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CNDS fellows provide perspectives and insights about Coronavirus pandemic
2020-04-02
Drawing upon years of experience and research, CNDS fellows are sharing their knowledge and wisdom with the public in efforts to better understand the current Coronavirus pandemic.
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CNDS Director among top 2% scientists in the world making career-long impact
2021-01-20
CNDS Director Giuliano Di Baldassare was ranked amongst top 2% of scientists in the world for career-long citation impact according to new citation ranking developed by Stanford University and published in the journal PLoS Biology.
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Implementation through collaborative crisis management and contingency planning: The case of dam failure in Sweden
2021-01-13
Building upon the field of collaborative crisis management, CNDS fellows Erik Persson and Mikael Granberg recently published their case study findings on contingency planning for dam failure risks in an article in the Journal of Risk Research.
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Debate: Covid-19 and Sweden’s exceptionalism—a spotlight on the cracks in the social fabric of a mature welfare state
2021-01-13
Sweden is often perceived as an exceptional welfare state and among the most advanced nations in terms of welfare service delivery and quality of welfare production and organization. The Swedish welfare state has been characterized by tax-financed and equally distributed healthcare, high-quality and free public education and ambitious social security systems. However, restructuring reforms have resulted in an equally ambitious but highly decentralized, deregulated and liberalized welfare state.
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Drivers of Change in National Disaster Governance under the Hyogo Framework for Action
2020-12-10
CNDS PhD candidate Maximilian Wanner recently published preliminary findings from his doctoral project on the drivers of change in national disaster governance under the Hyogo Framework for Action.
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Call for papers to EGU General Assembly 2021
2020-11-13
The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, which every spring attracts over 16,000 participants from more than 110 countries, will next year be held virtually "vEGU21: Gather online" on 19-30 April 2021.
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Human responses to rising sea levels
2020-11-13
Photo courtesy of Sveriges radio CNDS Director Giuliano Di Baldassare was interviewed on the Swedish radio program Vetenskapsradio På djupet about the methods and responses that are being discussed to deal with the fact that climate change is contributing to rising sea levels that are invading coastlines and forcing millions of people to flee.
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CNDS Director awarded with the Thuréus Prize
2020-11-02
Today CNDS Director Giuliano di Baldassare is being awarded the Thuréus Prize by the Swedish Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala with the motivation "for his study of floods, in particular the complex relationship between water flows, population dynamics and susceptibility".
The prize consists of a monetary gift of 75 000 kronor as well as a certificate.
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Professor of hydrology double-award winner
2020-10-27
Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Professor of Hydrology at the Department of Earth Sciences and Director of the Centre for Natural Disaster Science, has recently won two very prestigious scientific awards within just a few days.
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Giuliano Di Baldassarre awarded the EGU's Plinius Medal
2020-10-21
Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Director of the Centre for Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS) and Professor of Hydrology at the Department of Earth Sciences, was awarded the Plinius Medal of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). EGU is a non-profit international union of scientists with about 20,000 geo-scientists from all over the world.
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Resilience in the Pacific and the Caribbean: The Local Construction of Disaster Risk Reduction
2020-10-16
CNDS fellow Simon Hollis, Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the Swedish Defence University, has recently published the book "Resilience in the Pacific and the Caribbean: The Local Construction of Disaster Risk Reduction" where he critically examines the global diffusion and local reception of resilience through the implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programmes in Pacific and Caribbean island states.
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American Geophysical Union selects Professor Giuliano Di Baldassarre as an AGU Honoree
2020-10-01
Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Professor of Hydrology at the Department of Earth Sciences and Director of the Centre for Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS), was awarded as the 2020 Paul A. Witherspoon Lecturer by the American Geoscience Union (AGU) that, with 62,000 members from 137 countries, is the world's largest society in Earth Sciences.
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CNDS fellow awarded 2019 JEPP Best Paper Prize
2020-09-02
Photo: Vladimir Rodas The Journal of European Public Policy awarded CNDS fellow Charles F. Parker, Thomas Persson and Sten Widmalm with its 2019 Best Paper Prize.
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Good Covid-19 News From Italy...and Sweden
2020-08-13
In Bloomberg Opinion CNDS Director Giuliano Di Baldassarre provides some insight regarding the current pandemic drawing upon his academic perspective and the fact that he is an Italian living in Sweden.
