Department of Political Science to host crisis management lecture

Morgantown, WV, March 21, 2006: An expert from the Swedish National Defense College’s National Center for Crisis Management Research and Training (CRISMART) will visit campus Thursday as part of the Department of Political Science’s McManus Public Affairs Seminar.

Lina Svedin will present “When the Crisis Ends Depends on How It’s Managed” on Thursday, March 22 at 4 p.m. in the Mountainlair’s Rhododendron Room on WVU’s Downtown Campus. Her lecture will focus on how political leaders perceive and respond to unanticipated crises both at home and abroad.

Svedin earned her bachelor’s in English with minors in political science and international relations in 1998 from Stockholm University in Sweden. She received her master’s in international relations from Stockholm University in 2001. Svedin is currently a doctoral candidate in Syracuse University’s political science program and expects to earn her Ph.D. in April. She has served as Director of Training and Education for CRISMART and as a Crisis Management Area Expert for the Cabinet Offices of Sweden. Svedin has also developed and taught courses in public policy, public administration, and crisis management.

The McManus Public Affairs Seminar is named for Lewis N. McManus, former speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates. In 2003, McManus established an endowment that annually funds a program sponsored by the Department of Political Science in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at WVU.

For more information, please contact Joe Hagan, chair of the Department of Political Science, at 304-293-3811 or at jhagan@mail.wvu.edu

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