Current research interests: Risk- and threat communication, digitalization of security- and crisis management practices, disinformation, preparedness, total defence, hybrid threats, etc.
Email: stiber@prio.org
Current research interests: Risk- and threat communication, digitalization of security- and crisis management practices, disinformation, preparedness, total defence, hybrid threats, etc.
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Driving Innovation For Crisis Management For European Resilience (DRIVER+)
Driving Innovation For Crisis Management For European Resilience (DRIVER+)
Journal article in Alternatives: Global, Local, Political
PRIO has developed a new EU Matchmaking Guide to support organisations preparing project proposals under Horizon Europe in identifying relevant researchers.
PRIO’s first European Security Week brought together researchers and experts for a series of debates on the future of European security.
PRIO has recently secured several external research grants, highlighting strong confidence in the Institute’s research and its relevance to pressing global challenges.
PRIO is pleased to announce that two new research projects have secured external funding, strengthening the Institute’s work on protracted displacement in the Middle East and on Nordic security cooperation.
This summer, the EU-funded project Driving Innovation in Crisis Management for European Resilience (DRIVER+) was awarded the Security Innovation Award 2025 for Best Open Source Innovation.
DIGeMERGE organized a panel at the 7th International Crisis Communication Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden (5-7 October 2023), organized by the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA).
Today, Stine Bergersen defended her dissertation titled 'Conveying Complex Uncertainty: The Dilemmas of Communicating about Terror Threats' at Vrije University Brussels. Congratulations to Stine!
The project will examine the use of smartphone apps, mass notifications via SMS and messaging on social media platforms, in efforts to alert the public and respond to emergencies.
A collaborative project in which PRIO participates has been awarded a large grant from the European Union's Horizon Europe programme.
RegulAIR's main objective is to provide new research-based knowledge to Norwegian and EU regulatory bodies to assist them in ensuring the safe integration of drones into civilian airspace.
How can digital emergency communication save lives?
Stine Bergersen was featured in local newspaper, iHarstad, about the recently funded project titled ‘Resilience or rupture? The Nordic security community in an age of antagonistic threats.’
PRIO researcher Stine Bergersen’s new project titled “Resilience or Rupture? The Nordic Security Community in an Age of Antagonistic Threats” was mentioned in a list of new Nordforsk-funded projects, by the Norwegian research magazine Khrono.
Stine Bergersen was interviewed for an article by Nord University on the course collaboration between PRIO and DIGeMERGE, on the digitalization of emergency communication.
PRIO researcher Stine Bergersen wrote an opinion piece on fake news that was published by the Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten
Stine Bergersen was interviewed by the Norwegian local newspaper, iHarstad about academic freedom in connection with new US restrictions on certain words being banned.
PRIO researcher Stine Bergersen was featured in an article PRIO wrote for the Norwegian research industry publication, Forskning.no, on the Norwegian authorities communicating about terrorist threats.
PRIO started listing media appearances on profiles in 2023. Earlier media appearances may not be listed.