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Sustainable development and cross-disciplinary research education: Challenges and opportunities for learning
2020-08-10
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Decrease in the number of fatalities from natural hazard related disasters
2020-08-10
Phi Phi Island in Thailand a few days after the 2004 tsunami. Photo: APICHART WEERAWONG/AP -
The effectiveness of soft law in international environmental regimes: participation and compliance in the Hyogo Framework for Action
2020-07-09
CNDS PhD candidate Maximilian Wanner is doing his doctoral thesis on participation and compliance in the Hyogo Framework for Action at the Department of Government, Uppsala University. His recent article discusses the effectiveness of soft law in international environmental regimes.
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The Politics of Adapting to Climate Change
2020-07-09
In this new book, CNDS fellow Mikael Granberg and his colleague Leigh Glover have examined the political themes and policy perspectives related to, and influencing, climate change adaptation. It provides an informed primer on the politics of adaptation, a topic largely overlooked in the current scholarship and literature, and addresses questions such as why these politics are so important, what they mean, and what their implications are. The book also reviews various political texts on adaptation.
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How Swedish municipalities are utilizing their crisis management committees during the Corona pandemic
2020-06-29
How has crisis management in the Swedish municipalities been carried out during the Corona pandemic? This is one of the issues being addressed in a study where CNDS researchers at Karlstad University together with their colleagues at Mid Sweden University are examining which municipalities have activated their crisis management committees and which have not.
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CNDS News Flash - June 2020
2020-06-17
Here is a short and concise summary of the latest from CNDS presented as a pdf with hyperlinks.
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New funding for research on links between geopolitical and environmental change
2020-06-16
Photo: Mistra Geopolitics The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, Mistra, announced a 60 million SEK funding package to the interdisciplinary research programme Mistra Geopolitics. Uppsala University is one of the core partners in this programme.
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Can the corona crisis become a catalyst for green technology?
2020-06-15
Photo from Dagens nyheter: Magnus Hallgren When economic conditions are weak, there is a risk that climate change measure are not prioritized. At the same time, interest in sustainable investments is now greater than ever. Can the corona crisis become a catalyst for green technology?
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Improving Future Crisis Management Training
2020-06-15
The project CriseIT 2 "Implementing Future Crisis Management Training" has successfully completed its first project year, but much of the foundation for the project was established during the first project effort "CriseIT" where the key insights, tools and methods were identified. CriseIT 2 takes these aspects one step further and maximizes their development potential. Now, CriseIT2 is in an exciting phase where they are testing, refining and further developing tools and the methodology in order to be able to implement an easily accessible, cost-effective and flexible crisis management concept.
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When knowledge is uncertain, caution can serve as a guideline
2020-06-10
Foto: Jonas Ekströmer/TT In a pandemic caused by a new virus, knowledge uncertainty is very high and it is precisely in this situation that the precautionary principle must be applied. This is the advice given by CNDS fellows Mikael Granberg and Finn Nilsson and their two other colleagues in a debate article in the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet.
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Millions of euros to interdisciplinary research on extreme weather
2020-06-08
The European Weather Extremes: Drivers, Predictability and Impacts (EDIPI) project aims to help us better understand the dynamics, predictability and impacts of temperature, precipitation (including drought) and surface wind extremes over Europe. Why does a specific type of weather extreme occur? How can we use this knowledge to better predict it? And finally, what are the likely impacts once it does occur? We will try to answer these questions by combining very different disciplines, from climate science, to statistical mechanics, dynamical systems theory, risk management, agronomy, epidemiology and more.
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The Earth´s vibrations have decreased after the corona virus pandemic
2020-06-08
CNDS fellow and seimologist Björn Lund actively works with the Swedish seismic network (SNSN) and together with his seismologist colleagues have observed a decrease in the Earth's vibrations since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. Björn explains about about why this is the case in his interview on Swedish television.
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SubCity: future imaginaries of the city subsurface
2020-06-08
Underground shopping mall in Montreal, Canada. City planning is entering a new era and society will need to significantly enhance its use of the subsurface volume below the city landscape. The purpose of the project "SubCity: Future imaginaries of the city subsurface” is to contribute knowledge and solutions for developing Swedish spatial planning so that it creates the conditions to transform towards a sustainable society.
