The Security and Resilience Initiative conducts 15 research projects grouped under three main research themes.

Theme 1: Management and Control

• Risk Management, Digital Infrastructures and Cyber Security
• Governance, Accountability and Coordination in Crisis
• Navigating the Total Defense Scaling-up Journey through Management Control Systems
• Configuring Management Control Systems for Resilience
• Legitimacy and Sustainability in the Total Defense

Leader: Associate Professor Dan-Richard Knudsen

Theme 2: Innovation, Collaboration and Organizational Adaptability

• Building Culture for Learning Across Hierarchical Structures
• Psychological Safety and Fear in High-performance Environments
• Cross-cultural Collaboration
• AI-enabled Decision Support in Time-critical Situations
• Cross-sector Technology Transfer and Dual-use Innovation

Leader: Professor Alexander Lundervold

Theme 3: Geopolitical Economics and Societal Resilience

• Trade Barriers and European (Dis)Integration
• Public Asset Management Under Geopolitical Turmoil and Risk
• International Collaboration, Crime, Conflict and Inequality
• Geopolitical Dynamics and Firm Competitiveness and Conduct
• Critical Materials, Vulnerabilities and Migration

Leader: Professor Øystein Thøgersen