic collaboration in a longer perspective.
How has Sweden handled ethical issues during the COVID-19 pandemic? Göran Collste, Professor Emeritus of Applied Ethics at Linköping University, comments on some of the topics that were discussed at yesterday’s webinar.
Project studying the role of democratic participation and involvement in the legitimisation of green energy projects in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
It was children who were hardest hit by measures to combat the spread of COVID-19, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights stated earlier this year. However, there’s a lack of knowledge about how mentally vulnerable children and young people were affected. New Nordic research will shed light on this.
