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COLLABORATION IS at the heart of all good research. There is a direct correlation between the number of authors named on a publication and its impact factor – good science requires the combined efforts of many. The Nordic Council of Ministers promotes cooperation at the level of government between the five Nordic countries – Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Norway and Finland. In this edition of Projects, we have on show some of the excellent research that has resulted from the organisation’s work in encouraging tight
collaboration in this region, as well as some words of wisdom from the minds that have helped to forge these alliances.
As secretary general of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Dagfinn Høybråten has for the last two years been in charge of developing and strengthening cooperation in the region. In our exclusive interview with him, he talks about the history of cooperation in the area, the value of having a permanent platform for collaboration, and the importance of mixing top-down political initiatives with bottom-up academic initiatives.
We spoke to former Swedish health minister Bo Könberg, who was asked by the Nordic Council of Ministers to produce the ‘Könberg Report’ to highlight key areas where cooperation in the Nordic region would lead to better health outcomes. His final recommendations spanned from increased exchange of best practice between psychiatrists to instigating exchange programmes for civil servants, but his biggest concern was the rise of antibiotic resistance, which without significant investment could lead to catastrophe.
Nordforsk is an organisation that acts as a platform for joint Nordic research and research infrastructure cooperation, governed by high-level members from research councils and universities from the Nordic countries. We spoke to director Professor Gunnel Gustafsson about how their work is not only helping to address some of the most pressing issues facing Europe, such as climate change, but is also creating stronger ties between the Nordic countries and the rest of Europe.
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Of course, with common history, languages and culture, it has always been a fairly natural and easy process for the Nordic countries to work together effectively. These similarities make them particularly well placed to address the grand challenges of our time. Individually, they are small countries, but together they have shown themselves to be a truly great force in the world of research that has the power to achieve well beyond the sum of its parts.
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