About the Pandemic Centre
Based on the experiences from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pandemic Centre will be a catalyst for further learning in order to be prepared for new health crises.
About us
The Center was etablished in 2020. We work interdisciplinary with Researchers from all faculties at 黑料吃瓜资源, as well as national and international collaborations. It is particularly important for us to work with education, to emphasize interdisciplinarity and to collaborate with non-academic environments on socially relevant topics.
The Pandemic Centre is led on a daily basis by Director and Professor Esperanza Diaz, ensuring strong academic leadership and coordination. But the Centre鈥檚 strength lies in its collaborative structure: every faculty at the University of Bergen is represented in the Strategic Working Group, which meets at least twice a year for dynamic discussions, knowledge sharing, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Above this group sits the Steering Committee, composed of all 黑料吃瓜资源鈥檚 deans, providing strategic guidance and institutional alignment.
Director:
Professor Esperanza Diaz
Adm.leader:
Senior adviser G酶ril Vik酶ren N酶kleby
Steering Committee - 黑料吃瓜资源 Deans
The Steering Committee is composed of all 黑料吃瓜资源鈥檚 Deans, providing strategic guidance and institutional alignment. THey also appoint their reprasentative to the Strategic Working Group.
The Steering Committee's commitment has been a vital factor for the Pandemic Centre's development and success since 2020.
Strategic working group
The Strategic Working Group sets the direction for The Pandemic Centre and are represented by all faculties at The University of Bergen. The members of the Working Group are appointed by each Dean individually.
- Faculty of Law:
- Faculty of Medicine:
- Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design:
- Faculty of Humanities:
- Faculty of Psychology:
- Faculty of Social Sciences: professor Julie Riise (substitute for )
- Faculty of Science and Technology: professor Guttorm Alendal
- Global Challenges:
- Youth Council-Bergen muncipality: Anna Karia S酶rhaug
Our vision
Based on the experiences from the corona pandemic, the Pandemic Centre will be a catalyst for further learning in order to be prepared for new health crises. Such crises will be complex and overlapping, and must be met in a coordinated, knowledge-based, targeted and sustainable manner. Our work are long-term and socially relevant.
The Pandemic Centre is particularly concerned with the following topics:
- Cultural and societal conditions related to public health preparedness
- Development of sustainable, long-term and resilient ways of conducting dialogue that will reduce misinformation and improve public health preparedness
- Multicrises and syndemics
In addition, the Pandemic Centre aims to build internal infrastructures that facilitate research institutions to respond appropriately to health crises, including urgent updates of areas of knowledge, urgent counseling in the event of crises and administrative preparedness across disciplines.
It is particularly important for us to work with education, to emphasize interdisciplinarity and to collaborate with non-academic environments on socially relevant topics.
Annual reports
2022
2021
Staff and PhD candidates
Director: Esperanza Diaz
Researchers:
Professor Oddvar Kaarb酶e, 10%
Professor II Preben Aavitsland, 20%
Assistant professor Marit Voltersvik, 5%
Post doc Prabhjot Kour
PhD.candidates:
Pierina Benavente
Anders Herting
Ingrid Azevedo
Kim A. Haugland
Senior adviser/head of administration:
G酶ril Vik酶ren N酶kleby
Contact us
Pandemic Centre is situated in
E-mail: pandemisenter@uib.no
Director Pandemic Centre: Professor Esperanza Diaz
Administrative leader Pandemic Centre: Senior adviser G酶ril Vik酶ren N酶kleby