Hans Liwång

Professor, Deputy Head of Department

About Hans

Engelsk beskrivning om dig själv: Also researcher at the KTH Centre for Naval Architecture at KTH – Royal Institute of Technology.

The research interest focus on systems for defence and security consisting of interacting technical and social components. The research approach draws on two interconnected fields where one deals with risk and risk-based decision support in high risk activity in general and the other is focused on how to create maritime safety and security. The research therefore includes Sociotechnical System Perspectives, Risk Management, Operational Analysis, Maritime Safety, Infrastructure Resilience, Security and Protection, Sustainability, Risk Governance, Perception and Communication.

Background
Professor in Systems Science for Defence and Security at the Swedish Defence University since 2024. Docent in Military-Technology since 2017. Liwång holds Ph.D. in Shipping and Marine Technology from Chalmers University of Technology and holds a M.Sc. degree in Naval Architecture from the Royal Institute of Technology. He has more than twenty years of experience as an engineer and lecturer from the Swedish Defence University, the Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration.