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.
NordForsk with partners are issuing a Nordic-Baltic call for proposals for research projects on Migration and Integration. Call deadline is 14 May 2024 and available budget is NOK 62,4 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.
Rapid change, repeated crises and superpowers trying to reinstate imperialistic reasoning leave many feeling nostalgic. The past is a viral political tool, according to Manuel Menke, a researcher analysing the political use of the past in the Nordics.
