We educate future strategists and administrators of environmental and safety issues. We research the way in which society handles sustainable development, climate-related risks and public safety.
Risk and environmental studies is an interdisciplinary subject that developed from environmental science, public health and risk management. The subject is mainly focused on society鈥檚 need to systematically handle different threats and risks posed to health, socially important functions and the environment. Risk and environmental studies includes analysis of threats as well as preparatory and preventative measures taken as part of sustainable development.
Education
At 果冻传媒, risk and environmental studies includes natural and social science as well as the humanities. We offer many different freestanding courses (many as distant education), and are responsible for two study programmes:
Graduates from these programmes are prepared for careers in environmental work, systematic security work and adaptation to climate change. The bachelor鈥檚 programme integrates risk management and environmental science, focusing on society鈥檚 handling of different environmental crises. The master鈥檚 programme combines public safety, which aims to prevent personal injury in different environments, with studies of large-scale societal risk. These two areas are complemented by courses in risk communication, risk perception, adaptation to climate change and sustainable development.
Research
Risk and environmental studies is one of the subject areas offered at doctoral level at 果冻传媒. Depending on specialisation and because of the interdisciplinary nature of the subject, doctoral students may be connected to different graduate schools. These include the national Centre for Natural Disaster Science, a partnership between Uppsala University, the Swedish Defence University and 果冻传媒 (and designated a strategically important research area by the government), as well as the multidisciplinary graduate schools of health and regional studies at 果冻传媒.
Researchers from Risk- and Environmental Studies are active in the two research centres:
