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Transfer of knowledge from health ambassador project with the University of Gdansk

The Pandemic Centre will collaborate with the University of Gdansk to exchange experiences from the health ambassdor project that was organized in Bergen during the covid 19-pandemic. The goal is to adapt the same model in a polish context and among Ukrainian immigrants in Poland.

Strengthens pandemic understanding through PhD-course

PhD-students with different backgrounds are participating in the Pandemic Centre's interdisciplinary PhD-course this semester. The students hope the course will give them a broader understanding of the complex issues during a pandemic.

First article from a PhD at the Pandemic Center published

PhD candidate Pierina Benavente at the Pandemic Center has recently published her first article in an international journal. In the article, she presents findings about the health situation among migrant working in Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leah will explore connections between the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukrainian refugee-crisis

Fulbright-student Leah Eliza Balter from the United States has recently started a new research-project at The Pandemic Centre. She will explore how Norway’s Covid-19 experiences may have influenced the response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis that happened simultaneously.

Professor at the Pandemic Center leads two international committees

Professor Preben Aavitsland at the Pandemic Center is head of two international committees appointed by WHO's Director-General to advise WHO on how the covid-19 pandemic and mpox-outbreak should be handled in the coming years.

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 Pandemic Center to collaborate with the Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Center of TU Delft

Two representatives of PDPC visited the Pandemic Centre in the second week of January to explore possible collaborations

Maïlys (23) went to Ghana to see how the pandemic affected small fishing-communities

Several African countries are experiencing food-shortages and stop in trade as a result of the pandemic and closed borders. UiB-student Maïlys Rouillé went to West-Africa to do fieldwork among fish-traders who had their livelihoods reduced.

The Pandemic Centre starts interdiciplinary course to learn from the Covid-19 pandemic

In january the Pandemic Centre will offer a two-weeks course for students to learn from the Covid-19 pandemic. The course is open to both PhD-students and Master students from all diciplines at the university.

UiB joins international cooperation to innovate vaccine development

Through the international vaccine project "Inno4Vac", the University of Bergen will contribute to research and innovation to enable faster development and production of new vaccines.

First joint article from the Pandemic Centre published

The first joint article from the Pandemic Centre as a unit has now been published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health.

The covid-19 pandemic: A watershed in the development of digital politics

Associate professor at UiB, Kjetil Rommetveit, has received funding from the Research Council of Norway (RCN) to study contact tracing under covid-19 as digital politics.

Creating trust through pandemic-rhetoric

How does the health-authorities choose to communicate when the world is experiencing a global crisis? This will be the main topic in a new rhetoric-study with researchers from Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

20.11.2024