We pride ourselves on a Nordic school model where everyone has equal access to education, but that was not necessarily the case for all students when the pandemic was upon us, new research suggests.
The government chooses which medicines patients are offered, and in Norway the seriously ill are prioritised. Health benefits are weighed against financial costs, but changes in the evidence base for drug authorisation are putting the practice to the test.
NordForsk has issued two calls for migration and integration research to generate new knowledge about migration and integration in the Nordics and internationally.
Although the green transition is necessary, sustainable investments in the Arctic could pull the rug from under traditional reindeer husbandry. Researchers are calling for a balance of interests and for all parties to be heard.
The COVID-19 pandemic had a range of immediate consequences for children and young people. To investigate the long-term consequences, NordForsk has decided to fund eight research projects on welfare among children and young people in the post-pandemic Nordics.
Livestock are important for food security. In the DigiVet project the researchers have studied how livestock data is currently used across the Nordics, the United Kingdom and Estonia, and how technology regulatory frameworks might provide societal benefit by improving the public-interest uses of these data.
New types of feed, lower water temperatures, and recirculation in aquaculture facilities are examples of where Nordic research results are contributing to a more sustainable aquaculture industry. “The Nordics are leading the way,” says the chair of the committee.
