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Recently Knowledge Forum Region North was founded. The aim of the knowledge forum is to share and reflect upon experiences, knowledge, and science, to increase society´s capability to cope with extreme events. Today the Knowledge forum consists of TripleEd, the … Continue reading
Markus had the opportunity of being a guest professor in Nice for a week. The purpose was to explore future opportunities, give a talk on research related to extreme contexts, and work on shared projects with professor Yvonne Giordano. The … Continue reading
TripleEd has the great pleasure and privilege of having two guests next week; Professor Amy Fraher from Southampton University, UK and Doctor Mika Mård at Åbo Akademi, Finland. We are really looking forward to the conversations! Please find their bios … Continue reading
Yesterday we had the great pleasure to listen to associate professor Andrea Mannberg and her presentation on social aspirations and risk taking in off-pist skiing. Andrea is an economist that have worked on different variations of risk behaviors. With a … Continue reading
Today we had the pleasure of having the first ODD seminar of the semester. Ulrica told the story about the paper “Multi-professional teamwork in human services: The mutual shaping of professional identity and team activities” (https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JHOM-03-2017-0062) she have just published. … Continue reading
Oscar Rantatalo received a small research grant from Stieg Larsson Foundation (50 000 SEK) for complementary data collection on policing and criminal investigation of domestic violence in rural areas.
The other week we had the absolute pleasure of welcoming professor David Buchanan to Umeå as part of the research exchange program financed by Riksbankens jubileumsfond. During the visit David met with several people in the research group to discuss … Continue reading
Today we had the second Friday seminar. This time it was Björn´s turn to arrange the seminar. Björn chose a paper that he and Markus is writing on. The seminar included reading the draft of the paper, watching a five minute … Continue reading
Following the idea of the book Sprint, basically Design thinking but in Google variation, Oscar, Ola and Markus set off into the forest for some intense writing. The goal was essentially to put together a draft of a article in … Continue reading
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@Extremecontexts Hi guys, doing this in Wednesday in case anyone find it interesting. Please RT.. 😊
The EGOS-deadline (and the #extremecontext track) was the other day. Happy to see so many submissions! No less than 71!
Sicilian mafia, an example of a #extremecontext! Happy to see more and more papers related to the field published!
How do organizations use strategic ambiguity to protect themselves? Our paper on the Sicilian mafia accepted in AMJ (Giulia Cappellaro, Amelia Compagni & Eero Vaara).
The passing of Charles Perrow is indeed one of the giants that have left us. Rest in peace. May the legacy continue to inspire scholars for years and years to come
Normal accidents and huge contribution to @Extremecontexts and #risk modelling https://t.co/pXXv3CnRSP
Should be of interest to anyone studying @Extremecontexts https://t.co/XMtZMpmrJ8
@Markus_hallgren We are all good thanks - but yes, disappointing that there will be no travel for a while. Maybe we should organise an #extremecontexts virtual seminar?!
High performing team ‘allows the most qualified individual to emerge & lead as required by operational scenarios’
Are governments around the world allowing that? are stakeholders still playing politics despite the global challenge? #coronavirus #leadership #extremecontexts
