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Alirani, G., Oscarsson, O., Olausson, P. M. & Danielsson, E. (2025). Adaptive Capacity in a Crisis: Turbulence Managers in Street-Level Organizations. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 33(1), Article ID e70017.
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Adaptive Capacity in a Crisis: Turbulence Managers in Street-Level Organizations
2025 (Engelska)Ingår i: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, ISSN 0966-0879, E-ISSN 1468-5973, Vol. 33, nr 1, artikel-id e70017Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
Abstract [en]

This study explores the adaptive capacity of managers in street-level organizations (SLOs) in response to global crises. Using a Swedish municipality as a case study, we explore the challenges encountered by managers during the extended COVID-19 pandemic. The abilities required to manage the crisis differ from the challenges and skills typically associated with professional crisis managers. We propose the term ‘turbulence manager’ to describe the unique challenges in SLOs and the skills required to navigate the situation, particularly the delicate balance between crisis management and regular duties. In conclusion, this study emphasizes the crucial role of SLO managers in crisis adaptation, highlighting their ability to mitigate the impact of turbulence by creatively adjusting their existing routines. 

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Wiley, 2025
Nyckelord
adaptive capacity, crisis management, managers, street-level organizations, turbulence
Nationell ämneskategori
Studier av offentlig förvaltning
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-53549 (URN)10.1111/1468-5973.70017 (DOI)001387191600001 ()2-s2.0-85213810489 (Scopus ID)
Tillgänglig från: 2025-01-08 Skapad: 2025-01-08 Senast uppdaterad: 2025-01-10
Kolmodin, S. & Oscarsson, O. (2024). Lokal resiliens i det rurala norr: utmaningar och möjligheter för samhällsskydd och beredskap. In: : . Paper presented at Åre Risk Event, 16–18 april, 2024.
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Lokal resiliens i det rurala norr: utmaningar och möjligheter för samhällsskydd och beredskap
2024 (Svenska)Konferensbidrag, Enbart muntlig presentation (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Nationell ämneskategori
Sociologi
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-51098 (URN)
Konferens
Åre Risk Event, 16–18 april, 2024
Tillgänglig från: 2024-04-10 Skapad: 2024-04-10 Senast uppdaterad: 2024-04-11Bibliografiskt granskad
Kvarnlöf, L., Lundgren, M., Montelius, E. & Oscarsson, O. (Eds.). (2024). Naturkraft: Festskrift till Erna Danielsson. Östersund: Mid Sweden University
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Naturkraft: Festskrift till Erna Danielsson
2024 (Svenska)Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (Övrig (populärvetenskap, debatt, mm))
Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Östersund: Mid Sweden University, 2024. s. 99
Nationell ämneskategori
Sociologi
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-53550 (URN)978-91-89786-95-0 (ISBN)
Tillgänglig från: 2025-01-08 Skapad: 2025-01-08 Senast uppdaterad: 2025-01-08
Oscarsson, O. & Olsson, D. (2024). Pressat läge: Ett ”serious game” för att bygga motståndskraft genom interaktivt lärande. In: : . Paper presented at Åre Risk Event, 16–18 april, 2024.
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Pressat läge: Ett ”serious game” för att bygga motståndskraft genom interaktivt lärande
2024 (Svenska)Konferensbidrag, Enbart muntlig presentation (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Nationell ämneskategori
Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi) Statsvetenskap
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-51162 (URN)
Konferens
Åre Risk Event, 16–18 april, 2024
Tillgänglig från: 2024-04-19 Skapad: 2024-04-19 Senast uppdaterad: 2024-04-26Bibliografiskt granskad
Oscarsson, O. & Olsson, D. (2024). Under Pressure: A 'serious game' to build resilience through interactive learning. In: : . Paper presented at 16th European Sociological Association Conference (ESA 2024), Porto, Portugal, August 27-30, 2024..
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Under Pressure: A 'serious game' to build resilience through interactive learning
2024 (Engelska)Konferensbidrag, Muntlig presentation med publicerat abstract (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [en]

