Events

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15

Sep

2022

Today’s knowledge for tomorrow’s actions – a Nordic perspective on Deafblindness

Due to the uncertain situation with the coronavirus pandemic we have decided to postpone the conference. Today's knowledge for tomorrow's ac [...]

8

2021

9

Dec

2022

Nordic Welfare Forum 2021: The Nordic model and social sustainability

In times of crisis, the Nordic welfare model is challenged, and the COVID-19 pandemic in particular has served as a kind of stress test for [...]

27

28

Sep

2021

Seminar on mobility and sign language in the Nordic countries

Hur funkar det för teckenspråkiga att flytta mellan de nordiska länderna? Vilka hinder finns och hur kan mobiliteten främjas? Den 27-28 [...]

14

Sep

2021

Digital miniconference: Today’s knowledge for tomorrow’s actions

Continuing development of services for people with deafblindness depend on innovation, research and technology. What do we see now – and [...]

8

10

Sep

2021

Nordic Alcohol and Drug Researchers' Assembly 2021 (NADRA)

Due to the uncertain situation with the coronavirus pandemic we have decided once again to postpone the Nordic Alcohol and Drug Researchers [...]

31

Aug

1

Sep

2021

Indigenous peoples: language, culture, and life cycle

How do we respect and implement rights of indigenous people with disabilites in the Nordic region? What are the challenges to meet the needs [...]

15

Jun

2021

Completed

Preschool in the Nordic countries - an arena for the inclusion of parents and children with a refugee and immigrant background

The participation of all parents and children in society is important for a socially sustainable and inclusive Nordic region. Researchers an [...]

10

Jun

2021

Completed

Webinar on: Åldersvänliga städer i coronapandemin – utmaningar och nya lösningar  

Vilka utmaningar har de nordiska åldersvänliga städerna mött under coronapandemin? Vilka nya lösningar har man tagit fram för att frä [...]

2

Jun

2021

Completed

Climbing the wall: Assessment of cognition through video analysis

Climbing can be used to assess cognition in persons with congenital deafblindness. It can be particularly valuable when it comes to observin [...]

25

May

2021

Completed

Inclusive future of work

Technological and digital development is advancing at a furious pace. Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and new ways of performing t [...]

19

May

2021

Completed

Tactile Language Part 5: Language development in the tactile modality through outdoor activities

How do we communicate with someone without using our vision or hearing? There are many ways for communication partners to support and help d [...]

11

May

2021

Completed

Segregation, Covid-19 and living conditions - myths meet research

Why has the pandemic hit immigrant groups the hardest? The media picture and the political argumentation in for example Denmark, claim that [...]

21

Apr

2021

Completed

Indigenous people and dementia assessment

“Ultimately, this is a matter of legal certainty. While a dementia examination of a Sami person consists of the same elements as an examin [...]

15

Apr

2021

Completed

Tactile Language Part 4: Language must be sensorily accessible

How do we communicate with someone without using our vision or hearing? There are many ways for communication partners to support and help d [...]

8

Apr

2021

Completed

Humour and playfulness within social cognition

“To share laughter with another not only reveals a moment of shared connection within a communicative partnership but may also reveal some [...]

23

Mar

2021

Completed

See, listen and include! Participation for children and young people with disabilities in the Nordic region

Welcome to our webinar about participation for children and youth with disabilities in the Nordic countries. In the webinar we explore the u [...]

5

Mar

2021

Completed

Tactile Language Part 3: When Trine says GRANDMA… What is on her mind?

How do we communicate with someone without using our vision or hearing? There are many ways for communication partners to support and help d [...]

24

Feb

2021

Completed

Webinar: om negativ social kontroll och hedersförtryck ur ett nordiskt perspektiv

De nordiska länderna har kommit olika långt i ambitionen att inga kvinnor eller män ska utsättas för negativ social kontroll/ hedersrel [...]

19

Feb

2021

Completed

Tactile Language Part 2: Partners’ contribution to language development in a bodily tactile modality

How do we communicate with someone without using our vision or hearing? There are many ways for communication partners to support and help d [...]

21

Jan

2021

Completed

Tactile Language Part 1: A circle model

How do we communicate with someone without using our vision or hearing? There are many ways for communication partners to support and help d [...]

