Public security - contact our researchers

Public security have rarely been as relevant as now, in a world colored by war and conflict, but also extreme weather and climate change. Here is an overview of researchers at Nord University.
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Name of researcherArea of expertiseContact information
Beate Steinveg, associate professorHigh North/Arctic, New World Order, safety politics in Europe, international collaborationsbeate.steinveg@nord.no
75 51 76 78
Torbjørn Pedersen, professorHigh North, Svalbard, Cyberwarfare, hybrid treaths and New World OrderTorbjorn.pedersen@nord.no
75 51 73 89
Andreas Østhagen, researcherGeopolitics, safety politics, the High North/Arctic, USA, EU, law of the seaandreas.osthagen@nord.no
Maria Strandås, associate professor and in the administration of Øvelse NordHealth preparedness and patient safety. General competence: preparedness and exercise managementmaria.strandas@nord.no
975 28 337
Kari Skarsaune, study program managerSpecialized nursingkari.skarsaune@nord.no
75 51 78 14
Bjørn Olav Haram Knutsen, associate professorInternational collaboration, war in Europe, Military strategy in the northbjorn.o.knutsen@nord.no
75 51 77 27
Odd Jarl Borch, professorSafety, High North, preparedness, total defenceodd.j.borch@nord.no
75 51 76 16 / 901 92 674  
Per Erik Solli, senior advisorSafety and denfence in the High North. Northern collaboration, military defence, total defence and millitary preparednessper.e.solli@nord.no
481 68 056
Kristian Åtland, professor IIUkraine-war, Russia, High North, Caucasus, New World Order, hybrid warfarekristian.atland@nord.no
75 51 70 67
Natalia Andreassen, professorArctic, maritime preparedness, emergency preparedness organization.natalia.andreassen@nord.no 75 51 71 38
Tanja Ellingsen, associate professorCauses of war and armed conflicts in general, terror/extremism, civil wars/religious wars, New World Order, threats against democracy incl. conspiracy theories and hybrid threatstanja.ellingsen@nord.no
75 51 75 87
Rune Elvegård,
senior advisor
Arctic, maritime preparedness, nuclear preparedness, collaboration exercise, competence developmentrune.elvegard@nord.no
75 51 76 03
Kjetil Jacobsen, professorWar, violence, democracy and dictatorshipKjetil.jakobsen@nord.no
75 51 73 69
Jan-Oddvar Sørnes, professorCrisis management and planning, media training and media crisis, general crisis management.jan-oddvar.sornes@nord.no
75 51 72 33 / 908 39 821
Gunhild Birgitte Sætren, associate professorSafety psychologygunhild.b.satren@nord.no
74 82 37 27 / 932 49 905
James Badu, research fellowArctic, climate change adaptation, resilience and crisis managementjames.badu@nord.no
+4775517810
Emmi Ikonen, research fellowArctic maritime preparedness, risk perceptionemmi.ikonen@nord.no
+4775517063

Øvelse Nord

Øvelse Nord is a full-scale emergency crisis management exercise where actors within the field of emergency preparedness train for handling major incidents and crises. It is also the largest civilian mainland exercise in the Nordic region.

Contact: Erlend Hagenes og Maria Strandås

Center for Crisis Management and Collaboration - NORDLAB

Center for crisis management and collaboration is a center for science, education and development of crisis management and collaboration within the northern regions. NORDLAB contributes to reach Nord University’s objectives within social security and crisis management.

The center has expertise in educational preparation, planning, execution, and evaluation of exercises. The center's practice-oriented research, in collaboration with society and industry at a national and international level, primarily focuses on emergency crisis management and cooperation in complexity, learning in emergency exercises, and crisis management.

NORDLAB is now expanding and further developing its exercise and simulator laboratory from 70 to 500 square meters to offer modern facilities and technology at the Bodø campus for use in exercises, research, education, and dialogue with emergency preparedness actors.