This paper explores the significant role of serious games in the realm of risk and crisis management education for building resilient societies. Games as educational tools in higher education can be used to facilitate active and interactive learning activities, which have particularly strong potential for development of collaborative and functional knowledge among students, such as communication skills, resourcefulness, adaptability, and other action competences. The presented serious game, Under Pressure, is a board game designed to facilitate discussion and transformative learning on resilience among students studying risk and crisis management. The players navigate diverse roles within the broader societal context of the game, gaining insights into negotiation strategies and decision-making processes. The game's overarching goal is to present players with various scenarios, prompting them to gather information, negotiate measures, and coordinate tasks to enhance societal resilience. Under Pressure employs realistic scenarios, offering players a high degree of decision-making freedom within the game environment. Throughout the game, hazardous events strike the society at random, promoting the students to collaboratively seek to advance resilience to a broad range of possible scenarios. The findings suggest that the game effectively stimulates discussion on diverse perspectives regarding societal resilience, emphasizing the collaborative investment and decision-making necessary for synergistic benefits across the entire society.

Nationell ämneskategori
Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi)
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-52374 (URN)
Konferens
16th European Sociological Association Conference (ESA 2024), Porto, Portugal, August 27-30, 2024.
Tillgänglig från: 2024-09-04 Skapad: 2024-09-04 Senast uppdaterad: 2024-09-05Bibliografiskt granskad
Oscarsson, O. (2023). Arjen BOIN, Allan MCCONNELL & Paul 'T HART, Governing the Pandemic: The Politics of Navigating a Mega-Crisis [Review]. International Review of Public Policy, 5(3), 1-4
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Arjen BOIN, Allan MCCONNELL & Paul 'T HART, Governing the Pandemic: The Politics of Navigating a Mega-Crisis
2023 (Engelska)Ingår i: International Review of Public Policy, ISSN 2706-6274, Vol. 5, nr 3, s. 1-4Artikel, recension (Övrigt vetenskapligt) Published
Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
OpenEdition journals, 2023
Nationell ämneskategori
Sociologi (exklusive socialt arbete, socialpsykologi och socialantropologi)
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-51161 (URN)10.4000/irpp.3818 (DOI)
Tillgänglig från: 2024-04-19 Skapad: 2024-04-19 Senast uppdaterad: 2024-04-23Bibliografiskt granskad
Danielsson, E., Alirani, G., Oscarsson, O., Große, C., Olausson, P. M., Jacobsson, J. & Öhman, S. (2023). Att ta ledartröjan i krisen: Utvärdering av MSB:s samordningsuppdrag under Coronapandemin. Mid Sweden University
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Att ta ledartröjan i krisen: Utvärdering av MSB:s samordningsuppdrag under Coronapandemin
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2023 (Svenska)Rapport (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Mid Sweden University, 2023. s. 106
Serie
RCR Working Paper Series ; 2023:2
Nationell ämneskategori
Studier av offentlig förvaltning
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-48260 (URN)978-91-89786-19-6 (ISBN)
Tillgänglig från: 2023-05-04 Skapad: 2023-05-04 Senast uppdaterad: 2023-05-04
Oscarsson, O. & Kolmodin, S. (2023). Local preparedness in the ultra-rural North: Challenges and solutions in civil protection and preparedness. In: : . Paper presented at ESA RN22 & ISA TG04 Midterm Conference 2023, 26-27 October, Esbjerg, Denmark. Esbjerg, Denmark
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Local preparedness in the ultra-rural North: Challenges and solutions in civil protection and preparedness
2023 (Engelska)Konferensbidrag, Enbart muntlig presentation (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [en]

