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RadoNorm published in Spanish magazine Radioprotección
The latest issue of the Spanish magazine “Radioprotección” edited by the Spanish Society for Radiological Protection has published two articles on RadoNorm. One article provides a general overview of the RadoNorm project, while the other focuses on the citizen science...
Research stay at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
In April, PhD student S. Apers from WP6 of RadoNorm visited Prof. Dr. D. Hevey at Trinity College Dublin for intense planning and preparation for the field study work within Task 6.2. Meetings with various experts in the field of health psychology, behavioural change,...
Lessons learned from the Early Career Researchers’ course on transdisciplinary communication
The course “Transdisciplinary Communication in Radon and NORM” concluded on Friday April 28, with a visit to Vasa Museum in Stockholm. From risk communication principles to social media campaigns, the program combined theory and hands-on experiences within the theme...
ECR Course “Transdisciplinary Communication in Radon and NORM” kicks off
The RadoNorm course organised by the Early Career Researchers (ECR) kicked off on Tuesday, 25th April, and will go on until Friday, 28th April, at Stockholm University. There, several RadoNorm PhD and postdoctoral scientists gather to learn and discuss how to make...
RadoNorm at ELCC 2023
RadoNorm was represented at the ELCC 2023 – European Lung Cancer Congress, by F. Turrisi, an early career researcher in WP4, and L. Mezquita from the Hospital Clinic Barcelona. The ELCC took place in Copenhagen, Denmark from 29th March to 1st April 2023 and featured...
New RadoNorm Publications
2 new papers in the framework of WP2 have been recently published: “Influence of Dose Conversions, Equilibrium Factors, and Unattached Fractions on Radon Risk Assessment in Operating and Show Underground Mines” by Skubacz et al compares the results of exposure...
RadoNorm at CARST2023
RadoNorm will be represented at the CARST2023 – Canada’s 12th Annual Radon Conference, by A. Kunte from the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES). CARST2023 takes place on 12th – 16th April 2023 at the Victoria Conference Centre in Victoria, British...
Applications reopened: Postdoctoral researcher for citizen science in the field of radon risk management
Applications for a researcher positions at SCK CEN have reopened. RadoNorm includes the following task “Establishment of a citizen science (CS) incubator for radon priority areas and establishment of a network of citizen science projects to address radon testing and...
New job offer at IRSN in WP4
The Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), France, is looking for a new postdoctoral scientist to support the work in WP4 of RadoNorm. The objective of the post-doc is to explore the impact of different sources of uncertainty on the estimation of...
New job offer in WP4
The German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) is looking for a new postdoctoral scientist to support the work in WP4 of RadoNorm. Candidates will develop biologically based risk models of radiation-induced lung cancer for animal models and uranium miners,...
A story of determination
"People usually know little about all the 'NOs' we have received, the battles we have fought, and the effort we have made to reach our career goals." – Ämilie Degenhardt The American Health Physics Society published an interview with our RadoNorm Early Career...
New RadoNorm Publication Provides Insight on Designing Effective Radon Health Communication
A new RadoNorm publication has recently come out in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health titled “Co-Designing Communication: A Design Thinking Approach Applied to Radon Health Communication”. In this article, S. Apers, H. Vandebosch,...