During the COVID-19 pandemic, new research was essential to safeguarding the life and health of the population. According to Nordic researchers, rapid calls for proposals and evaluations, as well as immediate access to health data, are among the measures needed to succeed in such a crisis.
The projects main objective is to better understand the consequences of warming winters on Arctic lakes, to identify adaptation strategies to ensure access to fishing sites.
NordForsk has received 87 applications for a call on antagonistic threats. The research will generate new knowledge to increase societal security in the Nordic and Baltic region.
During the pandemic, the authorities introduced support programmes for companies to avoid laying off employees. Some called it a sleeping pillow, others a necessary measure. Now research shows that the subsidies may have helped the Nordic countries avoid an economic downturn.
The overall goal of the Nordic initiative on Health and Welfare is to improve health in the Nordic countries by finding solutions to societal and public health challenges through high-quality research.
The world’s push for clean energy depends on critical minerals such as lithium and rare earth elements. But while they are essential to cutting emissions, their extraction often threatens fragile environments and Indigenous livelihoods.
Valuable connections and opportunity to contribute to society are most important when building a sense of home for migrants shows research through art-based methods.
The overall aim of the call is to generate knowledge and solutions for a sustainable and inclusive future working life in a Nordic and/or Nordic-Lithuanian context.
