The Researchers' Zone Articles and blogs in this section of ScienceNordic are written by scientists and researchers who are Nordic or who live and work in the Nordic countries. They are invited to contribute to social debate or to share their findings and discoveries.
The Nansen Legacy Project Join 140 researchers in braving the ice, the cold, the dark and the polar bears of the arctic - as they search for knowledge about the rapidly changing climate and ecosystems in the Arctic.
The EU-blog What precisely is the EU’s contribution to global justice? Find cutting-edge research and competing perspectives to answer this question on the EU-blog.
The Sub Glacial Blog Join scientists as they do research in the the world’s most claustrophobic lab, located in a tunnel two hundred metres below a Norwegian glacier.
A Taste of the Sea Scientists from Nofima give you fresh and well preserved knowledge about seafood in their seafood-blog. Bon appétite!
The Heritage Blog Climate change and mass tourism threaten the world’s cultural heritage. So what to do about it? This and more, on the Heritage Blog.
The Right Now! Blog Researchers from the Centre for Reseach on Extremism give you the latest on topics related to contemporary far right politics, subcultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism.
The future map of the world is all about power and money – and it risks making the world more unequal
Menstrual capitalism: A lot of people profit from your monthly menstruation SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: Menstruation presents an endlessly renewed commercial opportunity for period-product manufacturers, who are finding new ways to infiltrate wider markets in an era when taboos are being chipped away. But issues remain that products can’t solve.
Social media “likes” and comments lead to poorer self-esteem SHARE YOUR SCIENCE: Girls who “like” and comment on what others post on social media develop a worse self-image over time. Posting on your own profile doesn’t have the same effect.
A range of different COVID-19 vaccines are already being tested in humans. But how will the vaccines actually work?
Researcher: Universities have become assembly lines that make us dumber than we need to be COMMENT: Scientific ideals have been replaced by market mechanisms. Knowledge has become a commodity, and the university is like any other profit-driven company, a researcher writes.
