Nordic research
on societal security
Societal security is growing in importance due to the rapidly evolving political, environmental and security challenges that we are experiencing globally. In the Nordic region, various threats and crises have propelled societal security in the forefront of Nordic co-operation. NordForsk has several initiatives on societal security research designed to generate new knowledge for the safety and security of the Nordic countries' inhabitants.
Antagonistic threats challenging Nordic-Baltic societal security
The aim is to fund research projects in the societal security field that will contribute to increased knowledge about antagonistic threats and societal security in the Nordic-Baltic region.
Antagonistic threats are human initiated and carried out by individuals, groups, organisations or governments.
They range from hybrid attacks, cyber-attacks, information manipulation, hybrid threats and armed actions from states to gang-related violence, youth violence, organised crime and terrorism.
Four ongoing research initiatives on societal security
- The Nordic Disinformation Resilience Network
- Reinterpreting Sector Responsibility in Nordic Crisis Management after COVID-19 (RESECTOR)
- Tracking of Antimicrobial Resistant Genes in Environmental reservoirs in the Nordic Countries
- Fair and Resilient Societies – The Nordic Model into the future?
10 years of Societal Security Research
The report highlights a decade of research and collaborative achievements in addressing the Nordic region's security challenges.
Three years after the pandemic, we still don't know if the restrictions were justified
During the pandemic, we experienced the greatest encroachment on our freedom since the Second World War. Now Nordic researchers are investigating whether the measures were proportionate.
Disinformation is now part of mainstream politics
There was a time when disinformation and conspiracy theories mostly were associated with uneducated and marginalized people. Today, we are witnessing a shift, and it has now become a strategic tool also for Nordic mainstream-politics.
The pandemic: The economy was put in a freezer and the crisis didn't materialise
During the pandemic, the authorities introduced support programmes for companies to avoid laying off employees. Some called it a sleeping pillow, others a necessary measure. The subsidies may have helped the Nordic countries avoid an economic downturn.
Political top-down management trumped Nordic crisis management principles
During the pandemic, the Nordic crisis management principle of sector responsibility was put to the test. But what was behind the challenge to the sector responsibility principle? A Nordic research project will try to answer.
