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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.

In October, the Pandemic Center offers an interdisciplinary course for students on learning from the covid-19 pandemic. The course is primarily aimed at PhD candidates and will address a number of exciting issues in collaboration with some of the leading professionals at UiB.

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.

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

The University of Bergen is national coordinator for The Europan Social Survey. This is a cross-national survey collecting data from over 30 countries, including data regarding the covid 19-pandemic and people's behaviour.

Compared to day workers, shift workers have an almost six-fold higher risk of needing hospital care due to COVID-19, according to a recent study from the University of Bergen.

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