10

Dec

2020

Completed

Welfare in Sparsely Populated Areas - The Organisation of Healthcare and Social Services

One of the greatest challenges facing the sparsely populated areas of the Nordic region is the recruitment and retention of staff in the hea [...]

9

Dec

2020

Completed

Nordic welfare forum 2020 - save the date

Nordic welfare forum 2020 is postponed to 2021 [...]

3

Dec

2020

Completed

Young refugees in Nordic countries - health, education and employment in an equity perspective

This online conference is based on results from the cross-disciplinary Nordic research project Coming of Age in Exile (CAGE) on the health, [...]

30

Nov

2020

Completed

Save the date: Today’s knowledge for tomorrow’s actions – a Nordic perspective on Deafblindness

Continuing development of services for people with deafblindness depend on innovation, research and technology. What do we see now – and w [...]

27

Nov

2020

Completed

How can future workplaces work better for people with disabilities?

New technologies, as Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have a significant impact on the future of work. But what do we know about how it wil [...]

25

26

Nov

2020

Completed

Webinar: En egen stämma - dialogisk praxis i kommunikation

Under två eftermiddagar håller vi detta webbinarium med teorier om kommunikativa relationer och exempel på hur du kan använda dessa teor [...]

19

Nov

2020

Completed

Webinar: Indigenous people and investigation of dementia

Webbinariet är framflyttat till våren 2021. [...]

18

Nov

2020

Completed

Practical Examples from Digitally Transformed Service Models in Existing Organisations

Our Nordic welfare models are being challenged in sparsely populated areas with an ageing population, a dwindling tax base and consequent di [...]

17

Nov

2020

Completed

Democracy and Disability - how to create broader political participation in the Nordic region?

Studies show that people with disabilities are not as involved as those without disabilities in the political systems in the Nordic countrie [...]

5

Nov

2020

Completed

Combating loneliness and social isolation for the older adults

What do we know about loneliness and social isolation among the older adults in the Nordic countries? What are the consequences of involunta [...]

3

Nov

2020

Completed

Roadmap for Service Innovation

Roadmap for service innovation is the most sophisticated tool in the Nordics, which supports digital transformation of earlier physical serv [...]

27

Oct

2020

Completed

Webinar: Smart cities are universally designed cities

High accessibility in our urban environments benefits everyone, not just the elderly or people with disabilities. But how do we build cities [...]

20

21

Oct

2020

Completed

Webinar on Revealing hidden potentials - Assessing cognition in individuals with congenital deafblindness

This webinar is based on the book: Revealing hidden potentials - Assessing cognition in individuals with congenital deafblindness, recently [...]

7

Oct

2020

Completed

Webinar: Demens och intellektuell funktionsnedsättning - från misstanke till diagnos

De första symptomen på demens vid intellektuell funktionsnedsättning kommer ofta redan i 50-årsåldern men kan vara svåra att upptäcka [...]

5

Oct

2020

Completed

Digitalization in social services - Opportunities and barriers for people with disabilities

Social and public services are increasingly digitized, and important functions for participation in society are transferred to digital solut [...]

30

Sep

2020

Completed

Webinar: Tactile working memory scale

How can we identify working memory in persons with deafblindness? And how can we use this knowledge to help develop their potentials? This [...]

17

Sep

2020

Completed

Webinar: Demensomsorg för invandrare

Antalet människor i Norden med demenssjukdom förväntas öka och det gäller även personer som invandrade till Norden mellan 1960 och 199 [...]

8

10

Sep

2020

Completed

Nordic Alcohol and Drug Researchers' Assembly 2020 (NADRA)

Due to the current coronavirus pandemic we have decided to postpone the Nordic Alcohol and Drug Researchers’ Assembly (NADRA). NADRA will [...]

16

Jun

2020

Completed

Webinar: Bydelsmødrar och Stadsdelsmammor i Norden - Att ge andra det stöd man själv hade behövt när man kom till ett nytt land

Vid webbinariet samtalar Bydelsmödrar från Norge, Danmark och Sverige om likheter och skillnader länderna emellan, om utmaningen att nå [...]

2

Jun

2020

Completed

Webinar: The effects of the corona pandemic on alcohol consumption, smoking and drug treatment services

Welcome to the Nordic Welfare Centre’s webinar on the effects of the corona pandemic related to alcohol, tobacco and drug use on 2 June at [...]

