For a few pupils, home-schooling during the pandemic has worked better than regular education. But for most, it was worse. This is clearly shown by completely new findings from a major Nordic research project funded by NordForsk.
Professor Eva Johansson and Docent Anna-Maija Puroila believe children’s feeling of belonging holds the key to understanding modern classrooms. The research project Politics of Belonging wants to gather knowledge on how to promote inclusion and strengthen the feeling of belonging in early childhood education.
A call for proposals for research projects under the upcoming initiative on Welfare among Children and Young People in the Post-Pandemic Nordics is planned to open in September. It is focusing on the long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and young peoples’ mental health, education and living conditions.
What do a furniture company in Norway and a coffee producer in Sweden have in common? On the surface, very little – but both are among the over 300 companies in the Nordic region that are in the midst of restructuring for sustainable production, thanks to collaboration with the CIRCit research project.
199 projects have applied for funding in the first round of NordForsk's Arctic call. 36 of them, representing 18 per cent of the applications, have now been invited to the second round. The application portal is open and ready to receive the new applications.
Social robots can be a great help to us. Especially if they are polite and have enthusiastic voices. This is according to new Nordic research, which also points to several dilemmas.
Many young people in the Nordic region have symptoms of anxiety, depression, and social anxiety, according to a new Nordic study. Girls are particularly affected, and more help is needed, according to the researchers behind the study.
The overarching aim of the initiative is to combine and integrate knowledge-based, digital innovation efforts with research on the related effects and impact on society and end-users. This is based on factors that enable and drive digital transformation of public sector, such as emerging technologies, emerging organisational practices, and emerging regulatory frameworks and governance mechanisms.
