Fafo in the press, January 2005

Peace-operation computer game on BBC and elsewhere. Pax Warrior, a multi-media documentary and political simulation of a UN Force Commander in the Rwandan genocide of 1994, has received international media attention in recent weeks. Fafo supported the development of Pax Warrior. Jan 31

Det ulykkelige valg (The unhappy elections). Nationen refers to the result of COSIT's opinion poll (assisted by Fafo), Jan 29

Bondevik planlegg tur til Midtausten (The Norwegian Prime Minister plans trip to the Middle East). Jon Hanssen-Bauer comments that all Norwegian support is important for carrying forward the peace process. Vårt Land, Jan 28

Valg uten land (Elections, but no country). Dagbladet looks at the forthcoming elections in Iraq, with reference to the results of Fafo and COSIT's pre-election opinion poll in Iraq (see below). Jan 28

Kritisk til nedleggelse. Jon Hanssen-Bauer finds it unfortunate that Norway has decided to end its representation in Gaza. NRK Innenriks, Jan 27

The Iraqi elections: 3 out of 4 will vote. The Iraqi Minister of Planning launched the results of an opinion poll implemented by the Iraqi Central Office of Statistics and Information Technology (COSIT) in Baghdad on Monday January 24. Fafo provided design and technical assistance to COSIT. Comments are given by Fafo in Dagbladet (paper edition) on January 25, and in an op-ed by Kristind Dalen and Jon Pedersen in Dagbladet the same day with the title "A necessary election" (Et nødvendig valg), also printed in Expressen on January 28. See comment to the op-ed by Jan R. Steinholt in Dagbladet, Jan 29

Trude Arnesen defended on her thesis, Jan 21. [more] (Norwegian text). See also her article in Health Economics, Are QALYs based on the Time trade-off comparable? A review of TTO-methodologies, Jan 24

Sterkt møte med nye Beirut. Aftenposten refers to Fafo in an article about Palestinian refugees, Jan 15

Tjener godt på Guantanamo. (Doing well from Guantanamo.) Interview with Mark Taylor in VG about Aker Kværner's work on Cuba, Jan 13

Små sjanser for fredsløsning. Vårt Land interviews, among others, Jon Hanssen-Bauer about the peace process in the Middle East, Jan 12