Centre for Climate and Safety (CCS) has now merged into a new centre: the Centre for Societal Risk Research (CSR).

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.

In a society where risk and safety issues becomes increasingly complex and prioritized, research on such issues also needs to become more prioritized. Risk issues are trans-disciplinary in their nature and thus they require competences from nature science, social science, the humanities and medicine in the quest for answers and solutions.

"With over ten years experience of successful research and collaboration we have are in a good position for advancing this area," says Mikael Granberg, CNDS fellow and one of two directors of the new CSR. 

CSR will focus understanding and the management of societal risks. At the same time it is important that our respective areas of expertise remain and are nurtured. In addition, our existing networks on the local to international levels in the fields of climate and public safety will also have a lot to gain from the new research centre and its wider focus. This is why the new centre has opted to have two directors.

"The main issues we address revolve around the causes and consequences of societal risks as well as society's vulnerability and capacity to handle these risks," says Finn Nilson, also director of CSR. "This is why we will utilise and deepen our multi-disciplinary knowledge on societal risks, risk management, societal planning, and governance."

One of CSR's strengths lies in its ability to link research to societal practices by drawing upon knowledge building through research, learning and collaboration in projects and tailor-made education.

Onwards to the Centre for Societal Risk Research's start page >>