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Hansén, D. (2026). Navigating incompatible imperatives in intelligence affairs: bureaucracy, flexibility and Pragmatism. Intelligence and national security, 41(1), 158-181
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Navigating incompatible imperatives in intelligence affairs: bureaucracy, flexibility and Pragmatism
2026 (English)In: Intelligence and national security, ISSN 0268-4527, E-ISSN 1743-9019, Vol. 41, no 1, p. 158-181Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Intelligence agencies are expected to be flexible and imaginative to make sense of an uncertain world. This poses challenges for bureaucracies that adhere to values that essentially foster predictability in the interest of rationalisation. The agencies in Western democracies arguably grappled with how to bureaucratise imagination even before the 9/11 Commission urged the US IC to do so, and the grapple certainly lingers continuously. This article proposes that Pragmatism can inspire to a more flexible and imaginative intelligence bureaucracy. It discusses four basic tenets of Pragmatism and their relationship to intelligence affairs: fallibilism, anti-dualism, inquiry, and deliberation.

Keywords
Flexibility, intelligence bureaucracy, imagination, Pragmatism
National Category
Political Science
Research subject
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-14261 (URN)10.1080/02684527.2025.2595032 (DOI)
Funder
Swedish Armed Forces
Available from: 2025-12-08 Created: 2025-12-08 Last updated: 2026-04-17Bibliographically approved
Hansén, D. & Nordqvist, J. (2025). Ambassaddramat: när den tyska terrorismen kom till Sverige. Stockholm: Ordfront förlag
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Ambassaddramat: när den tyska terrorismen kom till Sverige
2025 (Swedish)Book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Ordfront förlag, 2025. p. 367
National Category
Political Science History
Research subject
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-14199 (URN)9789177754626 (ISBN)
Available from: 2025-11-19 Created: 2025-11-19 Last updated: 2026-03-27Bibliographically approved
Hansén, D. (2023). Assessing intelligence oversight: the case of Sweden. Intelligence and national security, 38(6), 938-955
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Assessing intelligence oversight: the case of Sweden
2023 (English)In: Intelligence and national security, ISSN 0268-4527, E-ISSN 1743-9019, Vol. 38, no 6, p. 938-955Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The study of intelligence oversight captures the inherently political nature of secret intelligence. However, many studies of intelligence oversight adopt rather instrumentalist views that omit important political aspects of the policy process. Typically, these studies focus on obstacles to effective oversight. This article discusses how the effectiveness of oversight can be assessed by applying broad evaluative categories that contain programmatic, process-related, political, and durability dimensions. Empirically, the study probes the case of Sweden as an illustration. Swedish oversight arrangements have on balance been successful in some dimensions, particularly the programmatic dimension, which arguably also contributed to its relative longevity

National Category
Political Science
Research subject
Political Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-12018 (URN)10.1080/02684527.2023.2222534 (DOI)
Available from: 2023-12-13 Created: 2023-12-13 Last updated: 2025-09-29Bibliographically approved
Deverell, E. & Hansén, D. (2020). Managing Extraordinary Influx of Migrants: The 2015 Migration Crisis in Sweden. In: Fredrik Bynander and Daniel Nohrstedt (Ed.), Collaborative Crisis Management: Inter-Organizational Approaches to Extreme Events (pp. 43-56). New York, NY: Routledge
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Managing Extraordinary Influx of Migrants: The 2015 Migration Crisis in Sweden
2020 (English)In: Collaborative Crisis Management: Inter-Organizational Approaches to Extreme Events / [ed] Fredrik Bynander and Daniel Nohrstedt, New York, NY: Routledge, 2020, p. 43-56Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
New York, NY: Routledge, 2020
National Category
Public Administration Studies Other Social Sciences
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-8919 (URN)9780367148522 (ISBN)9780367148560 (ISBN)9780429244308 (ISBN)
Funder
Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
Available from: 2020-01-14 Created: 2020-01-14 Last updated: 2025-09-29Bibliographically approved
Hansén, D. (2016). Crisis Policymaking: Traceable Processes of Multiple Streams. In: Reimut Zohlnhöfer and Friedbert Rüb (Ed.), Decision-Making under Ambiguity and Time Constraints: Assessing the Multiple Streams Framework (pp. 213-231). ECPR Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Crisis Policymaking: Traceable Processes of Multiple Streams
2016 (English)In: Decision-Making under Ambiguity and Time Constraints: Assessing the Multiple Streams Framework / [ed] Reimut Zohlnhöfer and Friedbert Rüb, ECPR Press, 2016, p. 213-231Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
ECPR Press, 2016
National Category
Political Science
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6441 (URN)9781785521256 (ISBN)
Available from: 2017-01-03 Created: 2017-01-03 Last updated: 2025-09-29Bibliographically approved
Hansén, D. (2015). Kriser och policyförändring (1ed.). In: Deverell, Edward; Hansén, Dan; Olsson, Eva-Karin (Ed.), Perspektiv på krishantering: (pp. 171-194). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Kriser och policyförändring
2015 (Swedish)In: Perspektiv på krishantering / [ed] Deverell, Edward; Hansén, Dan; Olsson, Eva-Karin, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2015, 1, p. 171-194Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2015 Edition: 1
National Category
Political Science
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6673 (URN)9789144099996 (ISBN)
Available from: 2017-04-12 Created: 2017-04-12 Last updated: 2025-09-29Bibliographically approved
Deverell, E., Dan, H. & Olsson, E.-K. (Eds.). (2015). Perspektiv på krishantering. Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Perspektiv på krishantering
2015 (Swedish)Collection (editor) (Other academic)
Abstract [sv]

