Bengt Sundelius is Strategic Advisor to the Director General of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) and Professor Emeritus at the Swedish Defence University. He has served as Chief Scientist of the Swedish Emergency Management Agency and as Director of Research for Security Studies at the Swedish National Defence Research Agency. He has published and lectured widely on societal security and crisis management studies and has served on EU based commissions such as ESRAB and ESRIF.