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CNDS fellow on National Geographic Channel
2020-06-08
The National Geographic Channel has started a new series "X-Ray Earth" where the latest x-ray techniques are being used to explore the inner layers of Earth. CNDS fellow Valentin Troll (professor at Uppsala University's Department of Earth Sciences) is contributing to the production as an on-site scientist and as Chief Scientific Advisor.
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The next big crisis could be a volcano
2020-06-05
What is it like to lead a research group remotely during a full-brown pandemic?
On the Curie pod, CNDS fellow Steffi Burchard tells us about her efforts to pursue research in the mist of the Covid-19 pandemic. But she also talks about the upcoming Swedish research government bill and the importance of funding and supporting basic research so that we can be better prepared for the next big crisis... no matter what that may be, whether it be a pandemic or a massive volcano eruption. -
Collaborative crisis management: a plausibility probe of core assumptions
2020-05-20
CNDS fellows Charles Parker, Daniel Nohrstedt and Helena Hermansson, together with their colleagues in Canada, Denmark, and Australia, published the article "Collaborative crisis management: a plausibility probe of core assumptions" in Policy and Society utilizing the Collaborative Governance Databank to empirically explore core theoretical assumptions about collaborative governance in the context of crisis management.
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Research study on experience of risk and mental health among elderly in Sweden in regards of Covid -19
2020-05-13
Although the Centre for Societal Risk Research at Karlstad University is part of CNDS, some of their research extends beyond the traditional boundaries of that which typically falls under the umbrella of disaster risk reduction but which is of interest and value for our efforts in understanding social dynamics and how they influence vulnerabilities, perceptions, governance, policies, institutions, and consequently the natural environment . In a new study at the Centre examines how elderly people in Sweden experience risk in regards of the ongoing corona-pandemic, their ability and willingness to handle the situation and their experiences of how mental health is affected by the situation.
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Disasters as an opportunity for improved environmental conditions
2020-04-24
CNDS PhD candidate at Karlstad University, Åsa Davidsson published the article "Disasters as an opportunity for improved environmental conditions" in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Here she presents case studies where disasters provided a window of opportunity for change that included social action with (potentially) positive effects on the environment.
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Discussion and Commentary: COVID-19 and the policy sciences: initial reactions and perspectives
2020-04-24
CNDS fellow Professor Daniel Nohrstedt and colleagues offer insights into the unfolding phenomena in their commentary, which draws on the lessons of the policy sciences literature to understand the dynamics related to COVID-19. They explore the ways in which scientific and technical expertise, emotions, and narratives influence policy decisions and shape relationships among citizens, organizations, and governments. They also discuss varied processes of adaptation and change, including learning, surges in policy responses, alterations in networks (locally and globally), implementing policies across transboundary issues, and assessing policy success and failure. They conclude by identifying understudied aspects of the policy sciences that deserve attention in the pandemic’s aftermath.
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Workshop on transdisciplinary research
2020-04-08
CNDS researchers at Karlstad University hosted a group of researchers from the University of West England, University of Gloucestershire, and Linköping University for a two-day workshop with the aim to address doing transdisciplinary research in collaboration with actors outside academia.
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Rainfall and its societal consequences
2020-04-08
The research and collaboration project SPLASH has come to an end. The final project results and achievements were presented at a seminar at Länsförsäkringar's office in Jönköping, where the project had started two years earlier. Around twenty participants from several insurance companies, municipalities, and universities attended the final project seminar. This two-year project was funded by the Swedish Knowledge Foundation (KK-stiftelse).
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Centre for Climate and Safety (CCS) has now merged into a new centre: the Centre for Societal Risk Research (CSR).
2020-04-08
Karlstad university is at the forefront in climate and public safety research. In order to enable larger research projects and developed international collaborations, the former CNDS collaborative partner Centre for Climate and Safety (CCS) and Centre for Public Safety (CPS) have now been merged into a new centre: the Centre for Societal Risk Research (CSR). So CNDS now welcomes CSR as our new collaborative partner from Karlstad University.
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How global datasets can advance our understanding of a rapidly changing world
2020-04-08
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CNDS fellow among Geo website's most accessed papers
2020-04-03
Colin Walch's article "Evacuation ahead of natural disasters: Evidence from cyclone Phailin in India and typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines" was among the most downloaded from the Geo Wiley Online Library website in 2019 with 1,188 full-text downloads in comparison to the average number of 567 full-text downloads per article published in Geo in 2019 and the average for geography articles across Wiley’s journals in 2018.
