A joint Nordic-Baltic proposal has received funding from the European Commission to support the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC). On request from the five Nordic e-infrastructure providers Nordic eInfrastructure Collaboration (NeIC) coordinated the Nordic-Baltic proposal worth 6 million euros. NeIC will be the coordinator of the EOSC-Nordic project and also lead a Work Package on FAIR data. The project will seek to establish the Nordic and Baltic countries as frontrunners in the take-up of the EOSC concept, principles and approach.
The Nordics are getting older, while state-funded care for the elderly is being cut. An increasing proportion of older people are paying for care privately or relying on their family members and partners to take responsibility. Is the welfare state no longer able to take care of its own citizens?
The Nordics are renowned for being proactive in combatting extremism, and this is mainly due to the co-operation between schools, social services and the police. However, in Sweden they believe that exchange of information can undermine trust.
Nordic co-operation was formalised through the Nordic Council in 1952. However, the idea of a shared Nordic culture and identity has deep roots, particularly in the so-called Scandinavianism, which had its heyday in the eighteen hundreds.
Making the most of the potentials and mitigating the risks and harmful consequences of the use of Artificial Intelligence in the Nordic-Baltic region. NordForsk announces funding for a minimum of 12 Nordic and Nordic-Baltic research projects.
Through workshops, hands-on activities and sharing circles the MAST network explores how Indigenous knowledge intersects with design practices. Their aim is to validate and share Indigenous ways of knowing, and to bridge the global North and South.
Is it simply a lottery when the Nordic countries grant asylum? Why are the differences between the countries so significant? These are just two of the questions that a Nordic research project is hoping to answer.
The results from a recently completed research project on gender equality within the IT industry show that both stereotypical perceptions of women and lacking encouragement of women to apply for technology subjects are the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality in the field.
