Summer school for PhD students

The Nordic Fire and Safety Network Focus on Energy (NFSNergy) is a consortium of leading Nordic universities and research institutes specializing in fire safety and risk management.

Recognizing that safety—and particularly fire safety—is essential in all energy-related research projects, the initiative aims to strengthen collaboration and knowledge exchange across the Nordic region. A key objective is to enhance networking among PhD students and researchers working on the safety of buildings and energy infrastructures.

One of the project’s core activities is organizing summer schools that bring together multidisciplinary teams. These schools focus on critical energy-related topics, including:

• Fire safety in emerging bioenergy systems
• Safety of energy storage systems in sustainable buildings
• Enhanced digitalization through Building Information Modeling (BIM)
• Fire safety of new energy carriers in green transport systems

Through participation in NFSNergy, PhD students gain access to a vibrant Nordic network, enabling them to connect with peers from other countries and engage with cutting-edge research. The summer schools and workshops provide opportunities to broaden their understanding of fire safety in energy contexts, extending beyond their individual research areas.

The purpose of this PhD summer school course is to introduce the field of fire safety and risk management coupled to energy and digitization. The course is held every fourth years, and in turn with the course NFSNergy summschool: - Buildings and transportation. The course is held by DTU and The Nordic Fire & Safety Network (NFSN), uniting the major Nordic Universities and Research Institutes dealing with fire safety and risk management. Professors from the Technical University of Denmark, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, RISE Fire Research og SINTEF Community fra Norge, Lund University, Aalto University, Luleå University, University of Stavanger, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences and Iceland University and the Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology are involved in the network and will teach on this course.