Nordregio coordinates research & policy networks in 3 thematic groups:
🔵 Regional & Local Resilience and Attractiveness
🟢 Competitive & Inclusive Green Transition
🟡 Land Use, Prioritisation & Planning
⚒️ Research & tools to strengthen cooperation in the Nordic Region: nordregio.org/news/researc...
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In a week, they will meet alongside 120+ guests at our project conference "The Future of Rural Europe" and final tool launch hosted at #CoR in Brussels.
Stream the full-day event 10 March
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What holds communities together in a crisis?
Our new working paper explores psychological #resilience in the Nordic Region through serious gaming. It includes a #game handbook with 5 scenarios so you can test the exercise yourself.
🎲 Read more and try the game: nordregio.org/news/what-ha...
2030 är mindre än fyra år bort – nu är det sista rycket för världen att klara de globala målen för hållbar utveckling inom Agenda 2030. Lokala aktörer tar täten, samtidigt som nationella och internationella politiker framstår som ointresserade, visar en ny studie.
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Nordregio researchers presenting at a conference on children in low-income families
📊 New data on children in low-income families
Reviewing 20 years of harmonised data (2003–2023) shows that child at-risk-of-poverty rates have increased in recent years in some Nordic countries. Rates still remain low in a global comparison.
➡️ Read more: nordregio.org/news/nordic-...
🚴♀️ Cycling has the potential to play a key role in developing sustainable cities and regions.
Many cities and regions knowledge, data, and tools to harness the numerous benefits of the bicycle.
The Nordic Cycle Network makes it easier to share solutions:
🚲 nordregio.org/research/nor...
💡New report: Children & youth at risk of poverty – Nordic approaches to social mobility & remaining challenges
📚 The report offers knowledge-based options for ministries, agencies and municipalities working to ensure that every child can grow up, participate & belong.
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Closing #digitaldivides under the #GIA is essential. But rising hybrid and cyber threats mean rollout must go hand in hand with #cyberresilience and #NIS2.
Our new policy brief outlines 4 actions for secure, future-proof #connectivity in the #NordicBaltic region.
👉 nordregio.org/publications...
🟡🔵🟢New policy brief: Stepping up or stepping back? – Nordic local and regional views on the 2030 Agenda and beyond
What have been the challenges and benefits of local implementatation of the 2030 Agenda? What’s next for the Global Development Goals in the Nordics?
📘 nordregio.org/publications...
Great, see you at the launch! Glad to have you there! And that's right, there's multiple and partially overlapping transitions - interesting (and challenging) times for regions, and for research. No shortage of topics for us to look into.
How are demographic change, labour market shifts & economic restructuring shaping Nordic regions?
Tune in for the launch of State of the Nordic Region 2026 for an overview of the regional trends & developments
🗓 25 March 2026 | Online
⏰ 13:00–14:30 CET
Register now: nordregio.org/events/state...
🔮 Imagine this: flexible #jobs, thriving local networks & a labour market that works for everyone.
What steps are needed to make it happen?
➡️ SUNREM project explores sustainable #Nordic remote #labour markets. This week, we workshopped future visions in Gotland.
💡 nordregio.org/research/sus...
🟢 🔵 🟡 What are some experiences from 10 years of implementing the #Sustainable #Development Goals? And what happens post Agenda 2030?
📘 Read about lessons learned & challenges to be addressed in the ESDN - European Sustainable Development Network Policy Note: www.esdn.eu/publications...
How can arctic municipalities be better prepared to face crises?
New project aims to strengthen North-to-North #cooperation and mutual learning to foster #resilience and #preparedness in #Arctic and northern communities across the Nordics and North America
➡️Read more: nordregio.org/news/strengt...
💡 Territorial #resilience in a time of #polycrisis: new insights from ESPON TERRES
How to transform crises into opportunities for #sustainable and equitable futures?
📘 See how regional resilience can guide sustainable transformation in times of complex crises: nordregio.org/news/territo...