14

May

2020

Completed

Webinar: Tactile language

When we add a linguistic value to bodily tactile expressions and recognise tactile languages as natural languages, we are able to communicat [...]

28

Apr

2020

Completed

Webinar on Migrant Women and the Nordic Labour Market - Challenges and Opportunities

Welcome to the Webinar on Migrant Women and the Nordic Labour Market - Challenges and Opportunities on April 28th at 13.30 EEST and 12.30 CE [...]

28

Apr

2020

Completed

CANCELLED Nordic Conference on Migrant Women and the Nordic Labour Market - Challenges and Opportunities

We have, due to the current situation with covid-19 decided to cancel this conference which was planned to take place in Helsinki on April 2 [...]

1

Apr

2020

Completed

Webinar: Unaccompanied children and youth in the Nordic countries

Hur mår de ensamkommande unga som nu är i färd med att etablera sig i länderna? Hur har det gått för de ensamkommande flickorna? Hur v [...]

23

Jan

2020

Completed

Tulisiko kannabiksen käytön rangaistavuudesta luopua? (ENG)

Seminaari pohjoismaisesta kannabispolitiikasta ja -lainsäädännöstä [...]

27

Nov

2019

Completed

Webinar: New initiatives on indigenous peoples and dementia

Den första nordiska konferensen om urfolk och demens som gick av stapeln för precis ett år sedan resulterade i olika slutsatser och förs [...]

12

14

Nov

2019

Completed

Hvis du kan se det, kan du understøtte det’- Development of tactile language

För att personer med medfödd dövblindhet ska utveckla ett taktilt språk, behövs att samtalspartnern uppfattar yttringarna, bekräftar o [...]

10

11

Oct

2019

Completed

Nordic expert meeting on FAS/FASD

The Nordic Welfare Centre warmly welcome practitioners, researchers and officials to a Nordic expert meeting on FAS/FASD, 10-11 October 2019 [...]

25

Sep

2019

Completed

Nordic Conference on Inclusion

Alla är eniga: civila samhället är en oumbärlig resurs när det gäller att skapa delaktighet och inkludera flyktingar och nyanlända. M [...]

23

Sep

2019

Completed

Careware Nordic Masterclass - Techs for tackling social isolation

The Nordic Welfare Center, together with the Municipality of Aarhus, is hosting a Nordic Master Class for Welfare Technology. The seminar wi [...]

18

19

Sep

2019

Completed

Student mobility and disability in the Nordic countries – Torshavn

Welcome to a seminar on student mobility for everyone in the Nordic region [...]

10

Jun

2019

Completed

Alandica Debatt - Student mobility and disability in the Nordic countries

Studenter med funktionsnedsättning vill studera utomlands i samma utsträckning som sina studiekamrater. Ändå är gruppen underrepresente [...]

5

Jun

2019

Completed

Nordic Day 2019: An age-friendly Nordic region for all

The fact that more people are living longer is a good thing – but an ageing population is a significant issue that impacts our social syst [...]

14

15

May

2019

Completed

Nordic workshop: Who decides the relevance and validity of knowledge?

What is the definition of useful, meaningful, and valuable knowledge? Who decides and influences this definition and what are the institutio [...]

15

Apr

2019

Completed

Higher education for all – Accessible Exchange

Welcome to this seminar about mobility in Higher Education in the Nordic Region, and how this mobility can be promoted. [...]

4

Apr

2019

Completed

Deafblindness and integration

Welcome to attend a course on deafblindness and integration. [...]

3

Apr

2019

Completed

Full-day Nordic conference: Segregation in the Nordic Region – inclusion, young people, and policy

The aim of the conference is to provide inspiration and successful examples of development work around the Nordic Region in order to combat [...]

25

28

Mar

2019

Completed

Communicative relationships

Hur kan vi upptäcka, uppfatta och förstå personer med medfödd dövblindhets egen stämma och autentiska kommunikation? Genom videoexemp [...]

29

Jan

2019

Completed

Webinar: Inkludering i arbetslivet, del 2 av 3 – Utrikes födda kvinnors etablering

Ta del av lärande exempel på insatser som kan skapa ett mer jämställt deltagande på den nordiska arbetsmarknaden. [...]

15

Jan

2019

Completed

Student mobility and disability in the Nordic countries – Odense

Welcome to a seminar about how more students with disabilities can study abroad. [...]

5

Dec

2018

Completed

Bodily-Tactile Languaging Congenital Deafblindness

The meeting between congenital deafblind’s authentic expressions and cultural-language practice [...]

4

Dec

2018

Completed

Nordic Welfare Forum 2018

The Nordic countries are facing different kinds of welfare challenges. When the welfare systems are put under pressure, individuals are at r [...]

22

23

Nov

2018

Completed

Health Equity in the Nordic Region

Increased health disparities and a welfare state under pressure - how can we strive towards good and equal health in the Nordic region? [...]

19

Nov

2018

Completed

A region for all – cooperation on disability

Welcome to this afternoon seminar on Nordic and European cooperation on disability– how can we create a region for all? [...]

15

Nov

2018

Completed

Student mobility and disability in the Nordic countries - Reykjavik

Welcome to a seminar about how more students with disabilities can study abroad. [...]

17

Oct

2018

Completed

New in the Nordic countries - work inclusion of migrants

One of the major challenges for the Nordic societies is to learn how to benefit from the skills of refugees and immigrants. [...]

15

16

Oct

2018

Completed

Creating age-friendly cities in the Nordic region

Life expectancy in the Nordic region is increasing and the proportion of elderly is growing rapidly. Even though this is a positive developm [...]

2

3

Oct

2018

Completed

Healthy Life for Children

We warmly welcome experts and professionals to the seminar Healthy Life for Children in Reykjavik 2-3 October. The seminar is for invited gu [...]

19

Sep

2018

Completed

Seminar on smoke-free places

The Nordic Welfare Centre warmly welcome officials and experts to a seminar on smoke-free places, 19th September 2018 in Iceland. The semina [...]

29

31

Aug

2018

Completed

Nordic Alcohol and Drug Researchers' Assembly 2018 (NADRA)

We warmly welcome Nordic researchers and others working with social and health approaches as well as alcohol and drug issues to the Nordic [...]

28

Aug

2018

Completed

Drinking habits among young people and the elderly

The Nordic Welfare Centre welcomes you to a seminar on drinking habits among youth and the elderly in the Nordic countries, 28 August 2018. [...]

27

May

2018

Completed

Nordic Day 2018: Early intervention contributes to successful integration

Around 200 000 child and adolescent asylum seekers came to the Nordic region between 2011 and 2016. Although most came with their families, [...]

22

24

May

2018

Completed

Meaningful activities for people with congenital deafblindness

Are you interested in exploring meaningful activities for people who are congenitally deafblind? Read more about the content and join us for [...]

25

Apr

2018

Completed

What’s the Nordic way concerning cannabis? Recent developments in control, policy and treatment

Use of cannabis in the Nordic countries is either stable or increasing with some regional variation between the countries. Meanwhile some co [...]

9

Apr

2018

Completed

Careware Nordic Masterclass - Safety at home

The Nordic Welfare Centre and The City of Aarhus will host The Second Annual Careware Nordic Masterclass on the 9th of April in Aarhus. [...]

16

18

Oct

2017

Completed

Nordic Forum on Disability 2017 - Human Rights, Disability and Research

Welcome to this Nordic meeting place for researchers, policy makers and civil society. During three days we will discuss the implementation [...]

25

Jun

2017

Completed

Nordic Day 2017

At this year’s Nordic Day, the Nordic Welfare Centre will talk about working methods developed locally in order to enable newly arrived mi [...]

19

Apr

2017

Completed

The second Nordic expert seminar on employment and disability

Welcome to this seminar aimed to discuss examples of best practice and suggest areas and projects that should be prioritized in the The Nord [...]

10

Jan

2017

Completed

Use of video-analysis as a tool for the assessment of cognition in individuals with congenital deafblindness (CDB)

During the course an introduction is given on cognition, cognitive assessment in individuals with CDB and the use of video-analysis. [...]

10

Nov

2016

Completed

Do persons with a Sámi background and disability face other challenges than other persons with disability? Do the Sámi culture offer other opportunities for persons with disabilities? What conditions do the local, regional and national society have to offer in order allow Sámi persons with disability to live to their full potential?

Come and learn about the latest research in the field and what the United Nations are doing to handle issues in relation to indigenous peopl [...]