Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran

Førsteamanuensis

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran

Kontakt

E-post: christian.h.kuran@uis.no

Rom: KE C-388

Organisasjonsenhet

Det teknisk- naturvitenskapelige fakultet

Institutt for sikkerhet, økonomi og planlegging

Kort om meg

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran er Sosialantropolog og Førsteamanuensis i samfunnssikkerhet og risikostyring ved Universitetet i Stavanger (UiS).  Han er studieprogramleder for Bachelorgraden i Toll, vareførsel og grensekontroll, der han også er emneansvarlig for tollerstudentenes praksisemner. 

Dette forsker jeg på

Kuran forsker og foreleser innen samfunnssikkerhet, og metode,  med særlig kompetanse på granskingsmetodikk ved ulykker og uønskede hendelser og er emneansvarlig for dette tema på Mastergraden i Risikostyring og sikkerhetsledelse ved UiS.   Kuran er også  akademisk medlem av External Expert Group on Strategic Risk Analysis hos Frontex.

Akademisk bakgrunn

Kuran er sosialantropolog med master i Samfunnssikkerhet. Hans doktorgradsavhandling handlet om regeltøyning i tungtransportbransjen. 

Publikasjoner

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2026) Ludo Tricks and the Unserious Actor in the Trucking Business. I: Journal of business anthropology. Online ISSN 2245-4217. Volum 1. DOI: 10.22439/jba.v14i2.7416

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Ove Njå; Geir Sverre Braut (2025) Safety on the margins - The Safety Regime in the Norwegian Road Based Heavy Goods Transport Sector. I: Transportation Research Procedia. Online ISSN 2352-1465. Volum 91. s.155-162. DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2025.10.021

Marja Katariina Ylönen; Eirik Bjorheim Abrahamsen; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2025) How to improve the effectiveness of learning from practice - the case of Norwegian customs and border management bachelor programme. I: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. ISSN 0031-3831. s.1-17. DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2025.2471340

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Ove Njå; Geir Sverre Braut (2023) Conceptualizing the bending and breaking of rules in the heavy goods transport sector. I: Safety Science. ISSN 0925-7535. Volum 166. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106235

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2023) Known unknowns in the road-based transport of dangerous goods : consequences for the risk analysis of tunnel systems. I: Terje Aven; Enrico Zio; Marko Cepin; Mario P. Brito; Piero Baraldi, ESREL 2023 - Proceedings of the 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference : The Future of Safety in the Reconnected World, 3 – 7 September 2023, University of Southampton, United Kingdom. Research Publishing Services. ISBN 9789811880711. s.1010-1015. DOI: 10.3850/978-981-18-8071-1_P037-cd

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2022) Reforming the customs officer education in Norway : Balancing formal education and deep knowledge. I: Luca Podofillini; Maria Chiara Leva; Edoardo Patelli; Simon Wilson, Proceedings of the 32nd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2022). Research Publishing Services. ISBN 9789811851834. s.2168-2174. DOI: 10.3850/978-981-18-5183-4_S07-01-298-cd

Friedrich Gabel; Marco Krüger; Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2022) Bridging the gap between vulnerable groups and vulnerable situations: Towards an integrative perspective on vulnerability for disaster risk reduction.. I: UN UNDRR, Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022: Our World at Risk: Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. ISBN 9789212320281.

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2021) Learning to do ethnography in complex systems. I: Kenneth Arne Pettersen Gould; Carl James Macrae, Inside Hazardous Technological Systems Methodological Foundations, Challenges and Future Directions. CRC Press. ISBN 9780367226947. s.101-114. DOI: 10.1201/9780429281587

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Sharon Newnam; Vanessa Beanland (2021) Adaptive non-conform behaviour in accident investigations in the road based heavy goods transport sector. I: Safety Science. ISSN 0925-7535. Volum 146. DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105539

Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Bjørn Ivar Kruke; Kati Orru; Sten Hansson (2021) Linking resilience, vulnerability, social capital and risk awareness for crisis and disaster research. I: Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. ISSN 0966-0879. DOI: 10.1111/1468-5973.12375

Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Bjørn Ivar Kruke; Tor-Olav Nævestad; Kati Orru; Sten Hansson (2021) A critical appraisal of individual social capital in crisis response. I: Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy (RHCPP). Online ISSN 1944-4079. Volum 13. s.176-199. DOI: 10.1002/rhc3.12236

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Claudia Morsut; Bjørn Ivar Kruke; Marco Krüger; Lisa Segnestam; Kati Orru; Tor-Olav Nævestad; Merja Airola; Jaana Keränen; Friedrich Gabel; Sten Hansson; Sten Torpan (2020) Vulnerability and vulnerable groups from an intersectionality perspective. I: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Online ISSN 2212-4209. Volum 50. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101826

Lillian Katarina Stene; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Claudia Morsut; Bjørn Ivar Kruke (2020) Vulnerability revitalized : How can vulnerable groups enhance societal resilience. I: Piero Baraldi; Francesco P. Di Maio; Enrico Zio, e-proceedings of the 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference (ESREL2020 PSAM15). Research Publishing Services. ISBN 9789811485930.

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Ove Njå (2017) Using ethnographic methodology in the study of complex sociotechnical Systems. I: Marko Cepin; Radim Bris, Safety & Reliability, Theory and Applications. CRC Press. ISBN 9781138629370. s.462-462.

Bøker og kapitler

Pirjo Jukarainen; Marianne Mela; Emilia Valsta; Kati Orru; Toni Lusikka; Juhani Latvakoski; Jaana Keränen; Gerttu Pilsas; Mark Rhinard; Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Friedrich Gabel; Mohammed Ali Berawi; Jelena Kajganovic; Catalina Vrabie; Maira Schobert; Ago Tominga; Jennifer Hinton (2022) D6.6 Stakeholder Validation of Research Findings and Co-Creation of Innovations. BuildERS Report. BuildERS project.

Mark Rhinard; Jennifer Hinton; Therese Bennich; Alina Engstrom; Kati Orru; Sten Hansson; Pirjo Jukarainen; Miia Myllylä; Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Bjørn Ivar Kruke; Friedrich Gabel; Maira Schobert; Tor-Olav Nævestad; Alexandra Olsen; Margo Klaos; Jelena Kajganovic (2022) D5.3: Resilience Policy Recommendations. BuildERS Report. BuildERS project.

Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2022) Resilience and vulnerability. I: Jaana Keränen, Handbook to improve societal disaster resilience - BuildERS project findings. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. ISBN 9789513887681.

Jelena Kajganovic; Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Jennifer Hinton; Mark Rhinard; Tor-Olav Nævestad; Pirjo Jukarainen; Jaana Keränen; Alexandra Olsen; Kati Orru; Gabriella Lovasz; Tommaso Piseddu; Johanna Ludvigsen (2022) D8.5 Sustainability Report. BuildERS Report. BuildERS project.

Mark Rhinard; Therese Bennich; Alina Engstrom; Kati Orru; Sten Hansson; Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Bjørn Ivar Kruke; Maira Schobert; Tor-Olav Nævestad (2021) D5.1: RESILIENCE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS – first report BuildERS Report. BuildERS project.

Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Bjørn Ivar Kruke; Merja Airola; Jaana Keränen; Kati Orru; Sten Hansson; Sten Torpan; Fanny Berg; Mark Rhinard; Tor-Olav Nævestad; Therese Bennich; Lisa Segnestam; Maira Schobert; Marco Krüger (2020) Report on segments of vulnerability country by country basis – inside and outside the official data (D1.3). BuildERS project grant agreement 833496.

Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Bjørn Ivar Kruke; Maira Schobert; Marco Krüger; Friedrich Gabel; Kati Orru; Sten Hansson; Oliver Nahkur; Mark Rhinard; Riitta Molarius; Elsa Schmersal; Lucia Savadori; Tor-Olav Nævestad (2020) Final report of the unified theoretical framework on the concepts of risk awareness, social, capital, vulnerability, resilience and their interdependencies (D1.2). BuildERS project grant agreement 833496.

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; May Linda Vatnaland; Åsta Aasmyr Wathne (2019) Resiliens, et nyttig begrep i risikostyring? En kvalitativ studie om risikostyring i en industriell organisasjon. Universitetet i Stavanger.

Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Marco Kruger; Friedrich Gabel; Oliver Nakhur; Kati Orru; Dagmar Narusson; Andra Siibak; Sten Hanson; Mark Rhinard; Fanny Berg; Lucia Salvadori; Tor-Olav Nævestad (2019) FIRST VERSION OF THE UNIFIED THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ON THE CONCEPTS OF RISK AWARENESS, SOCIAL CAPITAL, VULNERABILITY, RESILIENCE AND THEIR INTERDEPENDENCIES (D1.1). BuildERS project.

Sten Hanson; Andra Siibak; Asta Back; Kati Orru; Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Friedrich Gabel; Marco Kruger; Bjørn Ivar Kruke (2019) Report on communication behaviour and use of social media in Europe (D1.4). BuildERS project.

Ove Njå; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2014) Erfaringer fra redningsarbeidet og selvredningen ved brannen i Oslofjordtunnelen 23. juni 2011. Intervjuer med beredskapspersonell og trafikanter. NORCE Research AS. ISBN 9788249008414.

Formidling

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2024) BuildERS findings on vulnerability, risk awareness, risk and crisis communication. PreparEU Pilot workshop focusing on vulnerable groups and preparedness -reaching out and engage; 2024-03-19 - 2024-03-20.

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2024) Connecting theory and Practice in Student formation: Fostering intercultural competence in the Customs education at the University at Stavanger. NIC2024: Intercultural communication and professional practice; 2024-11-27 - 2024-11-29.

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2023) Hva er sårbarhet, og hvem er mest sårbare i et samfunn?. Sluttkonferanse SPREAD; 2023-12-01.

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2023) Known unknowns in the road based transport of dangerous goods. International symposium on tunnel safety and security (ISTSS); 2023-04-26 - 2023-04-28.

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2023) Agents of change and disruption, cultural and organizational challenges in the Norwegian customs and border management. 31st conference of the Society for Risk Analysis Europe (SRA-E); 2023-06-18 - 2023-06-21.

Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2022) Social Capital Webinar: Social capital, resilience and vulnerability in crisis management. International Social Capital Association ISCA; 2022-11-02.

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2022) Enhancing resilience by studying vulnerability, risk awareness and social capital - The BuildERS model. BuildERS Final Conference; 2022-03-10.

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2022) Long Haul-Trucking and the Powers that Be. 17th EASA Biennial Conference EASA2022: Transformation, Hope and the Commons; 2022-07-26 - 2022-07-29.

Claudia Morsut; Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran; Odd Einar Falnes Olsen; Sigmund Trageton; Espen Mathiesen (2021) Risikobevissthet og risikokommunikasjon i skjæringspunktet mellom SoMe og tradisjonell media. NFR SPREAD prosjekt OF-10727; 2021-10-06.

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2021) Challenges in the measurement of vulnerability –lessons from BuildERS. Society for Risk Analysis – 29th Annual Conference ; 2021-06-14.

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2021) Breaking the rules in the heavy goods transport sector. SIEF2021 15th Congress; 2021-06-19 - 2021-06-24.

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2021) Risikobevissthet innenfor BuildERS forskning. Risikobevissthet og risikokommunikasjon i skjæringspunktet mellom SoMe og tradisjonell media; 2021-10-06.

Christian Henrik Alexander Kuran (2017) Data analysis: working with ethnographic data in complex systems. 9th International Conference on Prevention of Accidents At Work ; 2017-10-03 - 2017-10-06.

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