Title
Critical Infrastructure Under Stress. Lessons from Sweden’s Power Grid (Christin
Record Type
Video
URL
https://youtu.be/nHcNx5gXQAQ
Contact
Christine Grosse
Year
2,022
Publisher
Imara IHG

Summary
Christina Grosse analyzes Sweden's STEEL process for managing power shortages. She explores infrastructure interdependencies and cascading failures, detailing the Swedish model's principles of responsibility and proximity to prioritize electricity and maintain decentralized resilience.
Description
In this lecture, Christina Grosse, Assistant Professor at Mid Sweden University and researcher affiliated with the Risk and Crisis Research Center, presents an in-depth analysis of Sweden’s approach to critical infrastructure protection, focusing on the STEEL process (Steering Electricity).
The lecture examines how Sweden prepares for and manages national power shortages, addressing one of the most complex challenges in modern crisis management: how to prioritize electricity supply when demand exceeds production.

Key themes explored in this video

* Critical infrastructure as a system of systems
* Infrastructure interdependencies and cascading effects
* Power supply as a precondition for water, heating, ICT, healthcare, and payments
* Complexity, non-linearity, and emergent behavior in infrastructure systems
* The Swedish crisis management model
* The principles of responsibility, parity, and proximity
* Why crises are handled as close to the event as possible

This lecture is especially relevant for emergency management students, infrastructure planners, policy professionals, and researchers interested in power systems, governance, resilience, and crisis decision-making.