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.
This report summarises the feedback provided by researchers involved in the Nordic Health
Data Research Projects on COVID-19, along with the impact data and outcomes reported by
these projects.
How are remote labour markets impacted by demographic shifts, growing technological needs, climate change, and globalisation? A Nordic research project aims to find out how such global megatrends have local consequences.
Researchers have studied how Nordic citizens with a foreign background interact with each other, also when it comes to choosing a life partner. The results show that most people choose someone with the same national background.
Increased out-of-classroom interaction and sharing of tacit knowledge among school staff helps create better environments for migrant students to integrate and feel like they belong at school, shows NordForsk funded project.
The Nordic countries need to strengthen their preparedness for future pandemics. When encountering a new viral or pandemic disease, new knowledge should be derived from cross-sectoral and multidisciplinary research, and possible long-term health consequences need to be considered already in the acute phase.
