New admission to the Research School in protection against accidents
With the support of Swedish Civil Defense and Resilience Agency, we are now conducting a 3rd round of admission of doctoral students to the Research School in Protection against Accidents.
Presentation of the admitted doctoral students and more information will be available shortly.
Research areas
Applications to Research School 3 are made within the framework of the following research areas of relevance to civil defence and the goal of limiting the negative consequences of fires:
- Rescue services under heightened alert
- Preventive fire safety work in crisis and war
- Fire safety in a powerless Sweden
- Protection of essential activities during disruption from crisis or war
- Robustness of building structures with regard to fires after the effect of weapons
- Migration and fire safety in temporary accommodation and gathering places
- Volunteer activities that strengthen fire safety in crisis and war
- International case studies on fire safety in crisis and war, as well as international collaboration for strengthening society in crisis and war
Why a Research School?
Brandforsk and Swedish Civil Defense and Resilience Agency, have jointly identified a great need for practice-based research that aims both at new knowledge building and at transferring knowledge from existing research to practical activities. By working in parallel in both academia and the public sector, there are very good opportunities to both find important issues and to influence practice.
A doctoral education is also a unique opportunity for the employee to both become a specialist in a certain field and to develop their general analytical skills. The doctoral students will also gain a unique ability to interpret and evaluate research, which will be of great benefit to society for a long time to come.
What is Brandforsk Research School?
The doctoral students who are admitted to the Research School devote at least 50% of their working hours to research during 2026-2029 (faster with increased study pace). The doctoral students retain their regular employment and the employer is responsible for this cost. The Research school provides a research grant of SEK 250,000 per year for salaries to doctoral students and finances costs for supervision and more, and organizes joint meetings that keep the doctoral students together in a group. The group is an important support and network for each other. The Research school does not conduct its own doctoral education or award any degree, but this is done by the university where the doctoral student is admitted. At the start, the Research School helps to identify suitable universities and supervisors and provides support during the admission process to the university. The Research school also offers some joint doctoral courses in collaboration with various universities.
The format of the Research school has been established since 2019 and works well. However, this does not exclude the possibility that other variants that meet the same criteria and objectives may also be applied.
Current Students
Six doctoral students have been admitted to the Research school. Read more about them and their research by clicking on the boxes to the right or click on the link below.
Ethics in the flames, what do we mean by equivalent and satisfactory protection?
Mateusz Sosnowski, Södertörns Brandförsvarsförbund
Doktorand vid KTH, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
Hur kan beslutsfattare i planprocessen bättre förstå och hantera olika risker och intressen?
Anna Ståhle Bofjäll, Storstockholms brandförsvar
Doktorand vid Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet, LTH