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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

More information about each project

Ethiopian Flood Vulnerability Survey
Commissioned by: The Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)/World Bank
Researchers: Tewodros Kebede, Amsale Temesgen, Svein Erik Stave

Norway as Part of International Sustainable Development
Commissioned by: The Norwegian Research Council
Researchers: Svein Erik Stave and Jon Pedersen

UN Practitioners Handbook for Peace Consolidation Benchmarking
Commissioned by: UN Peacebuilding Support Office (PBSO)
Researchers: Svein Erik Stave

Public Opinion Polls on the Horn of Africa
Commissioned by: Norwegian Embassy of Eritrea
Researchers: Ingunn Bjørkhaug, Anne Hatløy and Jon Pedersen
Period: 2009-2010
The primary objective of this project is to train young people in how to conduct a public opinion poll, and analyze present the results.

MICROCON
A Micro Level Analysis of Violent Conflict, a five-year research programme funded by the European Commission.

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