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View article: The collective securitisation of climate change: Implications for climate adaptation policy in the United Nations and European Union
The collective securitisation of climate change: Implications for climate adaptation policy in the United Nations and European Union Open
This article advances research on ‘collective securitisation’ by theorising how ostensibly separate securitisation processes within different international organisations (IOs) interact and shape each other’s policy outcomes. Focusing on cl…
View article: Variations of riskification: Climate change adaptation in four European cities
Variations of riskification: Climate change adaptation in four European cities Open
This study explores the manifestations of riskification in climate change adaptation (CCA) across four European cities, examining the roles of actors, discourses, and tools. Through comparative analysis, it aims to delineate local riskific…
View article: Climate adaptation in multi‐level governance systems: Security, risk, or normal politics?
Climate adaptation in multi‐level governance systems: Security, risk, or normal politics? Open
Using a securitization lens, this article explores the climate adaptation discourse and its impact on the making and implementation of adaptation strategies in Sweden. The main goal is to discern whether climate change is understood and ad…
View article: Mitigating vulnerabilities with social media: A cross‐national study of European disaster managers' practices
Mitigating vulnerabilities with social media: A cross‐national study of European disaster managers' practices Open
In this article, we provide an overview of the ways in which disaster managers in eight European countries use social media to mitigate people's vulnerability to hazards. Our document analysis and 95 expert interviews in Germany, Italy, Be…
View article: Understanding variation in national climate change adaptation: Securitization in focus
Understanding variation in national climate change adaptation: Securitization in focus Open
Climate change is recognized today not just as a pressing and prominent issue on government agendas but also one that has been increasingly ‘securitized’ in a variety of national and global settings. We know little, however, if climate cha…
View article: European emergency managers on social media: institutional arrangements and guidelines
European emergency managers on social media: institutional arrangements and guidelines Open
Purpose This paper offers an empirical overview of European emergency managers' institutional arrangements and guidelines for using social media in risk and crisis communication. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected and analys…
View article: Crisis management performance and the European Union: the case of COVID-19
Crisis management performance and the European Union: the case of COVID-19 Open
A seemingly continuous stream of crises in Europe has turned scholarly agendas towards assessment of the EU's management of crises. Those assessments vary widely, depending on the analytical focus and criteria used. This paper introduces t…
View article: The engagement of informal volunteers in disaster management in Europe
The engagement of informal volunteers in disaster management in Europe Open
Informal volunteering is increasingly important in disaster management, but authorities remain cautious about collaborating with informal volunteers. Relatively little is known about the extent to which informal volunteers are integrated i…
View article: Approaches to ‘vulnerability’ in eight European disaster management systems
Approaches to ‘vulnerability’ in eight European disaster management systems Open
While social vulnerability in the face of disasters has received increasing academic attention, relatively little is known about the extent to which that knowledge is reflected in practice by institutions involved in disaster management. T…
View article: Understanding and Acting Upon a Creeping Crisis
Understanding and Acting Upon a Creeping Crisis Open
The notion of a creeping crisis is a conceptual one, a heuristic device useful for helping to uncover hidden dimensions of today’s more pressing—some might say existential—societal problems. In this introductory chapter, we present our def…
View article: Understanding Creeping Crises: Revisiting the Puzzle
Understanding Creeping Crises: Revisiting the Puzzle Open
This chapter returns to the research question that animated the case studies and summarizes the findings of the chapters in this book. It offers provisional answers to our research question and formulates an agenda for future research. Muc…
View article: Big Data as a Creeping Crisis
Big Data as a Creeping Crisis Open
This chapter examines the mass accumulation of private data in terms of a creeping crisis. The threat at hand—commonly referred to as “Big Data”—pertains to the direct compromising of personal integrity and safety. The chapter explores the…
View article: Societal security in theory and practice
Societal security in theory and practice Open
‘Societal security’ has become a popular way in which to conceptualise security in research and practice. This chapter tracks its conceptual lineage, demonstrates that two variants of societal security have emerged, and argues that, while …
View article: Conclusion
Conclusion Open
This chapter serves as a conclusion for the edited book on Nordic Societal Security: Convergence and Divergence, edited by Sebastian Larsson and Mark Rhinard. It draws together the book’s main findings and answers its main research questio…
View article: Nordic Societal Security
Nordic Societal Security Open
This book compares and contrasts publicly espoused security concepts in the Nordic region, and explores the notion of societal security. Outside observers often assume that Nordic countries take similar approaches to the security and safet…
View article: Introduction
Introduction Open
This introductory chapter establishes the importance of exploring the various ways that security has been conceptualised and acted upon in the Nordic region, with the goal to identify patterns of convergence and divergence. It reviews the …
View article: Securitisation across borders: the case of ‘health security’ cooperation in the European Union
Securitisation across borders: the case of ‘health security’ cooperation in the European Union Open
Global health governance has increasingly become articulated and acted upon in ways that emphasise 'health security'. This article applies a collective securitisation approach to understand how a particular governance regime has evolved at…
View article: Hiding in Plain Sight: Conceptualizing the Creeping Crisis
Hiding in Plain Sight: Conceptualizing the Creeping Crisis Open
The COVID‐19 crisis is a stark reminder that modern society is vulnerable to a special species of trouble: the creeping crisis. The creeping crisis poses a deep challenge to both academics and practitioners. In the crisis literature, it re…
View article: Assembling European health security: Epidemic intelligence and the hunt for cross-border health threats
Assembling European health security: Epidemic intelligence and the hunt for cross-border health threats Open
The securitization of health concerns within the European Union has hitherto received scant attention compared to other sectors. Drawing on the conceptual toolbox of actor-network theory, this article examines how a ‘health security assemb…
View article: The ‘political’ roles of the European Commission
The ‘political’ roles of the European Commission Open
The extent to which the European Commission exercises ‘political’ roles in European integration is very much up for debate. Some recent analyses of the Commission take it for granted that its political roles have been in decline, while oth…
View article: The Crisisification of Policy‐making in the European Union
The Crisisification of Policy‐making in the European Union Open
In recent years a subtle change has taken place in the policy‐making machinery shaping European integration. The traditional methods for producing collective European Union (EU) policies, typified by the extensive analysis of a problem, ex…
View article: Securitisation across borders: the case of ‘health security’ cooperation in the European Union
Securitisation across borders: the case of ‘health security’ cooperation in the European Union Open
Global health governance has increasingly become articulated and acted upon in ways that emphasise ‘health security’. This article applies a collective securitisation approach to understand how a particular governance regime has evolved at…
View article: European internal security as a public good
European internal security as a public good Open
This introduction argues for a new research agenda on European internal security cooperation from the perspective of public goods. We set out our case in three parts. First, we identify new empirical puzzles and demonstrate significant exp…
View article: European security and early warning systems: from risks to threats in the European Union’s health security sector
European security and early warning systems: from risks to threats in the European Union’s health security sector Open
This article critically examines a poorly understood aspect of the European security landscape: early warning systems (EWSs). EWSs are socio-technical systems designed to detect, analyse, and disseminate knowledge on potential security iss…
View article: The European Union's capacities for managing crises
The European Union's capacities for managing crises Open
This article draws on a comprehensive new data set of crisis management capacities at the European Union level to highlight key patterns in their development and use. Organised within the categories of detection, sense‐making, decision‐mak…
View article: Is the European Commission <i>Really</i> in Decline?
Is the European Commission <i>Really</i> in Decline? Open
In the academic debate on the relative powers and influence of the EU institutions, it has become common to suggest – especially in the case of advocates of the ‘new intergovernmentalism’ – that the European Commission is in decline. In th…