Center for Security and Resilience (CfSR)

People who perceive a threat as serious are not necessarily more prepared to respond to it. New research by CfSR-affiliated researcher Ieva Birka finds a persistent gap between threat perception and household preparedness across cities in Finland, Latvia, and Germany.

Sweden has some 64,000 civil defense shelters, with capacity for roughly seven million people. Yet many are rarely used in peacetime, public awareness of where they are located remains limited, and large parts of the system were built for a society whose population patterns have since changed considerably.

Could experience from esports help meet the future skills needs of Sweden’s total defense? That is the starting point for Gamers as a societal resource, a new initiative at the Center for Security and Resilience at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE).

The Center for Security and Resilience (CfSR) at the Stockholm School of Economics and Akademiska Officerssällskapet i Stockholm (AOS) are formalizing their existing partnership, creating a long-term platform for collaboration.

How do companies and governments navigate a world where supply chains are becoming geopolitical and geo-economical tools? This question sits at the heart of Constantin Blome, Professor at the Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology and at the Center for Security and Resilience (CfSR) at the Stockholm School of Economics research.

As the Swedish Armed Forces undergo their largest expansion in decades, collaboration with academia is becoming increasingly important. Through the Center for Security and Resilience (CfSR) at the Stockholm School of Economics, this partnership contributes to building knowledge, leadership, and long-term research capacity to strengthen Sweden’s defense and resilience.

The Stockholm School of Economics and Nynäshamn Municipality are exploring deeper collaboration to strengthen municipal total defense capabilities in Sweden. The initiative brings together academia and local government to support more resilient communities that can manage crises and wartime conditions.

On May 11, 2026, the Center for Security and Resilience (CfSR) hosted its first Management and Control Research Day at the Stockholm School of Economics, bringing together faculty, affiliated researchers, and researchers and practitioners from partner organizations to present and discuss projects within CfSR’s research portfolio on management and control.

On May 5, the Center for Security and Resilience (CfSR) at the Stockholm School of Economics hosted a breakfast seminar with Leandro S. Pongeluppe from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. The seminar explored how terrorism reshapes the geography of multinational corporations and what this means for resilience, investment, and global business operations.

At the Security & Competitiveness Summit 2026, hosted by the Center for Security and Resilience at SSE together with McKinsey, leaders from business, government, and the military gathered to discuss how innovation, education, and industrial capacity are becoming central to Sweden’s deterrence strategy in a changing geopolitical landscape.