Find our research
Here you can find information about current research projects and interviews where our researchers share new findings from their areas of expertise.
Research projects
- Serious gaming for resilience screening
- The importance of psychological safety for safety and intention to leave
- Fortification Conditions: Human Perspective
- Impact of psychological strain on fire and rescue service personnel retention in wartime – experiences from Ukraine
- Follow-up of the Swedish Enlistment Battery (SEB)
- Recruitment, personnel retention capacity and selection system development
- Command supply
- Women in missions
- Defence and society
- The practice of war
Stories
The war in Ukraine and the future of warfare
How is Russia's war in Ukraine changing our understanding of modern warfare? That is the central question explored in the new edited volume Russia's War in Ukraine and Modern Warfare: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology, published by Oxford University Press.
New book challenges traditional views of security in the Americas
How can security be understood beyond military threats and state borders? A new open-access book, Feminist Security Studies in the Americas , explores how violence, insecurity and resistance are experienced across the Americas through feminist and decolonial perspectives.
What makes people susceptible to Russian disinformation?
Why do some people in democratic countries accept Russian state-sponsored propaganda? A new study shows that conspiratorial thinking and a perceived connection to Russian culture are the strongest explanations, while psychological needs appear to have primarily an indirect influence.
Russian media tailor messages for different parts of the world
Russian state-controlled media adapt their messages depending on the audiences they seek to influence. This is the finding of a new study by Charlotte Wagnsson, Professor of Political Science at the Swedish Defence University, and Christiern Santos Okholm, PhD, at the European Research Institute.
Safety in military organisations involves more than what can be measured
Safety surveys focusing on security and safety are frequently used within the Swedish Armed Forces to identify risks before accidents occur. But how accurately do they reflect reality in a military organisation? In two new studies, Martin Schüler examines how safety is understood, measured and created within the Swedish military context.
Poetry can build bridges between research and society
When research is communicated through poetry, it can evoke emotions, challenge established assumptions and offer new perspectives. This is demonstrated in a new study in which researchers from the Swedish Defence University and Stockholm University examined how poetry can be used to communicate research on deaf older adults’ experiences of health and social care.
From Vasa spies to smartphones at war – summer reading from the Swedish Defence University
Here we recommend books by researchers at the Swedish Defence University for peaceful moments in the hammock, on the beach or at the summer cottage this summer.
Military staff exercise provides unique research opportunities
How can a well-functioning military staff be assembled quickly when its members come from different countries? That question was at the heart of the Comprehensive Shield staff exercise in Norway, in which researchers from the Swedish Defence University participated from 20 to 30 April.
He wants to strengthen the link between research and military practice
John Olsen, Colonel and Professor of War Studies, has been Head of the Department of War Studies since 1 January 2026. Following a long career in the Royal Norwegian Air Force and several international appointments, he now aims to help strengthen the interaction between research, the military profession and security policy.
He receives international recognition for article on the role of civil society in Ukraine’s defence
Giacomo Cuscuná, doctoral student in war studies at the Swedish Defence University, ranked second in the Central European Journal of International and Security Studies (CEJISS) annual award for Best Article 2025.