Activities and events

Here you get an overview of events arranged by The Pandemic Centre

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Climate Health Initiative (CHI) webinar #2

We continue the Climate Health Initiative webinar series with professor Håvard Haarstad, Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET) at UiB

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Climate and health on the agenda

In order to coordinate efforts around research in climate and health, the Bjerknes Centre and the Pandemic Centre organized the Climate and Health Initiative on June 14th. Held at Alrek, the session brought together experts and community members to discuss the critical links between climate change...

The Pandemic Centre's Research Catalyst

The Pandemic Centre's Research Catalyst continues through the spring. The events are open to students and academics who want to enlighten pandemic-related topics from different perspectives.

Pandemic Breakfast spring 2024

The Pandemic Center continues with our breakfast meetings through the spring term. Join us and hear about cutting-edge research across disciplines regarding pandemics.

Pandemic Centre International Conference

Successful first international conference at the Pandemic Centre

Friday 27th of October the Pandemic Centre at UiB celebrated 3 years of existence by inviting to the first international conference. The topic for this year's conference was long term consequences of the covid-19 pandemic.

Illustrasjon til artikkel om deklarasjon om Pandemi, mangfold og sosial ulikhet

Declaration on "Pandemic, diversity and social inequality"

During the conference on "Pandemic, diversity and social inequality" in Bergen in October, researchers started working on a declaration based on knowledge and experiences from the pandemic. The declaration has now been published and is open to read.

Building capacity in preparedness for migrants through international dialogues

The Pandemic Centre participated in a Round table discussion: “Strengthening the capacity and ensuring the protection of vulnerable migrants, asylum seekers and refugees” organized by INTERSOS Hellas

The Pandemic Centre signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Dhulikhel University Hospital, Nepal

During the visit of a Norwegian delegation to Nepal, the Pandemic Centre traced its intention to partner with the newly established Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Centre at Dhulikhel University Hospital.

The Pandemic Center visits UiB's Bruxelles Office

The Pandemic Center travelled to Bruxelles to gain insight on EU funded grants in pandemics and disaster preparedness.

The Moderna-founder: – Look for the good role-models!

Researcher and co-founder of the biotech-company Moderna, Robert S. Langer, has met a lot of skepticism and rejection in his career. He explains the road to success with being stubborn, having courage to think big and to have good role-models.

Memorandum of Understanding between BCEPS (UiB) and Africa CDC

The agreement will strengthen ongoing work to improve public health in African Union (AU) member states and give more people access to basic health services.

Diversity and Inequity in the Pandemic

The Pandemic Centre collaborates with Centre for the Study of the Sciences and Humanities (SVT) together with Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET) in an interdisciplinary course "Diversity and Inequity in the Pandemic".

The Pandemic Centre hosts debate on Migrant Health

In collaboration with LawTransform (Center on Law and Social Transformation), the Pandemic Center organizes a discussion on "Migrant Health in the pandemic".

Medieval leprosy – in retrospect

How do we interpret past pandemics? A recent book chapter examines how medieval leprosy was reinterpreted and reinvented for the modern world.

03.03.2025