INTERREG project on IT-support for Crisis Management
2015-12-03Together with the University College in Hedmark, Norway, Karlstad University has received a grant for a 3-year project about development of IT support for crisis training. Monika Magnusson and other researchers from Information System will play essential roles in this project.
Joint training is an important factor for a well-developed readiness to handle crises. The project Preparing for Future Crisis Management aims to strengthening the capability for crisis management by emplyoing needs-driven research and development within the area of methods and ICT support for crisis training. This is a broad project with actors from academia, public entities, companies, as well as the civil society.
The project spans three years. Within KAU this is essentially a joint venture between Centre for Climate & Safty and Centre for HumanIT.
Contact: Monika.Magnusson@kau.se
Project celebration at the Information Systems coffee room
Closest to the cake: John Sören Pettersson, Monika Magnusson, Peter Bellström, who all will be working in the new project.
Photo Nina Kilbrink