A temporary Researcher Position (SKO 1109) is available at the Department of Media and Communication (IMK), University of Oslo.

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The researcher positionis associated with the research project “Preparedness for Society in Health Crises and Disasters” (PREPSHIELD), financed by the EU Horizon program. The researcher will work with task leader ProfessorØyvind Ihlen on three tasks: 1) Conduct a literature review and expert interviews to deduce best practices for communication in health crises. 2) Conduct survey experiments on different communication strategies that will feed into a communication pilot for the improvement of health crisis communication strategies. 3) Develop recommendations for inclusive communication, based on the above and observation of tabletop exercises and crisis simulations conducted by other partners in the project.

The PREPSHIELD project involves 13 partners from countries such as Italy, Germany, Romania, and Fr...