I am Professor of Risk and Sustainability at the Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety, Lund University (Sweden), as well as Extraordinary Professor at the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University (South Africa). I am also affiliated to Lund University Centre for Risk Assessment and Management (LUCRAM) and to the School of Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow (Scotland).

My research interests focus on the interactions between the physical environment, social organisation and social behaviour in relation to societal safety and sustainability. Especially on issues of risk and vulnerability, on what makes society resilient to disturbances, disruptions and disasters, and on capacity development as an intentional process for increasing such resilience.

My research group has had significant impact on policy and practice concering issues of risk and sustainability. Perhaps most notably, as a leading scientific provider of knowledge cited in global UN policies concerning capacity development for disaster risk management and related climate change adaptation (e.g. UNDRR 2019), or as a trusted partner to a range of local authorities, governmental agencies and international organizations.

Below you find a selection of published scientific articles and books. For more information and a full list of publication, please follow the link below to Lund University Research Portal.