• A discipline without a name? Contrasting three fields dealing with hazards and disaster 

      Staupe-Delgado, Reidar; Abdel-Fattah, Dina; Pursiainen, Christer Henrik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-29)
      A growing number of research fields have been striving for recognition as an academic discipline. Rather than argue that ‘our field’ should also be recognised as such, we stop to ask two fundamental questions. Our first question concerns whether and how disciplinary concerns would benefit research fields dealing with hazards and disasters. Second, we reflect on the implications of not having a broadly ...
    • Higher Education and the Changing Situation of Societal Security in the Baltic Sea Region 

      Pursiainen, Christer Henrik; Abdel-Fattah, Dina; Staupe-Delgado, Reidar (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-27)
      While concepts like risk and crisis management have grown ubiquitous at all levels of government, they have also cemented their place in academia as interdisciplinary fields of study in higher education. In the Baltic Sea Region (BSR), these types of educational programmes are typically labelled under the umbrella term ‘societal security’ in English. This article provides a succinct depiction ...
    • User Engagement in Developing Use-Inspired Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Decision Support Tools in Juneau and the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska 

      Abdel-Fattah, Dina; Trainor, Sarah; Hood, Eran; Hock, Regine; Kienholz, Christian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-15)
      Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) significantly affect downstream communities in Alaska. Notably, GLOFs originating from Suicide Basin, adjacent to Mendenhall Glacier, have impacted populated areas in Juneau, Alaska since 2011. On the Kenai Peninsula, records of GLOFs from Snow Glacier date as far back as 1949, affecting downstream communities and infrastructure along the Kenai and Snow river ...