A three member team from the Department of Architecture, BRAC University went for a week long secondment from 14th to 20th October 2018 at Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden. This activity was a part of the ASCENT (Advancing Skill Creation to ENhance Transformation) research, which is funded by the European Commissions's Erasmus scheme. Dr. Mohammad Faruk, Shams Mansoor Ghani and Muhammad Ferdaus presented ongoing researches of the Department of Architecture and Post Graduate Program in Disaster Management (PPDM) of BRAC University to faculty, research staff, and students of Mid Sweden University. They also visited the Risk and Crisis Research Centre of Mid Sweden University and explored partnership opportunities of joint research, innovation and capacity strengthening for the development of societal resilience to disasters between two universities. The BRAC University team was also invited to present their research at ASCENT Seminar hosted by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency in Stockholm and visit their MSB Sandö training centre.