SECURE Webinar 2: Responsibility as Principle: Cross-sectoral Crisis Management after Covid-19

The responsibility principle has been a cornerstone of crisis management in the Nordic countries for decades. This principle dictates that the entity responsible in normal times retains that responsibility during crises. It has traditionally been seen as a means of ensuring accountability, leveraging sector-specific expertise, and maintaining decentralized governance. However, experiences from past crises, including the 2004 tsunami, the 2011 terror attack in Norway, and the COVID-19 pandemic, have pointed to challenges associated with this model. Given these challenges, there is a need to assess whether and how the responsibility principle can be adapted to the evolving nature of crises.

This webinar disseminates key insights based on research from the NordForsk-funded research project RESECTOR, which investigates how the principle played out in Sweden, Norway and Denmark before, during and after COVID-19. Senior Lecturer Olof Oscarsson, Mid Sweden University, and Senior Lecturer Kerstin Eriksson, Lund University, will present the main findings and recommendations based on a recent research article and the SECURE Policy Brief Series No. 2: “The Responsibility Principle in Nordic Crisis Management”. 

Deputy Director at SECURE Rasmus Dahlberg moderates the webinar. 

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