Du tycker att samhällsfrågor är spännande och har ett särskilt intresse för kriser och oförutsedda händelser. Vad gör egentligen de som har ansvar och förväntningar på sig att ställa saker till rätta i en krissituation? Hur fungerar mediernas granskning och hur agerar andra parter som har till uppgift att utkräva ansvar? När väl den akuta fasen är över, vad lär sig de inblandade aktörerna, och hur fungerar förändringsarbetet och införandet av nya policyer? Perspektiv på krishantering är till för dig som vill fördjupa dig i dessa frågor.

De perspektiv som presenteras är olika sätt att närma sig och studera krishantering som fenomen. Boken är indelad i tre övergripande perspektiv: hantera, granska och förändra. Genomgående i boken presenteras fallbeskrivningar av verkliga händelser och faktiskt handlande. Men fokus ligger inte på händelserna som sådana, utan på förståelsen av dem – de teoretiska perspektiven. Även om boken är rik på perspektiv gör den inte anspråk på att vara heltäckande. Snarare inbjuder den dig som är intresserad och engagerad att själv studera krishantering och bidra till kunskapsfältet.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2015. p. 245
National Category
Political Science
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-5562 (URN)978-91-44-09999-6 (ISBN)
Available from: 2015-08-18 Created: 2015-08-18 Last updated: 2025-09-29Bibliographically approved
Deverell, E., Hansén, D. & Olsson, E.-K. (2015). Perspektiv på krishantering: Introduktion. In: Deverell, Edward, Hansén, Dan & Olsson, Eva-Karin (Ed.), Perspektiv på krishantering: (pp. 5-18). Lund: Studentlitteratur AB
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Perspektiv på krishantering: Introduktion
2015 (Swedish)In: Perspektiv på krishantering / [ed] Deverell, Edward, Hansén, Dan & Olsson, Eva-Karin, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2015, p. 5-18Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2015
National Category
Political Science
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-5770 (URN)978-91-44-09999-6 (ISBN)
Available from: 2016-01-12 Created: 2016-01-12 Last updated: 2025-09-29Bibliographically approved
Holmberg, M., Hansén, D. & Uhr, C. (2015). Situational Awareness and its Impact on Crisis-Induced Action: the Norwegian 22/7 Case. In: Walter Feichtinger, Benedikt Hensellek (Ed.), Armed Forces for 2020 and beyond: Roles | Tasks | Expectations. Paper presented at The International Society of Military Sciences Annual Conference 2014. Wien: Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports, Austria
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Situational Awareness and its Impact on Crisis-Induced Action: the Norwegian 22/7 Case
2015 (English)In: Armed Forces for 2020 and beyond: Roles | Tasks | Expectations / [ed] Walter Feichtinger, Benedikt Hensellek, Wien: Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports, Austria , 2015Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Wien: Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports, Austria, 2015
Series
Militärwissenschaftliches Journal der Landesverteidigungsakademie ; 1/2015
National Category
Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified
Research subject
Ledningsvetenskap; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-5110 (URN)978-3-902944-52-8 (ISBN)
Conference
The International Society of Military Sciences Annual Conference 2014
Available from: 2015-01-08 Created: 2015-01-08 Last updated: 2025-09-29Bibliographically approved
Hansén, D. (2014). Houkutteliko radikalismin integrointi terrorismia Ruotsin?. In: Anssi Kullberg (Ed.), Poliittisen Väkivallan Poluilla: (pp. 27-40). Turku: Turun yliopisto
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Houkutteliko radikalismin integrointi terrorismia Ruotsin?
2014 (Finnish)In: Poliittisen Väkivallan Poluilla / [ed] Anssi Kullberg, Turku: Turun yliopisto , 2014, p. 27-40Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Turku: Turun yliopisto, 2014
Series
Poliittisen historian turkimuksia, ISSN 1238-9420 ; 39
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-4496 (URN)978-951-29-5599-2 (ISBN)
Available from: 2014-02-13 Created: 2014-02-13 Last updated: 2025-09-29Bibliographically approved
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