Røislien presents COVCOM at Research Council of Norway seminar

On 17th December 2020, Jo Røislien presented the COVCOM project during the seminar 'Public Health Response and Social Countermeasures', the first of a seminar series "Covid-19: Research in the wake of the pandemic". The seminar was held on Zoom, and had 136 participants.

See seminar BOOKLET

 

 

The schedule for the seminar was as follows:

SEMINAR: PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE AND SOCIAL COUNTERMEASURES

 

Time: 17 December, 9:30-11:30

Place: Zoom

Opening
Welcome to the seminar with Sveinung Hole from Trond Mohn Stiftelsen and Ole Johan Borge from The Research Council of Norway

First group of introductions (3-5 minutes teasers)

  • Bjørn Sætrevik: Perceived Risk and Precautions during a Pandemic Outbreak
  • Øyvind Ihlen: Pandemic Rhetoric, Trust and Social Media: Risk Communication Strategies and Public Reactions in a Changing Media Landscape (PAR-TS)
  • Jose Julio Gonzalez:Systemic Pandemic Risk Management
  • Hossein Baharmand: COvid19 Network Technology based Responsive Action

Panel discussion (20 min)
Trond Viggo Torgersen in a conversation with Camilla Stoltenberg from the National Institute of Public health and the project leaders Øyvind Ihlen and Kristin Sørung Scharffscher.

Second group of introductions (3-5 minutes teasers)

  • Jo Røislien: COVID communication: Fighting a pandemic through translating science
  • Jason D. Whittington: COVID-19 Seasonality: The effect of environmental variation on the spatio-temporal dynamics at national, regional and global scales
  • F. Le Ron Shults: Emotional Contagion (EmotiCon): Predicting and preventing the spread of misinformation, stigma, and anxiety during a pandemic
  • Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio: COVID-19 in Norway: A real-time analytical pipeline for preparedness, planning and response during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway

Closing remarks

Breakout session (60 min)

 

 


Røislien presents COVCOM for SHARE board

December 12th project manager Jo Røislien presented the COVCOM project for an enthusiastic SHARE board. SHARE – Center for resilience in healthcare – is the administrative home of the COVCOM project at UiS.