Supported by NordForsk, the project examined how to best manage large-scale societal disasters.
NORDRESS aimed to enhance individual resilience through increased understanding of the physical and psychological consequences that may arise in the aftermath of natural disasters such as large-scale flooding, avalanches, and volcanic eruptions. This resilience was examined at the level of individuals, communities, infrastructure, and institutions.

The project was led by Dr Guðrún Pétursdóttir, Director of the Institute for Sustainability Studies, and Dr Guðrún Gísladóttir, Professor of Geography at the University of Iceland, in collaboration with, among others, Professor Ask Elklit from the Danish Center of Psychotraumatology.
The research project also investigated the long-term psychological impact that experiencing a disaster may have on children’s health, based on PTSD symptoms following the disaster.

An Icelandic team has produced four television programmes about the project, which are to be broadcast across all Nordic countries.

If you would like to learn more about the project, you can do so here.