Research Catalyst autumn 2024
Join our monthly monthly lunch meeting held at Alrek Helseklynge with the goal of furthering interdisciplinary cooperation on pandemic-related research projects.

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The Pandemic Centre Research Catalyst is a monthly lunch meeting held at Alrek Helseklynge, usually in the last week of each month, with the goal of furthering interdisciplinary cooperation on pandemic-related research projects. These meetings typically feature two presentations on relevant topics, each followed by feedback and discussion.
Those who register in advance can also get a free lunch if they wish.
Presentations 28th of August:
- Dialogue between researchers and older immigrant women in Norway after the COVID-19 pandemic. An exploration of their experience - Gemma Kwamboka Agata, Masters student, Centre for International Health, UiB
- «Preparedness for multicrises» - possibilities for sending abstracts - Esperanza Diaz, Professor and Director of the Pandemic Centre
If you wish to attend (and get a free lunch), please register here for the catalyst in August:
Presentations 18th of November:
- To explore birthing women's experience with birth care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mukono and Kampala, Uganda - Resty Nakayima, Masters student, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, UiB
- Relation to crises; how can design and objects help us avoid a dystopian future? Including self preparedness, food cultures and media coverage - Othilie Emanuelsen, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, UiB
Should you wish to present at one of the next Research Catalysts, please don't hesitate to contact Kim Alexander Haugland. Whether you are in the very beginning phases of a project or you are close to publishing, I am certain that presenting at the Research Catalyst will provide you with useful feedback.