Climate change & rising tourism place growing pressure on #Arctic ecosystems & Indigenous livelihoods. How can legal & policy frameworks respond? Where are the limits?
Watch a recap of 'On Thin Ice: Overtourism, Ecosystems and Livelihoods in the Arctic' for answers.
📺 nordregio.org/events/overt...
⚖️ Women’s educational advantage. Persistent pay gaps. Uneven leadership roles.
Explore how gender differences play out across Nordic societies through 33 comparable indicators in the Nordic Statistics Database.
➡️ Read more: nordregio.org/news/how-equ...
#GenderEquality #NordicRegion #Statistics
⌛Last chance to join the conversation in tomorrow's webinar. Meet our expert panellists👇
This webinar brings together policy, practice and research perspectives on migration, regional development and data-driven tools.
🗓️ 27 Jan 13-14:30 CET
✍ Sign up: nordregio.org/events/dashb...
Researching or analysing Nordic trends?
📊 Nordic Statistics Database gives you easy access to comparable Nordic data.
The #database brings together 200+ matrices and #statistics from trusted #Nordic and international sources. Data is updated regularly over the year.
👉 www.nordicstatistics.org
➡️Coming soon: Nordic status report on children and youth in families with persistent low income
📆 Join the online launch on 18 Feb, organised by @nordicwelfare.bsky.social to discuss, meet experts hear more!
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🎣 🌊 How can offshore wind energy and fisheries sustainably coexist in Nordic Seas?
📺Hear from Nordregio researchers and other experts at MASTS Marine planning and governance forum on 22 Jan: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9e14b3...
📘See also our policy brief: pub.nordregio.org/pb-2025-28-o...
📰 If you are a policy maker at the local, regional or national level – or just interested in what’s going on in the Nordic Region – Nordregio’s #newsletter is for you.
➡️ Subscribe now and get weekly bite-sized #research insights straight to your inbox: nordregio.org/about/subscr...
📚 New article by Nordregio researchers examines the design and implementation of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans
💡Lessons for regions: participation, transparency, and iterative learning are needed for lasting results.
📖 Read more in Europa XXI: europa21.igipz.pan.pl/article/item...
✨2025, what a year! Here's a quick look back on the work carried out during a year filled with research, events, publications, discussions, insights, and Nordic cooperation.
📬 Keep up with what is coming in 2026 and subscribe to our newsletter: nordregio.org/about/subscr...
✨ As the year draws to a close, we want to thank everyone who has collaborated with us across the Nordics and beyond.
Looking forward to 2026 and continuing our work on research that guides policies for a thriving and sustainable Nordic Region.
Warm seasonal wishes from all of us at Nordregio!🎄
🎅 Which Nordic country is most into the Christmas spirit of giving?
🎄🎁 Dive into Nordregio's #Christmas #map 2025, showing household spending on Christmas #gifts across the #Nordic Region, as a percentage of average monthly disposable income: nordregio.org/news/the-gif...
🤝📈 Nordregio hosted the Heads of Delegations meeting for Nomesco-Nososco on 16 Dec.
Nomesco (Nordic Medico-Statistical Committee) and Nososco (Nordic Social Statistical Committee) collaborate to develop comparable #Nordic #statistics on health, welfare and social protection.
See more: nhwstat.org
📊 How do income and social integration compare across the Nordics?
The #Nordic #Statistics Database offers easy access to interactive and downloadable data on income levels, gender pay gaps, poverty, social protection, and more.
🔎 Explore and compare the data: nordregio.org/news/where-d...
New report: Green energy meets blue food 🟢🔵
🌬️🤝🎣 Explore how Nordic countries can manage the competing demands of #renewable energy and traditional #marine food production for marine space and build sustainable co-existence in Nordic seas.
➡️ Read more: nordregio.org/publications...
🎬 What does life at Nordregio look like? Meet some of our team members and hear from them ✨
➡️ Watch the full video, get more info and - if you're interested in joining our team - sign up for our job alerts on our website: nordregio.org/career/
#LifeAtNordregio #career #job #NordicCooperation
