Research in the Wake of the Pandemic
Program for the Closing Conference
8 SEPTEMBER 2022, THE RESEARCH COUNCIL MEETING CENTER, DRAMMENSVEIEN 288, OSLO:
09:00 Registration (and poster placement)
10:00 Welcome by Mari Sundli Tveit, director of the Research Council of Norway
Part 1: WHO March 11, 2020: Declaration of a Global Pandemic
– Scenario – What Now? v/John Arne Røttingen, Norway´s global health ambassador
– Research needs at this point v/departementsråd Cathrine Marie Lofthus (HOD)
– Researcher´s response: A new COVID-19-test developed in record time / professor Magnar Bjørås, NTNU
– Panel dicussion with representatives from the research sector: : How did research responded to the pandemic outbreak? John A. Røttingen, Catrine M. Lofthus, Magnar Bjørås, vice dean, Jens Petter Berg, UiO, director for research and innovation Helge Røsjø A-HUS, researcher Jonas Dale, NORCE.
11:15 Coffee break
Part 2: Life in Norway during the pandemic
– Research needs /department director Marit Endresen, The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB)
– Researcher’s response: /professor Esperanza Diaz, Pandemic Centre at UiB and professor Svenn Erik Mamelund atCentre for Research on Pandemics & Society, OsloMet
– Panel discussion: Marit Endresen (DSB), Esperanza Diaz, Svenn Erik Mamelund.
12:30 LUNCH and poster-session
13:30 Research Communication – vs INFODEMIC
– CovCom – Fighting a pandemic through translating science / professor Jo Røislien, Universitetet i Stavanger
– Dissemination and public information during the pandemic / professor Anne Spurkland, Universitetet i Oslo
– Experiences with dissemination and information work during the pandemic from one of Oslo’s districts, Søndre Nordstrand /district superintendent Anne Stine Garnes.
– Panel discussion: How can research contribute to efficient and correct science communication to the whole population? Jo Røislien, Anne Spurkland, Anne Stine Garnes
14:20 Coffee break
Part 3: The pandemic subsides – what now?
– Scenario – Do we have control? /general director Camilla Stoltenberg, Folkehelseinstituttet
– Research needs – what is important to research now? /assistant director, Espen R. Nakstad, Helsedirektoratet
– Researcher’s response; The future’s knowledge system for crisis and everyday life – what have we learned?/ director Trygve Ottersen, leader of Nasjonalt Kunnskapsprogram for Covid19, Folkehelseinstituttet
– Panel discussion: What is the translational potential of COVID-19 research to other international crises – and the next pandemic? Director Kikki F. Kleiven, Bjerknes Center for Climate Research, John Arne Røttingen, Camilla Stoltenberg, Trygve Ottersen, Espen R. Nakstad, director Henrik Urdal, Peace Research Institute Oslo.
15:20 Reflection dialog with statssekretær Karl Kristian Bekeng (HOD). Ole Johan Borge (Forskningsrådet), Marianne Minge (Norwegian Cancer Association) and Sveinung Hole (Trond Mohn Foundation) will also participate.
15:50 Best Poster Award
16:00 Closing remarks
About the Seminar Series
In 2020, the Research Council of Norway announced three emergency calls for proposals related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of these was to contribute to the response to the COVID-19 outbreak. As a result researchers supported by our funding are now investigationg what will make us capable of understanding and limiting the COVID-19 pandemic by improving patient treatment, the public health response, stimulating innovation, studying economic and labor market related consequences and contributing to a more efficient response both to this pandemic and possible future outbreaks.
The initiative is a cooperation between the Research Council of Norway, the Norwegian Cancer Society and Trond Mohn Foundation, resulting in funding for a total amount of NOK 190 million. The Norwegian Cancer Society is contributing with NOK 8 million to cancer-related projects and Trond Mohn Foundation is supporting six of the projects with NOK 30 million. The three emergency calls have awarded funding to 48 projects in total, with funding from several ministeries.
The Research Council, the Norwegian Cancer Society and Trond Mohn Foundation organized a seminar series in the period 2020–2022. We aimed to contribute to an academic COVID-19 community with sharing of best practice, inspire communication of the research results between the project leaders and the public, lower the threshold for interdisciplinary cooperation and facilitate dialogue with relevant people of the authorities.
The target audience for the seminar was the principal investigators of the other projects and their research teams and partners, i.e. a broad group of professionals sharing your expertise.
All principal investigators were invited to present their project in one of the seminars.
The seminars in the series:
Seminar 1 – December 17 2020 Public health response and social countermeasures
Seminar 2 – March 24 2021 Insight in medical research and economic consequences
Seminar 3 – September 29 2021 Individual and societal needs during a pandemic: lessons learned?
Seminar 4 – January 18 2022 Pandemic Management: adaptation and resilience in response to an outbreak
Concluding conference: September 8 2022
The projects
The projects are within the topics Democracy, administration and renewal, Global development and international relations, Economic and Labour-market Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Norwegian Business and Working Life and innovation projects with the topics Industry and services.
Short project descriptions and contact information for all the project can be found here.
For questions about the seminars:
The Research Counsil of Norway: Simona Grasso phone + 463 78 332
Trond Mohn Foundation: Oddveig Åsheim , phone + 47 41 66 31 64
De aktive prosjektene
Prosjektene er innenfor temaene Demokrati, styring og fornyelse, Global utvikling og internasjonale relasjoner, Økonomiske og arbeidsmarkedsmessige konsekvenser av koronakrisen for norsk nærings- og arbeidsliv samt innovasjonsprosjekter med tema Industri og tjenestenæringer.
Korte prosjektbeskrivelser og kontaktinformasjon finner du her. Vi viser også til Folkehelseinstituttets sjekkliste for koronaforskning.
For spørsmål om seminarrekken:
Norges forskningsråd: Simona Grasso, tlf.: 463 78 332 Trond Mohn stiftelse: Oddveig Åsheim, tlf.: 41 66 31 64
Relevant articles/internet pages
International society for priority in health´s COVI19-page.
Norwegian Institute of Public Health: Nasjonalt kunnskapsprogram for covid-19 (National knowledge program for covid-19) publishes a Newsletter with an overview over recently published Norwegian covid-19 research. To subscribe, please follow this link. More information and earlier Newsletters you can find here.
Elixir Norway Nov 4 2020
COVID19- Dataportal: Acceleration Research through Data sharing
KHRONO, 28. okt 2020
Tre fallgruver utfordrer norsk koronaforskning
KHRONO 27. okt 2020
UiB oppretter eget senter for pandemiforskning
Folkehelseinstituttet 16. okt 2020
Sjekkliste for koronaforskning
UiO.no, 8. mai 2020
NFR-støtte til covid-19-forskning ved Helsam
Kreftforeningen.no, 7. mai 2020
Kreftforeningen bidrar i hastedugnahttps://mohnfoundation.nod mot korona
Mohnfoundation.no 7. mai 2020
NFRs COVID19-utlysning; Tildelingene er klar
Mohnfoundation.no 7. mai 2020
NFRs COVID19-utlysning; Disse får støtte fra Trond Mohn stiftelse
