The Swedish Defence University is receiving long-term funding to strengthen research on leadership and cooperation within civil defence. The Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency is awarding SEK 25 million for the development of the research environment.

The Swedish Research Council has awarded nearly SEK 10 million to two new research projects at the Swedish Defence University, both of which will deepen knowledge of total defence, wartime preparednes...

A new study shows that artificial intelligence (AI) has the power to both improve and undermine international water negotiations.

Children in Ukraine are particularly hard hit by the consequences of the war. A new study, published in Nature Communications Medicine , shows that children’s access to healthcare has deteriorated s...

What does depth mean in military operations, and how can it be applied when physical space is limited? In his doctoral thesis, Anders Ekholm develops a new way of thinking about operational depth, one...

Gudrun Persson, Associate Professor and expert on Russian foreign and security policy, and Lars Wedin, military strategist and historian, have been appointed honorary doctors at the Swedish Defence...

Information influence from authoritarian states is a growing threat to democratic societies. Through misleading narratives, foreign actors seek to undermine trust in institutions and create division. ...

Resilience has become a key concept in debates on security, climate and crisis management – but what does it actually mean? A new study from the Swedish Defence University shows that the term is often...

How do soldiers manage to cooperate and make decisions in the chaos of the battlefield? A new doctoral thesis from the Swedish Defence University takes the soldiers’ own stories as its starting point ...

The willingness to defend one’s country is shaped by more than national pride. A new study from the Swedish Defence University and Uppsala University shows that a sense of national belonging and pride...

In a new book, Matthew Ford reveals how smartphones are reshaping modern war.

The Institute of Military History (IMH), Swedish Defence University (FHS) recently held its 2nd International Military History Network Workshop - co-hosted & funded by the University of Warsaw, Wydzi...

A new anthology analyses different aspects of non-military warfare, with a particular focus on its relationship to conventional warfare and on how states can understand and counter non-military method...

In a new article in the International Review of the Red Cross , Nobuo Hayashi argues that violating international humanitarian law (IHL) with the aim of hastening peace or saving lives is both unlaw...

Radio communication systems used for important communication are not sufficiently protected against modern digital threats. This is revealed in a new study from the University of Skövde and the Swedis...

Knowledge about disinformation and source criticism helps us become better at identifying false media reporting without undermining trust in reliable sources. This is demonstrated by two new studies f...

In a recently published article in the journal International Political Sociology , researchers from the Swedish Defence University analyse the growing practice of freezing sperm prior to military se...

Karl Gustafsson and Linus Hagström have been awarded the European Political Science journal's Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize for the best academic article of 2024.

Welcome to the webinar on higher education institutions (HEIs) in wartime co-organized by the Swedish Defence University and the National University of Ostroh Academy (NUOA) in Ukraine. The webinar...

Welcome to the Military History Department's research seminar on 15 May, this time in collaboration with Stellenbosch University.

Welcome to a seminar focusing on nuclear deterrence and transatlantic security in an increasingly uncertain global environment.

Welcome to the Military History Department's research seminar on 2 April.

The Swedish Defence University brings together a range of experts from universities, think tanks, and research institutes to discuss the implications of our new nuclear disorder and the lessons we can...

A new research project led by the Swedish Defence University will investigate how infrastructure and crisis preparedness in Sweden and Finland are affected by NATO membership.

Magnus Ranstorp, Strategic Advisor and Associate Professor at the Centre for Societal Security, has been appointed as one of 15 international experts to join the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radi...

How are soldiers affected by having a romantic relationship with another soldier during an ongoing war? Marcel Mangold, Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University, explores this ...

Scholars and legal practitioners are invited to submit their abstracts for the first Nordic symposium on the law of armed conflict, hosted by the Department of International and Operational Law of the...

The SEDU admits doctoral students once a year after an announcement. The announcements are advertised on our website for about two months before the application deadline, which usually falls at the be...

To enhance doctoral education in areas such as warfare, military organisation, military leadership, and defence planning, the Swedish Defence University is establishing a research school for officers.

On 22 November, the Swedish Defence University's academic ceremony was held for the first time in Stockholm City Hall, where Vice-Chancellor Robert Egnell began with a formal speech that, among other ...