Research for a safer society– New knowledge for future challenges

Per Sundström, MSBHead of Research Management

Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap

Today’s presentation

• MSB and our research funding and strategy

• Research plan and examples of calls for proposals

Vision

A safer society in a changing world.

Task

In collaboration with other stakeholders the MSB develops the individual’s and society’s capacity to prevent, deal with and learn from emergencies and disasters.

MSB Vision and task

Newsletters

Communication planning

”Projectfollowers, reference groups

Research Project

Research communicationin different forms

Web and fact sheets

”Popular”material

Thematicseminars

Research for a safer society– New knowledge for future challenges

MSB Research Strategy 2014-2018

120, 60, 10• Overall budget for 2014 is 120 MSEK

• About 60 on-going projects

• 10 new projects launched during 2013/14

Research in numbers

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CT

The strategy - four elements

Individual and public safety

Protection from fire, emergencies and hazardous substances

Societal continuity and resilience

Strengthened emergency preparedness and civil defence

Information security

Research for a safer society– New knowledge for future challenges

MSB Research Plan 2015

Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap

2016 Civil defence

Multisectoral

exercises

Crisis

communication

Postdoctoral

support

Support for applications H2020

Societal resilience and

sustainability

RVA in information and communication

technology

Home and leisure

accidents

2014

2015

Resilience in

monetary system

Antagonism

and social unrest

Enhanced capability

for rescue services

Industrial information

and control systems

Protection of Vital

Societal Functions

Early warnings and

predictions for solarstorms

Climate Change and

Natural Disaster

Risk Reduction

Applying research

results with industry

Cyberphysical

systems

Meny

Ex. of future calls

• Enhanced capability for rescue services (2015) 15-20 MSEK

• Protection of vital societal functions (2015) 15-20 MSEK

• Societal resilience and sustainability (2016) 15-20 MSEK

2014-11-04per.sundstrom@msb.se

msb.se/forskning

msb.se/en/About-MSB/Research/

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