Marius Rohde Johannessen - Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge

Senter for sikkerhet, krisehåndtering og beredskapsledelse

Marius Rohde Johannessen is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at USN School of Business, Vestfold campus. He holds a PhD from the University of Agder and conducts research on the digitalization of the public sector, with a particular emphasis on political communication and how rhetoric shapes democracy and public discourse.

Research areas, interests, and projects within security, crisis management, and emergency preparedness leadership

Johannessen researches how political communication and the development of public debate can influence security and preparedness, particularly through threats from disinformation, conspiracy theories, and polarization. A central area of interest is how technology can be used to develop flexible educational programs that strengthen competence in the field.

His research includes studies of how parties and voters communicate on social media during election campaigns, as well as how digitalization can facilitate better dialogue between citizens and elected representatives.

Currently, Johannessen is engaged in two projects related to preparedness: TeleTraining in Crisis Management, which develops flexible education for emergency preparedness, and ATLAS, which investigates how artificial intelligence can be used in education.