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ABOUT THE AUTHORS 137
interdisciplinary work. In several of the projects there have been, and still are, a very
high proportion of new developments. His work experience includes projects for the
City of Copenhagen, for the Centre for Parks and Nature (2008− 2011), for the
Copenhagen Centre for the Environment (1991−2008) and for the West Zealand
County's Environmental Department (1987−1991).
Sissel Haugdal Jore is Director for the SEROS Centre for Risk Management and
Societal Safety at the University of Stavanger. The SEROS Centre was established
in 2009 by the University of Stavanger and the International Research Institute of
Stavanger. She is Assistant Professor in societal safety and risk management. She
has a PhD from the University of Stavanger. Her research focuses on public safety,
in particular associated with terror and other man-induced threats. She is especially
concerned with how society and individuals understand and react to different types
of risk, and how society and organisations can mitigate and respond to events with
very low probability of occurrence but very large consequences. She also works on
risk as cultural and political drivers, risk management, risk perception and
emergency preparedness.