Vanja Falck
About
I'm concerned about...
Social inequality in health and how we can prepare actors who work with or will perform with this issue. My focus is on public health in Norwegian municipalities as geographical communities and especially the role of municipalities in implementing measures that close the health gap.
I like to experiment with digital media, from images, sound, and graphics to video and games and actively use storytelling and play as a framework for education.
What I do at NTNU...
Responsible for integrating social sciences into the Bachelor of Nursing.
Supervises bachelor students from different health sciences.
Course coordinator for "Human, Health and Society I" (SPL1092) and academic writing for bachelor students in nursing since 2012.
Coordinator and constituent architect in developing a case/game-based application, "FRIVILLIG", for the training of health personnel in Chapter 4A of the Patients' and Users' Rights Act on the use of coercion.
Develops simulation games related to municipal public health work and inequality in health using artificial individual population data adapted to specific municipalities' demographics.
Former jobs...
Norwegian Directorate of Health, University of Oslo, Foundation for Health Services Research, Nordic School of Public Health, Vestfold University College, University Hospital of Tromsø, Diakonhjemmet, Ullevål University Hospital, SIFO, Asker municipality.
Education...
Clinical nutrition from the University of Gothenburg
Master in Sociology from the University of Oslo
Master in documentary film from Volda University College
Diploma in Public Health Science from Nordic School of Health
Bachelor in game programming from NTNU
Master in applied computer science with specialisation in AI from NTNU
Other...
I have worked for over eight years in the evenings as an environmental worker and leader in youth clubs in Asker and Røyken municipalities. Working with everything from creative tasks to flirting courses and international exchanges has influenced a great deal of my later work.
Research
I am experimenting with creating synthetic populations using deep generative methods. Individual socioeconomic health data are sensitive and impossible for municipalities to use in public health work. Synthetic populations created from original personal data can be anonymised so that data close to reality can be used in planning work. In addition, the synthetic data are used as a component in policy games for education in public health to reduce inequality in health in Norwegian municipalities.
Publications
2025
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Kharchenko, Yuliya;
Miskuf, Robert;
Antosz, Patrycja;
Shults, F. LeRon;
Rousseau, Markus Grendstad;
Falck, Vanja.
(2025)
From Product to Market Co-Creation: methodological guidelines.
INNOAQUA Project
INNOAQUA Project
Report
2021
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Falck, Vanja.
(2021)
Development of Dynamic Difficulty Adaptation Using Hidden Markov Models in Learning Games.
NTNU Open
NTNU Open
Report
2004
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Ohna, Vanja Kristin.
(2004)
The LFA Web-tool.
Fritjof Nansen Institute
Fritjof Nansen Institute
Report
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Ohna, Vanja Kristin.
(2004)
Final Monitoring Report April 2004 - The Task Force on Communicable Disease Control in the Baltic Sea Region.
Universitetet i Oslo
Universitetet i Oslo
Report
2003
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Ohna, Vanja Kristin.
(2003)
Monitoring Report December 2002 - The Task Force on Communicable Disease Control in the Baltic Sea Region.
Universitetet i Oslo
Universitetet i Oslo
Report
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Ohna, Vanja Kristin.
(2003)
Monitoring Report June 2003 - The Task Force on Communicable Disease Control in the Baltic Sea Region.
Universitetet i Oslo
Universitetet i Oslo
Report
1999
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Falck, Vanja.
(1999)
Interpretation of integration : a case study of human rights guided assistance to the process of integration in Estonia - impact on democracy.
Universitetet i Oslo
Universitetet i Oslo
Masters thesis
Report
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Kharchenko, Yuliya;
Miskuf, Robert;
Antosz, Patrycja;
Shults, F. LeRon;
Rousseau, Markus Grendstad;
Falck, Vanja.
(2025)
From Product to Market Co-Creation: methodological guidelines.
INNOAQUA Project
INNOAQUA Project
Report
-
Falck, Vanja.
(2021)
Development of Dynamic Difficulty Adaptation Using Hidden Markov Models in Learning Games.
NTNU Open
NTNU Open
Report
-
Ohna, Vanja Kristin.
(2004)
The LFA Web-tool.
Fritjof Nansen Institute
Fritjof Nansen Institute
Report
-
Ohna, Vanja Kristin.
(2004)
Final Monitoring Report April 2004 - The Task Force on Communicable Disease Control in the Baltic Sea Region.
Universitetet i Oslo
Universitetet i Oslo
Report
-
Ohna, Vanja Kristin.
(2003)
Monitoring Report December 2002 - The Task Force on Communicable Disease Control in the Baltic Sea Region.
Universitetet i Oslo
Universitetet i Oslo
Report
-
Ohna, Vanja Kristin.
(2003)
Monitoring Report June 2003 - The Task Force on Communicable Disease Control in the Baltic Sea Region.
Universitetet i Oslo
Universitetet i Oslo
Report
-
Falck, Vanja.
(1999)
Interpretation of integration : a case study of human rights guided assistance to the process of integration in Estonia - impact on democracy.
Universitetet i Oslo
Universitetet i Oslo
Masters thesis
Outreach
2024
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Academic lectureFalck, Vanja. (2024) Generating Spatial Synthetic Populations Using Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Network: A Case Study with EU-SILC Data for Helsinki and Thessaloniki. European Social Simulation Conference 2024 , Krakow 2024-09-16 - 2024-09-20