The focus of MedPREP is on strengthening health system resilience through enhancing the robustness of medical preparedness - particularly the availability, production, and governance of critical pharmaceuticals - a vital yet underdeveloped component of societal security in the region.
The Nordic region has long been held up as a model security community—built on mutual trust, shared identity, and routinised cooperation. Yet recent antagonistic threats have exposed fractures in this ideal.
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.
More women are applying to join the police force, but only a few are accepted into the emergency response service. A new book examines the work culture in the operational police force and reveals a male-dominated culture where women are considered inferior.
Pandemics arise suddenly and require immediate action from decision-makers. A Nordic research network develops models that can estimate how the infection will spread, thereby supporting rapid response during a future pandemic.
We are living in a time of multiple crises, and now researchers want to investigate the resilience of Nordic families with children. If families with children are doing well, it strengthens the resilience of society, according to the researchers.
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.
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. Now research shows that the subsidies may have helped the Nordic countries avoid an economic downturn.
