PhD and Postdoc - NTNU Societal Security
Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers
NTNU’s strategic research areas are intended to help realize NTNU’s strategy, Knowledge for a Better World. One way we contribute to this goal is by allocating projects and fellowships in areas that are strategically important to the NTNU Societal Security initiative. Below are the fellows who are directly funded through NTNU’s allocation to this initiative.
Doctoral Fellows
Magnhild Eeg
Research team: Surveillance
Project: Småsatellitter for deteksjon og motvirkning av GNSS-interferens
NTNU Small Satellite Lab lager en ny satellitt for deteksjon og lokalisering av kilder til GNSS interferens. Doktorgradsprosjektet handler om mission design og utvikling av nyttelast for en småsatellitt i lav jordbane, samt analyse av spektrumsdata for militære og sivile interessenter.
Main supervisor: Roger Birkeland
Co-supervisor: Torleiv Håland Bryne og Egil Sverre Eide
Marte Ramsvik Halvorsen
Research team: Coordination
Project: Interorganizational Collaboration in Search and Rescue Operations
The research project examines collaboration within the Norwegian search and rescue service. It aims to analyze how actors from different organizations coordinate their efforts and manage uncertainty during acute crisis management. The study seeks to identify factors that enable or constrain effective collaboration in operational contexts. Furthermore, it seeks to develop knowledge that can contribute to improved cooperation, enhanced operational robustness, and the continued professional development of the search and rescue service.
Main supervisor: Aud Marit Wahl
Co-supervisors: Trond Øystein Kongsvik og Bjørn Ivar Kruke, UiS
Emil Henden Husby
Research team: Resources
Project: War And Supply: The Role of Fats and Oils in British Policy during WWI
My project is an investigation of the natural resource policies of Great Britain regarding security of supply of fats and oils during the First World War. The main aims of the project are to map how global value chains were mobilized and utilized in connection with armed conflict, and how we can create robust and resilient supply chains for today and the future.
Main supervisor: Mats Ingulstad
Co-supervisor: Joe Maiolo, King’s College, London
Runa Herdisdatter Kierulf
Research team: Protection
Project: Veien mot en grønnere forsvarsinfrastruktur
Målet med prosjektet er å undersøke om resirkulert aluminium gir like god beskyttelsesevne mot ekstreme laster som primæraluminium. Arbeidet innebærer eksperimentelle tester av materialenes respons under ulike lasttilfeller og tøyningshastigheter, samt numeriske simuleringer.
Main supervisor: Tore Børvik
Co-supervisor: Odd Sture Hopperstad og Tomas Manik
Ida Løvdal Nikolaisen
Research team: Coordination
Project: Cross-sectorial collaboration for better preparedness: a converstion analytic study of debriefing after a mass casualty exercise
The aim of the project is to highlight interdisciplinary collaboration in planning and debriefing, and examine how cross-sectorial coordination may strengthen preparedness. The project will contribute to better understanding of how emergency preparedness exercises are evaluated in practice and of which communicative challenges the participants face when achieving the objectives of the exercise.
Main supervisor: Kristin Halvorsen
Co-supervisor: Rein Ove Sikveland
Riny Sharma
Research team: Adaption
Project: En kjede er ikke sterkere enn sitt svakeste ledd: Å bygge inkluderende og steds- forankret demokratisk beredskap mot polykriser i norske kommuner
Prosjektet undersøker hvordan norske kommuner kan styrke lokal beredskap ved å utvikle inkluderende og stedsforankrede strategier på nabolagsnivå. Gjennom analyser av risiko og sårbarhet, stedsforankret planlegging og tilpasset kommunikasjon, viser prosjektet hvordan beredskap kan gjøres mer konkret og relevant for innbyggere, særlig sårbare grupper. Målet er å bidra til mer helhetlige og praktisk gjennomførbare beredskapsstrategier som kobler nasjonale mål med lokale behov og ressurser.
Main supervisor: Rolee Aranya
Co-supervisor: Casper Boks
Postdoctoral Fellows
Kasper Hage Stjern
Research team: Dumped Munitions
Project: Beneath the Surface: The Historical Practice and Consequences of Norwegian Munitions Dumping, 1940-1970
This project will offer new insights about munitions dumping in Norwegian waters. Dumped munitions pose a significant health, environmental, and security threat, and this project will combine archival work with field studies including drones and sonar to help address this threat.