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Ráðstefnan markar útgáfu bókarinnar "Nordic Crisis Management: Well-Performing Governance During COVID-19", sem Ásthildur Elva Bernharðsdóttir, prófessor við Háskólann á Bifröst, og Baldur Þórhallsson, prófessor við Háskóla Íslands, ritstýra. Í bókinni er í fyrsta sinn gerður kerfisbundin samanburður og greining á því hvernig Norðurlöndin fimm, ásamt Grænlandi og Færeyjum, brugðust við COVID-19 faraldrinum. Litið verður til þess hvaða lærdóm megi draga af þessari reynslu, hvernig hún nýtist við stjórnun næstu áfalla og hvort norrænir stjórnarhættir búi nægilega vel í haginn fyrir næstu áföll í síbreytilegum og óvissum heimi.

Á ráðstefnunni koma saman fræðimenn frá öllum Norðurlöndunum sem tekið hafa þátt í rannsóknarverkefninu "Áfallastjórnun í COVID-19 faraldrinum: Stjórnarhættir og leiðtogahæfni". Í verkefninu hefur verið rannsakað hvernig stærð stjórnsýslu, stjórnskipulag og stofnanaleg uppbygging, ásamt menningu, mótuðu áfallastjórnun í COVID-19 faraldrinum.

Dagskrá

12.00 - 12.05 Welcome Words: The Project and the Book
Baldur Þórhallsson, Professor of Political Science and Research Director of the Centre for Small State Studies, University of Iceland

12.05 - 12.15 Welcome Address: Iceland’s Preparations for the Next Crisis

12.15 - 12.30 Risk, Leadership, and Communication: Crisis Management across the Seven Nordic Entities
Speaker: Ásthildur Elva Bernharðsdóttir, Professor at Bifröst University

12.30 - 13.00 Smallness as Strength: Crisis Management in Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands
Panel discussion: Maria Ackrén, Director of the Stefansson Institute, University of Akureyri
Vífill Harðarson, Researcher, Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland
Rógvi Olavson, PhD Student, Faculty of History and Societal Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands
Moderator: Baldur Þórhallsson, Professor of Political Science and Research Director of the Centre for Small State Studies, University of Iceland

Coffee break

13.15 - 14.00 Between Command and Consensus: Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden in Crisis
Panel discussion:
Nina Hokkala, Research Assistant, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University
Mats Koraeus, Senior analyst at the Centre for Societal Security (CTSS) and Total Defence Campus coordinator Centre for Societal Security, Swedish Defence University
Alexander Trengereid, PhD research fellow, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Safety, Economics and Planning, University of Stavanger
Karsten Vrangbæk, Professor at the Political Science and Public Health Department, University of Copenhagen
Moderator: Eero Palmujoki, Lecturer, Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University

Coffee Break

14.15 - 14.30 The Role of Size, Structure, and Culture: Comparing the Seven Nordic Entities
Speaker: Per Lægreid, Professor Emeritus, Department of Government, University of Bergen
Moderator: Pia Hansson, Director of the Institute of International Affairs, University of Iceland

14.30 - 15.30 The Future: The Nordic Way and the Next Catastrophe
Í lokapallborði ráðstefnunnar verður fjallað um hvort norræna módelið í krísustjórnun sé nægilega vel í stakk búið til að takast á við næstu stóru áföll í sífellt óvissara og skautaðra alþjóðlegu umhverfi.

Panel discussion:
Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister from 2017-2024
Víðir Reynisson, Chair of the General Affairs and Education Committee of the Althingi, and former Chief Superintendent of the Office of the National Commissioner of the Police
Pawel Bartoszek, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Althingi
Per Lægreid, Professor Emeritus, Department of Government, University of Bergen
Karsten Vrangbæk, Professor at the Political Science and Public Health Department, University of Copenhagen
Moderator: Pia Hansson, Director of the Institute of International Affairs, University of Iceland

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