A conference about messages, compliance and vulnerability during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Monday September 12th 2022, 09:00-15:45 plus social event
Scandic Holmenkollen Park Hotel, Oslo, Norway
For conference presentations, please see programme further below.

On September 12th, the University of Stavanger hosted a conference to mark the conclusion of PAN-FIGHT – a two-year international research project that has investigated authorities’ pandemic risk communication strategies and people’s compliance in five European countries. The purpose of PAN-FIGHT has been to identify correlations between risk communication and social vulnerabilities during the COVID-19 outbreak. Our research teams in Norway, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom have investigated how different population groups in these countries have translated risk communication into adjustments of their daily routines during the pandemic. At the conference, we were joined by keynote speakers Anders Tegnell, Bent Høie, Camilla Stoltenberg and Lars Schaade. In addition to the research team presenting project findings and recommendations for improved risk communication strategies, researcher and practitioner panels discussed knew knowledge and lessons learned in the wake of the pandemic. See programme below for further details and presentations.
Keynote speakers
Conference programme
Click on titles in the programme for presentation slides.
Moderator morning session | Ole Andreas Engen | |
09:00 | Welcome, presentation of project with WP teams, and purpose of conference | Kristin Scharffscher |
09:15 | Presentation of main PAN-FIGHT findings | Kristin Scharffscher |
09:45 | Keynote I: What is the post-COVID meaning of risk and the ‘precautionary principle’? | Anders Tegnell |
10:05 | Keynote II: Messages, trust and compliance in pre-vaccine Germany | Lars Schaade |
10:25 | Panel discussion: Risk communication and new knowledge in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic Chaired by Frederic Bouder | Ortwin Renn Frederic Bouder Mathilde Bourrier Geir Sverre Braut |
11:15 | Coffee break | |
11:40 | Health risk communication in ‘high-end’ European countries during the pre-vaccine COVID-19 pandemic | Farnaz Mahdavian |
11:55 | Risk perception and compliance: A matter of information or situation? | Frederic Bouder |
12:10 | Gender, age and vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic | Sanjana Arora and Hulda Mjøll Gunnarsdottir |
12:25 | Presentation of main PAN-FIGHT recommendations | Kristin Scharffscher + team |
13:00 | Lunch | All |
Moderator afternoon session | Hulda Mjøll Gunnarsdottir | |
14:05 | Keynote III: Pandemic risk communication from a governance perspective | Bent Høie |
14:25 | Keynote IV: Pandemic risk communication from a public health perspective | Camilla Stoltenberg |
14:45 | Coffee break | |
14:55 | Panel and plenary discussion: National contingency policies, strategies and practices: Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic Chaired by Evangelia Petridou | Bent Høie Camilla Stoltenberg Anders Tegnell Lars Schaade |
15:35 | Summary and final remarks | Ortwin Renn |
15:45 | Reception with refreshments | All |
17:00 | End |
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Department of Safety, Economics and Planning