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Defense of thesis
1 December 2011Olof Ekman, at Lund University and connected to Training Regions Research Center, defends his thesis on the topic "Perceptions of Trust and National Perspectives in Multinational Crisis Management: An Examination of the European Union Military Strategic Level" on December 9th. The faculty's opponent is Professor David Alexander, Switzerland.
The thesis can be downloaded... Read more ...
Tangma workshop session
30 November 2011The City of Malmö and Va SYD have a unique collaboration project with the city of Tangshan in northern China. Malmö and Tangshan have a long history as industrial cities now working towards sustainability. Training Regions hosted the session on Friday afternoon on the 25th of November. Introducting the concept of Training Regions, the participants got an insight of Training Regions work and... Read more ...
Training Regions at Samhällssäkerhetsmässan
22 November 2011
On November 16th and 17th in Kista north of Stockholm, more than 1 000 authorities in the field of civil security gathered to discuss protection against accidents, emergency management and security.... Read more ...
“Resilient Urban Flows Workshop” hosted by Training Regions gathered members and other stakeholders in the Öresund region.
12 September 2011The aim of the workshop in Malmö September 6 was to pinpoint joint problems in securing flows and to focus on how to enhance cooperation between the various different actors in academia, local government, and the commercial and industrial participants in the business community.
As was mentioned during the workshop – Training Regions serves as a neutral platform on which such... Read more ...
A secure society? The development of society’s handling of crises and risks after September 11, Gudrun and the Tsunami.
5 September 2011We look forward to seeing you at a luncheon meeting at Ideon Science Park in collaboration with LTH on September 15th at 11.30 AM.
Henrik Tehler is an associate professor at the Department of Fire Safety Engineering and Systems Safety, Lund University and also works for the Training Regions Research Center. In his presentation, he will focus on the changing of the Swedish risk... Read more ...
Fire services in Malmö, Göteborg and Stockholm form a future project.
The objective of the project is to investigate the development in larger growth regions in the world in order to meet future needs for the fire services. Which trends in the society could affect the fire services and how could they be met and properly dealt with? Is it, for example, a growth of social unrest and disorder, for instance the riots we have seen in London this summer with injury... Read more ...
Future Cities. Creating tomorrow’s urban world.
This international conference is hosted by The Economist and will be held in Stockholm 18–19 October. On the agenda are several international speakers such as mayors from some larger cities around the world, CEOs and highly qualified experts who will be exploring innovative new approaches to designing, managing and financing sustainable living environments. The event will feature leading... Read more ...