“Name of the Year” Nomination
Congratulations to PANSOC Centre Leader Svenn-Erik Mamelund, who has (for the second year) been nominated as Name of the Year in Academia by readers of Khrono. Read more here.
Historier som endret verden: spanskesyken
Senterleder Mamelund har akkurat vært med å spille inn en ny podkast om spanskesyken hos Radio Metro, du kan høre hvorfor “alle pandemiers mor” endret verden her: Historier Som Endret Verden – Radio Metro
DIS2 project featured in CORDIS Results in Brief
Jessica Dimka was recently interviewed about her MSCA project on disability as a risk factor during the 1918 influenza pandemic. Read more here:
Mental Health and Pandemics video
Last month, Carla Louise Hughes, Nan Zou Bakkeli, and Jessica Dimka talked about PANSOC research related to mental health and pandemics, as part of OsloMet’s marking of World Mental Health Day. The lunch seminar (lunsjpåfyll) was organized by the University Library, and a video is available here: https://filmet.no/lunsjpafyll-mental-health-and
Carla Louise Hughes embraced the challenge of starting graduate school in a new country during a pandemic.
Now, she is making an impact as a member of the team at the Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society. Read a new interview with here: UK native named Student of the Year – OsloMet
Ny kronikk: Hvorfor ble vi tatt på sengen av covid-19?
I denne kronikken skrevet av Vibeke Narverud Nyborg og senterleder Mamelund, diskuterers ulike grunnet til at vi ble overrumplet av covid-19. For å være forberedt neste gang er det kritisk at fagmiljøene tar vare på det pandemiske minne. Les kronikken i Aftenposten her: Hvorfor ble vi tatt på sengen av covid-19? (aftenposten.no)
Mamelund (re)interviewed on German radio
Last year our Centre leader was interviewed on National German Radio on the handling of COVID-19 in in Norway relative to the Nordic countries. This year, he has done a follow-up interview for the program post Deutchlandfunk Kultur. You can listen to it here: Corona in Norwegen – Nordischer Hotspot statt Musterland (deutschlandfunkkultur.de)
Hvordan ble helselover brukt under Spanskesyken?
Svaret på dette svært sentrale spørsmålet og mer gis av Vibeke Narverud Nyborg i denne rykende ferske podkasten. Hvordan ble helselover brukt under Spanskesyken? – Viten og snakkis | Podcast on Spotify
Mindre fornøyd med livet under korona
Alt tatt i betraktning, hvor tilfreds er du med livet i dag? Dette spørsmålet svarte norske arbeidstakere på i 2019 og deretter i 2020, midt under pandemien. Nan Zou Bakkeli har sammenlignet svarene. Det er neppe overraskende at rike er lykkeligere enn fattige, friske mer tilfredse enn syke og folk i familier lykkeligere enn enslige. Men hvordan har det gått med den store gruppen nordmenn som ikke har alle disse lykkefaktorene på plass?
Les intervju med Nan om forskningen her: Mindre fornøyd med livet under korona – OsloMet
Paperet kan du lese her: Health, work, and contributing factors on life satisfaction: A study in Norway before and during the COVID-19 pandemic – ScienceDirect
Horizon magazine article features work on disability and pandemics
PANSOC co-leader Jessica Dimka was interviewed about her research on disability during the 1918 flu and its relevance for today. Read “How vulnerable groups were left behind in pandemic response” by Richard Gray here:
https://horizon-magazine.eu/article/how-vulnerable-groups-were-left-behind-pandemic-response.html