The civil protection and preparedness conditions in Europe have radically changed in the last couple of decades. Hazards and risks are no longer confined and controllable but global, systemic, and interconnected. Compound, consecutive, and cascading consequences have a mounting impact and far-reaching ripple effects on the social and natural environments. A majority of research in risk, crisis, and disaster management studies urban environments, their infrastructures, and governing structures. Thus, most knowledge and frameworks mainly support urban stakeholders in dealing with risk and resilience. Because of the increasing pace of European urbanisation, there are good reasons for this focus. At the same time, large parts of the continent sit on critical natural resources and hosts considerable, albeit in many cases dispersed, populations. In Sweden, the place for this study, the risk preparedness, legislation, and governance structure have not changed at the same pace as the risk landscape—strong norms and principles in emergency management and civil protection prevail. The ultra-rural Northern inland of Sweden witnessed economic restructuring and a changing demographical structure in the same period as above. In this paper, we study the organising and workings of local authorities in charge of civil protection in this region. The preliminary results from interviews with public officials and policy documents indicate huge challenges due to an imbalance between the available resources and competence, along with the governing of vast geographical areas on the one hand and the same statutory duties and responsibilities as the rest of the country, on the other. The analysis identified four crucial aspects for maintaining local resilience: (i) knowledge of the place, (ii) informal networks, (iii) key-person dependency, and (iv) adaptive capacity. These aspects involve pros and cons in practical application and organising for civil protection and preparedness.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Esbjerg, Denmark: , 2023
Nationell ämneskategori
Samhällsvetenskap Annan samhällsvetenskap
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-49689 (URN)
Konferens
ESA RN22 & ISA TG04 Midterm Conference 2023, 26-27 October, Esbjerg, Denmark
Tillgänglig från: 2023-10-30 Skapad: 2023-10-30 Senast uppdaterad: 2023-10-31Bibliografiskt granskad
Oscarsson, O. (2023). Resiliens och “serious games”: en kunskapsöversikt. Sundsvall: Mid Sweden University
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Resiliens och “serious games”: en kunskapsöversikt
2023 (Svenska)Rapport (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
Abstract [sv]

Den här översikten görs som en av fem rapporter inom ramen för projektetSamhällsresiliens i Sverige: styrning, sociala nätverk och lärande (RISE). Rapporternakartlägger forskning, trender och goda exempel inom området samhällsresilienssamt inom projektets tre empiriska studieområden: våldsbejakande extremism,flyktingmottagande och anpassning till ett förändrat klimat. Syftet med dessarapporter är att ge en samtida blick på kunskapsläget, liksom en antydan om denutveckling som sannolikt kommer att ske inom dessa områden underöverskådlig tid. Den tänkta målgruppen, utöver andra forskare, är framför alltprofessionella som verkar inom projektets intresseområden. 

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Sundsvall: Mid Sweden University, 2023. s. 57
Serie
RCR Working Paper Series ; 2023:3
Nationell ämneskategori
Sociologi
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-49258 (URN)978-91-89786-28-8 (ISBN)
Tillgänglig från: 2023-09-08 Skapad: 2023-09-08 Senast uppdaterad: 2023-09-08
Oscarsson, O. (2022). Crisis as practice: Conceptualizing the role of everyday work practices in crisis management. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 83, Article ID 103438.
Öppna denna publikation i ny flik eller fönster >>Crisis as practice: Conceptualizing the role of everyday work practices in crisis management
2022 (Engelska)Ingår i: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, E-ISSN 2212-4209, Vol. 83, artikel-id 103438Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
Abstract [en]

Although research on organizational crisis management is vast, it is sometimes insubstantial, particularly when it comes to understanding how an organization's routine practices are utilized in crisis management. This article presents a conceptual framework of crisis-as-practice to complement the “traditional” crisis-as-event and crisis-as-process perspectives in crisis management research. By turning to practice theory, it is possible to emphasize the importance of apprehending crisis management as an accomplishment shaped by socially shared practices routinely performed in organizations. This article outlines a framework based on two theoretical constructs: (1) the three-element model of practice, and (2) the distinction between integrative and dispersed practices that together can reveal crisis management capabilities generally invisible in other research. The article concludes with a discussion of how the practice-based framework can widen the understanding of what crisis management is, who is viewed as a crisis manager, what crisis managers do, and what can be revealed through an analysis of crisis managers and their practices.

Nyckelord
crisis-as-practice, practice theory, dispersed practices, event perspective, process perspective
Nationell ämneskategori
Sociologi
Identifikatorer
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-43629 (URN)10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103438 (DOI)000892533200006 ()2-s2.0-85142157460 (Scopus ID)
Tillgänglig från: 2021-11-08 Skapad: 2021-11-08 Senast uppdaterad: 2022-12-22Bibliografiskt granskad
Organisationer
Identifikatorer
ORCID-id: ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0001-8715-1589

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