Project investigating the question of whether pregnant women ar more likely to contract COVID-19, and at a higher risk of severe disease, complications and hospitalizations than non-pregnant women of reproductive age.
Nordic research funding should be prioritised to achieve the goals of Our Vision 2030. This is one of the recommendations from the Nordic ministers for research and education to the Nordic Council.
The Nordic region is the European leader in gender equality, but when it comes to leadership positions in research and innovation, men dominate just as widely here as in the rest of Europe.
NordForsk has decided to fund four postdoctoral research fellowships for young researchers in Denmark and Sweden within the Nordic Neutron Science Initiative. The projects will receive a total of 6 million NOK.
However, many common migration-related prejudices and inefficiencies in the integration of the migrant population are due to the lack of sound, tested and accessible scientific research.
Impact stories are a short format we use to provide an overview of the research process from results and outputs, to outcomes and impact. These are constructed to swiftly communicate the significance of projects we have chosen to highlight.
NordForsk received 218 applications in response to the call for proposals under the Joint Nordic-UK Research Initiative on Migration and Integration with a deadline of 15 November 2018. The UK is represented in a large share of the projects, demonstrating that researchers in the Nordic countries and the UK see great value in working together, says NordForsk Director Arne Flåøyen.
The Nordic countries have cooperated closely on societal security for several decades. In recent years, this tradition has been supplemented by several political initiatives across national borders. In 2016, it was allocated funding to four projects under the Nordic Societal Security Initiative’s call for proposals on society, integrity and cyber-security. Recently, they met in The Hague to exchange experiences and lessons learned so far.
