Swedish National Defence College

About: Swedish National Defence College is a education organization based out in Stockholm, Sweden. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Crisis management & European union. The organization has 218 authors who have published 569 publications receiving 8074 citations.

Sensemaking in military planning: a methodological study of command teams

Abstract: Sensemaking, understanding how to deal with the situation at hand, has a central role in military command This paper presents a method for measuring sensemaking performance in command teams during military planning The method was tested in two experiments with Army captains serving as participants The task was to produce parts of a brigade order within 6 h The participants worked in teams of 5–7 individuals, 16 teams in the first experiment and 8 teams in the second experiment, with one team member acting as brigade commander The independent variables were amount of information and type of communication, respectively The characteristics of each team’s sensemaking process were assessed from video recordings of their planning sessions The quality of their plans was judged by military experts Although plan quality was unaffected by the experimental manipulations, the quality of the sensemaking process was related to the quality of the plans

Children’s protest in relation to the climate emergency: A qualitative study on a new form of resistance promoting political and social change:

Abstract: This article explores children’s resistance in relation to the climate emergency through a thematic analysis of climate activist Greta Thunberg’s speeches. Two themes, new to the literature, are id...

The Applicability of International Humanitarian Law to Organized Armed Groups

Abstract: While it is generally accepted today that international humanitarian law (IHL) is binding on organized armed groups, it is less clear why that is so and how the binding force of IHL on organized armed groups is to be construed. A number of explanations for that binding force have been offered. The present contribution critically examines five such explanations, namely that organized armed groups are bound via the state on whose territory they operate; that organized armed groups are bound because their members are bound by IHL as individuals; that norms of IHL are binding on organized armed groups by virtue of the fact that they exercise de facto governmental functions; that customary IHL is applicable to organized armed groups because of the (limited) international legal personality that they possess; and that organized armed groups are bound by IHL because they have consented thereto.

Understanding and control of a simple dynamic system

Abstract: This study examined laypeople's understanding of a simple dynamic system, expressed in reasoning and strategies used by the subjects, and how it affected performance. Participants were 15 undergrad ...