• Assessing the impact of the securitization narrative on climate change adaptation in Nigeria 

      Oramah, Chinwe P; Olsen, Odd Einar Falnes; Gould, Kenneth Arne Pettersen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)
      In Nigeria, the threat posed by climate change is leading policymakers and the media to frame climate change as a security threat that warrants support for adaptive actions. We draw upon securitization theory to examine ...
    • Communication-related vulnerability to disasters: A heuristic framework 

      Hansson, Sten; Orru, Kati; Siibak, Andra; Bäck, Asta; Krüger, Marco; Gabel, Friedrich; Morsut, Claudia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11)
      The concept of social vulnerability has been increasingly applied in disaster literature, but its communicative drivers have remained understudied. In this article, we put forward a heuristic framework for explaining how ...
    • The etemic model of Gypsy Roma Traveller community vulnerability: is it time to rethink our understanding of vulnerability? 

      Heaslip, Vanessa; Hean, Sarah; Parker, Jonathan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-08)
      Aims and objectives To present a new etemic model of vulnerability. Background Despite vulnerability being identified as a core consequence of health and health experiences, there has been little research exploring the ...
    • Vulnerability and vulnerable groups from an intersectionality perspective 

      Kuran, Christian Henrik Alexander; Morsut, Claudia; Kruke, Bjørn Ivar; Krüger, Marco; Segnestam, Lisa; Orru, Kati; Nævestad, Tor-Olav; Airola, Merja; Keränen, Jaana; Gabel, Friedrich; Hansson, Sten; Torpan, Sten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-11)
      In general, the identification and protection of vulnerable groups in the case of hazards or when a crisis unfolds is an issue that any crisis and disaster risk management should address, since people have different levels ...