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In the summer of 2018, both fire and rescue services and volunteers fought against the extensive wildfires that spread over the northern parts of Sweden. The challenges were many and one of the most obvious was the lack of resources provided by the state, both material and human. This lack of official resources, together with the long distances that characterize the rural northern parts of Sweden,
Climate change is increasing the risk for extreme weather events such as heatwaves, including in northern countries like Sweden, which until recent years has had limited experiences of coping with extreme heat. Based on predictions that Sweden will be more frequently exposed to heatwaves in the future, it is imperative to increase the societal resilience and adaptation measures. This paper present
Following COVID-19, the responsibility principle guiding emergency preparedness and crisis management in Scandinavian countries has once again faced criticism. In order to make sense of the current discussions surrounding this principle, this study uses Bacchi's framework of “What's the problem represented to be” to explore its development and perceived problems and effects in Denmark, Norway, and
In the present article, practices of inclusion of different types of volunteers in the response to a large-scale forest fire in Sweden are studied. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three types of voluntary actors. The volunteers were organized to different degrees, from members of organizations and participants in emergent groups to organizationally unaffiliated individuals. Organize
Increased risk of wildfires is often highlighted in media coverage of climate change in the Nordic countries. How an increased risk is reflected in the concerns and adaptive measures within the most likely affected communities is nevertheless not known. This study investigates concerns and adaptation to wildfires in a rural community in south-eastern Sweden. The comparatively dry study area has a
In this article, we examine public policy change at the local level of governance in the aftermath of an extraordinary event. Using the case study of a Swedish municipality after the sweeping forest fire of 2014, we contend that policy entrepreneurship, like its market counterpart, may under certain conditions take on a wider range of behaviors that are not underpinned by the proactive quest for o
September 2015 saw a sharp increase in the influx of refugees in the Øresund region. In this study, resilience defined as flexible adaptation was taken as a baseline to guide interviews with societal infrastructure actors and NGOs engaged in managing the situation. Different actors had different organisational preconditions that influenced their ability to adapt to the new situation. Among the str
Risk analyses are seen as a vital tool for crisis prevention and developing capability to respond to future crises. In Sweden, all municipalities are required to perform risk and vulnerability analyses as a basis for their crisis management work. The aim of this paper is to study how and why a risk and vulnerability analysis can become a part of an organisational process for learning how to preven
Denna avhandling undersöker vad äldre hemtjänstanvändare gör för att få hemtjänsten att fungera i vardagen och vad deras handlingar visar om svensk hemtjänst som omsorgsregim. Avhandlingen bygger vidare på forskning som fokuserar på äldre personers egna perspektiv på den omsorg deras vardag genomsyras av.I avhandlingens fem artiklar visas och analyseras hur hemtjänstanvändare i betydande utsträcknThis dissertation examines what older home care users do to make home care arrangements work in everyday life and what their actions show about Swedish home care as a care regime. It builds on and extends research focusing on older people’s own perspectives on care. Across the dissertation’s five articles, care users are shown to contribute extensively to the provision of the services they rely on
Aim: To investigate at a national level the multidisciplinary team (MDT) care of patients with diabetes mellitus and foot complications.Methods: A questionnaire was sent to all 75 Swedish hospitals with emergency departments, which were grouped according to size.Results: The response rate was 92%, 58/69 of the hospitals have a foot team. Most teams have access to an internal medicine specialist/di
Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have enabled the creation of increasingly accurate, personalized AI simulations that can partially but plausibly mimic an individual’s linguistic style, expressed memories and beliefs, preferences and values, personality traits, and patterns of reasoning. While these technologies offer potential benefits, we argue that they pose a novel threat to the
Layer-by-layer self-assembled structures of the blood-clotting glycoprotein fibrinogen have been resolved at a fluid interface using neutron reflectometry and complementary techniques to reveal an unexpected mechanism that contradicts a long-established adsorption model. The widely accepted monolayer tilt model, inferred over two decades ago from ellipsometry data, involves progressive tilting of
Quantum computing has progressed from a theoretical concept to a practical experimental technology. By processing information according to quantum mechanics rather than classical rules, quantum computers may offer advantages for certain problems. Although a few algorithms have proven speedups, it remains unclear where quantum computers will be practically useful, especially since current devices a
The mean-field game theory is the study of strategic decision making in very large populations of weakly interacting individuals. Mean-field games have been an active area of research in the last decade due to its increased significance in many scientific fields. The foundations of mean-field theory go back to the theory of statistical and quantum physics. One may describe mean-field games as a ty
This dissertation examines the emergence of Nordic ecohorror as a contemporary genre and mode that brings ecological disruption, feminine monstrosity, and Nordic exceptionalist imaginaries into critical dialogue. Focusing on literature, film, and television from across the Nordic region, it explores how ecohorrific narratives challenge conventional distinctions between nature and culture, human an
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as central regulators of pancreatic islet biology, influencing β-cell development, proliferation, and function. In type 2 diabetes (T2D), both adaptive and maladaptive miRNA responses shape β-cell compensation and progressive secretory dysfunction. Here, we review current insights into the regulation of insulin secretion, with a focus on exocytosis and the autocrine
