Measuring societal safety: An analysis of societal safety-related composite indices and their alignment with the Norwegian understanding of societal safety

Abstract

The global society is shaped by the continous emerge of new technologies and increased globalization which makes the world more interconnected. This affects the ways in which risks can impact, and alters the global state of societal safety. The effects of climate induced events and conflicts can have impacts sporadically, and one must therefore adapt to the new risk pathways. By analyzing societal safety-related composite indices, the object of this thesis is to assess the normative assumptions of some prevailing indices, and uncover how the indices can relate to prevailing understandings of societal safety.