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 world’s push for clean energy depends on critical minerals such as lithium and rare earth elements. But while they are essential to cutting emissions, their extraction often threatens fragile environments and Indigenous livelihoods.
KOMKRIS examines how Nordic and Baltic societies enhance societal resilience and crisis governance in the face of increasingly complex and hybrid antagonistic threats, such as disinformation, violent radicalisation, and geopolitical tensions.
Nordic cities have qualities to draw on when it comes to greenspace, social inclusion and public health. But they are also segregated, characterised by health-related divides and by differences in accessibility to urban amenities. Without careful consideration the health and well-being of city-dwellers can be negatively influenced in overly densified and congested cities, despite sustainability ambitions.
The aim of the research area is to promote cooperation between the knowledge communities in the Nordic countries in order to enhance opportunities and address challenges to sustainable urban development and smart cities
The new INFLUX project aims to study the key areas of governance structures and reception facilities, social and educational support for refugee children and families, and integrational labor market outcomes.
Research on Ukrainian refugee integration and governance after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows that Nordic and Baltic countries vary in their integration processes, policies and outcomes.
