Skip to main content
Go to the home page of the European Commission (opens in new window)
English en
CORDIS - EU research results
CORDIS

Acting in Crisis: Understanding Social Complexity to improve Crisis Preparedness

Objective

Crises preparedness is more urgent than ever as crises grow more frequent and intense amid accelerating climate change, and the increasing interconnectedness of modern societies. Yet crises preparedness often overlooks the social complexity of human behaviour, both in how people respond during crises and how they prepare for them. Human behaviour is heterogeneous, context-dependent, uncertain, and shaped by individual- and group perceptions, decisions, resources, emotions, and cultural norms. When preparedness plans fail to account for this diversity or the lived experiences of practitioners and citizens, critical gaps emerge. Information may not reach all citizens due to digital, linguistic, or cultural barriers, or may be incomplete, leaving people unaware of essential actions like evacuation routes. Understanding and integrating this complexity is therefore essential for preparedness efforts to be realistic, equitable, and effective.

SoCRISP addresses these challenges by combining social and behavioural insights, stakeholder engagement through Agent-Based Social Simulation (ABSS) and complementary methods to enhance crisis preparedness. The needed competence is built by training 15 doctoral candidates in inter- and transdisciplinary skills, emphasising the integration of social, behavioural and experiental knoweldge through ABSS to capture social complexity. SoCRISP’s innovative training program, grounded in real-world stakeholder networks, equips scholars to navigate the social complexities of crises prepardness and link theory with practice. Across 15 interdisciplinary studies in Europe, covering diverse stakeholders and crises, SoCRISP fosters a holistic understanding of crisis preparedness. Ultimately, SoCRISP advances crisis preparedness by training a new generation of interdisciplinary scholars to embed the nuanced realities of human behaviour into crisis preparedness – an urgent need in a world where crises are becoming more frequent and interconnected.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.

You need to log in or register to use this function

Keywords

Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)

Programme(s)

Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.

Topic(s)

Calls for proposals are divided into topics. A topic defines a specific subject or area for which applicants can submit proposals. The description of a topic comprises its specific scope and the expected impact of the funded project.

Funding Scheme

Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.

HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral Networks

See all projects funded under this funding scheme

Call for proposal

Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.

(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2025-DN-01

See all projects funded under this call

Coordinator

STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET
Net EU contribution

Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.

€ 649 260,00
Address
UNIVERSITETSVAGEN 10
10691 Stockholm
Sweden

See on map

Region
Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Links
Total cost

The total costs incurred by this organisation to participate in the project, including direct and indirect costs. This amount is a subset of the overall project budget.

No data

Participants (7)

Partners (8)

My booklet 0 0