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)