NOSEVA - Nordic Social Design for European Values
The University Consortium NOSEVA will nurture and develop education and research, based on European values for health, well-being, a sustainable society, a greener future and a good, redesigned life, formulated in the Council conclusions on a European strategy empowering higher education institutions for the future of Europe.
Principal investigator
Camilla Wikström-Grotell, Arcada University of Applied Sciences
Vice Dean
Marta Nawotczyńska, Medical University of Bialystok
Titel missing
Živilė Kepežinskienė, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
International Programme Coordinator
António Fernando Salgueiro Amaral, Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra (associated partner)
Professor
Research partners
- Arcada University of Applied Sciences (lead)
- Mälardalen University, Sweden
- Baskent University, Turkey
- Medical University Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- Wiener Neustadt UAS, Austria
- University of Vlore, Albania
- Medical University of Bialystok, Poland
- Kristiania University College, Norway
- Rīga Stradiņš University, Latvia
- Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
- Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, Portugal
Our vision for the future
The consortium has been created to respond to the big societal demands and transformations: planetary health, digitalisation, globalisation and an ageing population. To be able to respond, we are addressing today's societal issues such as new health demands, a changing labour market, demography and immigration, increasing social gaps and alienation, quality aging, and new sustainable leadership and entrepreneurial engagement in an uncertain economy.
Behind our vision are European values and ideals, including human dignity, freedom of movement, representative democracy, equality, fairness, well-being, rule of law and human rights. We will promote compassion and tolerance with a conviction that there is equal value to all people. We will also elevate openness and a belief in everyone's right to express their opinion, based on trust in each other and proximity to power and trust in society on different levels. We will be a European university, ready to defend Europe’s freedom of thought and science.
The Nordic social design model – three key dimensions
- Health promotion, which should be integrated with societal and economic goals aiming to develop equity in a state thus contributing to a productive society
- User-centred approaches to health and welfare technology, with technical, digital and AI solutions into health promotion.
- Use of a transdisciplinary and holistic approach to broadly explore the ethical, economical, organisational and societal aspects of health and social well-being in
different societal contexts.
Sustainable development goals
