Our guest researcher Rebecca Selberg has written an article in the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan
For those of you who have not yet read Rebecca’s well-written piece in Sydsvenskan, you find a link to the article in Swedish below. Important topic and extremely important to stand up for academic freedom when being silenced by politicians. Well done, Rebecca! Full article at Sydsvenskans website (in Swedish).
2nd newsletter in the Erasmus+-project 1Future is published
The project 1Future which concerns supporting Western Balkan Universities in developing capacities in the area of sustainability, climate action and resilience has now been ongoing for more than a year. University of Tirana is leadning the project and Lund University, through the division of risk management and societal safety, is actively [...]
Alexander Cedergren and Marcus Abrahamsson awarded Teachers of the year!
The student association BIIF awarded Alexander Cedergren and Marcus Abrahamsson Teacher of the year 2024 at the Fire safety engineering program and Risk management and safety engineering program, respectively.
Björn Arvidsson is defending his doctoral thesis!
Björn will defend his thesis Cascading effects and critical infrastructure – Methods, challenges, and implications. The defence will take place Friday June 14th at 13:00 in lecture hall V:A, entrance floor, V-building/V-huset, John Ericsson Väg 1, Lund. The presentation will be in English. Welcome!
New paper published by Lotta Vylund and Tove Frykmer!
Understanding Fire and Rescue Service Practices Through Problems and Problem-Solving Networks: An Analysis of a Critical Incident
Call for papers – Special issue on Climate and Sustainability
As part of the EU-funded project 1Future, led by the University of Tirana but where Lund University is a partner, there is a possibility to send in papers to the special issue - 1Future. Issue: Climate and Sustainability of the Albanian Journal of Economy and Business. Lead Guest Editor is Associate professor Henrik Hassel from the Division of Risk [...]
Here is the latest publication and co-authored with one of our MSc alumni.
The fragmentation of climate change adaptation – the Sweden case Tomas Wörlund Rylenius and Mo Hamza Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to challenge the view of Sweden’s climate leadership by problematizing its domestic climate adaptation governance and highlighting the need for a more holistic view of adaptation. The paper highlights aspects that [...]
1Future project meeting in Venice
Next week Henrik Hassel at the Division of risk management and societal safety will go to Venice where IUAV University of Venice will host a project meeting in the EU-funded project 1Future. 1Future includes 18 organizations and is led by the University of Tirana. The aim of the project is to support Higher Education (HEIs) on the Western Balkans [...]
Pedagogical moves in process safety
Ensuring professionals benefit from higher education requires pedagogical moves tailored to the specific audience. See this video(on vimeo, in Swedish), in which Johan Ingvarson describes how we tackle this challenge in our course Process Safety for Professionals . The video was recorded at the 25th Anniversary conference of the Swedish Process [...]
Published paper in the International Journal of of Mass Emergencies & Disasters!
Christain Uhr and Misse Wester has, together with our colleague Mathias Ericson at Göteborg University, has published a paper in the International Journal of of Mass Emergencies & Disasters. The paper, 'Wildfire festivals - How crisis management professionals monitor affect, power relations and the right spirit', investigates how the metaphor of a [...]