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Some positive effects for the environment during the corona crisis
2020-04-03
Professor Rutgersson and Dr. Mårtensson provide some promising news about how the Corona crisis can actually provide new opportunities for the air and environment. For example, there is evidence that air pollution in China decreased by 20-30 percent this February, and satellite images show that the emissions of the poisonous gas nitrogen dioxide decreased throughout Europe.
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Funding to CNDS fellows from the Kamprad Family Foundation
2020-03-30
The research project When it rains it pours: Biogeophysical drivers and societal responses to compound natural hazard events in Sweden has been awarded funding from the Kamprad Family Foundation. The purpose of the Kamprad Family Foundation is to support, stimulate and reward education and scientific research to promote entrepreneurship, the environment, competence, health and social improvement.
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CNDS Daniel Nohrstedt appointed professor
2020-03-30
Uppsala University has appointed Daniel Nohrstedt to professor.
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Cooperating during a crisis: Ordinary people in extra-ordinary situations
2020-03-06
In this Swedish book “Att Samverka i kris - Vanliga människor i ovanliga situationer"(Cooperating during a crisis: Ordinary people in unusual situations), current research findings are interspersed with fictitious stories about ordinary people who end up in difficult situations and are forced to navigate the crisis management system and actors. This research project and book were commissioned by the Swedish Agency for Civil Contingencies (MSB). The authors are researchers at the Swedish Defence University.
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Congratulations to the recipients of the CNDS Interdisciplinary Grant 2020
2020-03-06
CNDS provided Early Career Scientists (i.e., PhD students and postdocs) from CNDS partnering universities Uppsala University (UU), Karlstad University (KAU) and Swedish Defence University (FHS) to apply for funding for interdisciplinary work within natural hazard and disaster science. The following have applied and have been selected to receive funding: Frederike Albrecht (FHS), Elena Mondino (UU), Maximilian Wanner (UU), Jacob Hileman (UU), Emma Rhodes (UU), and Joshi Naranji (UU).
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Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science celebrates 10th anniversary this year
2020-01-07
In 2010 efforts initiated by senior fellows from Uppsala University, Swedish National Defence College (today, Swedish Defence University), and Karlstad University under the coordination of Professor Emeritus Sven Halldin of Uppsala University lay the foundation of CNDS. On 8 January 2020, the Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS) celebrates its 10th anniversary. A series of events have been planned throughout the year to celebrate this occasion.
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Call for CNDS Interdisciplinary Grants
2019-12-20
CNDS is now providing an opportunity for Early Career Scientists (PhD students and postdocs from CNDS partnering universities Uppsala University, Karlstad University and Swedish Defence University) to apply for funding for interdisciplinary work within natural hazard and disaster science.
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Can Regional-Scale Governance and Planning Support Transformative Adaptation? A Study of Two Places
2019-12-20
CNDS fellow Mikael Granberg together with his international colleagues examine more closely the idea that climate change adaptation is best leveraged at the local scale is a well- institutionalized script in both research and formal governance.
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Are We in the Right Path in Using Early Warning Systems?
2019-12-20
CNDS fellow Anna Rutgersson together with her collegues Venugopal Thandlam and Hasibur Rahaman look into the recent tsunami in Indonesia and the factors leading to the mass casualties. They also examine the failure of the early warning systems, methods, and technologies in an attempt to improve future early warning systems designed to mitigate the loss of lives and property against impending disasters. This paper is timely as Indonesia has seen one of the worst tsunamis in recent years and such disasters are continuous threats for the communities. Hence, the authors stress the importance of improving and strengthening the existing early warning systems.
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Using storytelling to highlight the challenges of cooperation during crises
2019-12-17
This book uses storytelling to share research findings from Sweden about the 2017 terrorist act on Drottninggatan, the 2018 wildfires, and the 2004 handling of the Tsunami disaster in Thailand.
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EGU sessions and short courses co-organized by CNDS fellows
2019-11-22
The General Assembly 2020 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is held at the Austria Center Vienna (ACV) in Vienna, Austria, from 3–8 May 2020. The EGU General Assembly 2020 brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting covering all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The EGU aims to provide a forum where scientists, especially early career researchers, can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience. Several CNDS fellows will be co-organizing sessions and short courses. Here is a summary of the CNDS contributions.