Global Health and Environment
Fafo is increasingly engaged in research related to climate and environmental change, including natural hazards.
Fafo’s particular focus is social dimensions of environmental change, e.g. social impacts, vulnerability, coping and adaptation in China and elsewhere. Such research is an important part of integrated natural and social science approaches to vulnerability models and indexes and is increasing in demand from governments and international institutions.
Health and strategic approaches to health issues have reached increased focus globally over the past decade. Health is an integral part of the Millennium goals of the UN and is an increasingly important part of foreign policy. The health situation and health services are critically affected during conflict and disasters. Lack of health services may contribute to instability and vulnerability. Health challenges such as food safety, HIV/AIDS, bird flu and pandemics like H1N1 clearly show that such challenges transcend national borders and therefore demand efforts at a global level.
East Asia and China attracts more and more interest by the Norwegian society and business life, as this region is pointing the highest economic growth rate in the world. China's recent entry in to the World Trade Organization will most probably increase the rapid changes of the Chinese economy and society.
Current projects 2010
More information about each project
MICROCON
A Micro Level Analysis of Violent Conflict, a five-year research programme funded by the European Commission:
Data and Measurement
Researcher: Jon Pedersen
The users of force
Researchers: Morten Bøås and Ingunn Bjørkhaug
Recruiting child soldiers: vulnerability, agency and reintegration
Researcher: Ingunn Bjørkhaug
Sexual violence during and in the shadows of war
Researchers: Kathleen Jennings and Vesna Nikolic- Ristanovic (Institute for Criminology and Sociological Research, Serbia)
Life and health in conflict zones
Researchers: Morten Bøås and Anne Hatløy
Citizenship and land rights
Researchers: Morten Bøås and Anne Hatløy
Social Democracy in VietNam
The project aims to assist Vietnamese scholars and policy makers to form a considered view on the various models of social democracy found in Europe, with focus on the Nordic models.
Commissioned by Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Researchers: Liv Elin Torheim and Jon Pedersen
Sichuan Earthquake Victim Survey
The project is a rapid assessment of the situation, characteristics and coping strategies of the population in Sichuan following the May 12, 2008 earthquake. A survey of about 4000 households is fielded the 40 most affected counties. The project is carried out in cooperation with the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development.
Commissioned by Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Researchers: Kristin Dalen and Jon Pedersen
Sichuan Earthquake Victim Survey – A follow-up
Commissioned by Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Researchers: Kristin Dalen and Jon Pedersen
Scarce Resources and Conflict in the Horn of Africa
The project aims to contribute to understanding the dynamics of competition over scarce resources, resource degradation, climate change and conflict in the Horn of Africa.
Commissioned by Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Researcher: Amsale Temesgen
Eritrea Demographic and Health Survey
National Statistics Office in Eritrea, in collaboration with Ministry of Health, is currently preparing for the implementation of a follow up survey to the 1995 and 2002 Eritrea Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS).
Commissioned by Unicef Eritrea
Researchers: Anne Hatløy, Jon Pedersen and Huafeng Zhang
Improving infant and child nutrition in Madhya Pradesh
Child undernutrition continues to represent a major challenge in India, which has one of the highest undernutrition rates in the world. The Norway-India Partnership Initiative (NIPI) was initiated in 2007 to focus on reducing child mortality and improving child health to attain the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 by 2015.
Commissioned by Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Researchers: Liv Elin Torheim and Marina de Paoli
Verification of certification of child labour in cocoa production in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
Collaboration project between Fafo and Khulisa, South Africa. Contracted by International Cocoa Verification Board.
Commissioned by International Cocoa Verification Board, funded by Verité
Researchers: Anne Hatløy and Tewodros Kebede
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